| The Frame | |
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| Spanish: El marco | |
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| Artist | Frida Kahlo |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Oil on aluminum, framed in glass |
| Dimensions | 28.5 cm× 20.7 cm(11.2 in× 8.1 in) |
| Location | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris |
The Frame (El marco in Spanish) is a 1938 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo. [1] The painting features Kahlo's self-portrait in oil on a sheet of aluminum framed in glass which she purchased from a market in Oaxaca, Mexico. [2] Although the glass frame is included as part of the painting, the flowers, birds, and other details on the frame were painted prior to being purchased by Kahlo. [3]
The painting is notable as the first work by a 20th-century Mexican artist to be purchased by a major international museum, when it was acquired by the Louvre in 1939. The painting is now shown at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in the Centre Pompidou in Paris. [4] It was the only sale Kahlo made in her Paris exhibition. [5] Upon Kahlo's death in 1954, the New York Times stated that she was "said to have been the first woman artist to sell a picture to the Louvre." [3] [6]