El Diario De Frida Kahlo: Un Intimo Autorretrato (Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

Carlos Fuentes (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. These passionate, often surprising, intimate records, kept under lock and key for some 40 years in Mexico, reveal many new dimensions in the complex personal life of this remarkable Mexican artist. The 170-page journal contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams-many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera-along with 70 mesmerizing watercolor illustrations.

The text entries, written in Frida's round, full script in brightly colored inks, make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than 35 operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of 18. This intimate portal into her life is sure to fascinate fans of the artist, art historians, and women's culturalists alike.

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About the Author

The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is now regarded as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century.

Carlos Fuentes is celebrated internationally as one of the world's foremost literary figures. He has written numerous essays, articles, and novels. He has also served as Mexico's ambassador to France and has held other diplomatic and academic posts.

Sarah M. Lowe is the author of Frida Kahlo, an analytical study of her paintings, and coauthor of Consuelo Kanaga: An American Photographer. Her monograph on the photographs of Tina Modotti is also published by Abrams.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (August 1, 2005)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0810959437
• ISBN-13: 978-0810959439
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,950,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Libros en español > Arte, arquitectura y fotografía > Arte > Pintura

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a great book and it has so much detail about a master., January 9, 2007

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This review is from: El Diario De Frida Kahlo: Un Intimo Autorretrato (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Frida was more than an artist, she was a woman who knew what she wanted and how to get it. Her only downfall was that she had deep doubts inside her most inner self and shared it with very few.

I guess we all do, but she always wanted people to think she was though when in fact she was very fragile.

5.0 out of 5 stars Kahlo Diario Personal, September 14, 2007

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M. Brooks "Frida Kahlo - Amrita Sher-Gil Fan" (Sacramento, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Diario De Frida Kahlo, Un Intimo Autorretrato (Paperback)

Este libro contiene una copia facsímile del diario personal de Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) escrito por su propia mano en español, seguido por copias de cada pagina con comentarios explicativos y traducciones en inglés. El diario, el cual estuvo oculto al publico en México durante varias décadas, cubre los últimos 10 años de la vida de la artista, cuando se hallaba en medio de muchos problemas físicos y emocionales. Entre otros tópicos, escribe sobre su niñez, sus opiniones políticas y su relación con su marido, el pintor Diego Rivera. Con su colorido texto y esbozos, así como ilustraciones y retratos más elaborados, el diario es una pieza artística por derecho propio.

5.0 out of 5 stars TIMELY CONSIDERING THE OVERDUE COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE CAPITAL OF MEXICO, June 26, 2007

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This review is from: El Diario De Frida Kahlo: Un Intimo Autorretrato (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Interesting that Calderon now opens a space for a comprehensive display of Kahlo's works in the capitol city, considering the great differences in the politics they espouse so ardently. It is like Rockefeller hiring Diego Rivera for a mural in Manhattan, and scandalized sees Marx and Lenin within!

But such wonders are beyond me, and humbly and happily and gratefully let us receive this excellent facsimile with transcription and commentary of this diary maintained by Frida Kahlo in the final decade of her proud though tormented life. Carlos Fuentes, the famous Mexican novelist contributes one commentary, paired with an introduction by Kahlo scholar Sarah Lowe. Then follows a reporduction of each page of the diary, each page of which we see clearly from Kahlo's own hand, unlike the dubious and revisionist Reagan Diaries recently released. Following the diary pages, each page is then transcribed, commented and put into context very thoroughly. COmprehensive chronologies, bibliogrpahies and indices complete this excellent edition useful to any scholar or Frida fanatic.

Let me note that I received today the second edition, published in September of 2001, and that I have the Spanish edition, which I find more direct and useful than straining to peer through the dim gauze of someone else's transalation of Kahlo's own words. Highly recommended. Deeply and truthfully moving, as everything which falls from the hand of Frida.