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Lola Alvarex Bravo: The Frida Kahlo Photographs

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This book (catalog) was published to accompany the "Lola Alvarez Bravo Traveling Exhibition". The curator for the exhibition was Salomon Grimberg, a well known Kahlo "Guru" and author of several Kahlo books. The exhibition was held at three venues:

1) Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Sept - Oct 1991)

2) The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. (Nov 1991 - Mar 1992)

3) The Albuquerque Museum of Art, History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Apr - Jun 1992)

Lola Alvarez Bravo was Mexico's foremost woman photographer and a personal friend of Frida Kahlo. Lola photographed Kahlo many time during the 1940s and 1950s. This book contains 50 black and white photos taken by Bravo...some not before seen in other books. Most of the photos in this book are of Frida but it also includes photos of some of her paintings and photos of "The Blue House" where Kahlo was born, lived and died.

The 4 page "Introduction" portion of this book is written by Salomon Grimberg. In it he describes his association with Bravo and also provides commentary on some of Kahlo's more famous works. Following the introduction is a 5 page interview with Lola Alvarez Bravo. In this interview she tells of her fascination with photographing Kahlo and their enduring friendship to the very end. One of Bravo's most haunting photos in this book is of the deceased Kahlo on her death bed.