The World of Frida Kahlo: The Blue House [Paperback]

Erika Billeter (Editor), Houston Museum of Fine Arts (Corporate Author)

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From Library Journal

Forty years after her death, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is fast becoming an art-world superstar. Her powerful and vivid paintings are selling for over $3 million, and traveling exhibitions of her work are circling the globe. Originally published in German as an exhibition catalog, this volume presents a dozen essays, accompanied by her work and that of Mexican contemporaries. In an attempt to provide context, her home (the Blue House) and her life with and without her famous husband, Diego Rivera, are illustrated with scores of photographs. A chronology and discussion of her life are also offered, but Hayden Herrera's Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (LJ 1/15/83) is more complete and more coherent in this regard. Moreover, Herrera's Frida Kahlo: The Paintings (LJ 5/15/92) presents her work in comparable size and quality with more focus. This catalog should be considered only for comprehensive or specialized collections.
David McClelland, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston; 1st Ed. edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295973285
• ISBN-13: 978-0295973289
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exhibition Catalog, 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: The World of Frida Kahlo: The Blue House (Paperback)

This book is in English but was originally published in German as a catalog for a 1993 exhibition displaying the contents of the famous "Blue House" where Frida was born, lived and died. This book contains several essays, a biography and chronology, large color plates of her paintings and photographs of Frida and her famous husband the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. The focus of this book is the Blue House and this book contains extraordinary not seen before photos of the "Casa Azul", both interior and exterior. Since photographs of the interior of the Blue House are forbidden when visiting the residence, this book offers an insight into how the couple lived.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exhibition Catalog, September 15, 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: The Blue House - The World of Frida Kahlo (Paperback)

This book is in English but was originally published in German as a catalog for a 1993 exhibition displaying the contents of the famous "Blue House" where Frida was born, lived and died. This book contains several essays, a biography and chronology, large color plates of her paintings and photographs of Frida and her famous husband the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. The focus of this book is the Blue House and this book contains extraordinary not seen before photos of the "Casa Azul", both interior and exterior. Since photographs of the interior of the Blue House are forbidden when visiting the residence, this book offers an insight into how the couple lived.