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Nickolas Muray (American/Hungarian, 1892–1965)
LOT ID: 66405
Frida Kahlo in Blue Dress, ie. circa 1939

Pigment Print, Carbon Pigment Print
14.75 х 10 in. cm.
Inscribed, title, date, artist, number and copyright in pencil on print verso. Print type (Carbon Pigment print), Printer (Tod Gangler) also included on verso in pencil.
Edition 14/30
Lot description
Frida Kahlo in Blue Dress, Carbon Pigment Print, 14.75 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm). Edition 14 of 30. Titled, dated, and numbered with copyright.

This photograph was originally printed as a Carbro print. The intense coloring is a signature of Muray's magazine work. The notable Paul Outerbridge also used this process. This print uses a contemporary technique that only a few practice in this country. Tod Gangler is one of the most respected printers in the U.S. The portrait represents one of many black and white and color portraits that Nickolas Muray took of his lover, Frida Kahlo. Frida is wearing a traditional wedding chain.

Exhibited in a multitude of international exhibitions, this print comes from the Estate of Nickolas Muray.
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