Self-Portrait with Monkey

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Self-Portrait with Monkey
Spanish: Autorretrato con mono
Frida Kahlo Self-portrait with monkey 1938.jpg
ArtistFrida Kahlo
Year1938
TypeOil on masonite
Dimensions40.6 cm × 30.5 cm (16.0 in × 12.0 in)
LocationAlbright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Self-Portrait with Monkey (Autorretrato con mono in Spanish) is an oil on masonite painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, commissioned in 1938 by A. Conger Goodyear, then president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is one of the many self-portraits painted by Kahlo for friends and patrons during her career.[1]

The original is housed at the Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Self-Portrait with Monkey". The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo. PBS. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Self-Portrait with Monkey". Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Retrieved 2 October 2013.


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