Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954)
Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940
Oil on canvas, 61.25 cm x 47 cm
Harry Ransom Center
© 2009 Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust. Av Cinco de Mayo No. 2, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtemoc 06059, Mexico, DF
Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), one of the Center's most famous and frequently borrowed art works, is traveling again.
Since 1990 the Kahlo painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions in more than 25 museums in the United States and around the world. The painting will next be on view in the three-venue exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Activities of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). LACMA hosts the exhibition from January 29, 2012 through May 6, 2012. It then travels to the Musée National des Beaux-arts du Quebec in Quebec City, Canada, from June 7 to September 3, 2012 and at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, Mexico, from September 27, 2012 through January 13, 2013.
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View interactive map that illustrates where the painting has traveled since 1990
Left: Thomas Annan
Princes Street, from Kings Street, 1868
(from "Photographs of the Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow")
Carbon print
Right: © Richard McCowan
[Cobblestones at Tower of London], ca. 1998
Carbro print
The Image Wrought: Historical Photographic Approaches in the Digital Age
The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition The Image Wrought: Historical Photographic Approaches in the Digital Age has completed its 2007-2010 tour.
Newcomb Art Gallery
Woldenberg Art Center
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
November 28, 2007 - February 24, 2008
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Brunswick, Maine
January 23 - March 22, 2009
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 7, 2009 - January 17, 2010
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
January 30 - March 28, 2010
The Image Wrought examines the seeming paradox of contemporary photographers embracing archaic photographic practices in today's digital age. In a departure from other exhibitions of alternative process photography, The Image Wrought provides a singular opportunity to present contemporary images alongside vintage examples of their 19th-century predecessors. These groupings allow viewers to examine how contemporary photographers interpret history. Past and present come together to provide a unique perspective on this important moment in the history of photography.
The Image Wrought explores not only 19th-century processes, but also camera technology and photographs on alternative supports and with surface treatments. A documentary section provides an overview of the alternative process movement from the 1970s to the present. All images in the exhibition are from the Ransom Center's collections. The exhibition was on display in the Ransom Center Galleries from January 31 to July 23, 2006. Additional information about the exhibition can be found online.
