Object Details
Creator
Kahlo, Frida, 1907-1954
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
Subject
Packard, Emmy Lou
Place of publication, production, or execution
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description
Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 29 x 13 cm.
Summary
Translation: Diego my love- Remember that once you finish the fresco we will be together forever once and for all, without arguments or anything, only to love one another. Behave yourself and do everything that Emmy Lou tells you. I adore you more than ever. Your girl, Frida (Write me).
Identification by Emmy Lou Packard: San Francisco, 1940 The Spanish words in Frida's note to Diego she left in the Treasure Island Studio of Rivera's for painting the 75-foot fresco now at City College of San Francisco. Frida was leaving for a trip to New York (trial having to do with Lupe Marin; see letter) The envelope was a watch and jewelry depository while Frida was briefly in St. Luke's Hospital, placed there for observation by Dr. Leo Elloesser.
Identification by Emmy Lou Packard: San Francisco, 1940 The Spanish words in Frida's note to Diego she left in the Treasure Island Studio of Rivera's for painting the 75-foot fresco now at City College of San Francisco. Frida was leaving for a trip to New York (trial having to do with Lupe Marin; see letter) The envelope was a watch and jewelry depository while Frida was briefly in St. Luke's Hospital, placed there for observation by Dr. Leo Elloesser.
Citation
Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo letter to Diego Rivera, 1940. Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Date
1940
Record number
(DSI-AAA)739
Type
Correspondence
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Emmy Lou Packard Papers, 1900-1990
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Topic
Frescoes
Hispanic American artists
Travel
Record ID
AAADCD_item_739