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KAHLO (FRIDA) Autograph transcript in red crayon of the song 'Cruz de Mayo', [United States, between 1929 and 1941]
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KAHLO (FRIDA)
Footnotes
FRIDA KAHLO CELEBRATES THE COMING OF SUMMER. This manuscript of the famous Andalucian folk song 'Cruz de Mayo' (written by Salvador Valverde in 1921) derives the estate of Clifford Wight, whose chief beneficiary was the present owner's mother. Wight, himself an artist, was Diego Rivera's secretary, translator and technical assistant during the period Rivera was living in the United States between 1929 and 1941, and executing his murals at Detroit, San Francisco and New York. Wight's papers are now at the Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.
Saleroom notices
It is likely that the piece was written between November 1930 and May 1931 when Kahlo stayed at 716 Montgomery whilst working on a portrait of Jean Wight. We are grateful to William Maynez of the City College of San Francisco for this additional information.





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