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Frida Kahlo with Rebozo

Mexico / 1937

The rebozo – a powerful symbol of Mexican culture and identity – is a long flat garment worn mainly by Mexican women and worn in various ways, usually folded or wrapped around the shoulders and/or head.

In the Castilian language, ‘rebozo’ means to cover or protect oneself. Other indigenous names are ciua nequealtlapacholoni in the Nahuatl language and mini-mahua among the Otomi people. It is sometimes called cenzotl, meaning a multi-coloured cloth.

These highly-treasured, decorated shawls play a central part in the China Poblana, the traditional costume adopted by Mexican women. The rebozo represents the journey from birth to death – playing its part as baby carrier and a shroud for the dead, and has many other uses in between.

Photography by Toni Frissell (March 10, 1907 - April 17, 1988)

- This photograph was part of a series published in US Vogue -

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Frida Kahlo, Her Photos

Curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio

Exhibition on View at the Museum of Latin American Art / MOLAA

March 16 - June 8, 2014

Frida Kahlo, Her Photos presents over 200 images from Frida Kahlo’s personal Casa Azul archive in Mexico City. MOLAA’s featured spring exhibition includes images of Frida, by Frida and for Frida. Represented here are a wide range of photographs that shed light on a more personal side of Frida’s life, from family photographs, both traditional portraits and candid shots at the Casa Azul, to mementos of pain, love, and the artistic, intellectual and political milieu in which she lived. This selection from the Casa Azul trove also includes images by Lola and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Man Ray, Tina Modotti, and Edward Weston among others.

MOLAA / Museum of Latin American Art / Long Beach, California

If you live in Southern California, don't miss this!

Image: Frida Kahlo, 1944

Photography by Lola Álvarez Bravo

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