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Frida Kahlo's garden

Title
Frida Kahlo's garden / edited by Adriana Zavala, Mia D'Avanza, and Joanna l. Groarke.
Publication
Bronx, NY : The New York Botanical Garden ; Munich : DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Zavala, Adriana
  • Kahlo, Frida
  • Zavala, Adriana
  • D'Avanza, Mia
  • Groarke, Joanna L.
  • New York Botanical Garden, host institution
Description
136 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
Frida Kahlo created a natural paradise in her home at Casa Azul in Mexico City. The plants cultivated there were vital components of some of her most original work and an important part of her fascination with indigenous Mexican history and culture. From early paintings dating from the 1920s to her last known work, Kahlo's use of botanical imagery reflects not only a love of the natural world, but also an evolving iconography. By focusing attention on this aspect of her art and its relationship to her garden sanctuary, the book demonstrates how the natural world provided Kahlo with inspiration. In addition to dazzling full-page reproductions of Kahlo's paintings and works on paper, the book also includes essays presenting Kahlo as an avid collector of artifacts, animals, books and plants. Archival photos trace the evolution of the Casa Azul (the Blue House) over the course of the artist's lifetime. Additionally, it explores Mexican architecture, landscape design and gardens of the early 20th century. Fans of botanical art, garden enthusiasts, and Kahlo's many devotees will find new and exciting images and information in this elegant, unique presentation of one of modern art's most revered figures.
Alternative Title
Frida Kahlo: art, garden, life.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "This book accompanies the exhibition Frida Kahlo: art, garden, life at The New York Botanical Garden".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 134).
Contents
Frida Kahlo : art, garden, life / Adriana Zavala -- The evolution of the Casa Azul : a photographic essay / Joanna L. Groarke -- A Nahuatal garden of delights / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- Plates : artworks in the exhibition / Mia D'Avanza and Joanna L. Groarke -- Gardens and landscapes of Frida Kahlo's Mexico City / Kathryn E. O'Rourke -- Creating the illusion of the countryside : Frida Kahlo's post-Revolutionary Mexican suburban domestic garden / Robert Bye and Edelmira Linares -- Making Frida Kahlo's garden in New York : the Conservatory exhibition / Karen Daubmann -- Plants in Frida Kahlo's garden and art.
Call Number
JQF 15-953
ISBN
  • 9783791354569
  • 3791354566
LCCN
  • 2014047837
  • 40025046368
OCLC
898113459
Title
Frida Kahlo's garden / edited by Adriana Zavala, Mia D'Avanza, and Joanna l. Groarke.
Publisher
Bronx, NY : The New York Botanical Garden ; Munich : DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 134).
Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
Added Author
Zavala, Adriana. Frida Kahlo.
Kahlo, Frida. Works. Selections.
Zavala, Adriana, editor.
D'Avanza, Mia, editor.
Groarke, Joanna L., editor.
New York Botanical Garden, host institution.
Added Title
Frida Kahlo: art, garden, life.
Other Standard Identifier
40025046368
Research Call Number
JQF 15-953
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