$24,400
Frida Kahlo's own personal copy of vol. III (New York: Thomas Nelson, 1905) containing multiple inscriptions, collages and drawings by Kahlo. Following the index, Kahlo has inscribed, in black crayon, the following: "Pues si, Frida Kahlo. Auxocromo Cromoforo." The dates 1922 and 1945 are inscribed to the left of a circle within which is written the number 23. To the right of the circle are the numbers 12 and 35 and an infinity symbol. Beneath the series of numbers is the word "always." The book is divided into three parts. While certain poems, such as the "The Man that was Used Up" (p. 44) in the first and second part of the book are marked with dried flowers, Kahlo restricts her collages to the poems within the third part, which begins with Poe's iconic poem, "The Raven" (p. 9). On the page facing the poem, Kahlo has written in the same black crayon "Auxocromo Cromoforo." The title of the poem, along with a dried leaf, have been painted over with bold red paint. A similar collage appears on p. 21 with the poem "Ulalume." Just outside the red painted collage she has again written "Auxocromo Cromoforo." The third collage appears on pp. 28-29, the poem "Annabel Lea." In this instance, four leaves are painted over along with all of the text on these two pages. "Auxocromo Cromoforo" is written at the bottom of p. 28. The artist's final inscription, with the same two words repeated, is written beneath the last stanza of the final poem, signalling the end of th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09
