Frida Kahlo: Song of HerselfIn Song of Herself, psychiatrist and Kahlo expert Salomon Grimberg introduces and contextualizes a deeply introspective interview that Kahlo gave toward the end of her life to her friend the psychologist Olga Campos. The interview was intended to appear in a book on the creative process of artistic individuals, but it was never published. Kahlo comments candidly on her life, her loves, and her painting, and expresses her attitudes toward her body, politics, friendship, sexuality, and death, among other personal concerns. The most startling autobiographical text known on this singular woman, Kahlo's interview is accompanied by Campos's warm reflections on their relationship, a medical history oh Kahlo gathered by Dr. Henriette Begun, and a detailed psychological assessment of the artist by Dr. James Bridger Harris. |
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| Title | Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself |
| Author | Salomón Grimberg |
| Contributor | Hayden Herrera |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Merrell, 2008 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Aug 2010 |
| ISBN | 1858944384, 9781858944388 |
| Length | 159 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / Individual Artists / General |
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