Wilcox, Claire and Circe Henestrosa — Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up

Mexico City, Mexico, V & A Publishing, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright red pictorial paper over boards, bright red cloth-backed, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering over spine. From the publisher's blurb, "a unique window into the artist's life. Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954), as an artist and a woman, has a unique international appeal. Her instantly recognizable work draws extensively on her life and her extraordinarily personal reflections upon it. On Kahlo's death, her husband, Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957), ordered that her most private possessions be locked away until 15 years after his death. The bathroom in which her belongings were stored in fact remained unopened until 2004. Through this incredible archive, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up focuses on the personal, combining her prosthetics, jewelry, and clothes with self-portraits, diary entries, and letters to build an intimate portrait of the artist through her possessions, setting this in the context of her political and social beliefs." Hundreds of illustrations. 207 pp., with full notes, index and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New