Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

The Gelman Collection represents one of the most remarkable holdings of Mexican modernism in private hands. It is graced by the outstanding works of renowned artists Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, among many others. This bilingual catalogue features lavish illustrations of thirty key works from this collection, as well as a lively and insightful essay placing these works in both a critical and a historical context. From stunning self-portraits and paintings inspired by European modernist artists to still lifes and abstract landscapes, this volume offers an extraordinary overview of the evolution of twentieth-century Mexican art. In English and Spanish.