Museum of Fine Arts acquires its first Frida Kahlo painting
The Museum of Fine Arts announced Tuesday it has acquired a work by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, the first by the artist to enter the MFA’s collection, or any New England museum’s permanent collection.
The 1928 work, known as “Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia),’’ is a rare early painting believed by experts to be the first ever sold by the artist, according to the museum. It depicts two maids in Kahlo’s mother’s household.
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The painting was acquired by Jackson Cole Phillips in 1929 and remained in the industrialist’s family until it was purchased by the museum on December 16.
Bostwick Davis, the MFA’s chair of the Art of the Americas collection, discovered the painting during a trip to New York, The Boston Globe reported. Museum officials have not disclosed the painting’s purchase price.
“Frida Kahlo’s work is a 20th-century touchstone, and we’re proud to be able to count this remarkable acquisition among the MFA’s masterpieces of art of the Americas,’’ Matthew Teitelbaum, a director at the MFA, said in a statement. “As our community continues to grow and evolve, we’re committed to representing the diverse experiences of artists in our galleries.’’
“Dos Mujeres’’ will be on view from January 27 to March 1 in the museum’s Carol Vance Wall Rotunda, before being installed in the Art of the Americas Wing once undergoing restoration treatment.
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