Frida Kahlo
The Two Fridas
A square painting split into two seated women who look identical, holding hands, in front of a grey stormy sky. The woman on the left wears a plain white Victorian-style dress with a lace collar; her chest is open, showing a torn heart, and blood drips onto her white skirt. The woman on the right wears a colourful traditional Mexican dress (dark blue top, green skirt) and holds a small oval portrait of a man in her lap; her heart is shown whole and closed. A thin red vein/tube connects the two hearts across the painting.
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