Publications

Essays, catalogues, and collecting notes from the ArtsDiva library.

horse (1960)

M.F. Husain


horse (1960)

Husain's horses are among the most recognized motifs in Indian modern art, rendered here against a field of red.

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The Two Fridas

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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