Source: WTL© photograph of this canvas in the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida' exhibition "Frida Kahlo ... Portraits of Frida Kahlo, June 28, 2016 to April 2017.
Painting: "Portrait of Miriam Penansky" by Frida Kahlo (1929).
Comments: Carol McCusker, the Curator of photography at the Harn Museum says this in her written description of this painting: "When Frida Kahlo painted Portrait of Miriam Penansky she had been painting for just four years (she began in 1925 following her fateful trolley accident). Her characteristic style of self-portraiture using surreal elements would emerge a few years later. Here, her style is not unlike that of her husband, muralist Diego Rivera, who worked in the Social Realist style of their era. This included the portrayal of 'regular' people, not the wealthy or powerful [...] Miriam Penansky was introduced to Kahlo through mutual friends. Portrait of Miriam Penansky was thought to be a gift for her brother-in-law, Salomon Hale, an art collector. When Miriam died prematurely in 1944, the painting was given to her youngest aunt who then bequeathed it to here daughter in 1989. Its existence was unknown for years." Through various professonal analyses the painting has been authenticated as being by Frida Kahlo. This painting has rarely been displayed in public or in museums.
Humanities question: Compare and contrast this painting to the following two paintings: => Frida Kahlo #6 and => Mexican Modern Art #15.