Altar for Frida Kahlo
Artist
Carmen Lomas Garza(American, Mexican, born 1948)American, Mexican, born 1948
CultureMexican-American
Titles
- Altar for Frida Kahlo
Date1978–1987
MediumInstallation art
DimensionsOverall dimensions are variable, but approximately: 72 × 96 × 60 in. (182.9 × 243.8 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Latino Art Fund
Object number2025.17.1-.59
Not on view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryHomenaje a Frida, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 1978
Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters & Sculptors, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1987
Published References Amalia Mesa-Bains. "Domesticana : The Sensibility of Chicana Rasquache." Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies (Los Angeles, CA) 24, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 157-167 Laura E. Pérez, Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities, (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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