Although it was mysteriously lost in 1955 on its way to an exhibition in Moscow, three photos of The Wounded Table were taken between 1940 and 1944.
A small black hummingbird with its wings outstretched hangs like a pendant from her throat. A monkey sits behind her right shoulder, its eyes focused on its hands, tugging at the thorn necklace. A black cat with striking ice blue eyes peers over her left shoulder.
The film stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera.
In The Broken Column, Kahlo's nude torso is split, replicating the ravine-laced earth behind her and revealing a crumbling, Ionic column in place of her spine.
Kahlo and Mexican painter Diego Rivera were married in 1929. Her mother opposed the marriage, and both parents referred to it as a "marriage between an elephant and a dove", referring to the couple's differences in size: Rivera was tall and overweight while Kahlo was petite and fragile.
Frida's eagle was nicknamed Gertrudis Caca Blanca (a.k.a. Gertrude White Shit).
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