Aztec Altar

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Aztec Altar
31 in
x
23 in
(79 cm x 58 cm)
Year
2016
Price
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Frida Kahlo’s home and studio in Mexico City, the Casa Azul, is in Coyocan, an historical Spanish residential area, filled with elegant homes.  On the altar that Rivera and Kahlo had built in their courtyard, they displayed pre-Columbian sculptures, cacti and other plants.  The altar’s heavy, dense stone shapes remind one of the strictures, both physical and social, that she had to work against.