Letter from Frida Kahlo to her mother Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, January 8, 1932 Letter from Frida Kahlo to her mother Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, January 8, 1932 (page 2 of 9)
Frida Kahlo1932
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, D.C., United States
…I have to go in his place.
He’s given some very nice lectures, one at Columbia University and another at the New York Public Library. The people were delighted. It’s useless to describe the other dinners to you; they’ve all been boring and tedious.
Every day more and more people have come to see the exposition. Nineteen thousand have seen it over the last nine days. They say there has never been an exhibition so well received here in New York.
Diego is painting portraits now, so we’re going to stay here through January. Then, according to Diego’s plans, we’ll go to Detroit. But the newspapers recently reported that the director of the Detroit Museum, where Diego is supposed to paint, has been fired, along with his entire staff…
- Title: Letter from Frida Kahlo to her mother Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, January 8, 1932 Letter from Frida Kahlo to her mother Matilde Calderón de Kahlo, January 8, 1932 (page 2 of 9)
- Creator: Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo
- Date Created: 1932, 1932
- Location Created: New York, New York
- Original Language: Spanish, Spanish
- Type: Document, Document
- Rights: Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers; National Museum of Women in the Arts Library & Research Center, Nelleke Nix and Marianne Huber Collection: The Frida Kahlo Papers; National Museum of Women in the Arts Library & Research Center
- External Link: National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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