Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Frida Kahlo and Edgar Allan Poe


A book of Poe's work, annotated by none other than painter Frida Kahlo sold at auction recently.

From a piece on the Paul Fraser Collectibles site...

In a different sphere, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is also highly coveted by collectors, and her works have attracted six and seven figure bids.

Obviously the two are not usually related. But at Leslie Hindman's auction earlier this week one lot will have interested collectors of both kinds:

The beaten-up copy of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe was covered the book with doodles, inscriptions, paint and collaged leaves by Kahlo.

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