• Inspired by a Nayarit sculpture of an embracing couple (now in the Frida Kahlo Museum), Frida elongated the arm of the idol that sits on her left.
  • Learn more about The Wounded Table by Frida Kahlo in this extensive account of her life and artistic career.
  • The Two Fridas and The Wounded Table are thus unique and yet relatable expressions of Kahlo’s personal pain — physical and emotional.
  • The Wounded Table (La mesa herida in Spanish) is an oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Although lost in 1955...
  • Kahlo painted this work during her divorce from Diego Rivera, and her state of mind is reflected throughout this painting.
  • THE PAINTING When Frida Kahlo produced The Wounded Table, in 1940, she was at the peak of her career.
  • The truth is that The Wounded Table by Frida Kahlo is, in short, one of the paintings most desired by top collectors and people.
  • You may have noticed that this painting also appears on the wall of Kahlo’s studio in the photograph, Diego Rivera Watching Frida Kahlo Paint a Self Portrait.
  • At the peak of her career after her first solo exhibitions in New York and Paris, Kahlo’s work, The Wounded Table, was unveiled in 1940 in Mexico City.