Private Collection 6.75" x 4.50" Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, then a village on the outskirts of Mexico City. Kahlo stated that she was born at the family home, La Casa Azul (The Blue House), but according to the official birth registry, the birth took place at the nearby home of her maternal grandmother. Kahlo's parents were photographer Guillermo Kahlo (1871-1941) and Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez (1876-1932). Originally from Germany, Guillermo had immigrated to Mexico in 1891, after epilepsy caused by an accident ended his university studies. Although Kahlo claimed that her father was Jewish, he was in fact a Lutheran. Matilde was born in Oaxaca to an indigenous father and a mother of Spanish descent. In addition to Kahlo, the marriage produced daughters Matilde (1898-1951), Adriana (1902-1968), and Cristina (1908-1964) She also had two half-sisters from Guillermo's first marriage, Mari­a Luisa and Margarita, but they were raised in a convent. (Condition Good)

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