Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair

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Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair is a 1940 painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that depicts herself in a man’s suit with shorn hair, exploring themes of identity, gender, and personal independence.

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Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artHistoricalContext 20th-century Mexican art
feminist art discourse
artworkSurface rectangular
collection Museum of Modern Art collection
countryOfOrigin Mexico
creator Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED
depicts Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED
androgynous appearance
chair
locks of hair scattered on the floor
musical notes
shorn hair
song lyrics in Spanish
woman wearing a man’s suit
depictsEmotion defiance
detachment
depictsFashion men’s suit
depictsHairstyle short hair
genre self-portrait painting
hasPart inscribed song lyrics
musical staff
pair of scissors
scattered hair strands
tailored suit
hasTitleInLanguage Autorretrato con el pelo corto NERFINISHED
inception 1940
inspiredBy Mexican popular music
traditional Mexican song lyrics
language Spanish
location Museum of Modern Art, New York City NERFINISHED
mainSubject body and identity
gender identity
masculinity and femininity
personal independence
post-divorce autonomy
self-representation
materialUsed oil paint
movement Mexican modernism
Surrealism
notableFor exploration of gender roles
iconic self-representation of Frida Kahlo
subversion of traditional femininity
use of costume to express identity
originalTitleLanguage Spanish
significantEvent Frida Kahlo’s separation from Diego Rivera
support canvas
titleLanguage English

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Frida Kahlo notableWork Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair
Frida Kahlo’s artworks notableWork Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair