The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
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The Suicide of Dorothy Hale is a haunting 1939 painting by Frida Kahlo that depicts the real-life death of American socialite Dorothy Hale in a dramatic, narrative style blending portraiture and tragedy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
major work in Frida Kahlo’s late 1930s period
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noted for graphic depiction of death ⓘ |
| backgroundElement |
New York City skyline
NERFINISHED
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high-rise building ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark tones
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red accents ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Clare Boothe Luce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | memorial to Dorothy Hale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| creator | Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dorothy Hale
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corpse of Dorothy Hale ⓘ fall from a building ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| depictsClothing | evening gown worn by Dorothy Hale ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | suicide of Dorothy Hale on October 21, 1938 ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | apartment building in New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative painting
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portrait painting ⓘ surrealist painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | New York socialite milieu of the 1930s ⓘ |
| hasMedium | oil on Masonite ⓘ |
| hasPart | painted inscription ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered disturbing by original commissioner ⓘ |
| hasStyle | realist detail combined with surreal composition ⓘ |
| inception | 1939 ⓘ |
| inscriptionContent | narrative description of Dorothy Hale’s death ⓘ |
| inscriptionPosition | lower part of the painting ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Spanish ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Mexican modernism
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
multiple moments of time in one image
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sequential depiction of events ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining portraiture with narrative text
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controversial subject matter ⓘ |
| partOf | Frida Kahlo’s body of work ⓘ |
| showsPerspective | bird’s-eye view ⓘ |
| support | Masonite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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female suffering ⓘ tragedy ⓘ urban modernity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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