Diego Rivera with Pet Spider Monkey at his San Angel studio by Emmy Lou Packard
Diego Rivera with Pet Spider Monkey at his San Angel studio
Emmy Lou Packard
Title
Diego Rivera with Pet Spider Monkey at his San Angel studio
Artist
Emmy Lou Packard
1914 - 1998 (biography)Year
1941
Technique
gelatin silver print - photograph
Image Size
10 3/8 x 9 1/2" image and photopaper size
Signature
signed in ink on verso; artist's studio stamp on verso
Edition Size
proof, not editioned
Annotations
inscribed in ink on verso: "#12 for Mildred Consadine 1984 / copyright / Diego Rivera in San Angel studio yard, 1941 with pet spider monkey who adored him (but bit everyone else)! - Emmy Lou Packard 1984"
Reference
Archives of American Art digtial I.D. 5948
Paper
semigloss photopaper mounted to support sheet
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
23178
Price
$900.00
Description
Emmy Lou Packard inscribed this photograph in ink on the verso: "#12 for Mildred Consadine 1984 / copyright / Diego Rivera in San Angel studio yard, 1941 with pet spider monkey who adored him (but bit everyone else)! - Emmy Lou Packard July 1984."
Diego Rivera was captured by Emmy Lou Packard playing with his pet spider monkey which he kept at their studio in San Angel. Frida Kahlo surrounded herself with pets, including this spider monkey named 'Fulang Chang, given to her as a gift by Rivera and used in one of her self portraits.
Emmy Lou gave this photograph to Mildred Consadine in 1984 as a gift with a note, her studio stamp and a copyright symbol and "all rights reserved."