Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
On view through January 2026
Harry Ransom Center
Austin, Texas
www.hrc.utexas.edu
View one of Frida Kahlo’s most iconic paintings: an untitled self-portrait known as “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” this fall. The oil-on-canvas painting from 1940 is one of 55 self-portraits painted by the artist during her lifetime, and its format—featuring a head-and-shoulders view of Kahlo—is typical of her style of portraiture during this period. The painting’s sophisticated composition and color selection, as well as its delicate brushwork, fine details, and skillful shading, mark it as a principal example of Kahlo’s mature-style portraiture.
Find out more here: https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/frida-kahlo-self-portrait/
[Image: Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954), Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird], 1940. Oil on canvas mounted to board. Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art, 66.6 © 2020 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.]
