This historically significant masterpiece sets an elite high-end standard, establishing itself as a premier example of contemporary archival photography that captures the intimate essence of Latin American modernism. Shot in 1943 by the legendary Colombian photographer Leo Matiz in the sun-drenched gardens of the Blue House in Coyoacán, Mexico, the composition documents a fluid, trusting dialogue between the camera and Frida Kahlo's lively personality. The top-down framing captures the iconic artist resting peacefully on a bed of raw green grass, dressed in a traditional white embroidered huipil, an intense crimson satin skirt, and a rich cobalt-blue rebozo shawl wrapped around her arm. Printed later under the strict certification of the Leo Matiz.
 
Leo Matiz, one of the most important photographers in Latin America, lived in Mexico in the 1940s and was a close friend of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, whom he immortalized with his camera. The estate of Leo Matiz in collaboration with the conservators of the artist's clothes was inspired by these vibrant traditional Mexican dresses to color the portraits that Leo Matiz took of Frida in the happy moments of her life. The estate used the original black and white negatives in combination with the art of coloring photos by hand, a technique which emerged in the nineteenth century, to create this limited edition set of images, capturing the spectacular hues of Frida’s everyday clothing. Frida Kahlo's wardrobe remained hidden for fifty years with about 300 outfits revealed to the public in 2004. These intimate colored portraits allow viewers a glimpse of the culture of Mexico in the forties and the intimacy of friendship of Frida through the lens of Leo Matiz, who captured her artistic expressive force. These images are also an attempt to temporize, with sophisticated technical procedures, an homage to the art of color photography, capturing its vivid tones the regional clothing of the great Mexican, and universal painter Frida Kahlo.
 
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