L'œuvre en bref

In this painting, Frida Kahlo depicts four figures standing in a village square, in front of a row of low houses. On the left, a disjointed male figure, his limbs bound with ropes, is wearing modern clothes and appears to be a puppet or marionette. Beside him, a naked, pregnant woman holds a child. The third figure is a smiling white skeleton, evoking the omnipresence of death in Mexican imagery. Finally, in the background, a small yellow hybrid creature, similar to a toy or piñata, completes the scene.

Sitting on the ground, a little girl looks on worriedly. The whole scene is set against a grey, stormy sky, creating an atmosphere of latent tension. The painting questions Mexican national identity through archetypes and symbols - tradition, modernity, motherhood, death - highlighting the coexistence of profound contradictions in twentieth-century Mexican society.

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