Skip to main content
The Wedding of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The Wedding of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The Wedding of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

The Wedding of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

Maker Marie Romero Cash (born 1942)
DateJanuary 2000
MediumWood, polychrome paint, gesso, varnish
DimensionsWedding Altar: 22 13/16 × 16 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (58 × 41 × 28.5 cm)
Frida: 11 13/16 × 5 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (30 × 15 × 6 cm)
Diego: 14 3/16 × 5 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (36 × 15 × 7 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dexter and Dennis Cirillo, A.2017.83.1a-c
Terms
  • value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2017.83.1a-c
DescriptionWood carving of two figures, male (Diego) on left and female (Frida) on right, figure on left in dark colored clothing holding painted paint palette with three brushes, figure on right wearing red shawl (Mexican rebozo) and two necklaces; both figures framed by carved sign overhead; sign has stylized moon painted on back. and front of sign has description written on front, bottom of sculpture is a rectangular brown panel.
On View
Not on view
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Marie Romero Cash
2001
Juan Diego Shows His Family
Manuel Maldonado
2002
San Juan Nepomuceno
Marie Romero Cash
2003
Build those Walls, We Come from the Stars
Alas de Agua Art Collective
2019
Mary Jane Magdalena
Arthur Lopez
2009
Archangel San Miguel
Artist unrecorded
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1920s - 1930s