Artwork Title: El Aborto (Frida and the Miscarriage)

El Aborto (Frida and the Miscarriage), 1936

Frida Kahlo

Some sites give title as "The Abortion," others "Frida and the Miscarriage."Some sites date this to 1932, even though "1936" is clearly written in the lower right corner. "When she was traveling from school back to her house, she was in a bus that collided with a tramway, and one of the metal handrails in the bus pierced her body from the left side, crossed through her womb, and perforated her vagina. She was left almost dying on the street, covered in blood and naked because the crash had ripped her clothes off. It was really like a rape; it was horrible. The fact that she survived was a miracle. That was the beginning of her career as an artist, because she spent about a year in bed, recovering with all these plaster casts, corsets, and artifacts that were putting her body back together. It was the beginning of a great artist but also of the deterioration of her body, which lasted... (http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/uncovering-clues-in-frida-kahlos-private-wardrobe/)
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