Two nudes in a forest is an oil painting by mexican painter frida kahlo that was completed in 1939 It is also referred to as the earth, two nudes in the wood, or my nurse and i [1] the painting was given to a close woman companion of kahlo's, [2] who some believe to be actress dolores del río. The artwork “two nudes in the forest (the earth itself)” was created by frida kahlo in 1939 It is an oil painting on metal that falls under the genre of nude painting (nu) and is associated with the naïve art (primitivism) art movement The dimensions of the artwork are 25 x 30.5 cm
Kahlo’s painting presents a highly personal, dreamlike tableau in which two nudes are depicted within a. Two nudes in the forest the earth itself painting passed to dolores del rio and then to lewis reilly after the death of the mexican painter, frida, in 1954 In 1989, a gallerist named mary anne martin bought it and later sold this work to the then president of microsoft, jon shirley, who consigned it. Two nudes in the forest (the earth itself) 1939 frida's ambivalent sexuality may serve as the motif for this painting She had several lesbian friends and made no attempt to conceal her bisexuality, even from her husband diego It is also referred to as the earth, two nudes.
