ALT A self-portrait of Kahlo wearing a starched resplandor headdress with a small portrait of Diego Rivera on her brow against a gold background. Kahlo gazes directly at the viewer, her face framed by the resplandor, a halo-like headdress composed of lace pleated into points that encircles her head and radiates outward from her face. Sheer, floral patterned lace drapes from the headdress over her shoulders obscuring her figure. A broad pink ribbon borders the lace. The garment continues in tiny vertical pleats below the ribbon completely covering Kahlo. A portion of the voluminous garment is shown in folds in front, displacing the pink ribbon from its continuous ring around Kahlo’s body. Atop her head, some of her dark hair is visible and white and purple flowers with green leaves are clustered at the crown of her head. The leaves’ shape mimics the pointed lace pleats. Lines extend outward from the leaves’ tips over the entire painting.
ALT Gallery view of the painting framed in an undulating wood frame on a teal wall with a female viewer gazing at it from the right.
