Raissa Bretaña on Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair

In the online edition of MoMA’s ArtSpeaks program, we invite staff members, artists, and special guests to share personal impressions of an artwork in the galleries. Here, fashion historian Raissa Bretaña examines Kahlo’s 1940 Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair and how it contrasts with the overt femininity of her previous paintings.

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