FROST FINE ART

MIRIAM SCHAPIRO

Frida and Diego (Punch and Judy)

Aquatint with collage (two small circular photographs), 1991, signed in pencil, dated and numbered from the edition of only 20, on cream wove paper, with a printer's blindstamp lower-left; in excellent condition
Plate 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches
Sheet 25 x 20 1/4 inches

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Schapiro created a series of paintings and prints around 1990 based on the theme of Punch and Judy, often superimposing small images of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera on the heads of the puppets. She described these works, in part, as "humorous comments on the situation of men and women in relationships of long standing."
(quoted in 'Miriam Shapiro. Shaping the Fragments of Art and Life', Thalia Gouma-Peterson, p.114)