KOLKO, BERNICE (1905-1970) Portfolio titled "Ten Photographs of Frida Kahlo." Complete with 10 platinum prints, most approximately 7 inches (17.8 cm.) square, one 5 1/4x4 1/4 inches (13.3x10.8 cm.), each with Vargas' and Ariel Zúñiga's signatures and the edition notation 6/20, in pencil, on verso, as well as an embossed portfolio blind stamp; each print is individually matted. Small folio-sized debossed leather clamshell case, the colophon with Vargas' and Ariel Zúñiga's signatures and the edition notation, in pencil; contents loose as issued. 1953-54; printed 1996
Gifted by the photographer's estate to a Mexican collector. The colophon appears to note the edition as 9/20, however the handwriting is consistent with Zúñiga's, and may be an upside down 6. "Frida Kahlo in the garden" "Frida Kahlo painting" "Frida Kahlo admiring her rings" "Frida Kahlo with her servants and dog" "Frida Kahlo with her servant" "Frida Kahlo with her friend" "Frida Kahlo in bed I" "Frida Kahlo in bed II" "Frida Kahlo in bed III" "The Last Dream."
