henry ford hospital frida kahloFrida Kahlo painted Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1932, following a painful miscarriage there. The work is a direct representation of the loss, grief and physical helplessness she felt in the face of the impossibility of becoming a mother. The painting marks a key moment in her career when she began to use painting as a therapeutic outlet, blending autobiography, anatomy and symbolism. Lying naked on a hospital bed at the center of the