the suicide of dorothy hale frida kahloThis work was commissioned from Frida Kahlo in 1938 by Clare Boothe Luce, a friend of the actress Dorothy Hale, who had committed suicide by throwing herself from a New York skyscraper. Clare wanted a commemorative painting, but Frida chose to depict the suicide scene head on, with a precise and raw narrative. On receiving the painting, the commissioner was shocked by the explicit depiction of the tragedy. Although originally rejected, the work is now