still life frida kahloPainted in 1951, this still life was commissioned by Frida Kahlo for Samuel Fastlicht, a dentist and friend of the Kahlo Rivera couple. At this point in her life, Frida was weak and often bedridden, and painted smaller works, often colourful still lifes full of symbolic elements linked to Mexican culture. Here, she combines humour, vitality and patriotism. At the centre of the composition is a small black xoloitzcuintle dog, emblematic of Mexico,