Querido doctorcito (correspondencia - correspondence)

Descripción

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of the manuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor Leo Eloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as Carlos Monsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3 phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternal relationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters. The second part of the correspondence airs her political feelings about the Spanish Civil War, the refuges arriving in Mexico and Diego Rivera's health. The third part of the correspondence marks an important shift, when the 2 protagonists adopt a more informal tone and where Kahlo confides her several love affairs and medical problems, and although during this period she painted extensively she does not mention it as she didn't believe in her own success stamped. These letters suggest that there was more than just a caring friendship between them while also represent the heartbreaking confessions by Kahlo after she lost the baby she was expecting with her husband Diego Rivera.