La mesa herida - the wounded table

Frida Kahlo, The wounded Table, 1940

FRIDA KAHLO AND HER MYSTERY PAINTING  "LA MESA HERIDA" OR  "THE WOUNDED TABLE"

Traditionally The wounded Table  (1940, oil on canvas, 244 x 122 cm, location unknown) has been compared to The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci; the founders of the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund researched the painting for three years before having it replicated, and have given the work a totally new interpretation. 

The wounded Table is a representation of death (as separation), of the disintegration of Frida Kahlo’s mexicanidad and of her search for her own identity.
NOTE: Diego Rivera felt committed to mexicanidad, by which he meant the return to Mexican origins in order for Mexican people to achieve their own social and cultural self-confidence and identity. By marrying Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo followed him in this commitment …....
…more about this story:  http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/frida-kahlos-wounded-table

Please look for more about this painting: 
http://www.fridakahlostory.com/frida-blog/frida-kahlo-la-mesa-heriada-the-wounded-table
…. and also here:
http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/frida-kahlos-wounded-table