afrodiaspores: vintageblackglamour: Marian Anderson and Frida Kahlo with Diego Rivera, Miguel Covarrubias, Rosa Covarrubias, Ernesto de Quesada and others in Mexico, 1943. I believe this photograph records Anderson’s visit to Mexico to perform alongside the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes of Mexico and Sociedad or Asociación Musical Daniel, directed by the Cuban-born Quesada. What I have been able to glean from journals of the period suggests that Anderson visited Mexico for similar purposes more than once; one of the lessons for me in trying to research this meeting is that a comprehensive biography of Anderson is sorely needed.

afrodiaspores:

vintageblackglamour:

Marian Anderson and Frida Kahlo with Diego Rivera, Miguel Covarrubias, Rosa Covarrubias, Ernesto de Quesada and others in Mexico, 1943.

I believe this photograph records Anderson’s visit to Mexico to perform alongside the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes of Mexico and Sociedad or Asociación Musical Daniel, directed by the Cuban-born Quesada. What I have been able to glean from journals of the period suggests that Anderson visited Mexico for similar purposes more than once; one of the lessons for me in trying to research this meeting is that a comprehensive biography of Anderson is sorely needed.