Frida Kahlo understood that self-portraiture could ... Above the Mexican flag is a green parrot next to red fruit. It extends the color into the surrounding subject matter and removes some intensity.

From left, Frida Kahlo in 1938; Self-portrait with thorn ... including the rarely travelled Still Life with Parrot and Fruit (1951) and even rarer Self Portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird ...