The Dream (The Bed)

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The Dream (The Bed) is a surreal 1940 painting by Frida Kahlo that depicts the artist sleeping beneath a hovering skeleton on a canopy bed, symbolizing her preoccupation with death and suffering.

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The Dream (The Bed) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
artisticStyle fantastical ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
creator Frida Kahlo ⓘ
creatorNationality Mexican ⓘ
depicts Frida Kahlo ⓘ
canopy ⓘ
canopy bed ⓘ
death symbolism ⓘ
dream ⓘ
skeleton ⓘ
skeleton lying on canopy ⓘ
sleeping woman ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
genre surrealism ⓘ
hasInfluence Mexican folk art ⓘ
personal biography of Frida Kahlo ⓘ
hasTheme death ⓘ
dreams ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
pain ⓘ
personal trauma ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
unconscious mind ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
mainSubject Frida Kahlo ⓘ
medium oil painting ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
narrativeFocus artist’s physical and emotional suffering ⓘ
artist’s preoccupation with death ⓘ
notableFor exploration of death and suffering ⓘ
imagery of hovering skeleton above bed ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Frida Kahlo oeuvre ⓘ
title The Dream (The Bed) ⓘ

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Frida Kahlo’s artworks → notableWork → The Dream (The Bed) ⓘ
The Dream (The Bed) → title → The Dream (The Bed) ⓘ