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Thorn Necklace And Humming Bird Analysis
During the sequence of her career, Frida painted 55 interpretations of herself, including Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. To this day, this artwork stays as one of her most commonly-known self-portraits, due to the moving scenery in which it was formed and the symbolic nature of its imagery.

This portrait was completed in 1940, one year after her tumultuous divorce from Diego Rivera. Because the timing of its creation, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is widely thought to be a likeness of her emotional state after the couple had divorced.

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