"Natasha Gelman once had five Frida Kahlo paintings hanging in her bedroom. The most special one was a small portrait of Natasha herself, just a bust with a pensive expression and her hair pulled back. It was quite different from the one that Diego Rivera also painted of her, in which she posed in an evening gown reclining on a sofa with lush lilies in the backgrounda commission from her husband, Jacques Gelman, to the icon of Mexican muralism."
"the Gelman couple were among the most influential figures in international art collecting, thanks to the fortune they amassed as producers during the golden age of Mexican cinema, including their friendship and lucrative partnership with Cantinflas. Upon her husband's death, their splendid European collection (comprising 81 works by Bacon, Dali, Picasso, and Matisse) passed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York."
Natasha Gelman owned five Frida Kahlo paintings, including a small self-portrait and a distinct Diego Rivera commission. The Gelman couple became influential international art collectors after building a fortune producing Mexican cinema and partnering with Cantinflas. Upon her husband's death, their European collection of 81 works by Bacon, Dali, Picasso and Matisse went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Mexican collection recently left for Spain on loan to Banco Santander after decades of touring and amid an heirs' legal battle. An unverified will allegedly expressed a wish to keep the collection in Mexico, prompting government action and a temporary Mexico City exhibition. The collectors' European origins and wartime escape add mystery to the collection's recent trajectory.
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