Which Frida Kahlo painting shows a hospital bed after a miscarriage in Detroit?

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Henry Ford Hospital shows Frida Kahlo after a miscarriage in Detroit.

Kahlo painted the work in 1932 after suffering a miscarriage while living in Detroit with Diego Rivera. She lies on a hospital bed in a blood-stained sheet, while symbolic objects connected to pregnancy, anatomy, and medical experience float around her.

The painting is notable for its direct treatment of reproductive loss. Kahlo’s presentation is neither a conventional religious scene nor a detached medical illustration; it joins autobiographical emotion with diagram-like symbols and a stark view of the hospital environment.

The work is sometimes confused with My Birth, another painting concerned with childbirth and the body. Henry Ford Hospital is specifically associated with the 1932 miscarriage in Detroit and is named after the hospital where the event took place.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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