Frida Kahlo
This celebrity goo was created by player Angela Lathem-Ballard.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Monday, July 9, 2001 (part of Round XIV)
category: 
Art
clue: This communist and self-portraitist limped her way into Mexican artistic history.
explanation: Kahlo was a Mexican artist whose most famous works are her many self-portraits (one of which is the source image). She also happened to be a communist and had a permanent limp after suffering polio. more…
solved by: Denise Sawicki, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Fischer, Anna Gregoline, Kelly Hardie, Kelly Stokes, Amir H. Sufyani, Jeff Flom, D. R., Dan Donovan, and Brannan Conrad
trivia: This goo was part of Round Fourteen, in which each goo was selected by a player. This goo was chosen by Angela Rehn, an admirer of Kahlo.
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