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Kahlo placed an image of her parents – based on their wedding photograph – at the very center of the painting, stressing the importance of the matrimonial bond that gave her life. Kahlo's relationship with her parents is suggested by their relative positions in the painting. She paints herself as a fetus on top of Matilde's white wedding dress in recognition of her mother's role in bringing her into the world. Yet as a child, who literally and figuratively stands on her own two feet, Kahlo is clearly situated on her father's side. She stands in the protected courtyard of the Casa Azul, the home that her father built for his family.
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