We understand that the different elements attest to the immense suffering and trauma that Kahlo suffered, and the ambiguous feelings she had about her life's trajectory. The depiction of Kahlo's own legs in a bath in What the Water Gave Me also confronts the problem of the female body usually being depicted as an object of the male gaze. Here, her body is the object of her own gaze. There is sexual imagery in the painting, but it represents Kahlo's sexuality as she herself considers it, rather than rendering it pleasing to the viewer's eye.
It has belonged to the private collection of Daniel Filipacchi, a Surrealist art collector, for more than two decades. Despite limited accessibility for public viewing, it is a crucial piece in understanding the development of Kahlo's thought, as well as her skill and technique as an artist.
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