A Cat Named Zelda

This is Zelda the Cat.

She is pictured here next to
the "Diego Rivera Glove."

In Nancy Milford's ZELDA,
a story is told about
the wife of Scott Fitzgerald
having her portrait painted
by Mr. Rivera.

In the biography of Mrs. F,
Milford implied that there were
intimate moments between
Zelda & Diego, before and/or
after the portrait was painted.





And I got curiouser and curiouser.

I contacted three authoritative sources:
MOOLA: Museum of Latin American Art (Los Angeles)

MMOMA: Mexico Museum of Modern Art (Mexico City)

Artdaily.org: The best website for anything related to Art or Art History


All three sources extensively researched the matter then gave the same reply:
There was neither documentation nor anecdotal evidence of a Zelda Fittzgerald
portrait painted by Diego Rivera.

However,
I got a different story
from Zelda the Cat
who has had 9 lives
and 99 lovers:

Shortly after moving to Montgomery, Alabama—
to be close to her
dying father–
the original Zelda
and her husband paid
an unscheduled visit
to Mexico City.

Their destination was
the newly constructed
home/studio of
Diego Rivera
& Frida Kahlo.

The year was 1931.

En espanol...
Scott & Zelda translates 
into Diego & Frida




 

The tete-a-tete of these four cultural titans was co-piloted
by a prodigious quantityof  Patron Tequila.


Intimacies abounded and portraits were painted of everyone by virtually everyone else.

Unfortunately, Scott and Diego destroyed the entire treasure trove of portraits
because Frida and Zelda were happiest making love to each other!

So I was told by Zelda the Cat.

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Blogger's Note
Zelda the Cat–as opposed to Paul the Blogger–
takes full responsibility for  irregular layout
of this post.

The Federal Witness Protection Program
has transferred Zelda the Cat
to somewhere south
of Guadalajara.