Frida Kahlo's Month in ParisThe richly illustrated story of a brief yet pivotal encounter in Paris between Frida Kahlo and Mary Reynolds, two luminaries of the Surrealist movement In February 1939, while visiting Paris at the invitation of writer Andre Breton, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (19071954) became sick and convalesced at the home of American expatriate Mary Reynolds (18911950), an avant garde bookbinder, collector of Surrealist artist books, and partner of Marcel Duchamp.