Rivera, portrayed as a painter, holds a palette and four brushes in his right hand while Kahlo tilts her head towards him.

The pigeon or dove at the upper right carries a banner that reads: "Aquí nos veis, a mí, Frida Kahlo, junto con mi amado esposo Diego Rivera.

Pinté estos retratos en la bella ciudad de San Francisco, California, para nuestro amigo Mr. Albert Bender y fue en el mes de abril del año 1931" ("Here you see us, me Frieda Kahlo, with my dearest husband Diego Rivera.

I painted these pictures in the delightful city of San Francisco California for our companion Mr. Albert Bender, and it was in the month of April of the year 1931.”) The work had been commissioned by Albert M. Bender, an art collector and supporter of Rivera.

[citation needed] In 1936 Bender gave the painting to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in San Francisco, California, where it forms part of the permanent collection and is generally on public display.