Tina Modotti - Photographs London Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    From the Collection of Carlos Vidali, son of Vittorio Vidali

  • Literature

    M. Hooks, Tina Modotti: Photographer and Revolutionary, San Francisco: Pandora, 1993, p. 154
    S. M. Lowe, Tina Modotti: Photographs, New York: Abrams, 1995, pl. 68

  • Catalogue Essay

    The photograph offered here comes from the Collection of Carlos Vidali, son of Vittorio Vidali (1900-1983), who was Modotti’s partner during the last 15 years of her life. The Vidali family were entrusted with Modotti's negatives after her death; these posthumous printings are largely attributed to Manuel Álvarez Bravo who produced a small number of prints before the negatives were donated to the Museo del la Fotografia in Pachuca, Mexico in 1979.

106

Hammer and Sickle

1927
Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s.
21 x 17.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 in.)

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for £20,000

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Sale
lproud@phillips.com
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London 8 May 2014 4pm