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Modotti, Tina
American (b. Italy, 1896-1942)

PUBLISHED TITLE: Piņatas

ca. 1926
gelatin silver print
10.0 x 7.5 cm.
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 38448
74:0061:0174

Lowe, Sarah M. --Tina Modotti: Photographs.-- New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc./Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. pl. 55.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Tina Modotti: Photographs", US, PA, Philadelphia - November 26, 1995.//
"Modotti and Weston: Mexicanidad", US, NY, Rochester February 15 - May 4, 1997.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in pencil) "I made these for F. Very messy!" "X"

NOTES: Catalogued 10/87, DZ. Published title and date from --Tina Moditti: Photographs--. "In her recent book on Modotti, the scholar Sarah Lowe has noted that she [Modotti] provided Frances Toor with over forty images for --Mexican Folkways--, including this image. On its reverse, Modotti wrote the following editorial note: 'I mafe these for F[rances Toor]. Very messy!'" [Therese Mulligan, 1/97]

SUBJECT: study, pinatas

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