Tina Modotti (1896-1942)

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

Tina Modotti
Portrait of Edward Weston with a View Camera, c. 1923-1924

Vintage silver print. Framed.

Literature

For two more widely angled variants of this view cf. Lowe, S.M. 2004 pl. 13, 14.

Catalogue Note

Modotti's relationship with Weston is well documented. Many scholars have seen that relationship as essential to the emergence of the Modernist aesthetic. Here the artist is viewed from below, heroically, lens cap in hand, in the act of taking a photograph.