MODOTTI (Tina). - Lot 214

MODOTTI (Tina). Tina Modotti, Photographer and Revolutionary. Paris, Éditions des Femmes, [1979]. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. The first major French edition devoted to Tina Modotti (1896–1942), a leading figure in modernist photography and the international revolutionary movement. The book brings together a significant selection of her photographs, taken primarily in Mexico between 1923 and 1930, accompanied by texts by Maria Caronia and Vittorio Vidali, her partner during her final years. An actress in Hollywood before becoming the student and then the partner of Edward Weston, Tina Modotti established herself in Mexico as one of the leading representatives of the New Vision, developing a style of photography that combined formal rigor, political commitment, and a celebration of popular forms. Her images of workers, peasants, demonstrations, architecture, flowers, and industrial objects are among the iconic works of 20th-century photography. This publication, now highly sought after, is one of the first monographs on the artist available in French and remains a standard for the quality of its photographic reproductions. Condition: very good copy. Dust jacket with slight scuffing and minor wear on the corners; interior in pristine condition.