TOFFOLETTI (Riccardo). - Lot 291

TOFFOLETTI (Riccardo). Tina Modotti: A Flame for Eternity. Paris, En Vues, 1999. Oblong quarto (24 x 28 cm), paperback with a filled-in illustrated cover. French edition translated by Françoise Laffon. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographic reproductions, including numerous works by Tina Modotti as well as various documents, portraits, and archival materials. 127 pp. First French edition of this important monograph dedicated to Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, artist, and revolutionary activist, a major figure in 20th-century Mexican photography. The book, written by Riccardo Toffoletti, a member of the Tina Modotti Committee in Udine, traces both her artistic career and her political activism and presents a wide selection of her most iconic photographs. Condition: interior in good condition, very fresh. Cover preserved in very good condition under the dust jacket.