Tina Modotti
Italian · 1896–1942 · Photographer
Tina Modotti was an Italian and American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left her native Italy in 1913 and emigrated to… (Wikipedia)
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Telephone Wires, MexicoPhillips · $692,000≈ £526,877≈ €616,811Sign up to see
Bandolier, Corn, SicklePhillips · $645,000≈ £479,732≈ €550,764Sign up to see
Roses, MexicoPhillips · $220,000≈ £167,504≈ €196,096Sign up to see
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Tina Modotti was an Italian and American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left her native Italy in 1913 and emigrated to the United States, where she settled in San Francisco with her father and sister. In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a seamstress, model, and theater performer and, later, moved to Los Angeles where she worked in film. She later became a photographer and essayist. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party.
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Also known as Assunta Adelaide Luigia, Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti, Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, Assunta Luigia Modotti, Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942, Tina (Assunta Adelaide Luigia) Modotti
Works in museum collections
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
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Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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