Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Tina Modotti [SPECIAL EDITION 340/500]

Modotti, Tina (Photographs); Johann Hagemeyer (text)

Florence: Fratelli Alinari, 1992. Special Edition. Hardcover. Hand-numbered CCCXL of 500 on limitation page. (1) 10 (1) leaves. Original light brown half-cloth over cream paper-covered boards with blind-stamped and light brown lettering on cover, housed in printed light brown cardboard slipcase. Stiff textured cream endpapers with ten glossy heavy paper plates embeded by full page parchment leaves. Title page and Bio-page with thumbnail portrait photographs.

This portfolio of six full page reproductions of silver gelatin prints (Gala Lilies, Dolores Del Rio, Composition with Telphone Wires, Pregnant Woman with Child in her Arm, Bamboo Canes, Elegance and Poverty) and one full page platinum print (Portic Interior with Staircase) was created on the occasion of the exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, Udine, promoted and organized by the Tina Modotti Commitee. It was designed by Artemio Croatto. Includes brief text on photography by Tina Modotti and page with biographical text by Johann Hagemeyer at rear. Exquisite production on one of the early lumnaries of photography. "Many have paid tribute to Tina Modotti's personality and artistic sensibility, among them Pablo Neruda, who dedicated a famous poem to her. The first verses of this poem are carved on Tina's tomb in the Pantheon des Dolores in Mexico City." (Hagemeyer). Text in Italian and English. Slipcase with very light wear along edges, minor at head of book spine, interior in fine condition. Near fine to fine condition. Item #49648

Price: $350.00