Details
TINA MODOTTI (1896–1942)
Head of Christ, 1925
platinum print, mounted on card
signed and dated in pencil (mount, recto); annotated 'darkest' in pencil (verso); inscribed 'Para Felipe' by the artist in pencil and signed by Felipe Teixidor in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.9 x 16.2 cm.)
mount: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired from historian Felipe Teixidor, 1966.
Literature
Mildred Constantine, Tina Modotti: A Fragile Life, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993, p. 103.
Sarah M. Lowe, Tina Modotti Photographs, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1995, pl. 59.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Tina Modotti, January 10–April 5, 1977, cat. no.
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