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TINA MODOTTI (1896–1942)
Glasses, 1924
gelatin silver print
image/sheet: 714 x 938 in. (18.4 x 23.8 cm.)
mount: 1014 x 1214 in. (26 x 31.1 cm.)
来源
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Photographs: Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin, April 25, 2007, lot 267;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
出版
Sarah M. Lowe, Tina Modotti Photographs, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1995, pl. 25.
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拍品专文

In Glasses, 1924, Tina Modotti (1896-1942) utilizes repetition, transparency, and reflection to transform an ordinary subject into a complete abstraction. Created by superimposing an image of six wine glasses onto itself, the present lot is a rare photomontage by Modotti. In this way, Modotti aligns herself with the Modernist drive to obscure photography as a realistic medium, exploring how the camera can reveal new structures and textures though its lens. Yet, unlike the formal still-lifes of her contemporaries like Edward Weston or Paul Strand, Modotti’s subjects are never divorced from context. A utilitarian water glass belonged to everyday life in Mexico, where she lived and worked during the 1920s. By orchestrating a rhythmic composition from everyday drinkware, Modotti echoes her political commitment to instilling pride in daily labor and elevating the material culture of the working class, thus grounding the avant-garde in social reality.

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