Tina Modotti
1.Mai

ArtistItalian and American, 1896–1942
Publisherpublishing activities c. 1921–1936
CultureGerman
Titles
  • 1.Mai
  • May 1
Date1931
MediumRotogravure
DimensionsApprox. 15 1/8 × 11 1/8 inches (Approx. 38.2 × 28.0 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number82.59.233
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Bevan O. Davies Photography Books, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition History"A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 5–August 22, 2011.

"Agitprop!," Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, December 11, 2015–April 4, 2016.

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