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Tina Modotti
Untitled - Straw Matting (From Idols Behind Altars)1924 - 1926, printed 1924 - 1926

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a symmetrical woven palm-leaf object with a lattice pattern, laid against a herringbone-woven mat surface
Artist or Maker
Tina Modotti
Italy, active United States and Mexico, 1896-1942
Artist or Maker
Edward Weston
Title
Untitled - Straw Matting (From Idols Behind Altars)
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
1924 - 1926, printed 1924 - 1926
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 9/16 × 7 7/16 in. (24.29 × 18.89 cm) Primary support: 9 9/16 × 7 7/16 in. (24.29 × 18.89 cm) Mat: 18 × 14 in. (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1357
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents and the Tina Modotti Estate