May 16, 2024 - Sale 2669

Sale 2669 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
TINA MODOTTI (1896-1942)
A pair of studies, from Diego Rivera's mural "El que Quiera Comer que Trabaje" at the Ministry of Education, Mexico City. Together, 2 silver prints, the images measuring 9⅝x7⅝ inches (24.4x19.4 cm), and the reverse, each with Modotti's credit stamp on verso. 1928

Provenance: Swann Galleries; to the Collection of Margaret Hooks & Michael Tangeman

El que quiera comer que trabaje ("Let him who wants to eat, work"), 1928 [study of Diego Rivera Mural, Public Education Ministry, "Patio de las Fiestas," Second floor, South wall] * Detail, El que quiera comer que trabaje ("Let him who wants to eat, work"), 1928 [study of Diego Rivera Mural, Public Education Ministry, "Patio de las Fiestas," Second floor, South wall]

Reproduced: Margaret Hooks, Tina Modotti (Phaidon Press, 2002), pl. 51
Maricela González Cruz Manjarrez, Tina Modotti y el Muralismo Mexicano (Mexico City: UNAM/IIE, 1999), p. 48