About the Artwork
Calla Lilies
ca. 1927
Tina Modotti
1896 - 1942
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/4 × 7 inches (23.5 × 17.8 cm) Mount: 12 × 14 inches (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Abraham Borman Family Fund
F77.18
No known estate claims. Ok to use for non-commercial use. See Nancy Barr.
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Provenance
(Ex Libris, New York, New York, USA)
1977-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 56, no. 2, 1978, pp. 141-142, p. 147 (ill.).
Diego Rivera and His Mexico: Through the Camera's Eye. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F., Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Madrid, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, West Berlin. 1986, checklist no 81.
Lowe, Sarah M. Tina Modotti: Photographs. Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art. New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1995, cover (ill.).
Photographs from Detroit Collections. Exh. cat., Detroit, Michigan, 1983, cover (ill.).
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No known estate claims. Ok to use for non-commercial use. See Nancy Barr.
Tina Modotti, Calla Lilies, ca. 1927, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Abraham Borman Family Fund, F77.18.
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