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Lot 165 PROPERTY OF LINDA FIORENTINO
Amongst old negatives, I printed yesterday, -- one nude of Tina prone on the Azotea. After five years, -- it is possible! -- I have decided this one to be better than the ones finished from that same series. Edward Weston
Amongst old negatives, I printed yesterday, -- one nude of Tina prone on the Azotea. After five years, -- it is possible! -- I have decided this one to be better than the ones finished from that same series. Edward Weston
EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)
Mexico (Tina on the Azotea), 1924
Closed5 April 2013
Price Realised
USD 363,750
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Linda Fiorentino is an American actress best known for her roles in the films Vision Quest, Men in Black, After Hours, Dogma, Where the Money Is and The Last Seduction. For her performance in The Last Seduction she won Best Actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the London Film Critics Circle and Independent Spirit Award. She was also nominated for a BAFTA Best Actress Film Award.
Linda began collecting works by American and European photographers in the late 1980s (see lots 180, 223-224 & 279). Her first acquisition was the present lot, Tina on the Azotea, which she purchased at Christie's after reading Modotti's biography A Fragile Life.
Linda began collecting works by American and European photographers in the late 1980s (see lots 180, 223-224 & 279). Her first acquisition was the present lot, Tina on the Azotea, which she purchased at Christie's after reading Modotti's biography A Fragile Life.