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c. 1929

Woman of Tehuantepec

Tina Modotti

Italian, 1896 - 1942

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Woman of Tehuantepec

This photograph comes from a series by Tina Modotti that capture Tehuana women engaged in everyday activities such as caring for their children and walking to market.
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Art Speaks Teacher Resources

Use educational resources to prepare your students for Art Speaks, a museum visit program for 4th-grade students in Philadelphia public schools.
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Art Speaks Image Cards

Use these image cards to prepare your students for Art Speaks, a museum visit program for 4th-grade students in Philadelphia public schools
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Looking to Write, Writing to Look

Looking to Write, Writing to Look brings together twenty-five remarkable works of art from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collections and uses them as inspiration for an array of writing activities for K–12 students.
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Tina Modotti, Woman of Tehuantepec, c. 1929 | Philadelphia Museum of Art