'Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti' was published as a catalogue to accompany the travelling exhibition held in 1982 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, the Haus am Waldsee in Berlin, the Kunstverein Hamburg and the Kunstverein Hannover. The publication brings together the work of two exceptional women who, each in their own way, exerted a lasting influence on twentieth-century Mexican art and culture. Through essays, historical documents, photographs and reproductions of paintings and photographic works, the artistic and personal relationship between Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti is explored. Attention is also paid to their political convictions, their connections with Diego Rivera, Edward Weston and André Breton, and their significance within the international avant-garde. The catalogue is regarded as an early and influential publication that placed both artists together within an art-historical context. (AI-generated content description)