Front / Recto
- Title Untitled
- Negative Date 1923–27
- Print Date 1923–32
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (24.2 x 19 cm)
- Place Taken Mexico City
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund
- MoMA Accession Number 1905.2001
- Copyright © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: [wavy line resembling an S or a W].
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Provenance
The artist, Mexico City/Los Angeles; to Jean Charlot, by 1939 [1]; by inheritance to Zohmah Charlot [2]; to G. H. Dalsheimer Gallery Ltd., Baltimore [3]; to Nancy Medwell, Seattle, and AFG Photos [4]; to Allan Frumkin Gallery Photographs Inc. (Carol Ehlers), Chicago, May 1987 [5]; purchased by Thomas Walther, July 26, 1987 [6]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Zohmah Charlot, letter to Peter MacGill, March 17, 1983; and MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 25. Jean Charlot was a French painter and printmaker, and he and his wife, Zohmah Charlot, were part of Weston’s circle in Mexico. This print was part of Jean Charlot’s collection when he and Zohmah were married in 1939.
[2] Charlot, letter to MacGill.
[3] Carol Ehlers, letter to Audrey Sands, October 18, 2013.
[4] Ehlers, e-mail to Simon Bieling, April 19, 2005; and Ehler, letter to Sands. Ehler has indicated that this print was recorded as Allan Frumkin Gallery Photographs Inc. inventory no. 1908.
[5] MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 25.
[6] Allan Frumkin Gallery Photographs Inc. invoice, July 26, 1987.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Matte
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Contact print
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PTM
View of the recto of the artwork made using reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) software, which exaggerates subtle surface details and renders the features of the artwork plainly visible. Department of Conservation, MoMA -
Micro-raking
Raking-light close-up image, as shot. Area of detail is 6.7 x 6.7 mm. Department of Conservation, MoMA
Raking-light close-up image, processed. Processing included removal of color, equalization of the histogram, and sharpening, all designed to enhance visual comparison. Department of Conservation, MoMA
Paper Material
- Format Imperial
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.32
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 47% Hardwood bleached sulfite 1% Hardwood bleached kraft/soda 7% Rag 37% Bast 7% Softwood bleached sulfite
- Material Techniques Developing-out paper
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XRF
This work was determined to be a gelatin silver print via X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry.
The following elements have been positively identified in the work, through XRF readings taken from its recto and verso (or from the mount, where the verso was not accessible):
- Recto: P, S, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Zn, Sr, Ba
The graphs below show XRF spectra for three areas on the print: two of the recto—from areas of maximum and minimum image density (Dmax and Dmin)—and one of the verso or mount. The background spectrum represents the contribution of the XRF instrument itself. The first graph shows elements identified through the presence of their characteristic peaks in the lower energy range (0 to 8 keV). The second graph shows elements identified through the presence of their characteristic peaks in the higher energy range (8 to 40 keV).
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Al, Si, P, S, K, Ca, Cr, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Fe, Zn, Sr, Ag
In Context
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