Front / Recto
- Title Nose and Mouth (Nase und Mund)
- Negative Date 1929
- Print Date 1929–33
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 7 1/16 × 9 5/16" (18 × 23.6 cm)
- Place Taken Gera
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Flora S. Straus, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1619.2001
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top center: Nase und Mund. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, top center: aenne biermann, gera, d.w.b./nr. [inscribed in pencil on number line inside artist's stamp: 1929f]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 1929/f. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, center: Edition "Tilleul"/Paris. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, right: 6. DEC. 1933. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, bottom center: Linden-Verlag/München.
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Provenance
The artist, Gera, Germany. Willem Diepraam, Amsterdam; sold through Sotheby's New York (sale 6599, lot 268) to Thomas Walther, October 6, 1994 [1]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Sotheby’s invoice no. 6599 125, October 5, 1994.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Glossy
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Enlargement Ferrotyping
- PTM
- Micro-raking
Paper Material
- Format Metric
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.28
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 98% Hardwood bleached sulfite 2%
- 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: S, Cl, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, P, S, Ca, 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).
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