Front / Recto
- Title Summer Swimming (Sommerbad)
- Negative Date 1925–30
- Print Date 1925–30
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 7 x 7 7/8" (17.8 x 20 cm)
- Place Taken Gera
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Ilse Bing, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1621.2001
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top center: 000. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 1 and 1. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: Sommerbad. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, center: aenne biermann, gera, d.w.b./nr. [inscribed in pencil on number line inside artist's stamp: 000]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: W [circled] and 121.
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Provenance
The artist, Gera, Germany; to Franz Roh (1890–1965), Munich, by 1930 [1]; by inheritance to the estate of Franz Roh (Juliane Roh, 1909–1987), Munich, 1965 [2]; to Galerie Wilde (Ann and Jürgen Wilde), Cologne, 1968 [3]; purchased by Thomas Walther, 1991 [4]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Jürgen Wilde, letter to Simon Bieling, May 12, 2005.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.; and MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 1.
[4] Wilde, letter to Bieling.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Glossy
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Enlargement Ferrotyping
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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 Unknown
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.31
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 100%
- 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: Al, P, S, Cl, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, 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, Cl, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Zn, Sr, Ag
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