Front / Recto
- Title Nude (Akt)
- Negative Date 1931
- Print Date 1931
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 9 3/8 × 6 7/8" (23.8 × 17.5 cm)
- Place Taken Gera
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Hermine M. Turner, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1622.2001
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: 2200 [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: TW 791102 [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 3300. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: [wavy line]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: Akt [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, bottom right: aenne biermann, gera, d.w.b./nr. [inscribed in pencil on number line inside artist's stamp: 3300] [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom left: 4 [circled]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: 24214 [erased]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: 825 [erased]. Inscribed in black ink on sheet verso, bottom right: 3.300.
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Provenance
The artist, Gera, Germany; to Franz Roh (1890–1965), Munich, c. 1931 [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, November 1979 [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] Galerie Wilde invoice, November 27, 1979, annotated with Thomas Walther archival no. TW 791102; Wilde, letter to Bieling; and Walther archival no. TW 791102 on sheet verso.
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 Metric
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.30
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 95% Unspecified or other Softwood mechanical 5%
- 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, S, Cl, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, P, S, K, 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).
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Zn, Sr, Ag
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