Front / Recto
- Title Plates (Talíře)
- Negative Date 1923–24
- Print Date 1923–45
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 8 7/16 × 11 9/16" (21.5 × 29.3 cm)
- Place Taken Kolín
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1672.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Miloslava Rupešová
Back / Verso
- Mount Type Mount (later)
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: 19 [circled]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: TW 770712 [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom left: 1924 [oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: 0066.
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Provenance
The artist, Prague; by inheritance to the artist’s wife, Anna Funkova, Prague, 1945 [1]; to Wilhelm Schürmann, Cologne, 1975–77 [2]; to Ex Libris (Arthur Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen), New York, 1984 [3]; purchased by Thomas Walther, July 1977 [3]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Wilhelm Schürmann, telephone conversation with Simon Bieling, April 1, 2005.
[2] MacGill/Walther 2000, p. 11; and Schürmann, telephone conversation with Bieling.
[3] Ex Libris invoice no. 8005, May 16, 1984.
[4] Ibid.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Enlargement
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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
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso no data
- Fiber Analysis No fiber data available
- Material Techniques Developing-out paper Baryta-less 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, Br, Sr, Ag, Ba, Pb
- Verso: Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Fe, Zn, Br, Sr, Ba, Pb
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, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ba, Ag
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Fe, Zn, Br, Sr, Ag, Pb
In Context
Related Images
Jaromír Funke. Composition. 1923. Gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 × 11 9/16" (21.9 × 29.4 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gift of the Prospero Foundation. © Miloslava Rupešová
Historical Exhibitions
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Birmingham, England. 2nd Midland Salon of Photography (no. 96, as Still Life). 1925.
Česká fotografická společnost, Prague (no. 17, as Talíře). 1926.
Rotherham Photographic Society, England. 37th Annual Exhibition (no. 296, as Still-Life). 1926.
Edinburgh Photographic Society. 65th Annual Open Exhibition (as Still Life). 1927.
New Westminster, British Columbia. Seventh Annual International Salon of Pictorial Photography (no. 218, as Still Life). 1927.
People’s Palace, Glasgow. Scottish International Salon of Pictorial Photography (no. 397, as Still Life). December 1926–January 1927.
Leicester and Leicestershire Photographic Society, England (no. 115, as Plates). 1928.
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