Front / Recto
- Title Untitled (Self-Portrait)
- Negative Date 1926
- Print Date 1926–35
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 3 1/2 × 2 9/16" (8.9 × 6.5 cm)Sheet 3 1/2 × 2 5/8" (8.9 × 6.7 cm)
- Place Taken Moscow
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1741.2001
- Copyright © 2015 / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount - evidence previous mounting
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 1926.
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Provenance
The artist; to the artist’s son, Edvard Gustavovic Kulagin [1]; to Priska Pasquer, Photographic Art Consulting, Cologne [2]; purchased by Thomas Walther, October 1, 1997 [3]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 10.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Priska Pasquer, Photographic Art Consulting invoice, October 1, 1997.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Coating Contact print
- PTM
- Micro-raking
Paper Material
- Format Unknown
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 56% Grass 44%
- Material Techniques Developing-out paper Back printing Photographic postcard
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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, Cl, K, Ca, Zn, Rb, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Fe, Zn, Rb, 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).
In Context
Related People
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Artist
Related Links
- Cultural Hubs Moscow
- Schools VKhUTEMAS, 1920–30