Front / Recto
- Title Dive (Pryzhok v vodu)
- Negative Date 1934
- Print Date 1934–50
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 11 3/4 × 9 5/16" (29.9 × 23.6 cm)
- Place Taken Moscow
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1826.2001
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
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Marks and Inscriptions
Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, center: фото Родченко [1]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: "прыжок в воду" [2]/1932.
[1] “Photo Rodchenko.”
[2] “Dive.”
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Provenance
The artist, Moscow; to Walker, Ursitti & McGinnis Gallery, New York [1]; purchased by Thomas Walther, by April 1991 [2]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2000, p. 31.
[2] Walker, Ursitti & McGinnis Gallery contract, n.d.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Enlargement
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PTM
Detail 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 Single weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.15
- 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: P, S, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, S, Ca, Fe, 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, P, S, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Fe, Zn, Sr, Ag
In Context
Related Images
Spread from P. Krasnov. “Profili masterov: Aleksandr Rodchenko” (Profiles of masters: Aleksandr Rodchenko). Sovetskoe foto, no. 7 (July 1935). Left: Samozveri (Illiustratsiia k detskoi knige) (Samozveri [Illustration for the children’s book]). 1926. Right: Pryzhok (s vystavki masterov fotoiskusstva) (Dive [from the exhibition masters of photographic art]). 1934
Spread from the exhibition catalogue Vystavka rabot masterov sovetskogo foto-iskusstva (Exhibition of works by masters of Soviet photographic art), Moscow. 1935. Left: Checklist of works by Aleksandr Rodchenko, including Dive (Pryzhok v vodu). Right: Aleksandr Rodchenko. T. T. Kaganovich i Iagoda na stroitel’stve Volga – Moskva (T. T. Kaganovich and Iagoda on the building site of the Volga-Moscow Rivers)
Historical Publications
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Sovetskoe Foto 7, 1935: 21, as Pryzhok [s vystavki masterov fotoiskusstva].
Historical Exhibitions
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Moscow. Vystavka rabot masterov sovetskogo fotoiskusstva (Exhibition of the Work of the Masters of Soviet Photography). 1935.
Related People
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Artist
Related Links
- Cultural Hubs Moscow
- Publications Sovetskoe foto, 1926–39
