Front / Recto
- Title Composition (Photogram) (Composizione [Fotogramma])
- Negative Date 1935
- Print Date 1935
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 9 7/16 × 11 1/4" (24 × 28.6 cm)
- Place Taken Milan
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Ansel Adams, by exchange
- MoMA Accession Number 1893.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Archivio Luigi Veronesi, Milan
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount - evidence previous mount
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Marks and Inscriptions
Signed in black ink on sheet recto, bottom left: L. VERonesi 1935. Inscribed in red marker across entire sheet verso: cm. 15/Base [Base crossed out; with lines indicating reproduction instructions, some of them crossed out]. Inscribed in blue pencil on sheet verso, center: 15727. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, bottom left: 571. Inscribed in green marker on sheet verso, bottom left: 19. Inscribed in blue ink on sheet verso, bottom right: FOTO LUIGI VERONESI/-COMPOSIZIONE-. Inscribed in red pen on sheet verso, bottom center: ↓. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: PF 25584. Inscribed in blue and black marker on sheet verso, bottom right: 1935. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: 16T4 584.94. White label affixed to mount verso, center, with text printed in black ink: Luigi VERONESI/fotogramma–1935/esemplare unico [1]. White sticker affixed to mount verso, center, with text inscribed in red ink: 2. Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, center right: 19.
[1] “unique object.”
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Provenance
The artist; to the artist's estate; to Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, 1996 [1]; purchased by Thomas Walther, February 1997 [2]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 24; and Rudolf Kicken, conversation with Simon Bieling, Kicken Berlin, February 17, 2004.
[2] MacGill/Walther 2001(3), p. 24; and Galerie Rudolf Kicken invoice, February 27, 1997.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Photogram
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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 Hardwood bleached sulfite 2% Softwood bleached kraft/soda 1% Softwood bleached sulfite 97%
- 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: S, Ca, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso or mount: not available
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), Background (red)
Elements identified: S, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Background (red)
Elements identified: Sr, Ag
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