Front / Recto

  • Title Tina
  • Negative Date 1924
  • Print Date 1924
  • Medium Palladium print
  • Dimensions Image 8 7/16 x 6 1/8" (21.5 x 15.5 cm)
  • Place Taken Mexico City
  • Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund
  • MoMA Accession Number 1904.2001
  • Copyright © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.

Back / Verso

  • Mount Type No mount
  • Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top center: Par Edward Weston.
  • Provenance The artist, Mexico City; to Frances Toor (1890–1956), Mexico City [1]; by inheritance to Toor's son, Mexico City, 1956 [2]; purchased by Ava Vargas, Mexico City, 1990s [3]; purchased by Throckmorton Fine Art Inc., New York, April 27, 1996 [4]; purchased by Thomas Walther, January 31, 1997 [5]; purchased by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.

Surface

  • Retouch Detail
    Detail showing aqueous retouching applied with a brush. The area of detail is 5 x 7 mm. Department of Conservation, MoMA
  • Surface Sheen Matte
  • Techniques Retouching (additive)
    Contact print
    Retouching in negative
    Retouching (reductive)
  • 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 Unknown
  • UV Fluorescence Recto negative
    Verso negative
  • Fiber Analysis Rag 82%
    Bast 17%
    Softwood bleached sulfite 1%
  • Material Techniques Palladium print
  • XRF

    This work was determined to be a palladium 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, Si, S, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn, Pd
    • Verso: Mg, Al, S, P, S, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn

    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: Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Cr, Pd
    Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
    Elements identified: Mn, Fe, Zn

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