Front / Recto
- Title Max Weber
- Negative Date 1914–16
- Print Date 1914–16
- Medium Platinum print
- Dimensions Image 8 1/8 × 6 1/8" (20.7 × 15.6 cm)Sheet 8 7/16 × 6 7/16" (21.5 × 16.4 cm)
- Place Taken Seguin Island
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1640.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Gertrude LeRoy Brown
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Signed in pencil on sheet recto, bottom right: Gertrude L. Brown. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: PF 12133. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: 94:182.
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Provenance
The artist; to Max Weber (1881–1961); to the Max Weber Collection (Weber's daughter, Joy Weber) [1]; to Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York [2]; purchased by Thomas Walther, 1996 [3]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 2; and Alicia Colen (Howard Greenberg Gallery), e-mail to Maria Morris Hambourg, October 25, 2013.
[2] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 2.
[3] Howard Greenberg Gallery invoice no. 96-0836, December 17, 1996.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Matte
- Techniques Contact print Double exposure
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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 Unknown
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Rag 63% Bast 37% Softwood bleached sulfite 1%
- Material Techniques Platinum print
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XRF
This work was determined to be a platinum 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, Ca, Mn, Fe, Zn, Pt, Pb
- Verso: Al, Si, Ca, Mn, Fe, Zn, Pt, 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, Ca, Pt
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Mn, Fe, Zn, Pt, Pb
In Context
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Related Links
- Cultural Hubs New York
- Schools White School, 1914–42
