Front / Recto
- Title Bocskay-tér, Budapest
- Negative Date 1914
- Print Date 1914–20
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 1 7/16 × 2 1/16" (3.7 × 5.2 cm)Sheet 1 9/16 × 2 1/8" (3.9 × 5.4 cm)
- Place Taken Budapest
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1715.2001
- Copyright © Estate of André Kertész
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Signed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 1914/A Kertész. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom left: 6/79/VI-7. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: CR 16.
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Provenance
The artist, New York [1]; to Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1985 [2]; purchased by Thomas Walther, 1986 [2]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 7; and Matthew Ortiz (Edwynn Houk Gallery), e-mail to Maria Morris Hambourg, April 30, 2014.
[2] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 7; and Ortiz, e-mail to Hambourg.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Contact print
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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
- Weight Single weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.16
- UV Fluorescence Recto no data Verso no data
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 21% Rag 73% Bast 6%
- 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, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba, Pb
- Verso: Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ba, 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, S, K, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Zn, Sr, Ag, Pb
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