Front / Recto
- Title Untitled (Eiffel Tower)
- Negative Date 1927–28
- Print Date 1927–39
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 9 × 6 1/4" (22.9 × 15.9 cm)Sheet 9 5/16 × 6 11/16" (23.7 × 17 cm)
- Place Taken Paris
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1750.2001
- Copyright © Estate Germaine Krull, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
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Marks and Inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top right: 2 [underlined, oriented upside down with respect to image]. Inscribed in pencil across entire sheet verso: Palais de la Femme/Paris–vies, bouquin etc./Aux bonheur des Dames/Tissenaud, etoffes, bijoux etc/Rotterdam, Londres, marché/Londres, docks/Cafés arabes/Paris rues/Paris la nuit/Elections (nuit des)/Le Pacte de Paris/Paris publicité/Fleurs/Nus [1].
[1] "Palais de la Femme/Paris–lives, book, etc./Aux bonheur des Dames [store]/Tissenaud, fabrics, jewelry etc./Rotterdam, London, market/London, docks/Arab coffee shops/Paris streets/Paris by night/Election (night)/Pact of Paris/Paris advertisement/Flowers/Nudes." -
Provenance
The artist. Henry Feldstein, Forest Hills, N.Y., by 1989 [1]; purchased by Thomas Walther, April 29, 1990 [2]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 8.
[2] Ibid.; and MacGill/Walther 2000(2), p. 21.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Copy print
- PTM
- Micro-raking
Paper Material
- Format Metric
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.31
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 92% Hardwood bleached sulfite 8%
- 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, Br, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Fe, Zn, Br, 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).
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