Front / Recto
- Title Bauhaus Workshop Building from Below. Oblique View. (Werkstattgebäude von unten. Schrägaufnahme.)
- Negative Date September 1926
- Print Date 1926–35
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 13 3/4 × 10 13/16" (35 × 27.5 cm)Sheet 14 9/16 × 11 3/4" (37 × 29.8 cm)
- Place Taken Dessau
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1789.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Lucia Moholy Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount - evidence previous mounting
- Marks and Inscriptions Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, bottom right: FOTO LUCIA MOHOLY–BERLIN/Ohne Erlaubnis/Reproduktion verboten. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: [illegible].
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Provenance
The artist, Zurich [1]; purchased by Egidio Marzona, Berlin/Bielefeld [2]; purchased by Galerie Berinson, Berlin, mid- to late 1990s [3]; purchased by Thomas Walther; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Egidio Marzona, conversation with Thomas Walther, Berlin, April 2014.
[2] Ibid.; and MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 10.
[3] Marzona, conversation with Walther; and MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 10.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Retouching (additive) Enlargement Ferrotyping Retouching in negative
- PTM
- Micro-raking
Paper Material
- Format Metric
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Grass 27% Rag 46% Bast 7% Softwood bleached soda 5% Softwood bleached sulfite 15%
- 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, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: S, Ca, Zn, 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).
In Context
Related Images
Historical Exhibitions
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Städtische Ausstellungshallen, Stuttgart. Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (Fifo). Organized by Deutscher Werkbund. May 18–July 7, 1929. (traveling exhibition)
Related People
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Artist
Related Links
- Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33
- Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929