Front / Recto
- Title Margo Lion
- Negative Date 1928
- Print Date 1928
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 9 7/16 × 6 5/8" (24 × 16.8 cm)Sheet 9 9/16 × 7 1/16" (24.3 × 17.9 cm)
- Place Taken Berlin
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1887.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Umbo / Gallery Kicken Berlin / Phyllis Umbehr / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount - evidence previous mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Signed in white ink on sheet recto, bottom right: Umbo. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: P 8011160. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: P.C. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top center: Citroen. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top center: Margo Lion/Chansonette. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: Au [illegible]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: AS 20 [circled]. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, bottom center: Copyright by/DEUTSCHER PHOTO-DIENST/Berlin W 8 Jägerstr. 11/Tel.: A 4 Zentrum 1806-1807/als Photograph zu nennen:/Umbo DEPHOT [crossed out]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: CPÚ.
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Provenance
The artist, Berlin; to Paul Citroen (1896–1983), Berlin, 19278 [1]; purchased by Egidio Marzona, Berlin/Bielefeld, 1975 [2]; purchased by Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, November 1980 [3]; sold through Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin (sale 66-69, lot 1383), to Thomas Walther, November 27, 1998 [4]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] Thomas Walther, conversation with Herbert Molderings, Berlin, August 2005; Egidio Marzona, conversation with Walther, Berlin, April 2014; and inscription on print verso.
[2] Marzona, conversation with Walther. Egidio Marzona had close contact with Paul Citroen and is the source for all of the Umbo works that were sold by Citroen.
[3] Marzona, conversation with Walther; and Kicken archival no. P 8011160 on sheet verso.
[4] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 14; and Villa Grisebach invoice, December 1, 1998.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Glossy
- Techniques Ferrotyping
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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 Metric
- Weight Double weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.30
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 100%
- 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
- Al, Si, P, S, K, 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).
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Al, Si, P, S, K, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Zn, Sr, Ag
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