Front / Recto
- Title Untitled (Self-Portrait)
- Negative Date 1926–29
- Print Date 1926–29
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 2 15/16 × 4 1/8" (7.5 × 10.5 cm)
- Place Taken Dessau
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1899.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Estate of Johan Niegeman
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount
- Marks and Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, top left: 56 [circled]. Signed in pencil on sheet verso, top right: Niegeman. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, center: 44.
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Provenance
The artist; to Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (1899–1944), Frankfurt; by inheritance to the estate of Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (Joost and Lore Siedhoff), Frankfurt, 1944 [1]; purchased by Egidio Marzona, Berlin/Bielefeld, 1978–79 [2]; purchased by Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne [2]; 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.
[3] Ibid.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Semireflective
- Techniques Contact print
- PTM
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Micro-raking
Raking-light close-up image, as shot. Area of detail is 6.7 x 6.7 mm. Department of Conservation, MoMARaking-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 Light weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.14
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 19% Hardwood bleached sulfite 1% Rag 64% Bast 16%
- 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, Cl, K, Ca, Zn, Sr, Ag, Ba
- Verso: Al, Si, S, K, Ca, Fe, 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, Cl, K, Ca, Ag, Ba
In Context
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