Front / Recto
- Title Iron Winding Stair (Pont transbordeur, Marseille) (Eiserne Wendeltreppe [Pont transbordeur, Marseille])
- Negative Date 1928
- Print Date 1928–32
- Medium Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions Image 14 × 9 5/8" (35.6 × 24.4 cm)Sheet 14 5/8 × 10 3/8" (37.2 × 26.3 cm)
- Place Taken Marseille
- Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
- MoMA Accession Number 1612.2001
- Copyright © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Back / Verso
- Mount Type No mount - evidence previous mounting
- Marks and Inscriptions White label affixed to sheet verso, bottom left, with text printed in black ink: Foto Herbert Bayer. White label affixed to sheet verso, bottom left, with text printed in black ink: Eiserne Wendeltreppe. White label affixed to sheet verso, bottom left, with text printed in black ink: Winding-stair. Inscribed in blue ink on sheet verso, bottom right: foto herbert bayer 1928/Pont transbordeur, Marseille/vintage print 1928 neg. available.
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Provenance
The artist, Aspen, Colo., or Montecito, Calif.; probably by consignment to Prakapas Gallery, Bronxville, N.Y. [1]; purchased by Thomas Walther, November 8, 1984 [2]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2000, p. 1; and Eugene Prakapas, telephone conversation with Simon Bieling, April 4, 2005;
[2] Prakapas Gallery invoice, November 8, 1984.
Surface
- Surface Sheen Glossy
- Techniques Enlargement Ferrotyping Copy 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 Metric
- Weight Single weight
- Thickness (mm) 0.18
- UV Fluorescence Recto negative Verso negative
- Fiber Analysis Grass 2% Rag 42% Bast 14% Softwood bleached sulfite 31% Softwood bleached soda 9% Hardwood bleached sulfite 2%
- 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: Mg, Al, Si, P, 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: Mg, Al, S, P, S, K, Ca, Ag, Ba
Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Fe, Zn, Sr, Ag
In Context
Related Images
Herbert Bayer. Marseille, Wendeltreppe. Reproduced in Gustaf Stotz et al. Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (International Exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund Film and Photo). Stuttgart: Deutscher Werkbund, 1929
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