Cologne Kalkerfeld Settlement, Streetlight

Front / Recto

Title Cologne Kalkerfeld Settlement, Streetlight (Siedlung Köln-Kalkerfeld, Straßenlatern)
Negative Date 1928
Print Date 1928–39
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions Image 9 x 6 5/8" (22.9 x 16.9 cm)
Place Taken Cologne
Credit Line Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
MoMA Accession Number 1780.2001
Copyright © 2015 / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Mount Type No mount
Marks and Inscriptions Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, top center: Photographic:/WERNER MANTZ/Köln, Hohenstaufenring 46/Telefon Anno 5474. Stamped in black ink on sheet verso, center: Reproduktion ds. Bildes nur mit/Genehmigung und Namen des Urhebers/(phot. Werner MANTZ-Köln) sowie unter Einsendung eines Belegexemplares gestattet./(Gesetz betr. d. Urheberrecht v. 9. 1. 1907). [with rectangular outline]. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom left: 1928. Signed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: W. Mantz. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom center: P 9607010. Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso, bottom right: 0036.
Provenance The artist, Maastricht/Eijsden, the Netherlands; to Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, July 1996 [1]; purchased by Thomas Walther, February 27, 1997 [2]; given to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001.
[1] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 10; and Kicken archival no. P 9607010 on sheet verso. The print was exhibited in Seen & Unseen, Galerie Rudolf Kicken's twenty-year anniversary exhibition, at Robert Miller Gallery, New York, January 8–February 8, 1997.
[2] MacGill/Walther 2001(4), p. 10; MacGill/Walther 2000(2), p. 36; and Galerie Rudolf Kicken invoice, February 27, 1997.

Surface Sheen Semireflective
Techniques Retouching (additive)
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

Format Metric
Weight Double weight
Thickness (mm) 0.28
UV Fluorescence Recto negative
Verso no data
Fiber Analysis Softwood bleached sulfite 92%
Hardwood bleached sulfite 2%
Rag 4%
Bast 2%
Material Techniques Developing-out paper
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: S, 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, S, K, Ca, Ag, Ba

Areas examined: Recto (Dmax: black; Dmin: green), Verso or Mount (blue), Background (red)
Elements identified: Fe, Zn, Sr, Ag