X-radiograph(s) of "Composition 19"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8838
People: Artist of original: László Moholy-Nagy, American (Bacsborsod, Hungary 1895 - 1946 Chicago, Ill., USA)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Composition 19"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Date: July 30, 2015
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/354366

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8838
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operators present: Kate Smith Teri Hensick

Duration of radiography session: 3

Total number of exposures: 5

Material Description – oil on canvas, BEVA lined to fiberglass fabric

Radiation source- Comet tube

Exposure settings-
30.8 kV
3 mA
30 seconds
224 cm focal distance

Filtration used: none

Screens used: none

Set up/sequencing notes:

Scanning notes: laser power high, PMT 10, 16-bit linear data scale, 50 micron scan resolution

Image manipulation notes: DCM files converted to TIFF, assembled into composite in Photoshop