- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- Straus.8987
- People
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Artist of original: Willi Baumeister, German (Stuttgart, Germany 1889 - 1955 Stuttgart, Germany)
- Title
- X-radiograph(s) of "Growth of the Crystals II"
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph, x-radiograph
- Date
- September 30, 2016
- Physical Descriptions
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- Dimensions
- plate size: 35.6 × 129.5 cm (14 × 51 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
- Copyright
- © Willi Baumeister / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
- Object Number
- Straus.8987
- Contact
- am_straus@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- X-radiograph Operator: Andrea von Hedenstroem and Kate Smith
Duration of session: 3 hours
Total number of exposures: 4
Material Description: oil and putty on board
Radiation source: Comet tube
Exposure settings: 35kV 5mA 60seconds 191cm focal distance
Filtration used: none
Screens used: none
Scanning notes: laser power high, 12-bit logarithmic data scale, PMT 10, 50 micron scan resolution
Image manipulation notes: Industrex EDGE 6 filter set applied, DCM files converted to TIF and assembled into a composite image in Photoshop
- Subjects and Contexts
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Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
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