X-radiograph(s) of "Growth of the Crystals II"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8987
People: 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: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: September 30, 2016
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/358728

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8987
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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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