An Objective Revaluation of Photograms by László Moholy-Nagy

Pénichon, Sylvie; Lough, Krista; Messier, Paul

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01427

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An Objective Revaluation of Photograms by László Moholy-Nagy

Sylvie Pénichon,

Sylvie Pénichon

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603, U.S.A. Email: [email protected].

SYLVIE PÉNICHON is a senior conservator in the Department of Photography at The Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Twentieth-Century Color Photographs: Identification and Care, a comprehensive guide to processes, techniques and materials used to produce color photographs during the last century.

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Krista Lough,

Krista Lough

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603, U.S.A. Email: [email protected].

KRISTA LOUGH is the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Photograph Conservation at The Art Institute of Chicago. In 2014, she received a Master of Arts with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation from Buffalo State College.

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Paul Messier

Lens Media Lab, Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University West Campus, PO Box 27395, West Haven, Connecticut, 06516-7393, U.S.A. ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5612-1483. Email: [email protected].

PAUL MESSIER is the Pritzker Director of the Lens Media Lab (LML) at Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Founded in 2015, the LML develops data-driven approaches for preserving and interpreting art and cultural material. Messier’s research goals are focused on the creation, dissemination and interpretation of large datasets derived from museum collections as well as from reference materials.

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Sylvie Pénichon (conservator)

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603, U.S.A. Email: [email protected].

SYLVIE PÉNICHON is a senior conservator in the Department of Photography at The Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Twentieth-Century Color Photographs: Identification and Care, a comprehensive guide to processes, techniques and materials used to produce color photographs during the last century.

Krista Lough (conservator)

The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603, U.S.A. Email: [email protected].

KRISTA LOUGH is the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Photograph Conservation at The Art Institute of Chicago. In 2014, she received a Master of Arts with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation from Buffalo State College.

Paul Messier (research conservator)

Lens Media Lab, Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale University West Campus, PO Box 27395, West Haven, Connecticut, 06516-7393, U.S.A. ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5612-1483. Email: [email protected].

PAUL MESSIER is the Pritzker Director of the Lens Media Lab (LML) at Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Founded in 2015, the LML develops data-driven approaches for preserving and interpreting art and cultural material. Messier’s research goals are focused on the creation, dissemination and interpretation of large datasets derived from museum collections as well as from reference materials.

Received: December 05 2016

Online ISSN: 1530-9282

Print ISSN: 0024-094X

2017

Leonardo (2017) 50 (3): 292–295.

https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01427

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Throughout his career, László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) produced many photograms, a selection of which was examined in European and American collections. Sheet dimensions and thickness, base color, surface gloss and texture were recorded. The analysis of the data and the results of this investigation are presented in this article. The article also explores the effectiveness of paper characterization and how it can contribute to and enhance historical research when applied to a particular body of work by one artist.

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