Impression by nitrate of uranium
Original Language TitleImpression par d’ozoture d’uranium
Artist
Leon Lefranc
(French, active 1900-1910)
Date1909
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 1/4 inches (7.95 × 5.72 cm)
Mount: 5 9/16 × 4 1/2 inches (14.12 × 11.43 cm)
Mount: 5 9/16 × 4 1/2 inches (14.12 × 11.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.124
SignedSigned on mount verso, lower right, in blue pen: "Lefranc"
InscribedInscribed on mount verso, top, in blue pen: "Impression par l'azoture / - d'uranium."
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "3448"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionAbstract image of squiggly lines roughly composing a circular image. A brighter circle seems to glow behind the central shape.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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