Caroline Valenta
Airborne

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Airborne
  • [Duck Preserve]
Date1945–1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/16 × 14 11/16 in. (31 × 37.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 14 11/16 in. (31 × 37.3 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.7 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Caroline Valenta's children
Object number2022.477.8
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 2013; by descent to the children of the artist; given to MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount recto, lower left below image: AIRBORNE
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top left: #1 AIRBORNE – PICTORIAL // by CAROLINE VALENTA // c/o THE HOUSTON POST // HOUSTON, TEXAS
Stamped in black with pencil inscriptions, mount verso, lower right: PACKAGE No. 779 // ROCHESTER JUDING 3

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Gelatin silver print
2022.477.21
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1957
Gelatin silver print
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1945–1952
Gelatin silver print
2022.477.30
Natural Childbirth
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1957
Gelatin silver print
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Natural Childbirth
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1957
Gelatin silver print
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1945–1952
Gelatin silver print
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Gelatin silver print
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1945–1952
Gelatin silver print
2022.477.11