Val Telberg
"Dream of Air" Cataclysm III (The Ledge)

ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1910–1995
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Dream of Air" Cataclysm III (The Ledge)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (Visible): 9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in. (25 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 9 1/4 in. (38 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1160
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso in pencil " SF30[signature]ca 1948, DREAM OF AIR / # M24 "
verso in pencil lower half of sheet " Val Telberg "
recto, pencil lines drawn indicating where image was to be cropped[?]

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