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Portrait of Shirley Berman, Topanga Canyon and Madison Grammar School, Chicago
Portrait of Shirley Berman, Topanga Canyon and Madison Grammar School, Chicago

Portrait of Shirley Berman, Topanga Canyon and Madison Grammar School, Chicago

Artist Edmund Teske (American, 1911 - 1996)
Date1954
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (19.37 × 24.45 cm)
Mount (1): 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (19.37 × 24.45 cm)
Mount (2): 11 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (29.85 × 25.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.31
SignedSigned on mount 2 recto, lower left, in gold pen: "E. Teske"; Signed on mount 2 verso, bottom, in pencil: "E. Teske"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionComposite duotone print. Layered images which include a portrait of a woman with eyes closed and men standing on top of a crumbling structure with bricks piled on ground below and other homes in background.
Copyright© Edmund Teske Archives / Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand
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