Artist Monograph

Edmund Teske, American

American, 1911–1996

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Production by Decade

1

1930s

2

1940s

10

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	53.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	46.2%

Range: 11.4 cm → 37.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	2
1960	10
1986	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Chicago Photograph Acc. 106.1986	1934-40	Gelatin silver print	7 5/8 × 9 3/8" (19.6 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Nude Torso in Two Positions Photograph Acc. 504.1960	1944	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 5/8" (26.4 × 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
WOMAN OF FLAME Photograph Acc. 508.1960	1944	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 10 7/8" (19.0 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
(Eucalyptus) Photograph Acc. 728.1959	1954	Gelatin silver print	14 13/16 × 10 1/2" (37.6 × 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
(Hypo crystals in tray) Photograph Acc. 502.1960	1956	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 5/8" (26.3 × 34.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Facade, Chicago, Composite with Shirley Berman Photograph Acc. 510.1960	1956	Gelatin silver print	3 × 4 1/2" (7.5 × 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Shirley Berman, Tampaya Canyon California and Madison Grammer School Demolition, Chicago Photograph Acc. 511.1960	1956	Gelatin silver print	3 9/16 × 4 3/4" (9.2 × 12.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
WOMAN'S HEAD WITH BACKGROUND IMAGE OF RUIN OF A BUILDING Photograph Acc. 509.1960	1956	Gelatin silver print	3 3/4 × 4 9/16" (9.5 × 11.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
WOMAN'S HEAD WITH BACKGROUND IMAGE OF RUIN OF HOUSE Photograph Acc. 512.1960	1956	Gelatin silver print	3 5/8 × 4 3/4" (9.1 × 12.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
(Head of a Woman) Photograph Acc. 729.1959	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 10" (34.6 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
WOMAN AND FLOWERS Photograph Acc. 506.1960	1958	Gelatin silver print	sight 11 1/16 × 10 7/8" (28.1 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
(Abstract of Woman's Head) Photograph Acc. 507.1960	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 7/8 × 10 15/16" (35.2 × 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
ABSTRACT OF WOMAN'S HEAD Photograph Acc. 505.1960	1959	Photograph	13 5/8 × 10" (34.6 × 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase