Self-Portrait, St. Mark’s Place
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Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
After pursuing business ventures in China, Val Telberg became interested in photography after moving back to the United States. He was taught photography by his future wife, Kathleen Lambing, at the Art Student’s League of New York City. Telberg is known for his experimentation with printing using multiple negatives. In this self-portrait, Telberg’s closed eyes and slightly upturned face give an air of expectation, or maybe of meditation. His shadowed face, however, adds an air of foreboding to the picture, as does the shadowy mass above. It seems likely that this is the tripod which holds the camera. Suggestively, a line stretches across his throat.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 81.97.1
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Estate of Val Telberg, Courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery, New York
![[Kathleen, Face and Torso], Val Telberg, 1945](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c2cfdfc1-40e1-4230-8c83-162eac295653/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[The City], Val Telberg, about 1947](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/22d7b4e8-67d2-4202-b09a-71a9201d450c/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
