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Boy holding a dead bird by its wings
Untitled
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Untitled

Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1958
Place of originBloomington, Indiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 x 7 3/8 in. (20.3 x 18.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by The David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment
Object number2014.47.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionBoy holding a dead bird by its wings
A black-and-white composite photograph of a dark landscape scattered with pale, twisting dead tree branches. In the foreground rests a large, speckled oval boulder featuring a deep, smooth indentation shaped like a curled, nude human torso.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A symmetrical black and white composite photograph of a dark, barren landscape filled with pale, twisting dead trees. In the center distance, branches intertwine to form an upright human silhouette. A dark, splayed infant-shaped shadow rests on the foreground dirt.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
Mountain peak; dead tree trunk with hand termination; human face.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1987
A black and white composite photograph of a large, open hand facing upward. A smaller hand rests emerges from an opening it its palm. The upper portion depicts dark, shallow water covering smooth stones, with bright, blurred light reflecting across the surface.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1988
A black and white composite photograph. In the rocky foreground, twisted bare branches surround an upright stone featuring a Paleolithic goddess figure carved into its surface. A massive granite mountain dome and a valley fill the background.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph of a large, upright hand with a translucent nude woman superimposed over its palm and fingers. Below the hand, bright, glowing streaks of light ripple across a dark liquid surface.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1989
Two boys gleefully ride a makeshift go-cart
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1958-1959
Interior with male and nude female holding a radiant apple.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1981
Bird in flight superimposed on rock.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1973
A black and white composite photograph looking down a hallway framed by open doors toward closed glass-paned double doors and an arched window. A seagull flies outside the left pane. A dark shadow of the flying bird falls on the patterned floor.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of dark, rippling water reflecting light. A silhouetted figure stands left. A glowing nine-pane window floats amid swirling clouds in the center. A white bird flies in the dark upper right corner.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
A black and white composite photograph of a beach. Two large footprints mark the foreground sand. In the distance, a silhouetted figure walks on the ocean in a bright sunlit reflection. Above, a bird flies against sunbeams piercing through dark clouds.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1985

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