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A black-and-white composite photograph showing large, speckled hands loosely cupping a smooth, dark sphere. A thin stem connects the sphere to a horizon line. Below, the foreground is a field of coarse grass surrounding a rough, shallow crater.
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 9 5/16 x 7 7/8 in. (23.7 x 20 cm)
image: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (23.3 x 19.4 cm)
mat: 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.14
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black-and-white composite photograph showing large, speckled hands loosely cupping a smooth, dark sphere. A thin stem connects the sphere to a horizon line. Below, the foreground is a field of coarse grass surrounding a rough, shallow crater.

A black and white composite photograph of a beach scene. A solid black cube rests on the sand in the foreground. A large, smooth, shaded sphere hovers in the sky above the ocean horizon. Three small, distant silhouetted figures are visible near and in the water.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph showing a deep, pitch-black trench dividing rows of concrete blocks. A smooth, glowing sphere rests within the dark foreground void. In the background is a large hill, piles of gravel, and a cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black-and-white composite photograph of a gated stone archway crowned with white smoke. In the paved foreground rests a smooth metallic sphere, cracked open to reveal a pair of human hands emerging from within.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983
A black and white symmetrical image showing a path between tall, railed stone walls. A silhouetted figure stands distantly below a large, dark, floating sphere. A dark, rounded shadow lies on the path in the foreground.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph showing a large, heavily textured spherical mass emerging from a beach. The foreground features wet, rippled sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting light. A cloudy sky hangs over a flat ocean horizon in the background.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
Black and white composite photograph. A textured sphere with an attached cord rests on a sandy surface. Behind it, a person stands near large stone pillars with Egyptian carvings. The upper half features a swirling, cloud-like texture.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
Sphere in brick courtyard with emerging hands before gated entrance.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983
A black and white composite photograph of a nude woman floating horizontally in mid-air above shallow ocean water, casting a shadow beneath her. A large, bright cumulus cloud dominates the horizon over the calm sea.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1986
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1988
A black and white composite photograph of a reclining nude woman spanning the bottom foreground. Behind her stretches a dark body of water and a silhouetted horizon beneath a dramatic, heavily clouded sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black-and-white composite photograph of a house and surrounding trees entirely overgrown with dense kudzu vines. A dark human silhouette stands in the doorway. In the foreground, frothy water laps a dark shore.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1982

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