A black-and-white composite photograph. The top half features dark, silhouetted trees draped in hanging moss. Below, a smooth, tightly curled human figure rests within swirling white foam among jagged dark rocks.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1971

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsimage: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)
sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (34 x 25.9 cm)
mat: 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.17

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual DescriptionA black-and-white composite photograph. The top half features dark, silhouetted trees draped in hanging moss. Below, a smooth, tightly curled human figure rests within swirling white foam among jagged dark rocks.

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