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Image of elephant in an outline of an elephant.
Elephant / Elephant
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Elephant / Elephant

Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm)
board: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.23
Collections
Visual DescriptionImage of elephant in an outline of an elephant.
Sepia-toned photograph of man with a mustache standing next to an elephant. His hands are on his hips and the elephant wraps its trunk around his shoulders
Ram Prakash Singh with His Elephant Shyama at the Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India
Mary Ellen Mark
1990
realistic image of elephant's head in profile with raised trunk, smoking a cigarette, on a flat blue background; inscription on painting reads: I will stop smoking because it kills gradually-white letters shadowed in red and black. Signature on lower left comer reads: Kwame Akoto Almighty God Artworks, Kwnasi 011 lower right corner.
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Kwame Akoto
2004
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14th-15th Century
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Two reddish-brown clay sculptures of elephants. The smaller elephant on the left has a stylized person on its back.
Elephant
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mid 20th Century
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A brass sculpture of stylized elephant standing on four spoked wheels. The figure features textured decorative details on its body and head.
Wheeled Elephant
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Flat, brass cutout shaped like an elephant facing right. It has a large, three-pointed, crown-like structure on its back. The surface features etched lines outlining decorative trappings.
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A stylized, reddish-brown terracotta figurine of an elephant. It has thick cylindrical legs with flared feet and decorative ropes on its forehead.
Elephant
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20th Century
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Jamini Roy
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19th-early 20th century

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