A sepia composite photograph of a bed beside a window in a wood-paneled room. The dotted bedsheet is wrinkled into the shape of a reclining human figure with defined hands and a dark, triangular patch of pubic hair.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1977

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsmat: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
board: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
sheet/image: 11 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (28.1 x 25.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.27

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual DescriptionA sepia composite photograph of a bed beside a window in a wood-paneled room. The dotted bedsheet is wrinkled into the shape of a reclining human figure with defined hands and a dark, triangular patch of pubic hair.

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