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A black and white composite photograph. On the left, a large tree trunk features thick, deeply tangled, twisting roots. On the right, a nude woman's torso with a hand resting on her hip is superimposed over a dark wall and a multi-paned window.
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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)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 9 13/16 x 13 3/16 in. (24.9 x 33.5 cm)
board: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
mat: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.52
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph. On the left, a large tree trunk features thick, deeply tangled, twisting roots. On the right, a nude woman's torso with a hand resting on her hip is superimposed over a dark wall and a multi-paned window.

A black-and-white composite photograph of a broken, multi-paned window in a wooden clapboard wall. Intact glass reflects a leafy tree. Inside the dark interior, two figures in dark shirts are partially visible through the shattered lower panes.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1967
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 vertically mirrored image of a large, gnarled tree with twisting branches. A face from an Egyptian sculpture is embedded within the center of the trunk. The tree stands on sloping, rocky terrain.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph of a white door and multi-paned windows with an arched top on a rugged rock face. Pine trees grow atop the stone formation and in the background beneath a pale sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1987
A black and white composite photograph. A pair of dark shoes float above a reflective hardwood floor. Behind, an illuminated, multi-paned dormer window is surrounded by billowing clouds and bright, radiating sunbeams.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
Black and white composite photograph. A reclining nude woman's torso merges into a landscape of clouds, a mountain lake, and a tiny standing figure. Her long hair flows downward, fading into a luminous band of clouds on a dark background.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
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 a draped woman with a dark, barred grate over the face and a bare hand resting on her torso. Behind her, a house entirely covered in light fabric sits among trees.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1991
A black and white composite photograph of a nude woman lying on her back in the foreground. Her torso visually merges into a rushing river that cascades over a rocky cliff into a deep, forested granite mountain valley.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph of a figure with crossed arms emerging from dark water, their face inside a large circular ripple. Brightly lit, tangled reeds occupy the foreground. Blurry tree reflections line the top edge.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A shallow rocky stream flows through a forest. Vibrant green moss covers the boulders in the water and the gnarled, twisting roots and thin trunks of the densely packed trees rising from the uneven ground.
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Thomas Struth
1999

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