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Reclining nude female torso and hand on shoreline with foliage above.
Untitled
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Untitled

Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1980
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 13 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (34.6 x 24.9 cm)
board: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.56
Collections
Visual DescriptionReclining nude female torso and hand on shoreline with foliage above.
Reclining female nude floating over shallow water; shoreline of ocean; flat water with a couple of breakers; clouds
Jerry Uelsmann
1986
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
Forest, palmettos and reclining nude female figure made of grass.
Jerry Uelsmann
1983
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black-and-white composite photograph  featuring two contrasting forms. The bottom half shows a large, tightly clenched hand. The top half shows a softly-lit reclining nude woman, her legs bent in a manner similar to the fist.
Jerry Uelsmann
1964
Lake with nude female figure soaring above.
Jerry Uelsmann
1987
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
Shoreline with footsteps in the sand and female figure emerging for giant sphere.
Jerry Uelsmann
1984
Concrete cube hovering above shoreline.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
Window, blurred nude female form and a large wad of crumpled paper with hand.
Jerry Uelsmann
1983
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1977
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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