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Concrete cube hovering above shoreline.
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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)
Date1980
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 10 9/16 x 13 5/16 in. (26.8 x 33.8 cm)
board: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.58
Collections
Visual DescriptionConcrete cube hovering above shoreline.
A black and white composite photograph. In the foreground, a shimmering dress lies empty on a dark floor behind a railing. Beyond is a city skyline. Hovering above is a massive boulder with a glowing hollow center framing a tall skyscraper.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1990
A black and white composite photograph of a beach scene. A solid black cube rests on the sand in the foreground. A large, smooth, shaded sphere hovers in the sky above the ocean horizon. Three small, distant silhouetted figures are visible near and in the water.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph featuring a three-tiered concrete base beside a calm body of water. A large, flat rectangular slab hovers suspended in mid-air directly above the base. The distant shore is tree-lined beneath a bright, cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph of a large rock hovering mid-air beneath a cloudy sky. Below, shadowed boulders rest on dark, bare earth in the foreground.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A black and white composite photograph. A solid black cube rests on rippling, shallow water in the foreground. The water abruptly merges into a paved plaza where a figure ascends a wide staircase toward a towering, ornate Gothic cathedral with tall spires.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of two globes on stands surrounded by various geometric solids, including cones, cubes, and polyhedrons. The entire scene is covered in a heavily distressed texture resembling peeling paint, mixed with faint geometric line drawings.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1987
Reclining nude female torso and hand on shoreline with foliage above.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph showing a deep, pitch-black trench dividing rows of concrete blocks. A smooth, glowing sphere rests within the dark foreground void. In the background is a large hill, piles of gravel, and a cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph. The lower half displays heavily cracked and shattered concrete revealing bare dirt. The upper half features a blurred, silhouetted figure walking on a sandy beach alongside the ocean under a streaked, cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph of a white neoclassical building standing directly in a shoreline of crashing waves. A single ladder extends from a dark central doorway down into the foaming surf. Dark trees flank the structure beneath a dark sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1981
Shoreline with footsteps in the sand and female figure emerging for giant sphere.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1984

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