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A black and white composite photograph of a round wooden table and chairs near a window. A knotted ball of rope sits in the center, reflecting on the polished surface. Cloud-like smoke overlays the edges, partially obscuring the room.
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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)
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 15 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (38.7 x 47.9 cm)
board: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.66
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph of a round wooden table and chairs near a window. A knotted ball of rope sits in the center, reflecting on the polished surface. Cloud-like smoke overlays the edges, partially obscuring the room.
Black and white composite photograph. Bright light enters a dark stone room through an open doorway with a pair of shoes floating near the entrance. The wall features a cherub mural, and a faint face overlays the floor.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph superimposing a room interior over a dense forest. A spiral form of bare branches circle around a bright central sky. The translucent room features a checkered floor, two chairs, and a console table with a mirror.
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
Black and white composite photograph. The large head of a bison fills the dark right side of a room. On the left, a cloth-draped chair sits beside a window looking out at the Statue of Liberty across the water.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph of a small silhouetted figure standing on a desk next to an empty wooden chair. A massive, brightly lit, diamond-shaped cloud of smoke billows directly upward from the tiny figure.
Jerry Uelsmann
1988
Deep rust red background, yellow geometric shape with white rectangle with line drawing of three nudes.  Ochre rectangle base with black bottom.  Knotted rope image overlays other images.
Man Ray
undated
A black and white composite photograph of dark, rippling water reflecting light. A silhouetted figure stands left. A glowing nine-pane window floats amid swirling clouds in the center. A white bird flies in the dark upper right corner.
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1967
A black-and-white composite photograph of a room with painted walls, a patterned mosaic floor, and a central daybed. A glowing cloud floats below the dark ceiling. Two faint human silhouettes appear behind a bright window.
Jerry Uelsmann
1993
A black and white composite photograph of semi-translucent classical statues. The interacting figures overlay a faint ornate building facade bearing a mounted stag head and a  beach with a tiny walking silhouette. Large clouds fill the sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of a dark, mossy forest. Bright, gridded window panes hover among the trees, partially framing a dark human silhouette. In the foreground, jagged white lines radiate from beneath a small palmetto plant.
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A black and white composite photograph showing a large, heavily textured spherical mass emerging from a beach. The foreground features wet, rippled sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting light. A cloudy sky hangs over a flat ocean horizon in the background.
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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