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A black and white composite photograph of a cloth-draped armchair sitting against a rough rock wall beside a dark window frame through which the Statue of Liberty is visible. To the right, a dirt path lined with bare trees curves away into the distance beneath a pale sky.
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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)
Date1988
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 16 x 19 9/16 in. (40.6 x 49.7 cm)
image: 14 9/16 x 19 1/8 in. (37 x 48.6 cm)
mat: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.96
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Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph of a cloth-draped armchair sitting against a rough rock wall beside a dark window frame through which the Statue of Liberty is visible. To the right, a dirt path lined with bare trees curves away into the distance beneath a pale sky.

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 forest path lined with bare trees. The ground is completely covered by thick, rolling clouds. In the foreground, a nude woman lies on her back among them, hands on her chest.
Jerry Uelsmann
1991
 A black and white composite photograph of three Medieval or Renaissance painted figures with ridged halos beneath bright clouds. On the left, a cloaked woman holds a child. On the right, the figure extends a hand beneath a rough rock floating in mid-air.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1987
A dense forest of tall, green bamboo stalks filling the frame. A winding, light-colored dirt path curves through the lower center of the trees.
Eliot Furness Porter
1980
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white etching of a flat landscape. A rutted dirt path curves into the distance past a rustic wooden fence and a body of water. The sky is filled with clouds and radiating sunbeams.
Thomas Moran
c. 1880
A black and white composite photograph of a broad, tree-lined path. The left side is inverted, featuring a glowing white figure painting at an easel in darkness. The right side shows dark silhouettes of people walking and painting.
Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A symmetrical black and white composite photograph of a dark, barren landscape filled with pale, twisting dead trees. In the center distance, branches intertwine to form an upright human silhouette. A dark, splayed infant-shaped shadow rests on the foreground dirt.
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1991
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