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.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1988

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (49.5 x 38.7 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.97

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Visual DescriptionA 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.

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