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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.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1992

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 19 13/16 x 16 in. (50.3 x 40.6 cm)
image: 19 5/16 x 15 1/8 in. (49.1 x 38.4 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.120

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual DescriptionA 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.

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