A black and white composite photograph of dark lace-up shoes floating above a wide, reflective metal slide. At the top of the incline, a silhouetted figure faces away toward a bright sun bursting through a cloudy sky.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1992

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 18 3/4 x 15 7/16 in. (47.6 x 39.2 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.124

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Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph of dark lace-up shoes floating above a wide, reflective metal slide. At the top of the incline, a silhouetted figure faces away toward a bright sun bursting through a cloudy sky.

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