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Black and white composite photograph. A massive, textured boulder rests on a flat, rocky landscape with a distant treeline. A closed wooden double door with metal hinges is embedded directly into the lower front face of the boulder.
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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)
Date1992
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 19 3/8 x 14 in. (49.2 x 35.6 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.126
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white composite photograph. A massive, textured boulder rests on a flat, rocky landscape with a distant treeline. A closed wooden double door with metal hinges is embedded directly into the lower front face of the boulder.
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