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Black and white composite photograph. A vertically mirrored image of a large, gnarled tree with twisting branches. A face from an Egyptian sculpture is embedded within the center of the trunk. The tree stands on sloping, rocky terrain.
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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)
Date1994
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 18 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. (47.3 x 38.7 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.128
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white composite photograph. A vertically mirrored image of a large, gnarled tree with twisting branches. A face from an Egyptian sculpture is embedded within the center of the trunk. The tree stands on sloping, rocky terrain.
A black-and-white composite photograph of a dark landscape scattered with pale, twisting dead tree branches. In the foreground rests a large, speckled oval boulder featuring a deep, smooth indentation shaped like a curled, nude human torso.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A black and white composite photograph. Above, a gnarled, leafless tree stands on the rocky stone ledge of a pool of water. Reflected in the water are silhouettes of leafy pine trees and a halo of bright sunlight.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1978
A black and white composite photograph of a leaf-strewn park. A rectangular slab rests in the foreground. A similar slab hovers among the upper tree branches with a line of dappled light beneath. A small silhouette of figure stands far left.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph. On the left, a large tree trunk features thick, deeply tangled, twisting roots. On the right, a nude woman's torso with a hand resting on her hip is superimposed over a dark wall and a multi-paned window.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
Black and white composite photograph. A textured sphere with an attached cord rests on a sandy surface. Behind it, a person stands near large stone pillars with Egyptian carvings. The upper half features a swirling, cloud-like texture.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A symmetrical black and white composite photograph. A dark silhouette of a person stands waist-deep near the top. Below, a large, mirrored rock hovers centrally, flanked by dark, jagged shapes spreading outward across a textured light surface.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1972
A black and white composite photograph of a building facade with windows and a ladder reaching a dark doorway, embedded within a large rock formation in a forest. In the foreground, a negative image of a nude figure lies on a light patch of ground.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
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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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph. In the rocky foreground, twisted bare branches surround an upright stone featuring a Paleolithic goddess figure carved into its surface. A massive granite mountain dome and a valley fill the background.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
Black and white composite photograph. The top half displays a silhouetted, gnarled bare tree against a pale sky. In the black lower half, two pale hands gently hold open a small pod containing two round seeds.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
Silhouettes of five standing figures on a beach juxtaposed with a mirrored image of a large branching tree.
Apocalypse II
Jerry Uelsmann
1967-1972

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