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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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1994

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 20 x 15 15/16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
image: 19 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (48.6 x 37.8 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.130

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual DescriptionBlack 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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1992

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1978

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