Black and white composite photograph. Above, bare trees line a flat field with a small distant figure. Below, a wooden floor features a secured trapdoor. A single, large human eye is visible on the surface of the trapdoor.

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1994

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 19 3/4 x 16 in. (50.2 x 40.6 cm)
image: 18 3/4 x 15 in. (47.6 x 38.1 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1997.29.132

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual DescriptionBlack and white composite photograph. Above, bare trees line a flat field with a small distant figure. Below, a wooden floor features a secured trapdoor. A single, large human eye is visible on the surface of the trapdoor.

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