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Bless Our Home and Eagle
Bless Our Home and Eagle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bless Our Home and Eagle

Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Publisher/Publishing House Witkin-Berley Limited
Date1962-1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Image: 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberPH-72-47-C
Collections
Bless our Home and Eagle
Bless our Home and Eagle
Jerry Uelsmann
1962
A black-and-white composite photograph featuring two contrasting forms. The bottom half shows a large, tightly clenched hand. The top half shows a softly-lit reclining nude woman, her legs bent in a manner similar to the fist.
Equivalent
Jerry Uelsmann
1964
A sepia-toned composite photograph of a symmetrical, multi-pointed shape made of overlapping, textured pieces resembling leaves or wood grain with reflected shimmers of light at the center. The figure lies flat on a dark ground scattered with grass, twigs, and wood chips.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1967
Negative landscape with figure, floating rock (positive).
Apocalypse I
Jerry Uelsmann
1967
A black-and-white composite photograph of a broken, multi-paned window in a wooden clapboard wall. Intact glass reflects a leafy tree. Inside the dark interior, two figures in dark shirts are partially visible through the shattered lower panes.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1967
Solarized image of cloaked female figure.
Night Fears
Jerry Uelsmann
1968
A black-and-white composite photograph showing large, speckled hands loosely cupping a smooth, dark sphere. A thin stem connects the sphere to a horizon line. Below, the foreground is a field of coarse grass surrounding a rough, shallow crater.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1968
A black-and-white composite photograph showing an upside-down rocky mountain landscape over a white area. Below, a man stands behind a ruined dark structure, his upper body visible over the edge and his legs seen through a lower window.
Self-Portrait, Leadville, Colorado
Jerry Uelsmann
1969
Landscape with house, armchair, and eye graphic.
Eye Chair
Jerry Uelsmann
1969
A black-and-white composite photograph. The top half features dark, silhouetted trees draped in hanging moss. Below, a smooth, tightly curled human figure rests within swirling white foam among jagged dark rocks.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1971
Hands in pool of water below rocky mass and clouds.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1972
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.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1972

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