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Ocean scene
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Untitled

Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Publisher/Publishing House Witkin-Berley Limited
Date1969-1972
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsmounted: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Image: 9 x 6 3/4 in. (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberPH-72-47-G
Collections
Visual DescriptionOcean scene
A black and white composite photograph of a beach scene. A solid black cube rests on the sand in the foreground. A large, smooth, shaded sphere hovers in the sky above the ocean horizon. Three small, distant silhouetted figures are visible near and in the water.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph showing a large, heavily textured spherical mass emerging from a beach. The foreground features wet, rippled sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting light. A cloudy sky hangs over a flat ocean horizon in the background.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph of a beach. Two large footprints mark the foreground sand. In the distance, a silhouetted figure walks on the ocean in a bright sunlit reflection. Above, a bird flies against sunbeams piercing through dark clouds.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
A black and white composite photograph of a nude woman floating horizontally in mid-air above shallow ocean water, casting a shadow beneath her. A large, bright cumulus cloud dominates the horizon over the calm sea.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1986
A black and white composite photograph of three large leaves floating mid-air above an ocean with a bright, sparkling reflection of sunlight on the rippling water. A cloudy sky fills the upper half.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph. The lower half displays heavily cracked and shattered concrete revealing bare dirt. The upper half features a blurred, silhouetted figure walking on a sandy beach alongside the ocean under a streaked, cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph of two globes on stands surrounded by various geometric solids, including cones, cubes, and polyhedrons. The entire scene is covered in a heavily distressed texture resembling peeling paint, mixed with faint geometric line drawings.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1987
A black-and-white composite photograph featuring a suspended, heavily punctured metal rectangular plate. A single hand hangs through a lower-left hole. Below, a blurred figure stands waist-deep in the ocean. A small lightning streak descends from the plate's bottom edge.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1990
Reclining female nude floating over shallow water; shoreline of ocean; flat water with a couple of breakers; clouds
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Jerry Uelsmann
1986
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.
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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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1967
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

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