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Face of figurative sculpture in foreground, house in background.
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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)
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (34.3 x 26 cm)
mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Patricia P. Medina
Object numberPH-83-111
Collections
Visual DescriptionFace of figurative sculpture in foreground, house in background.
Black and white composite photograph. Against a dark background, a stylized stone sculpture with carved ribs stands on the left. On the right, a person's face with closed eyes is partially covered by four overlapping hands.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph with an image framed by the silhouette of two cupped hands. Inside, a small nude figure stands in a foreground of thick clouds, facing away toward a large wooden house surrounded by bare trees.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
House with daguerreotype of a man and woman in case in foreground
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Jerry Uelsmann
1969-1972
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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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph of a figure with crossed arms emerging from dark water, their face inside a large circular ripple. Brightly lit, tangled reeds occupy the foreground. Blurry tree reflections line the top edge.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
A black and white composite photograph showing a deep, pitch-black trench dividing rows of concrete blocks. A smooth, glowing sphere rests within the dark foreground void. In the background is a large hill, piles of gravel, and a cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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
A black and white composite photograph of four interlaced hands gathered in the foreground. In the background, a dark mountain range stretches under a cloudy sky. Four uneven stones float in a line in mid-air above the distant peaks.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph of a white door and multi-paned windows with an arched top on a rugged rock face. Pine trees grow atop the stone formation and in the background beneath a pale sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1987
A black-and-white composite photograph of a house and surrounding trees entirely overgrown with dense kudzu vines. A dark human silhouette stands in the doorway. In the foreground, frothy water laps a dark shore.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1982
Gothic Sculpture and Northwest Coast Indian Blanket.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1974

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