Poet's House

Artist Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)

Date1965

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 10 1/4 inches (34.13 × 26.04 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (35.24 × 27.62 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.309

SignedInitialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1965”; Signed and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “”POET’S HOUSE” / 1965 / (VINTAGE PRINT) / JERRY N. UELSMANN*”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1965”; Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: “”POET’S HOUSE” / 1965 / (VINTAGE PRINT) / JERRY N. UELSMANN*”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1965”.

InscribedTitled on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: “”POET’S HOUSE”

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DescriptionImage of a house with a dense group of trees lining the horizon behind. Below are spindly tree branches which appear to grow out of the home's foundation and lead to a large clump of dirt with broken roots emerging. The top of a domed tree appears to float upside down in the sky directly above the house.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased Jerry N Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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