Massacre of the Innocents

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

Date1964

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 3/8 × 10 11/16 inches (31.43 × 27.15 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.78 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.306

SignedTitled and dated on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: “”MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS”; Initialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1964”; Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “”MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS” / 1964 / JERRY N. UELSMANN* / (VINTAGE PRINT)”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 1964”; Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: “”MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS” / 1964 / JERRY N. UELSMANN* / (VINTAGE PRINT)”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 1964”

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DescriptionImage of a post office with large glass windows flanking the front doors and decorative brick molding along the roofline. Two women are standing in front of the building and an American flag hangs from the post at the left. The top portion of the image appears in negative/reversed colors. Below the building are Victorian children paper dolls; two of which are flipped upside down.Provenance

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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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