Self-portrait

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

Date1967

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 inches (33.97 × 22.86 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.313

SignedInitialed and dated on recto window mat, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1967”; Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: “(SELF PORTRAIT) 1967 / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1967”. Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, bottom, in black pen: “(SELF PORTRAIT) 1967 / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1967”.

InscribedTitled on recto window mat, lower left, in pencil: “(SELF-PORTRAIT”

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “#219”

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DescriptionImage of man lying down on concrete platform with hands resting on chest. He’s wearing glasses and a striped t-shirt. Beneath him is a reflected image of the same man in negative/reversed colors. His hair has been replaced with raddish-like forms. At the top of image, in the background, is a forest of tall trees with sunlight peeking through at the very top.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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