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The Dive

Artist Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 9 inches (34.93 × 22.86 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.24 × 27.94 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.315
SignedInitialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1967”; Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “”THE DIVE” / 1967 / 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 1967”; Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: “”THE DIVE” / 1967 / 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 1967”.
InscribedTitled on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: “”THE DIVE””
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DescriptionImage of blurry figure with arms and legs outstretched in midair above a body of water with a zebra pattern reflecting in it. A large splash appears directly below the figure as if someone has just jumped in. In the background there are two balconies and a sign which reads "no diving from rails".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.
Copyright© Jerry Uelsmann
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