Questions of Self
Artist
Jerry N. Uelsmann
(American, 1934 - 2022)
Date2015
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 15 15/16 inches (34.29 × 40.48 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.88 × 71.12 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.88 × 71.12 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.310
SignedInitialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 2015”;
Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “”QUESTIONS OF SELF” 2015 / (SELF-PORTRAIT AT 80) / JERRY N. UELSMANN* / UELSMANN*”;
Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 2015”;
Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: “”QUESTIONS OF SELF” 2015 / (SELF-PORTRAIT AT 80) / JERRY N. UELSMANN*;
Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 2015”.
InscribedTitled on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ““QUESTIONS OF SELF””
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DescriptionImage of an older man wearing collared shirt and glasses looking out window with his right hand over his chest. He has short hair will lose curls. Reflected in the window is a similar portrait of the man in reversed/negative colors, slightly opaque. Superimposed over his face is a tiny, walking figure and a tree-filled landscape.[Self-portrait of artist at age 80]Exhibition History
Rotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
Jerry N. Uelsmann is one of photography’s greatest stylistic innovators—a classically trained photographer who challenged and extended the field’s understanding of the medium. By creating images from multiple negatives, Uelsmann gave implicit permission to artists that they could make photographs, in addition to simply taking them. His mysterious and allegorical images prove that both reality and the realm of the imagination are fair game for photographic artists.
Purchased from the artist by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Jerry Uelsmann
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