Every Leaf Already Knows

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

Date2018

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 17 13/16 × 15 inches (45.26 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 inches (50.62 × 40.64 cm)
Mat: 28 × 22 inches (71.12 × 55.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jerry Uelsmann

Object number2019.36.5

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2018"; On window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "J.N.U. 2018"; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2018".

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: ""EVERY LEAF ALREADY KNOWS" / 2018"; On window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ""EVERY LEAF ALREADY KNOWS.""; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ""EVERY LEAF ALREADY KNOWS..." / 2018".

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DescriptionImage of a generally flat grassy landscape with a barren tree center right next to a larger than life leaf that seemingly grows up out of the ground; another leaf in profile floats in the sky beside it.Provenance

Provenance

Jerry Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL;
Given by Jerry Uelsmann to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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