Lost Journal

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

Date2017

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 19 3/16 inches (34.77 × 48.74 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.62 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.88 × 71.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jerry Uelsmann

Object number2019.36.17

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N, UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2017"; On window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "J.N.U 2017"; Signed on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N, UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2017".

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: ""LOST JOURNAL" / 2017"; On window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ""LOST JOURNAL"; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ""LOST JOURNAL" / 2017".

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DescriptionImage of an open daguerreotype case with two modern images. The left image depicts a barren tree with a silhouetted figured standing nearby. The right image is of a woman with light wavy hair; she wears a shawl over her shoulders and her arms are crossed.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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