Implicit Memory (First Version)

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

Date2016

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 7/16 × 19 1/2 inches (36.63 × 49.53 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 number2019.36.30

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 / 2016"; On window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "J.N.U. 2016"; 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 / 2016".

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: ""IMPLICIT MEMORY" / (1ST VERSION) / 2016"; On window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ""IMPLICIT MEMORY""; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ""IMPLICIT MEMORY" / (FIRST VERSION) / 2016".

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DescriptionImage of woman with left arm stretched across chest; light shines onto her face as she looks out towards a dark could. On the left, a silhouetted figure stands in the center of a 9-pane window, which frames a tree in the center of a flat landscape.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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