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Approaching the Shadow

Artist Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date2016
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 19 1/4 × 13 1/16 inches (48.9 × 33.17 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 number2019.36.33
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: ""APPROACHING THE SHADOW" / 2016"; On window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ""APPROACHING THE SHADOW""; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ""APPROACHING THE SHADOW"".
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DescriptionImage of a forest (represented in negative) with a silhouetted figure near center right; the forest leads to a rocky cliff where the shadow of a figure is seen in the lighted area.Provenance
Jerry Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL;
Given by Jerry Uelsmann to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Copyright© Jerry Uelsmann
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