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Artist Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1961
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (18.42 x 22.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2271
InscribedInitialed and Titled Signed in artist's hand Front of Mount Signature Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print on original mount. Titled and initialed on front of mount. Full signature on back of mount. Multiple exposure of a human hand holding a doll.
Copyright© Jerry Uelsmann
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Symbolic Mutation
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1961
2005.27.2270
Quest of Continual Becoming
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1965
2005.27.2274
Free but securely held
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1965
2016.75.304
Untitled
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1963
2005.27.2267
Untitled (plant hit by freeze)
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1961
2005.27.2266
Untitled
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1963
2005.27.2272
Untitled
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1963
2005.27.2268
Caryatids
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1961
2005.27.2275
Mechanical Man #1
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1959
2005.27.2269
Untitled (Geneseo, N.Y.)
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1956
2005.27.2273
Untitled
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1964
2005.27.2278
Self-portrait (under office sign)
Jerry N. Uelsmann
1962
2005.27.2276