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Series TitlePigeon Hill Project

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

Date1958

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 10 3/8 inches (26.51 × 26.35 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.24 × 27.94 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.318

SignedInitialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1958” Titled, signed and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen and pencil: “1958 (59?) / PIGEON HILL PROJECT / (BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA) / JERRY N. UELSMANN*”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 1958”; Titled, signed and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen and pencil: “1958 (59?) / PIGEON HILL PROJECT / (BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA) / JERRY N. UELSMANN*”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 1958”.

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DescriptionImage of man seated on a partially constructed cinder block porch with a young girl resting on his lap. He looks down with a furrowed brow and his hands are clasped over one knee while the girl looks directly at the camera. He’s wearing a t-shirt, pants, and shoes without socks. She’s wearing a dress and saddle shoes. There is a door partially seen behind them and an open window with floral curtains on the left.Provenance

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Purchased Jerry N Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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