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

Date1968

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 3/4 × 10 11/16 inches (27.31 × 27.15 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.320

SignedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U 1968” Signed and dated on mount verso, lower right, in black pen: “1968 / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Address label on mount verso, lower right, in black type: “Jerry N. Uelsmann / 5701 S. W. 17th Drive / Gainesville, Fla. 32601”

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DescriptionImage of a room with a bed; a striped coverlet with fringe is draped over the mattress and pillow. A floor lamp sits at the head of the bed and at the foot of the bed is an open door from which sunlight streams in. In the foreground, a larger-than-life face appears to emerge from beneath the carpet next to a pair of slippers.Provenance

Provenance

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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