Self-portrait as Rejlander and Robinson

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

Date1964

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 8 3/16 inches (19.21 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (20.16 × 25.24 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.312

SignedInitialed and dated on window mat, recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1964” Titled and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “”SELF PORTRAIT AS ROBINSON & REJLANDER” 1964”; Signed with notation on sheet verso, lower right, in black ink: “JERRY N. UELSMANN / (RARE)”; Titled and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: “”SELF PORTRAIT AS ROBINSON & REJLANDER” / 1964”; Signed with notation on mat verso, lower right, in black ink: “JERRY N. UELSMANN* / (VINTAGE PRINT)”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1964”.

InscribedTitled on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ““SELF PORTRAIT AS ROBINSON & REJLANDER””

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DescriptionVintage print. Multiple exposure image of two men (possibly the same man), both naked, seated in bathtub facing one another, they appear almost transparent. Between them, on the wall, is a reversed/negative image of young children playing near shore while others row past in a small boat. In the foreground, on the tub, is a reversed/negative image of two women with their arms raised.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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