Reminiscing About the Future

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

Date1972

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage (left): 5 13/16 × 5 1/16 inches (14.76 × 12.86 cm)
Sheet (left): 9 15/16 × 7 3/16 inches (25.24 × 18.26 cm)
Image (middle): 5 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (14.61 × 12.86 cm)
Sheet (middle): 9 15/16 × 6 7/16 inches (25.24 × 16.35 cm)
Image (right): 5 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (14.61 × 12.86 cm)
Sheet (right): 9 15/16 × 7 1/4 inches (25.24 × 18.42 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.88 × 71.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.311.1-3

SignedLEFT IMAGE: Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “REMINISING ABOUT THE FUTURE” / 1972 / (LEFT SIDE) / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1972”. MIDDLE IMAGE: Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “REMINISING ABOUT THE FUTURE” / 1972 (MIDDLE) / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1972”. RIGHT IMAGE: Signed, titled, and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “REMINISING ABOUT THE FUTURE” / 1972 / (RIGHT SIDE) / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 72”; Dated on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: “1972”. MAT: Titled on window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ““REMINISCING [sic] ABOUT THE FUTURE”; Initialed and dated on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: “J.N.U. 1972”; Signed, titled, and dated on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ““REMINISCING [sic] ABOUT THE FUTURE” / 1972 / (RARE) VINTAGE PRINTS / JERRY N. UELSMANN”; Artist’s stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: “ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 1972”.

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DescriptionThree vintage prints mounted to a single mat. Images of a man and woman seated in a bricked alcove overlooking a densely packed city next to a river.
The left image shows a woman seated at a table and a man wearing suspenders standing beside a lounge chair facing the woman.
The middle image is of the same man and woman in a bricked alcove overlooking the city. In this image, however, the city is distorted and the details are eliminated so that the buildings appear impressionistic. The woman is still seated at the table, but the man has turned and is walking away from her with his hands tucked into the waistband of his trousers.
The right image is quite similiar, but this time it is in reversed/negative colors which are deeply contrasted in stark blacks and whites. The woman is seated at a table with her legs crossed while the man walks farther away from her towards the brick patio.
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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