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Untitled (Palimpsest)

Artist Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date2016
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 3/4 × 14 9/16 inches (47.63 × 36.98 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 inches (50.62 × 40.64 cm)
Mat: 28 × 22 inches (71.12 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jerry Uelsmann
Object number2019.36.28
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2016"' On window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "J.N.U. 2016"; Signed on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink with black pen: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2016".
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "UNTITLED 2016 (PALIMPSEST)"; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: "UNTITLED 2016 (PALIMPSEST)".
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DescriptionImage of man holding five smooth sticks with arms outstretched and palms facing away. Above a woman is seated at the base of a gnarled tree; she is surrounding by branches and on her right is a small headless figure made from sticks.Provenance
Jerry Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL;
Given by Jerry Uelsmann to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Copyright© Jerry Uelsmann
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