Meditation Tree

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

Date2015

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 1/16 × 19 1/8 inches (35.71 × 48.59 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.62 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.88 × 71.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jerry Uelsmann

Object number2019.36.40

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2015"; On window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "J.N.U. 2015"; Signed on mat verso, lower right, in black pen: "JERRY N. UELSMANN*"; Artist's stamp on mat verso, bottom, in black ink: "ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT / 2015".

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in black pen: ""MEDITATION TREE" / 2015"; On window mat recto, lower left, in pencil: ""MEDITATION TREE""; On mat verso, lower right, in black pen: ""MEDITATION TREE" / 2015".

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DescriptionImage of an almost symmetrical image of two trees connecting in the center with an orb and a Buddha figure below. To the left, a silhouetted figure stands in the grassy landscape and in the upper right, a bird flies through the clouds.Provenance

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Jerry Uelsmann, Gainesville, FL;
Given by Jerry Uelsmann to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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