Untitled

© Estate of Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled

Currently not on view

Untitled,

1980

Jerry Uelsmann, 1934–2022; born Detroit, MI; died Gainesville, FL
x1986-102
Working with traditional chemical processing, Uelsmann creates his otherworldly photographs in a series of steps, masking and exposing different areas of photosensitive paper as he changes negatives. Seen in relation to Gustave Le Gray’s early seascape Brig on the Water (on view nearby), Uelsmann’s work is part of a long tradition of photo-manipulation by landscape photographers.

Information

Title
Untitled
Dates

1980

Maker
Jerry Uelsmann
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 41.2 × 58.8 cm (16 1/4 × 23 1/8 in.) sheet: 49.3 × 58.8 cm (19 7/16 × 23 1/8 in.) mat: 76.2 × 101.6 cm (30 × 40 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Object Number
x1986-102
Signatures
Signed and dated in black pen, lower right: JERRY N. UELSMANN* 1980
Inscription
Inscribed in black pen, verso of mat: UNTITLED 1980 / JERRY N. UELSMANN* / (MOUNTED WITH REMOVABLE ARCHIVAL TISSUE) Stamped in bottom middle: ARCHIVALLY PROCESSED / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH / JERRY N. UELSMANN / COPYRIGHT 19(80) ["80" is written in black pen] Signed and dated in graphite, lower right on mat: J.N.U. 1980
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
clouds, waves (natural events), landscapes (representations), shadows, oceans, views, suns

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