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Original vintage gelatin silver photograph by renowned American photographer Jerry N. Uelsmann (1934–2022).
A striking surreal photomontage depicting a reclining nude woman within an architecturally distorted interior. Two windows open onto an exterior landscape while a luminous cube containing clouds appears suspended within the room.
The photograph is dated 1981 in ink on the verso and bears two Jerry N. Uelsmann stamps: his distinctive illustrated Gainesville, Florida studio/address stamp with camera and strawberry , and his red copyright stamp.
I have not found a definitive published title for this exact composition and therefore am conservatively identifying the work as Untitled, 1981. Descriptive titles encountered online for other Uelsmann room/cloud compositions have not been applied to this photograph without verification.
Details
Artist: Jerry N. Uelsmann (American, 1934–2022)
Title: Untitled
Date: 1981, handwritten on verso
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Size: Approximately 8 x 10 inches overall
Orientation: Vertical
Framing: Unframed
Verso markings:
Black Jerry N. Uelsmann Gainesville studio/address stamp with camera and strawberry devices
Red Jerry N. Uelsmann copyright stamp
“1981” handwritten in black ink
White tape/label approximately 1 x 3 inches
Provenance: Personal gift from Jerry N. Uelsmann to Professor Neal White. The photograph comes from a group of Uelsmann works personally given to Professor White.
Uelsmann was a pioneering figure in twentieth-century American photography, celebrated for creating complex, dreamlike photographic montages entirely through traditional darkroom techniques. His imagery frequently combines interiors, landscapes, the human figure and impossible changes of scale into psychologically charged compositions.
This particular photograph has especially appealing period artist identification through its two verso stamps and handwritten 1981 notation.
The photographs in this listing show the actual item being offered and form part of the description. No edition number or conventional full artist signature is visible on this sheet. No certificate of authenticity accompanies the photograph.
The photograph will be carefully protected with rigid support for shipment.
