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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1995.23
People
Jerry N. Uelsmann, American (Detroit, Michigan 1934 - 2022 Gainesville, Florida)
Title
Ralph Hattersley
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1966
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284101

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 24.5 x 18 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black ink on verso beginning top left to right: "DEAR DAVIS AT LONG LAST I FINISHED THE PRINTS YOU REQUESTED PROMPT PAYMENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED . . . IF YOU WISH TO RETURN A COPLE THAT'S O.K. . . . FRIENDLY THOUGHTS, JERRY"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jerry N. Uelsmann, sent to Davis Pratt, 1972. Uelsmann used to use his work prints as stationary. This print was sent to Davis Pratt as a letter regarding Uelsmann's prints included in Pratt's exhibition "Contemporary American Photographs" at the Fogg in 1972. This image was not among those represented in the show.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Departmental Files
Copyright
© Jerry N. Uelsmann
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
P1995.23
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jerry N. Uelsmann, Jerry Uselsmann Silver Meditations, Morgan and Morgan (New York, NY, 1975), unpaginated

Verification Level

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