Texas Fantasy No 2
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel, CA
A true unique Uelsmann. A wonderful addition to the collector.
20th Century Jerry Uelsmann Photography
Silver Gelatin
Jerry N. Uelsmann is an American photographer, and was the forerunner of photomontage in the 20th century in America.
Uelsmann was born in Detroit, Michigan. While attending public schools, at the age of fourteen, there sparked an interest in photography. He believed that through photography he could exist outside of himself, to live in a world captured through the lens. Despite poor grades, he managed to land a few jobs, primarily photographs of models.
Eventually Uelsmann went on to earn a BA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and M.S. and M.F.A. degrees from Indiana University. He began teaching photography at the University of Florida in 1960. In 1967, Uelsmann had his first solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, which opened doors for his photography career.
Uelsmann is a master printer, producing composite photographs with multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work. He uses up to a dozen enlargers at a time to produce his final images, and has a large archive of negatives that he has shot over the years. The negatives that Uelsmann uses are known to reappear within his work, acting as a focal point in one work, and background as another. Similar in technique to Oscar Rejlander, Uelsmann is a champion of the idea that the final image need not be tied to a single negative, but may be composed of many.
During the mid-twentieth century, when photography was still being defined, Uelsmann didn't care about the boundaries given by the Photo Secessionists or other realists at the time, he simply wished to share with the viewer the images from his imagination and saw photomontage as the means by which to do so. Unlike Rejlander, though, he does not seek to create narratives, but rather "allegorical Surrealist imagery of the unfathomable."
Uelsmann is able to subsist on grants and teaching salary, rather than commercial work. Today, with the advent of digital cameras and Photoshop, photographers are able to create a work somewhat resembling Uelsmann's in less than a day; however, at the time Uelsmann was considered to have almost "magical skill" with his completely analog tools. At the time Uelsmann's work first came to popular attention, photos were still widely regarded as unfalsifiable documentary evidence of events. However, Uelsmann, along with Lucas Samaras, was considered an avant garde shatterer of this popular mindset and help to expand the artistic boundaries of photography.
“I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer. However, I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom,” Uelsmann has said.
Today Uelsmann is retired from teaching and currently lives in Gainesville, Florida with his third wife, Maggie Taylor. But to this day, he still produces photos, sometimes creating more than a hundred in a single year. Out of these images, he likes to sit back and select the ten he likes the most, which is not an easy process.
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Texas Fantasy No 2
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel, CA
A true unique Uelsmann. A wonderful addition to the collector.
Silver Gelatin
$8,000Sale Price|20% Off
Door of Deception - Nude With Rocks Surf, Double Exposure
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel, CA
Vintage Mint Condition Platinum Photograph Fabulous image in the true style of Uelsmann
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Yosemite, Eye Door
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist Signed in pen on verso Untitled 1995 Mint Condition
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Untitled I 1980
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Untitled (Philosopher's Desk)
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as they are subject to change - available as a 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver prints. All works are open e...
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Untitled II 1980
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Untitled 1977
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Eye Chair 1969
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Untitled 2001
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Homage to Duchamp 2000
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Home is a Memory 1963
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Temple and Sphere 1980
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Improbable Assignation 2002
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Floating Rock
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Undiscovered Self
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Made in the darkroom by Jerry Uelsmann using up to seven enlarger. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as our inventory is subject to change.
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Untitled 1982
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Made in the darkroom by Jerry Uelsmann using up to seven enlarger. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as our inventory is subject to change.
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Rock Tree
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Dream Moment 1977
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Small Woods Where I Met Myself 1967
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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Apocalypse II
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the print.
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Poet's House
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Made in the darkroom by Jerry Uelsmann using up to seven enlarger. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as our inventory is subject to change.
Silver Gelatin
$1,100
H 12 in W 15 in D 0.1 in
"Yeow! Point, Death Valley" - Abstracted Black & White Landscape Photograph
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Soquel, CA
"Yeow! Pt, Death Valley", a black and white landscape photograph that borders on abstraction by Jeff Nixon (American, 20th century). Signed "Jeff Nixon" lower right. Titled "Yeow! Pt, Death Valley" on verso. Unframed. Photograph size: 8"H x 9.5"W. Mat,12"H x 15"W. Jeff Nixon began photographing in the late 1960's, and by the end of the millennium had acquired an impressive list of credentials; many years as a year round resident of Yosemite Valley, noted instructor in the techniques of black and white photography which he gleaned from his years of working with Ansel Adams, and learning the Zone System from the master himself. Jeff has been an instructor for two California Junior Colleges, Modesto and Columbia, has led extension courses for UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, and taught and lectured in numerous seminars and classes. He has taught workshops and has had many showings nationwide, working with Morley Baer, Chris Rainier, Rod Dresser, and John Sexton...
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Juan Manuel Fangio, Mille Miglia
By Jesse Alexander
Located in Denton, TX
Juan Manuel Fangio, MM, 1955 Gelatin silver print Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 12 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. Signed by Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world. Jesse Alexander has been involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One and the famous long distance sports car races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Mille Miglia...
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Juan Manuel Fangio, Grand Prix of Monaco
By Jesse Alexander
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/4 x 12 in. Signed in ink on print by Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photog...
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Stirling Moss, Jaguar Pits
By Jesse Alexander
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Paper size: 16 x 20 in. Image size: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photograp...
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Le Desert de Retz, Study 36, France
By Michael Kenna
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
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"Beaver-Downed Cottonwood", Black & White Landscape
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful black and white landscape photograph titled "Beaver-Downed Cottonwood, Stanislaus" by Jeff Nixon (American, 20th Century). "Titled Beaver-Downed Cottonwood, Stanislaus" lower left and on verso. Signed "Jeff Nixon" lower right. Unframed. 15"H x 12"W. Photograph: 9.5"H x 8"W. Jeff Nixon began photographing in the late 1960's, and by the end of the millennium had acquired an impressive list of credentials; many years as a year round resident of Yosemite Valley, noted instructor in the techniques of black and white photography which he gleaned from his years of working with Ansel Adams, and learning the Zone System from the master himself. Jeff has been an instructor for two California Junior Colleges, Modesto and Columbia, has led extension courses for UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, and taught and lectured in numerous seminars and classes. He has taught workshops and has had many showings nationwide, working with Morley Baer, Chris Rainier, Rod Dresser, and John Sexton...
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Winter Surf, Garrapata
By Morley Baer
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early contact print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount with the artist's stamp on the back of the mount. One of Morley Baer’s greatest seascapes, this image was taken...
Silver Gelatin
$1,762
H 12.01 in W 9.34 in
Man Ray, Échiquier Surréaliste: 1934/1991, Silver Gelatin Print, Dada
By Man Ray
Located in Hamburg, DE
Man Ray (1890-1976) Échiquier Surréaliste (Surrealist Checkerboard), 1934/1991 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print (later print) Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm Stamped: "Copie d'une épreuve...
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Revere Beach, MA
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This large silver gelatin photograph with untrimmed margins is signed and titled in pencil in the margin under the image. Likely printed in the 1990s.
Silver Gelatin
$719Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.15 in
Moon Over (After Ansel Adams), Abstract Black & White Photo by Bill Clark
By Bill Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
"Moon Over", an abstract black & white photograph after Ansel Adams by Bill Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Bill Clark" and dated "1996" lower right. Titled "Moon Over" lower...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$4,400
H 48 in W 72 in
Signed Abstract Concrete Archival Pigment Print, 48x72\", 21st Century
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Concrete by Frank Schott monochromatic details of architecture 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm edition of 7 signed 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed archival fine ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Juniper at Lake Tenaya, 1937
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number on back of mount. Stamped, 'Edward Weston printed by' and signed by Cole Weston on back of mount. Inscribed by Cole Weston.
Silver Gelatin
Philosopher’s Desk
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist. Original gelatin silver print.
Silver Gelatin
Boat and Sphere
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed by the artist. Darker non vintage print. Original gelatin silver print.
Silver Gelatin
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H 40 in W 80 in
A set of 8 Prints by Jerry Uelsmann Surreal Figurative Photography 1970 Framed
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Buffalo, NY
A set of 8 lithographs by surreal photographer Jerry Uelsman. Each image of various sizes is framed and matted to fit a 16" x 20" archival black frame presentation, which can be arr...
Lithograph
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H 10 in W 13 in
UNTITLED (Illustrated in 1982, 25 Year Retrospective Catalog - included)
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JERRY UELSMANN (b. 1934 -) UNTITLED 1976 Photograph mounted on card stock as issued. Initialed J. N. U. and dated in pencil lower right. Si...
Photographic Paper
Boat and Sphere 1982
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Made in the darkroom by Jerry Uelsmann using up to seven enlarger. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes as our inventory is subject to change.
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Untitled 2003
By Jerry Uelsmann
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Contact gallery for prices and available sizes.
Silver Gelatin