Artist Monograph

Jerry Uelsmann, American

American, 1934–2022

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	21	77.8%

Range: 14.3 cm → 35.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1967	2
1969	12
1973	8
1974	2
1981	1
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 27 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Dwelling of the Wise Photograph Acc. 943.1969	1960	Gelatin silver print	5 5/8 × 5 1/16" (14.3 × 12.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mechanical Man #1 Photograph Acc. 944.1969	1960	Gelatin silver print	6 1/16 × 5 1/16" (15.4 × 12.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Symbolic Mutation Photograph Acc. 945.1969	1961	Gelatin silver print	5 7/16 × 6 13/16" (14.4 × 17.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Bless Our Home and Eagle Photograph Acc. 893.1965	1962	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 10 5/8" (34.6 × 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Allegorical Landscape Photograph Acc. 948.1969	1963	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13" (26.7 × 33.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Room #1 Photograph Acc. 565.1973	1963	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.9 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Marilyn and the Sheep Photograph Acc. 941.1969	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 13 13/16" (23.8 × 35.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Massacre of the Innocents Photograph Acc. 946.1969	1964	Gelatin silver print	12 5/8 × 10 13/16" (32.2 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait as Robinson & Rejlander Photograph Acc. 566.1973	1964	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 8" (19.1 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 568.1973	1964	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 10" (34.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 947.1969	1964	Gelatin silver print	13 13/16 × 10" (35.1 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Poet's House (First Version) Photograph Acc. 940.1969	1965	Gelatin silver print	13 13/16 × 9 13/16" (35.0 × 24.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Quest of Continual Becoming Photograph Acc. 564.1973	1965	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 10 1/2" (31.8 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Feel of Light Photograph Acc. 563.1973	1966	Gelatin silver print	6 5/8 × 6" (16.8 × 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 942.1969	1966	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 10 1/16" (34.9 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Untitled (Ralph Hattersley) Photograph Acc. 938.1969	1966	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 10 1/16" (33.9 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Untitled (Ralph Hattersley) Photograph Acc. 939.1969	1966	Gelatin silver print	12 3/8 × 8 1/2" (31.4 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Apocalypse II Photograph Acc. 2626.1967	1967	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 1/2" (27.3 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Grace M. Mayer Fund
Sky House Photograph Acc. 62.1974	1967	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 9" (34.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer Fund
Small Woods Where I Met Myself Photograph Acc. 567.1973	1967	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13" (26.7 × 33.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Small Woods Where I Met Myself Photograph Acc. 2627.1967	1967	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 1/2" (27.3 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Grace M. Mayer Fund
Portrait of Peter Bunnell Photograph Acc. 949.1969	1968	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 8 1/8" (34.6 × 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 569.1973	1968	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 1/2" (27.0 × 34.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 570.1973	1968	Gelatin silver prints	13 × 9" (33.0 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
House and Daguerreotype Photograph Acc. 534.2016	1969	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 5 1/4" (16 × 13.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 409.1974	1973	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 9 15/16" (31.8 × 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 532.1981	1978	Gelatin silver print	12 9/16 × 9 1/2" (31.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of June Sidman