Jerry Uelsmann

American | 1934 - 2022

Jerry Uelsmann was an American photographer who was born in 1934. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like HoMA, Honolulu Museum of Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Musée Réattu - Arles have featured Jerry Uelsmann's work in the past.Jerry Uelsmann's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 31 USD to 18,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 18,000 USD for 'portfolio', sold at Sotheby's New York in 2006. Jerry Uelsmann has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Photograph Magazine and The Boston Phoenix. The most recent article is In Portland, Celebrating a Neighbor’s 50th Anniversary written for Boston Globe in June 2023. The artist died in 2022.

Artist's alternative names: Jerry Norman Uelsmann

Untitled (floating trees) - Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled (floating trees) , 1969

Gelatin silver print.

10 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.

Portfolio , 1959 - 1971

gelatin silver prints

Various size prints, 21" x 17" x 1 3/4"

Untitled (The Philosopher's Desk) - Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled (The Philosopher's Desk) , 1976

vintage gelatin silver print

13.375 h × 9.5 w in 34 × 24 cm

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

UNTITLED (FOREST CARPET), 1976

By Jerry Uelsmann

Waddington's

Recent Auction Results

Girl's Hand and Window.

By Jerry Uelsmann

-46%

below mid-estimate

O'Gallerie

Boat Below a Waterfall

By Jerry Uelsmann

Trinity International Auctions

'Philosopher's Desk'

By Jerry Uelsmann

Bukowskis, Stockholm

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Current Exhibitions

Surrealism at the Harn: A Centennial Celebration

Harn Museum of Art

Gainesville | Florida | USA

Dec 09,2023 - Jun 02,2024

Views from Within: Photographs from the Collection

HoMA, Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu | Hawaii | USA

Apr 18,2024 - Jul 28,2024

Past Exhibitions

Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art

Harn Museum of Art

Gainesville | Florida | USA

Jun 06,2023 - Feb 18,2024

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Articles

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai announces exhibitor line-up for its 8th edition this April

ArtDaily 24/03/2023

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai announces today its gallery and exhibitor line-up for its forthcoming 8th edition.

Phillips to offer further selections from the Peter C. Bunnell Collection

ArtDaily 25/01/2023

Phillips announced that further photographs from the collection of pioneering curator, scholar, and teacher Peter C. Bunnell will be offered in The Eye That Shapes, an online auction open for bidding beginning 25 January through 1 February.

Phillips to Offer Photographs from the Collection of Peter C. Bunnell

ArtDaily 14/09/2022

Phillips announced the sale of photographs from the collection of renowned curator, teacher, historian, and author, Peter C. Bunnell (1937-2021) in a series of live and online auctions in 2022 and 2023.

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Coverage

“ ..Beautiful and surreal, funny and provocative, the photographs of Jerry N... ”
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida

“ ..Uelsmann is one of the most influential photographers of his generation, because he did not only challenge with his montages the prevailing canon of his chosen medium, but he also anticipated an image... ”
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Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich

“ ..Uelsmann have become icons of American photo history... ”
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida

“ .."It's a process of give and take, letting something happen and then letting it suggest where it might go next." According to Orland, "The richness and depth of Uelsmann's work derives in no small measure... ”
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Center for Photographic Art

“ ..Since the 1960s, Uelsmann composed surreal visual worlds and narratives in long hours of tinkering with a selection of different negatives in his darkroom... ”
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Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich