Sale 2436 - Photgraphs & Photobooks, February 14, 2017

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JERRY UELSMANN (1934- )

Jerry N. Uelsmann Portfolio.

With 10 (of 10) of Uelsmann’s fantastical photographs. Silver prints, one

printed on aluminum, the images measuring 7

to 13

x10

inches (18.4x24.1 to 33.7x26

cm.), and the reverse, all but one with Uelsmann’s initials and date, in pencil, on mount recto, and

with his signature, date, and often the title, in ink, and the Witkin-Berley portfolio label with the

print number, on mount verso; the print on aluminum in a mat with the portfolio label on the

undermat verso. Folio-sized gray folder and slipcase with a charming photo-pictorial reproduction

of Uelsmann with wings; the colophon with Uelsmann’s signature; contents loose as issued. FROM

AN EDITION OF 25,THIS SET UNNUMBERED. NewYork:Witkin-Berley Limited, 1959-71;

printed 1972

[6,000/9,000]

From the Estate of Lee Witkin; by descent to the Present Owner.

Enigmatic Figure,

1959 *

Bless Our Home & Eagle,

1962 *

Room #1,

1963 *

Tree and mirrored leaf,

1964 *

Apocalypse II,

1967 *

Forgotten Heritage,

1969 *

Ocean landscape,

1969 *

Shadow and house,

1971 *

All American Sunset,

1971.