Jerry Uelsmann (1934-2022)
Untitled (Floating Tree), 1969
Gelatin silver print; mounted, initialed and dated in pencil on the mount, signed and dated in ink and the photographer's Gainesville, Florida address label on the reverse.
9 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (24.8 x 32.2 cm.)
mount 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)

Footnotes:
Provenance
Acquired directly from the photographer by John Pfahl

Note
Conceptual photographer John Pfahl was professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1968 to 1985 and then taught at the University of Buffalo until his untimely death in 2020. He is well-known for his innovative landscape photography, particularly his series Altered Landscapes (1974-1978), in which he utilized the optics of the camera to manipulate a viewer's sense of perspective by placing manmade objects within a landscape. His later nature photographs emphasized mankind's devastating effects on the environment. During his lifetime, his work was included in more than 100 solo and group exhibitions and is held in many public and private collections. Pfahl was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and was a long-time trustee of George Eastman Museum. The works offered in this auction are sold in support of the John Pfahl Legacy Trust.

This gelatin silver print, trimmed to the image and mounted, is in generally excellent condition. Only visible in raking light are scattered pinpoint-sized impressions and two small impressions along the upper edge. The front and reverse of the mount are faintly soiled and age-darkened at the edges. The upper edge of the reverse is hinged to the window mat.