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[Black child and "40"]
Artist
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
(American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1955-1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 9/16 inches (25.08 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1844
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "-in-"
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1845
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