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[Skull and masks outdoors]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1956-1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.86 × 19.05 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1890
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
InscribedNotation on mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "38"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of skull on broken stones.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[Three masks on floor with water trail]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1891
[Four masks in interior]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1894
[Cemetery statue with head on sideways]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1939
[Broken window and damaged blinds]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1834
[Broken glass]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1959
2005.27.1835
[Doll and objects in grass]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1957-1958
2005.27.1878
[Mask and flowers]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1893
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
[Mask and fish parts]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1895
Madonna
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1964
2005.27.1951
[Masked figure]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1964
2005.27.1909
[Masked figure]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1964
2005.27.1897