[Soaped window abstraction]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)

Date1953

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 inches (19.05 × 25.72 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 1/8 inches (35.72 × 28.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1823

SignedSigned by artist on mount verso, top center, in black pen: "R.E. Meatyard"; Signed by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top center, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".

InscribedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, below image, in pencil: "Rem 53"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "REM8"

MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "Wall-Out"; On mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "K35"; On mount verso, center, in blue pen: "4" [circled].

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print, trimmed and mounted, abstraction of window with graffiti.

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