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[Lights at night]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19.05 × 25.08 cm)
Mount: 14 × 10 15/16 inches (35.56 × 27.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1824
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
InscribedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, below image, in pencil: "Rem 56"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted; gas station with blurry lights at night.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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