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[License plate and splattered paint]
[License plate and splattered paint]

[License plate and splattered paint]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 9/16 inches (26.83 × 34.45 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1825
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on sheet verso, right edge, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print, unmounted and untrimmed, of license plate next to splattered and peeling paint.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[Lucybelle Crater series]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1969-1972
2005.27.1955
[Nancy O'Callaghan]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1969-1972
2005.27.1956
[Light]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1960-1967
2005.27.1921
L.C. and her good, good Mertonian friend, L.C.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1969-1972
2005.27.1954
Romance (N.) , From Ambrose Bierce #3
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1962; printed 1983
2005.27.1948
[Masked figure]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1964; printed 1994
2005.27.1888
[Silhouetted boy and three doors]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1960-1961
2005.27.1863
[Black child reaching for image of woman in chipped paint]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1845
[Cross in window]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1959
2005.27.1860
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
[Black child and "40"]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1844
[Ice Cold Watermelons]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1846