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[Paint-speckled wall]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1956-1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 inches (19.05 × 23.97 cm)
Mount: 14 × 10 15/16 inches (35.56 × 27.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1829
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
InscribedOn mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "wall-in + / Meatyard"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left, blue pen: "5"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of wooden latch.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[Black child reaching for image of woman in chipped paint]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1845
[License plate and splattered paint]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1955
2005.27.1825
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
[Man's hat and white wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1956-1957
2005.27.1848
[Ghostly figures in front of white wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955
2005.27.1838
[Two boys in front of wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1870
Untitled (dolls on rock wall)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1959
2005.27.1957
(Girl with blinds)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1966
2005.27.1866
[Wrecked boat in water]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1954
2005.27.1832
Boy's legs and blurred model airplane
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1954
2005.27.1828
[Figure in front of torn screen]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1956-1958
2005.27.1830
[Interior with chair, table, and card]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1957-1958
2005.27.1826