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[Graffiti abstraction]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1959
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (17.46 × 15.88 cm)
Mount: 13 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (35.24 × 28.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1836
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: "59C Gen"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed and mounted. Numbered 59C. Image of graffiti abstraction.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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1962
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[Man between two doors]
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1960
2005.27.1856
The Old South #2
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2005.27.1857
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1968
2005.27.1874
[Girl in cellar door with flag]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1967
2005.27.1875
[Boy jumping off porch]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1876
[Girl in trees]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1877
[Three masks on floor with water trail]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1891