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[Torn family photo]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (23.97 × 19.05 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Mat (handling): 17 × 14 inches (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1859
SignedInitialed and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Rem 56"; Signed by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard";
InscribedNotation on mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "wall-in / M"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in blue pen: "Illus.59"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "REM6".
Markingsnone
On View
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Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; mounted. Image of torn photo of woman.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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1966
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1962
2005.27.1854
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1960
2005.27.1856
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2005.27.1857
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ca. 1968
2005.27.1874
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2005.27.1875
[Boy jumping off porch]
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1960
2005.27.1876
[Girl in trees]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1877