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[Black child reaching for image of woman in chipped paint]
Artist
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
(American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1955-1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 10 5/16 inches (30.48 × 26.19 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1845
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on sheet verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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