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[Ice Cold Watermelons]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1955-1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (20 × 33.97 cm)
Mount: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.78 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1846
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed and mounted. Image of two black boys standing next to a building with sign reading: 'Ice Cold Watermelons'.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[5-cent Books]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1956-1958
2005.27.1833
[Two boys and fancy basket]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1849
[Two boys in interior]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1868
[Two boys with white spots over heads]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1962
2005.27.1851
[Two boys in front of wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1870
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
The Old South #2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1954-1955
2005.27.1857
[Cross in window]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1959
2005.27.1860
Untitled (Ice Abstraction )
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1957
2005.37.291
[Woman and boy in room]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1966
2005.27.1855
[Boy jumping off porch]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1876
[Boy with flag indoors]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1889