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Self-portrait in attic

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1967-1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/16 × 7 9/16 inches (18.89 × 19.21 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (29.21 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1850
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard"; On mount verso, center, black stamp: "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky / ©"
InscribedNotations on mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "8C-113-109" , "mono p 70 E+Rite" / circa 1967-1698" / 27-28"
MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in black pen: "#27 ID"
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of man entering into newspaper lined room.
Copyright© Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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Self-portrait with bag over head
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1968
2005.27.1874
[Woman and boy in room]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1966
2005.27.1855
[Group of dolls]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1961
2005.27.1884
[Room interior]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1958
2005.27.1953
[Man between two doors]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1856
[Man in corner with pipes]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1964
2005.27.1852
[Beam of light into pitcher]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1962
2005.27.1864
[Man's hat and white wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1956-1957
2005.27.1848
Laughter #2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1968
2005.27.1887
[Boy with doll, man's head in foreground]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1961
2005.27.1881
Cemetery #32
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1941
Untitled (Ice Abstraction )
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1957
2005.37.291