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[Boy with glowing string]
Artist
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
(American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (19.05 × 18.73 cm)
Mount: 13 × 10 inches (33.02 × 25.4 cm)
Mount: 13 × 10 inches (33.02 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1854
SignedSigned on mount verso, upper left, in blue pen: "Ralph Eugene Meatyard / Lexington, Kentucky / ©";
Signed by photographer's widow, on mount verso, upper left, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
InscribedNotation on mount verso, upper left, in blue pen: "46A-62"
Markingsnone
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Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted; Image of blurred boy with glowing string.Copyright© Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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