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The Old South #2

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1954-1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 7/16 inches (24.29 × 18.89 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 1/8 inches (35.56 × 28.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1857
SignedSigned 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"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted; Image of boy standing inside window frame of dilapidated building.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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1966
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1963
2005.27.1858
[Boy in branches, hands to eyes]
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1959
2005.27.1872
[Boy with doll in interior]
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