[Beam of light into pitcher]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)

Dateca. 1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.78 × 23.18 cm)
Mount: 14 × 10 15/16 inches (35.56 × 27.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1864

SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top edge, in blue pen: "#49 / Madelyn O. Meatyard"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, center, in blue ink: "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky".

InscribedNotation on mount verso, top edge, in pencil: "9-117-704 / 1957" , "Mono pg76 / Meatyard, "Emblems + Rites" , "6" , in black pen "J" in blue pencil "41 1/5%", in blue pen: "Siembab #1. Series A #1"

MarkingsOn mount verso, red circular sticker, in black pen: "76".

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted; Image of man looking a beam of light above pitcher.

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