Self-portrait with bag over head

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)

Dateca. 1968

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/8 × 7 5/16 inches (18.73 × 18.57 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 × 9 7/16 inches (29.21 × 23.97 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1874

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

InscribedNotation on mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "9-119-719" / "mono page 34 Emblems + Rites" / in pencil and crossed out "54-55".

MarkingsOn mount verso, two white stickers, top center, in pencil: "37 [circled] / BASE 215"; On mount verso, red circular sticker, bottom center, in pencil: "34".

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted. Image of man seated in front of signs with clear bag over head.

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