[Boy with doll, man's head in foreground]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)

Date1961

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 × 6 3/4 inches (17.78 × 17.15 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1881

SignedSigned and dated on mount verso, top left corner, in black pen: "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/NEGATIVE + PRINT 1961"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, center, in black ink: "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky / ©"; Signed by photographer's widow, on mount verso, center, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".

InscribedNotation on mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "62A-61"; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "INV#7 (c) / $1000"

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted. Image of boy holding doll and man's head in foreground.

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