[Boy with flag indoors]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)

Date1960

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 × 7 9/16 inches (17.78 × 19.21 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1889

SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, upper center, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard"; Artist's stamps on mount verso, center, in black and blue ink: "© / RALPH EUGENE MEAT [sic] / Lexington, Kentucky / RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky / ©"

InscribedNotations on mount verso, top left corner in blue pen: "496 A-60 / 16"; On mount verso, top left corner, in pencil: "41"; On mount verso, center, in blue pen: "Siembab #40, Series G #1"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "14" [circled]

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print trimmed & mounted. Image of boy with flag across face standing in ramshackle interior.

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