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[Mask and flowers]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (17.15 × 18.73 cm)
Mount: 13 × 10 inches (33.02 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1893
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "Madelyn O. Meatyard".
InscribedNotations on mount verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "225A-63"; On mount verso, top right corner, in black pen: "XXIII"
Markingsnone
On View
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Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & mounted. Image of mask and flowers.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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[Three masks on floor with water trail]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1891
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
[Four masks in interior]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1894
[Mask and fish parts]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1895
Lucybelle Crater and gnomist friend from West 6th Street, L.C.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1969-1972
2005.27.1947
[Boy with glowing string]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1962
2005.27.1854
[Woman and boy in room]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1966
2005.27.1855
[Man between two doors]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1856
The Old South #2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1954-1955
2005.27.1857
Self-portrait with bag over head
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1968
2005.27.1874