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Laughter #3

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (15.56 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 17 × 14 inches (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Mat: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1907
SignedSigned on mount verso, upper left, in black pen: "Ralf [sic] Eugene Meatyard"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, center, in black ink: " RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky ©".
InscribedNotation on mat verso, top left corner, in pencil: "9-98-589 / mono p81 Emblems + Rites / Laughter No.3 / L-61-68."
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print on Sheldon Memorial Gallery mount.
Image of boy's face (blurred) next to a mask.
Copyright© Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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Laughter #2
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1968
2005.27.1887
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1846
[Two boys in interior with mask on wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1896
[Boy with glowing string]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1962
2005.27.1854
[Blurred children]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1955-1956
2005.27.1843
[Girl and plants]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1964
2005.27.1869
[Two boys and fancy basket]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1849
[Two boys in interior]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1960
2005.27.1868
[Two boys with white spots over heads]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1962
2005.27.1851
[Two boys in front of wall]
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1963
2005.27.1870
Boy's legs and blurred model airplane
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
ca. 1954
2005.27.1828
Romance (N.) , From Ambrose Bierce #3
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
1962; printed 1983
2005.27.1948