Ralph Eugene Meatyard

the photographer's credit stamp, signed by the photographer's widow, Madelyn O. Meatyard, in ink and with the number '28a' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1961

Collection of Joshua Smith

Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, 1997

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Full of Grace: A Journey Through the History of Childhood, January - March 2012

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), p. 52 and 232 (this print)

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The top edge is rubbed, and there are tiny losses that are visible only under close examination.
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