Lot 52
  • 52

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Ralph Eugene Meatyard
  • UNTITLED (CHILD BEHIND THREE DOORS)
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 7 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
signed by Madelyn O. Meatyard, the photographer's widow, and with the annotation 'REM 11' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1961

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, 1999

Literature

Ralph Eugene Meatyard (New York: International Center of Photography, 2004), p. 140 (variant)

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. The edges are rubbed, with tiny losses at the upper right and lower left corners. The lower left corner has an extremely small crease at the tip. To the right of the boy, near the edge, there is a small, barely discernible area of slightly warmer tonality. When examined in raking light, faint silvering is visible in the darkest areas.
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