Lot 53
  • 53

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Ralph Eugene Meatyard
  • THREE DOLLS
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 5 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches
mounted to Crescent Quality illustration board, signed 'Gene Meatyard' in pencil on the mount, numbered '55A-61' and signed by Madelyn O. Meatyard, the photographer's widow, in ink and with the photographer's 'Lexington, Kentucky' credit stamp on the reverse, framed, an Irving Galleries label on the reverse, 1961

Provenance

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach

Condition

This early print is on glossy paper. It is essentially in excellent condition. The print is mounted to white Crescent Quality illustration board, which is darkened at the edges. The mount corners are bumped, and the upper paper-ply is folded back at the tip of the upper right corner. The reverse of the mount is worn along the lower edge. 'REM 9' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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