Name: RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD (1925–1972)
Brand: Untitled (Boy leaning against tree), 1963
Price: 1400.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD (1925–1972)
Untitled (Boy leaning against tree), 1963
gelatin silver print
signed by Madelyn Meatyard in ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 7¹⁄₂ x 6⁷⁄₈ in. (19.1 x 17.5 cm.)

Photofind Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990.

W.M. Hunt, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious, Aperture, New York, 2011, p. 33.

Lausanne, Musée de l'Élysée; Amsterdam, FOAM Fotogafiemuseum, Sans Regard or No Eyes: Photographs from W.M. Hunt / Collection Dancing Bear, 2006-2007.
Ocala, Appelton Museum of Fine Arts, The Unseen Eye: Photography from the Collection of W.M. Hunt, November 7, 2010–January 2, 2011.
Rochester, George Eastman House, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, October 1, 2011–February 19, 2012.

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