Untitled
Photograph
1960 (made), 1971 (printed)
1960 (made), 1971 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Matyard took photographs of his friends and family in staged and directed settings using locayions such as abvandoned mansions in rural Kentucky. He was an optician by trade, taking photographs and printing them in the evenings and at the weekend. His work deals with emotive issues of personal and family identity while conjuring both surreal and methaphysical worlds.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph, untitled, gelatin-silver print, by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1960. |
| Physical description | Black and White photograph, gelatin-silver print,depicting a boy. |
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| Object history | Gift from Christopher Meatyard. |
| Production | Printed by Christopher Meatyard in 1971. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Matyard took photographs of his friends and family in staged and directed settings using locayions such as abvandoned mansions in rural Kentucky. He was an optician by trade, taking photographs and printing them in the evenings and at the weekend. His work deals with emotive issues of personal and family identity while conjuring both surreal and methaphysical worlds. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.64-1982 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2007 |
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