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Untitled

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Artwork Details

Untitled
circa 1959-1963
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
gelatin silver print on paper
6 9/16 in x 7 in (16.67 cm x 17.78 cm)
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum
1996/2.42

Description

Subject Matter:

This photograph features a headless child's doll with another smaller doll stuck into the socket of the larger doll's missing leg. The joined dolls are visible through a tear in the screen of a door. The doll's foot appears to be resting on the thin frame of the door while it leans against the horizontal wooden slates of the side of a house. The unusual subject matter coupled with the close crop of the frame makes for an unsettling image.

Physical Description:

Photograph of a headless toy doll, with another smaller doll stuck into its leg socket.

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