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Meatyard, Ralph Eugene
American (1925-1972)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Lucybelle Crater and her hardworking 20 year old son, Lucybelle Crater
SERIES TITLE: "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater"

ca. 1970
gelatin silver print
17.8 x 19.0 cm.
Museum Purchase
72:0018:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Greene, Jonathan, et al. --The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater--. New York: Jargon Society, 1974. pg. 8.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Acquisitions 1970-1973", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark, October 13, 1973 - January 30, 1974.//

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(in ink) "Lucybelle Crater and her hard working 20 year old son, Lucybelle Crater" verso-(rubberstamp) "Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Lexington, Kentucky..."

NOTES: Catalogued 7/86, CR. Madelyn Meatyard plays the part of Lucybelle Crater in this fictional family photo album. Family friends disguised with masks also appear in these photographs.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, ident / Meatyard, Madelyn
portrait, ident / Meatyard, Michael
portrait, woman & child
people, masquerading

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