Ralph Eugene Meatyard was a self-described ‘dedicated amateur’ photographer. He pursued his own vision to produce an exquisitely enigmatic, widely admired body of work. Meatyard began taking photographs in 1950, roaming the backwoods and towns in Kentucky, experimenting with framing, multiple exposures and blurring to produce haunting, abstracted images of natural and manmade environments. In the late 1950s, he began incorporating monstrous, oversized latex masks and hands into his photographs, in addition to plastic dolls. His family and friends were the protagonists in his carefully composed scenes. For Meatyard, who was inspired by literature, Zen Buddhism and jazz, the masks served to equalize his subjects and shift focus elsewhere—to the poignant juxtaposition of otherworldly faces on human bodies, to the ambiguous and unknowable in human nature.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 'Dolls and Masks'
By Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Located in Sharon, CT
First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition to 30 copies with contemporary gelatin silver print "Untitled 1962", signed and numbered from the Artist's Estate by Christopher Meatya...
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Bonnie and Clyde
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway's 1967 crime romance directed by Arthur Penn. This poster is conservation linen backed and it would be shipped rolled in a...
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$5,700
H 7.09 in W 0.4 in D 9.06 in
Eugène Atget Verrieres, Vieux Logis Photograph, France, Signed, Stamped, 1922
By Eugène Atget
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugene Atget (French, 1857-1927) Verrieres, vieux logis, 1922. Albumen silver print. printing out paper print from glass negative. verso right side sta...
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Rare Original Eugene Atget Photograph, circa 1900
By Eugène Atget
Located in Paris, FR
Albumen print from the period by Euge`ne Atget representing an apple tree branch in full blossom. Written on the back by the photographer : 'Branche de pommier, N°55.' (Apple tree, ...
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude Ultrachrome Print
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Christo (1935, USA) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009, USA), Documenta de Kassel, 1968, Ultra-chrome print, 60 x 50 cm, N°4/12, signed by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and the photographer Wolfang Volz. On the occasion of the Documenta IV in 1968, in Kassel, Germany, Christo and Jeanne...
Manhattan Unfurled by Matteo Pericoli, Hardcover Accordion Book, 2001
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Manhattan Unfurled by Pericoli, Matteo and Goldberger, Paul Matteo Pericoli trained as an architect in Milan and then came to work in New York in 1995. His arrival preceded by just a few days the arrival of the biggest snowstorm of the decade, and the sense of the city in its wake–especially its silence–remained in his mind. He experienced similar feeling taking photographs of Riverside Drive from the Circle Line ferry, and decided to transpose them into a line drawing. It was then that he felt compelled to photograph the whole of New York’s shoreline profile–from Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and New Jersey (which he reached by motorcycle) — and make two continuous and continuously enchanting pen-and-ink drawing of Manhattan’s skyline. Manhattan Unfurled is published in an elegant slipcase, and the drawings fold out, accordion-style, with the West on one side and the East on the other. An introduction by distinguished New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger, who first wrote bout Matteo’s project in The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town,” will accompany the drawing in a separate pamphlet. This book is both a wonderful New York City memento, perfect for gift giving, and an entirely unique work of art. Hardcover, accordion style fold-out sheets in original publisher's slipcase by the artist Matteo Pericoli. Separate pamphlet containing text by Paul Goldberger laid-in loose. 48 pages, each containing a drawing of a continuous view of Manhattan: right side being the East Side (the Battery to the Henry Hudson...
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$1,850
H 3.5 in W 3.25 in D 0.13 in
JF. Kennedy Color Pic/Slide by Yousuf Karsh World Renowned Portrait Photographer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
J.F. Kennedy color pic/slide by Yousuf Karsh world renowned portrait photographer, photo of JFK done, circa 1960 or so, marked J.F. Kennedy on the top, Camera Press London on the left, Photo: Karsh of Ottawa...
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Bonnie and Clyde
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still from Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway's 1967 crime romance directed by Arthur Penn. The piece is conservation framed with UV Plexi-glas...
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Architectural Industrial Black and White Photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of a kind, never published, black and white photo of Industrial architectural construction site scaffolding, unsigned. Professionally matted and framed, American, early to mid-20...
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Black and White Abstract Photograph
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary black and white abstract photograph in a black rectangular frame.
Timeline History of New York City: Hardcover in Expressionist Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Timeline History of New York City Book Playne Books Ltd; Worth Press Ltd; Hardcover book. A hands-on presentation of New York's history feat...
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Asia by Olivier Follmi: Expressionist Photography Hardcover, 2008
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
ASIA by Olivier Follmi Large Hardcover Book. Very large format, heavy coffee table book, beautiful. Inspired by the beauty of distant countries, Asia celebrates the depth and grandeu...
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$59
H 10.25 in W 14.25 in D 0.75 in
Above Chicago by Robert Cameron: Aerial Photography Hardcover, 1992
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
ABOVE CHICAGO. A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs of Chicago. Above Chicago book by Robert Cameron Hardcover Book. Robert Cameron, Tim Samuelson, Cheryl Kent Cameron, 1992 - Photography - 159 pages The newest Above volume tells the story of Chicago from the Loop to the Stockyards, from its incomparable golf courses to the tallest pinnacles in the world. Here is the most exciting architectural display...
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