Call Number:

PH-02648

Collection Name:

Portfolio Three: The Work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Creator:

No. of Items:

10 items

Span Dates:

1959-1972; published 1974

Description:

Limited edition, published portfolio, titled Portfolio Three: The Work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard (Louisville, Ky.: Center for Photographic Studies, 1974), containing 10 mounted, gelatin silver photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925-1972). The portfolio was issued in a grey board slipcase, illustrated with two reproductions of photographs of Meatyard by his daughter, Melissa Meatyard (American). "This portfolio was produced under the supervision of Conrad J. Pressma at the Center for Photographic Studies, with the approval and cooperation of Madelyn Meatyard." Madelyn Meatyard (American, 1926-2016) was the artist's widow. The mounted prints, each separated by cotton paper cover sheet, are enclosed in a grey paper folder within an off-white, cloth-bound board portfolio. Printed inside the folder are two essays: one by Van Deren Coke (American, 1921-2004), and the other by Conrad J. Pressma (American, born 1944), the Director of the Center for Photographic Studies. "This edition of Portfolio Three: The Work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard is limited to 130 numbered copies. Of that number, 100 are offered for sale and 30 proof copies are reserved for special friends of the Center for Photographic Studies." The Ransom Center's copy is number 38. Dimensions follow: 16.4 x 18.9 or smaller (images); 38 x 30.4 cm (mounts); 75.9 x 15.2 cm, folded to 15.2 x 15.2 cm, (publisher's announcement, folded) 41 x 31.7 x 3 cm (slip case). Accompanying the portfolio, though not issued with it, is a copy of the publisher's announcement that reproduces all ten photographs in the portfolio. Information for each plate in the portfolio follows.

2014:0027:0001 -- Madonna, 1964;
2014:0027:0002 -- Untitled (Boy with Flag), 1959;
2014:0027:0003 -- Untitled (Figure and Wall Detail), 1964;
2014:0027:0004 -- Romance of Ambrose Bierce #3, 1964;
2014:0027:0005 -- Untitled (Boy Making Gesture), 1959;
2014:0027:0006 -- Lucybelle Crater and her 15 year Old Son's Friend, 1970-1971;
2014:0027:0007 -- Untitled (Figure and Boat), 1961;
2014:0027:0008 -- Cranston Richie, 1964 [sic, 1961 or earlier];
2014:0027:0009 -- Untitled ("Motion-Sound" Landscape), 1969;
2014:0027:0010 -- Untitled (Mask in Water), 1961.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01216

Location(s):

Special permission required Meatyard, R.E., Box 2 (portfolio case and associated material)
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Special permission required Meatyard, R.E., Box 3 (2014:0027:0001-0010)
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See Also:

Edward Dahlberg Literary File Photography Collection: Item 985:0009:0003 in the Edward Dahlberg Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02655)

Ralph Eugene Meatyard Photography Collection: Ralph Eugene Meatyard Photography Collection (PH-02566)

Guy Davenport Literary File Photography Collection: Guy Davenport Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02665)

Parker Tyler Literary File Photography Collection: Item 975:0090:0003 in the Parker Tyler Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02656)