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Call Number:

PH-02892

Collection Name:

Father Louie: Photographs of Thomas Merton

Creator:

Meatyard, Christopher (1955 - )

Meatyard, Ralph Eugene, 1925-1972 (1925 - 1972)

Span Dates:

1991

Description:

Published book by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925-1972) entitled Father Louie: Photographs of Thomas Merton (New York: Timken Publishers, 1991). From the colophon: "One hundred twenty-five copies ... have been signed by Guy Davenport for this limited edition. An original photograph printed by Christopher Meatyard from his father's negative is laid into copies 1-100. Copies I-XXV accompany the portfolio edition, which contains the full suite of fifty-two photographs, including two prints not published in the trade edition." The Ransom Center's copy is number 56. Item-level information for the print follows.

2004:0058:0001 -- [Thomas Merton wearing robe, standing at edge of woods], 1967, printed 1990. Gelatin silver print, 18.6 x 19.2 cm (7 5/16 x 7 9/16 inches) (image); 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches) (sheet). Edition 56/100.

Accession No(s):

2004:0058:0001

Location(s):

BX 4705 M542 M36 1991b HRC (2004:0058:0001)
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Portfolio Three: The Work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Guy Davenport Literary File Photography Collection