Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Emblems & Rights

James Baker Hall, Editor; Guy Davenport

ISBN 10: 0912334614 / ISBN 13: 9780912334615

Published by Aperture Monograph, 1974

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The ISBN listed on the front flap of the dust jacket is 0-91-2334-61-4, however, on the copyright page this number is reported to be associated with the soft cover edition and the cloth bound ISBN is 912334-62-2. This volume is the hard cover with the boards covered in black cloth and gilt lettering on the front board and spine. The book itself is pristine and the black-and-white images sharp and vibrant. The dust jacket has a raspberry colored background with two images one on the front and one on the back, "Self-portrait" by the photographer below a statement by Wendell Berry. The spine coloring is lightly sunned/faded and there is a small nick-top layer of coloring missing-near the bottom spine end. There are 136 pages to this approximately 9 1/4 by 11 inch publication.

Seller Inventory # Sp1012

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Emblems & Rights
• Publisher: Aperture Monograph
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912334614
• ISBN 13: 9780912334615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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"Ralph Eugene Meatyard was born in 1925 and lived in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was part of a circle that included the likes of Thomas Merton, Guy Davenport, and Jonathan Williams. Major influences on his photographic work were Aaron Siskind and Minor White, with whom he studied. He died in 1972."