Ralph Eugene Meatyard , Untitled , 1957-58, gelatin silver print.
©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY , SAN FRANCISCO
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Ralph Eugene Meatyard: American Mystic ” is on view at Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco through Saturday, May 6. The solo exhibition presents some 30 prints by the enigmatic American photographer who died in 1972.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Romance (N.) from Ambrose Bierce # 3 , 1962, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , 1960, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , ca. 1955, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , ca. 1964, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , 1963, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Prescience , 1960, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , ca. 1968-69, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , ca. 1959-60, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , 1957-58, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled , ca. 1968-72, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled [Thomas Merton, early winter] , 1967, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Lucybelle Crater and photo professor Lucybelle Crater , ca. 1970-72, gelatin silver print. ©THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD/COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO