Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Abstractions
From 1957 to 1972, Meatyard undertook several different conceptual projects exploring the possibilities of abstraction in photography. In these works, he evokes a world not normally acknowledged with the human eye.
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a foaming, marble-textured liquid surface](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0955-698x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Ice, ca. 1963
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a foaming, marble-textured liquid surface](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0957-1151x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1959
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a scratched glass surface](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0440-926x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1959
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a partly-submerged rock in moving water reflecting pine branches above](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0649-953x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Chapter Life #4, 1963
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of an abstract pattern of black blobs and swirls on a dark gray background](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-1.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1958
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a soaped-up window with squiggles and letters drawn into it](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0942-1191x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1957
gelatin silver print, 7-3/4 x 10-1/8 inches (sheet) [19.7 x 25.7 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a cracked pane of glass with spider-like converging fracture patterns](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-5-730x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1959
gelatin silver print, 7 x 5-3/4 inches (sheet) [17.8 x 14.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the texture of a soaped-up window](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-8-849x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1959
gelatin silver print, 7-3/8 x 7 inches (sheet) [18.6 x 17.8 cm]
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a foaming, marble-textured liquid surface](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0955.jpg?fit=675%2C870&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardIce
ca. 1963
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a foaming, marble-textured liquid surface](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0957.jpg?fit=675%2C528&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1959
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white close-up photograph of a scratched glass surface](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0440.jpg?fit=675%2C656&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1959
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a partly-submerged rock in moving water reflecting pine branches above](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0649.jpg?fit=675%2C638&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardChapter Life #4
1963
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of an abstract pattern of black blobs and swirls on a dark gray background](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-1.jpg?fit=675%2C432&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1958
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a soaped-up window with squiggles and letters drawn into it](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0942.jpg?fit=675%2C510&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1957
gelatin silver print, 7-3/4 x 10-1/8 inches (sheet) [19.7 x 25.7 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a cracked pane of glass with spider-like converging fracture patterns](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-5.jpg?fit=675%2C832&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1959
gelatin silver print, 7 x 5-3/4 inches (sheet) [17.8 x 14.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of the texture of a soaped-up window](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Abstractions-8.jpg?fit=675%2C716&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1959
gelatin silver print, 7-3/8 x 7 inches (sheet) [18.6 x 17.8 cm]