Minor White
Beginnings

Beginnings

Reproduced with permission of The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © 1962 Trustees of Princeton University.

Beginnings
Beginnings
ArtistAmerican, 1908–1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Beginnings
Date1962
Place depictedRochester, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (32 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mary W. and Edward L. Bishop, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2662
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Minor White: Poetic Form," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 13 July – 29 September 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left corner below image in pencil "1961",verso lower right corner in pencil"CT-077-C"
lower right corner below image in pencil "Minor White"

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