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Mendocino, California,
January 1948, printed 1973

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, Rochester, NY

x1980-938

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Title

Mendocino, California

Dates

January 1948, printed 1973

Maker

Minor White

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.2 × 24.2 cm (6 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 17.5 × 25.1 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.) mount: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White

Object Number

x1980-938

Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, Mendocino

Signatures

Signed in graphite on mount, lower right of image: Minor White

Inscription

Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper left: 19 Title and date handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Mendocino, Calif, 1948 – 1973 Print Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower right: 200

Culture

American

Type

gelatin silver prints, photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject

men, shadows, women, porches, houses, figures (representations)

By bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum from Minor White (1908–1976).

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Minor White (1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, Rochester, NY), Mendocino, California, January 1948, printed 1973. Gelatin silver print; 16.2 × 24.2 cm (image), 17.5 × 25.1 cm (sheet). The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White (x1980-938) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/67565

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