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Pebble Beach, Point Lobos State Park, California,
August 16, 1951

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

x1980-2651

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Title

Pebble Beach, Point Lobos State Park, California

Dates

August 16, 1951

Maker

Minor White

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.4 × 32.3 cm (10 × 12 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Object Number

x1980-2651

Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Culture

American

Type

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

Subject

pools, beaches, coastlines, pebble, water, state parks, shell, nature photography, landscapes (representations), abstraction

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

<p><em>Minor White: Life is Like a Cinema of Stills</em> (Milano: Baldini & Castoldi, 2000)</p>, p. 106 (illus.)

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Minor White (1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, Rochester, NY), Pebble Beach, Point Lobos State Park, California, August 16, 1951. Gelatin silver print; 25.4 × 32.3 cm (image), 27.9 × 35.3 cm (sheet). The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White (x1980-2651) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/69433

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