Lubec, Maine

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Lubec, Maine

Currently not on view

Lubec, Maine,

July 15, 1969

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1981-68
White summarized his approach to picture-making as the “camera as a way of life.” Cofounder of the photography magazine Aperture and an influential teacher throughout his career, White drew upon the formalism of the work of Alfred Stieglitz (whose photograph is on view nearby) and Ansel Adams, while imbuing his images with personal experience. Lubec, Maine is both a formal document of White’s frequent travels there and an abstracted atmospheric fragment reminiscent of the location’s wintry weather.

Information

Title
Lubec, Maine
Dates

July 15, 1969

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16 x 14 cm. (6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.) sheet: 24.8 x 20 cm. (9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.) mount: 30.5 x 25.4 cm. (12 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of F. Jeffris Elliott
Object Number
x1981-68
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Maine, Lubec

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, lower left: 1969 Minor White
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
abstraction, metal, nails, shadows
Negative Number
69-56

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