Symbols of Futile Fertility (PG&E Station, San Francisco)

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Symbols of Futile Fertility (PG&E Station, San Francisco)

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Symbols of Futile Fertility (PG&E Station, San Francisco),

February 21, 1947

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-636

Information

Title
Symbols of Futile Fertility (PG&E Station, San Francisco)
Dates

February 21, 1947

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
17.2 × 22.8 cm (6 3/4 × 9 in.) mount: 36.9 × 50.4 cm (14 1/2 × 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-636
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Inscription
handwritten in graphite on verso, upper left: Sequence 3 / #10
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
street lighting luminaires, circles (plane figures), rope, electric substations, wood

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

Symbols of Futile Fertility (Marine Cable Reels, P.G.E. Station, San Francisco)

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