Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California)
Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California)

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Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California)
Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California)

Currently not on view

Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California),

October 24, 1947

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-806

Information

Title
Man and Moon (Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California)
Dates

October 24, 1947

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 14.2 x 18.5 cm. (5 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 20.1 x 25.2 cm. (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-806
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, Matchstick Cove

Signatures
Signed in graphite on verso, lower right: Minor White
Inscription
Title and date handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Man and Moon; Matchstick cove; 1947 Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower right: 47
Culture
American
Type
photographs, oil paintings, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Subject
figures (representations), night, portraits, moons, hills, men

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

Tom Murphy, San Mateo County, California

Man & Moon

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