Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California)
Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California)

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Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California)
Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California)

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Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California),

March 3, 1949

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-1316

Information

Title
Bird Form and Shadow (Point Lobos State Park, California)
Dates

March 3, 1949

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
23 × 30.3 cm (9 1/16 × 11 15/16 in.) mount: 37.7 × 48.8 cm (14 13/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-1316
Place Depicted

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

Inscription
hand written in graphite on verso: Bird Form and Shadow, Point Lobos, Ca, 1949
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
beaches, abstraction, chiaroscuro, rock (inorganic material), state parks, light, shadows

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

Bird Form & Shadow

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