Boats (San Francisco)

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Boats (San Francisco)

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Boats (San Francisco),

1951

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-2766

Information

Title
Boats (San Francisco)
Dates

1951

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
18.5 × 23.2 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.) mount: 34.2 × 41.7 cm (13 7/16 × 16 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-2766
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, below image: 1951 Minor White
Inscription
Title and date handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Boats - San Francisco - 1951
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
boats, urban areas
Negative Number
51-476

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

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