Tar and Wall, San Francisco

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Tar and Wall, San Francisco

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Tar and Wall, San Francisco,

February 24, 1951

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-2526

Information

Title
Tar and Wall, San Francisco
Dates

February 24, 1951

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
11.7 × 22.3 cm (4 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.) mount: 35.6 × 35.9 cm (14 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-2526
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Signatures
Signed and dated in graphite on mount, below image: 1950 Minor White
Inscription
Title and date handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: TAR and WALL - San Francisco - 1950 Written in graphite on verso, lower right: $400-
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
abstraction, walls, tar

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

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