Thing on Beach (Cape Meares, Oregon)

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Thing on Beach (Cape Meares, Oregon)

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Thing on Beach (Cape Meares, Oregon),

August 1963

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-4003

Information

Title
Thing on Beach (Cape Meares, Oregon)
Dates

August 1963

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
16.1 × 20.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.) mount: 42.8 × 35.6 cm (16 7/8 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-4003
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Oregon, Cape Meares

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, below image: 1963 Minor White
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Thing on Beach, Cape Meares, Oregon, 1963 Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Sand 1963 Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper right: 39 [crossed out] 24
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
beaches, abstraction, state parks

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

Thing on Beach

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