Inca Stone Head (Museo Arqueológico de Ancash, Huaraz, Peru)

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Inca Stone Head (Museo Arqueológico de Ancash, Huaraz, Peru)

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Inca Stone Head (Museo Arqueológico de Ancash, Huaraz, Peru),

September 1, 1973

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-4639

Information

Title
Inca Stone Head (Museo Arqueológico de Ancash, Huaraz, Peru)
Dates

September 1, 1973

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 20.9 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 24.6 × 18.3 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.) mount: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-4639
Place Depicted

South America, Peru, Huaraz, Ancash Region

Signatures
Signed in graphite on mount, lower right of image: Minor White
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Inca Stone Head, Huraz, Peru 1973
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
sculpture, stone, museums, faces, archaeological objects

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

Museo del Padre Soriano, Huraz, Peru

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