Chinatown, San Francisco

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Chinatown, San Francisco

Currently not on view

Chinatown, San Francisco,

February 16, 1953

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-3081

Information

Title
Chinatown, San Francisco
Dates

February 16, 1953

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
21.7 × 18.3 cm (8 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.) album page: 33 × 38.1 cm (13 × 15 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-3081
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco, Chinatown

Inscription
Typed on paper, taped to album page, lower left: THE HINGE OF A BOOK REMINDS ME OF READING THAT THE ONLY WEST LEFT WAS GO. AND I WENT.
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
dragons, smoke, festivals, figures (representations), streetscapes, sidewalks, Chinatowns, men

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

Chinatown, San Francisco

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