Black Sun (Atlantic Avenue, Rochester)

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Black Sun (Atlantic Avenue, Rochester)

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Black Sun (Atlantic Avenue, Rochester),

January 1955

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-3217

Information

Title
Black Sun (Atlantic Avenue, Rochester)
Dates

January 1955

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
25.5 × 23 cm (10 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.) mount: 50.8 × 60.9 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-3217
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Rochester

Inscription
Handwritten in ink on verso, upper left: Sequence X / #9 black stamp on verso: MINOR WHITE / 72 N. UNION / ROCHESTER 7, N. Y. Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Sequence 10 / Black Sun, vicinity of Dansville, N.Y., 1955
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
winter, snow, barns, silos (agricultural structures), suns, agricultural land, rural areas, landscapes (representations)

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

Black Sun, Atlantic Avenue, Rochester

Black Sun (Atlantic Avenue, Rochester)

Black Sun

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