Dumb Face, Frost on Window (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)

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Dumb Face, Frost on Window (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)

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Dumb Face, Frost on Window (72 N. Union Street, Rochester),

January 12, 1959

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, Rochester, NY
x1970-19

Information

Title
Dumb Face, Frost on Window (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)
Dates

January 12, 1959

Maker
Minor White
Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 32 x 24.8 cm. (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 40.6 x 33 cm. (16 x 13 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920

Object Number
x1970-19
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Rochester

Inscription

Titled, dated, and signed in graphite on verso: Frost on Window, "Dumb Face", Rochester, N.Y. / 1959 / Minor White

Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
ovals, windows, winter, frost, faces, abstraction

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