Cut Wire and Telephone Box (Haymarket Square, Boston)

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Cut Wire and Telephone Box (Haymarket Square, Boston)

Currently not on view

Cut Wire and Telephone Box (Haymarket Square, Boston),

July 13, 1969

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-4367

Information

Title
Cut Wire and Telephone Box (Haymarket Square, Boston)
Dates

July 13, 1969

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28.2 × 18.4 cm (11 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.) mount: 48.2 × 38.1 cm (19 × 15 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-4367
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Haymarket Square

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, below image: 1971 Minor White
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Cut Wire and Telephone Box, Boston, Mass, 1971 Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower right: Minor White / 203 Park Ave. / Arlington, Mass. 02174
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
dots, wire, telephone booths

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

Haymarket, Boston

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