Beginnings (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)

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Beginnings (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)

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Beginnings (72 N. Union Street, Rochester),

February 1962

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-3869

Information

Title
Beginnings (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)
Dates

February 1962

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
31.2 × 24 cm (12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.) mount: 50.7 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-3869
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Rochester

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, below image: 1960 Minor White
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Beginnings, 1960 / Rochester New York / Minor
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
windows, circles (plane figures), winter, frost, light, reflections, abstraction

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

Frosted Window

Beginnings (72 N. Union Street, Rochester)

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