Tree Trunk with Axe Scars (Vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains, Colorado)

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Tree Trunk with Axe Scars (Vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains, Colorado)

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Tree Trunk with Axe Scars (Vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains, Colorado),

June 19, 1962

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-3880

Information

Title
Tree Trunk with Axe Scars (Vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains, Colorado)
Dates

June 19, 1962

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24 × 17.2 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/4 in.) mount: 45.7 × 38.2 cm (18 × 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-3880
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Colorado, vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains

Signatures
Dated and signed in graphite on mount, below image: 1963 Minor White
Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: 1963 / Colorado / Tree Trunk with Axe Scars
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
nature photography, bark, eyes, trees, abstraction

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

Vicinity of Georgetown, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

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