Bird Form (Water Pocket Fold Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah)

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Bird Form (Water Pocket Fold Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah)

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Bird Form (Water Pocket Fold Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah),

July or September 1966

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-4214

Information

Title
Bird Form (Water Pocket Fold Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah)
Dates

July or September 1966

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
30 × 20.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.) mount: 50.5 × 38 cm (19 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-4214
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Utah, Capitol Reef National Park

Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: #9 of 9 / to Sequence - It's All in the Mind Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: Bird Form, Water Pocket Canyon, 1966 Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left [partially erased]: Seq 1966 No. [...] Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper left: 38
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
rock (inorganic material), sand, national parks, shadows

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

Bird Form

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