Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year (Chinatown, San Francisco)

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Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year (Chinatown, San Francisco)

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Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year (Chinatown, San Francisco),

February 13, 1953

Minor White, 1908–1976; born Minneapolis, MN; died Boston, MA; active Portland, OR, and Rochester, NY
x1980-3106

Information

Title
Year of the Dragon, Chinese New Year (Chinatown, San Francisco)
Dates

February 13, 1953

Maker
Minor White
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 20.3 × 22.2 cm (8 × 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 26.7 × 28.7 cm (10 1/2 × 11 5/16 in.) mount: 50.7 × 40.6 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
Object Number
x1980-3106
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, San Francisco, Chinatown

Signatures
Signed in graphite on sheet, lower right of image: Minor White
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
people, flowers (plants), figures (representations), streetscapes, sidewalks, Chinatowns, men

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

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