Minor White

mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, 1948

Collection of Paul Caponigro

Paul Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco, 1995

Mirrors Messages Manifestations (Aperture, 1969), p. 46

Peter C. Bunnell, Minor White: The Eye that Shapes (Princeton University, 1989), pl. 165

Mike Weaver, ed., The Art of Photography, 1839-1989 (Yale University Press, 1989), pl. 347

Christian A. Peterson, Masterpiece Photographs from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2008), p. 79

This print is in generally very good condition. In raking light, scattered surface scratches, not appearing to break the emulsion, are visible overall. The reverse of the mount is lightly soiled, and there is a long abrasion near the upper edge. Also on the reverse, the number '016' is in an unidentified hand in pencil. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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