Lot 200
  • 200

Minor White

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Minor White
  • 'wall encrustation, pultneyville, n. y.'
mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, and dated by him in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1964, printed no later than 1970 (MMM, cover and p. 183; Rites & Passages, p. 25; The Eye That Shapes, pl. 139; Photography in America, p. 170)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from the photographer, 1969-70

Condition

This early print, on semi-glossy paper, is in generally excellent condition. The photograph is mounted to a cream-colored board that is very slightly age-darkened around the print's periphery. There are two old linen hinges on the reverse of the mount.
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