Lot 4
  • 4

Minor White

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Minor White
  • 'Beginnings' (Frosted Window, Rochester, NY)
  • gelatin silver print
mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, titled and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1962 (The Eye That Shapes, pl. 142)

Condition

This print, on semi-glossy paper, is in generally excellent condition. The print is very slightly silvered around the edges, and a few very faint scratches are visible in raking light. The oatmeal-colored mount is age-darkened around the periphery of the print. There are abrasions in the mount corners. The reverse is lightly soiled overall, and there are a few fingerprints. 'CAN-160513' and 'P1309040' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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