Moon and Wall, Encrustations, New York
- Photographer
- Minor White, American, 1908–1976
- Date
- 1964
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- depicts
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (23.8 x 30.8 cm)
mount: 15 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (38.3 x 45.9 cm) - Credit Line
- The James Marchael Memorial Fund
- Rights
- Reproduced with permission of the Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum © Trustees of Princeton University
- Object Number
- 137:1982
NOTES
This tightly cropped detail of a concrete surface is printed in high contrast to reveal a pattern of minute cracks with light-colored accretions. At the upper center of the image is an oval form which suggests a full moon illuminating a hilly landscape. Minor White was driven by a desire not just to document, but to transform reality-creating works that the viewer could interpret on a personal and poetic level through association.
Provenance
Harry H. Lunn Jr. (d. 1998), Washington, D.C.; New York, NY; Paris, France
- 1982
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY, acquired from Harry H. Lunn Jr. [1]
1982 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, acquired from Edwynn Houk [2]
Notes:
[1] per e-mail correspondence from Edwynn Houk, June 8, 2008 [SLAM document files]. Lunn was a private art dealer.
[2] Invoice dated September 22, 1982 [SLAM Document File]. Minutes of a Meeting of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, November 12, 1982.
- 1982
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY, acquired from Harry H. Lunn Jr. [1]
1982 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, acquired from Edwynn Houk [2]
Notes:
[1] per e-mail correspondence from Edwynn Houk, June 8, 2008 [SLAM document files]. Lunn was a private art dealer.
[2] Invoice dated September 22, 1982 [SLAM Document File]. Minutes of a Meeting of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, November 12, 1982.
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