William LaRue, Cape Meares, Oregon

1961

Minor White

Associated Names
Minor White

Artist, American, 1908 - 1976

The image is a close-up portrait showing the head and upper shoulders of a man in a three-quarter profile. He has a neatly trimmed mustache, defined eyebrows, wavy dark hair, and some strands falling onto his forehead. He is wearing a collared coat over a dark inner garment. The background showcases rough-textured tree bark that twists in an elegant, flowing pattern. No jewelry or objects are visible in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sharon Keim)

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.9 × 9.4 cm (4 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 25.5 × 19.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.5078.17

  • Series Title

    No. 17 from Sequence 17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Minor White; gift to Drid Williams, New York; Sharon Keim, Washington, DC, purchase (through Lunn Gallery, Graphics International); gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2006; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Sight/Insight: People and Places, Recent Acquisitions of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 30 – September 15, 2008

2011

  • Recent Photography Acquisitions, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 14 – August 28, 2011

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower right on mount in graphite: TR:70.17-79; 17

Wikidata ID

Q64158312

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