Design
Minor White, Design, 1939, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L42.2.6
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Design
- Artist
- Date
1939
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in; sheet: 13 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: Design, graphite, lower left
signature: Minor White, graphite, lower right
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project
- Accession Number
L42.2.6
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
White's title for this photograph—Design—foreshadows his later abstract work. Rather than create a descriptive image of machinery and metal, the artist moves close to his subject to explore the shapes, highlights, and shadows.
- Exhibitions
2012 70 Years/70 Photographs Portland Art Museum
2017 In the Beginning: Minor White's Oregon Photographs, Phase 1 Portland Art Museum