Detail (California Foundry)
Minor White, Detail (California Foundry), ca. 1939, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L42.3.1
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- Title
Detail (California Foundry)
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1939
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 13 5/16 in x 10 3/8 in
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
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
L42.3.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
This picturesque photograph of the base of an iron pilaster (a rectangular column that is often decorative rather than structural) suggests the solidity of metal architectural elements and the relative fragility of surrounding materials, which nature seems to be reclaiming. The stamp at the bottom of the pilaster indicates it was produced by the California Foundry, which made architectural iron elements in San Francisco. While many of Portland's earliest iron-front buildings sourced their materials from San Francisco foundries, by the mid-1860s most local buildings used ironwork produced by four area foundries.
- Exhibitions
2018 In the Beginning: Minor White's Oregon Photographs, Phase 2 Portland Art Museum
