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Design (Portland Dry Docks)


Minor White, Design (Portland Dry Docks), ca. 1939, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L42.2.15

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Title

Design (Portland Dry Docks)

Related Titles

inscribed: Design

Artist

Minor White (American, 1908-1976)

Date

ca. 1939

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 13 3/8 in x 10 9/16 in; sheet: 13 3/8 in x 10 9/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

title: Design, graphite, bottom left

signature: Minor White, graphite, bottom 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

L42.2.15

Copyright

public domain

Terms

gelatin silver prints

photographs

Picturing Oregon

Works Progress Administration Artworks

Place Made

Created in and depicts: Portland

Created in and depicts: Oregon

Description

The Portland Dry Docks were located south of the Willamette River's Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge. As with a number of his industrial scenes, White captures an unusual view of the facility, emphasizing the striking vertical and horizontal lines of the buildings. The artist further abstracted the composition by flipping the negative: both letters and numbers are reversed in the print.

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