Pilaster and Hood Molding, Dodd Building (Southwest Front and Ankeny)
Minor White, Pilaster and Hood Molding, Dodd Building (Southwest Front and Ankeny), 1938, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L42.3.21
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Pilaster and Hood Molding, Dodd Building (Southwest Front and Ankeny)
- Artist
- Date
1938
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 13 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in
- 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
L42.3.21
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Place Made
Created in and depicts: Portland
Created in and depicts: Oregon
Viewed with Dodd Building's Iron Dog [see Related Artworks], these two prints from the same negative demonstrate White's experimentation with print density. One print, noticeably darker in tone, suggests a moodier scene. Testing different tones and densities demonstrates White's belief that his WPA prints were more than straightforward documents. That both prints were mounted, titled, and signed suggests the artist's approval of both versions of the scene.
Known as the Dodd Block, this iron-front building was erected in 1888 and demolished in 1942.
- Exhibitions
2017 In the Beginning: Minor White's Oregon Photographs, Phase 1 Portland Art Museum
