Minor White

(American, 1908–1976)

Minor White was an American photographer known for his meticulous black-and-white prints of landscapes, architecture, and men. White’s interest in Zen philosophy and mysticism permeated both his subject matter and formal technique. “At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us,” he once said. Born on July 9, 1908 in Minneapolis, MN, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota before moving to Portland, OR in 1938. In Oregon, he joined a camera club and later took on photo assignments from the WPA. After serving in the military during World War II, he studied art history under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University in New York. It was in New York that he met Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams, with whom he formed Aperture magazine. Over the following decades, the artist spent a great deal of his life teaching in academic institutions, including at the burgeoning photography departments of the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. White died in Boston, MA on June 24, 1976. Today, his photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

Minor White Artworks

Minor White (820 results)

Batavia, New York,

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Batavia, New York,

Sale Date: May 3, 2015

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Sequence 19

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Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Ice in Light and Shadow, 1960

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Ice in Light and Shadow, 1960

Sale Date: April 28, 2015

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1412 Webster Street, San Francisco, California, 1948

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1412 Webster Street, San Francisco, California, 1948

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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Untitled (Elie Nadelman Sculpture on..., 1955–1965

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Untitled (Elie Nadelman Sculpture on..., 1955–1965

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Ice in Light and Shadow, 1960

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Ice in Light and Shadow, 1960

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Floating Kelp, Point Lobos, California, 1950

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Floating Kelp, Point Lobos, California, 1950

Sale Date: January 23, 2015

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Frosted Window, Rochester, New York, 1962

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Frosted Window, Rochester, New York, 1962

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Bird Lime and Surf, Point Lobos, California, 1951

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Bird Lime and Surf, Point Lobos, California, 1951

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Navigation Markers, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1970

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Navigation Markers, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1970

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Sequence 19, #5, 1966

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Sequence 19, #5, 1966

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Sun in rock, 1948

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Sun in rock, 1948

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Nude Foot, San Francisco, 1947

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Nude Foot, San Francisco, 1947

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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Cobblestone House, Avon, n.y, 1958

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Cobblestone House, Avon, n.y, 1958

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Bird Lime and Surf, Point Lobos, California, 1951

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Bird Lime and Surf, Point Lobos, California, 1951

Sale Date: October 28, 2014

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Two barns and shadow, 1955

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Two barns and shadow, 1955

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Window sill day dreaming, Rochester, New York, 1956

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Window sill day dreaming, Rochester, New York, 1956

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Road, Naples, New York, 1955

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Road, Naples, New York, 1955

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959

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Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Notom, Utah and Wall: New Mexico (2..., 1963–1966

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Notom, Utah and Wall: New Mexico (2..., 1963–1966

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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Jupiter portfolio (portfolio of 12), 1947–1971

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Jupiter portfolio (portfolio of 12), 1947–1971

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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Twisted Tree, 1950

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Twisted Tree, 1950

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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Untitled, 1955

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Untitled, 1955

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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It's all in the mind, #10

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It's all in the mind, #10

Sale Date: September 16, 2014

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