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)

Sandblaster (+2 others; 3 works from..., 1949–1970

Minor White

Sandblaster (+2 others; 3 works from..., 1949–1970

Sale Date: October 16, 2004

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Twisted cypress, Point Lobos, California, 1950

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Twisted cypress, Point Lobos, California, 1950

Sale Date: October 15, 2004

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Capital Reef, Utah, 1964

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Capital Reef, Utah, 1964

Sale Date: October 15, 2004

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Sun over the Pacific, Devil's Slide, 1947

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Sun over the Pacific, Devil's Slide, 1947

Sale Date: October 15, 2004

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Untitled (Rock abstraction), 1964

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Untitled (Rock abstraction), 1964

Sale Date: October 15, 2004

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Beginnings, 1962–1962

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Beginnings, 1962–1962

Sale Date: July 13, 2004

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Intimations of disaster, #25, 1949–1949

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Intimations of disaster, #25, 1949–1949

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Peeled paint, 1959–1959

Minor White

Peeled paint, 1959–1959

Sale Date: May 20, 2004

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Kamm Building, Portland, Oregon, 1939–1939

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Kamm Building, Portland, Oregon, 1939–1939

Sale Date: May 8, 2004

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Bullet holes, Capitol Reef, Utah, 1961–1961

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Bullet holes, Capitol Reef, Utah, 1961–1961

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Equivalent, 1950, 1950–1950

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Equivalent, 1950, 1950–1950

Sale Date: April 28, 2004

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Sun in rock, 1947–1948

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Sun in rock, 1947–1948

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Grand Tetons, Wyoming, 1959–1959

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Grand Tetons, Wyoming, 1959–1959

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Vicinity of Georgetown, Colorado, 1962–1962

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Vicinity of Georgetown, Colorado, 1962–1962

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Peeled paint, Rochester, 1959–1959

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Peeled paint, Rochester, 1959–1959

Sale Date: April 27, 2004

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Windowsill, daydreaming, 1958–1958

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Windowsill, daydreaming, 1958–1958

Sale Date: February 17, 2004

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Metal part, 1957–1957

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Metal part, 1957–1957

Sale Date: February 17, 2004

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Peeled paint, 1959

Minor White

Peeled paint, 1959

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Christmas ornament, Batavia, New York, 1958

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Christmas ornament, Batavia, New York, 1958

Sale Date: December 9, 2003

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Snow form, 1960–1960

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Snow form, 1960–1960

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Peeled paint, Rochester, 1959–1959

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Peeled paint, Rochester, 1959–1959

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Christmas ornament, Batavia, New York, 1958–1958

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Christmas ornament, Batavia, New York, 1958–1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Abstraction, 1970–1970

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Abstraction, 1970–1970

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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Antlers on gate, High Valley, 1941–1941

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Antlers on gate, High Valley, 1941–1941

Sale Date: October 21, 2003

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