Ponce, Puerto Rico (Cemetery)
1973 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.3 × 30 cm (9 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Minor White
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Photography
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16
Institutional Exhibitions
109
Works in Collection
162
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Minor White: The Eye That Shapes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Still Life
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
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American Landscapes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
About
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Minor White was an American photographer and theorist who pioneered a spiritual and deeply introspective approach to the medium in the postwar period. Working primarily in black and white, he created intensely composed landscape and architectural studies that operated as vehicles for personal and emotional revelation rather than documentary record. White founded Aperture magazine in 1952 and taught at the California School of Fine Arts, fundamentally shaping how photographers understood their practice as a form of visual meditation. His sequential work and emphasis on the print as a finished object, rather than mere reproduction of a negative, established new standards for photographic authorship.
Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | Mar 2026 | $2,000 – $3,000 | Unsold |
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