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Minor White
Sun over the Pacific1947, printed 1975

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a dark, rippled ocean under a heavy cloud bank, with a small luminous orb, possibly the moon, glowing through a gap near the center

Minor White, Sun over the Pacific, 1947, printed 1975, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Minor White
United States, 1908-1976
Title
Sun over the Pacific
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1947, printed 1975
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (18.73 × 25.24 cm) Primary support: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.62 × 35.24 cm) Secondary support: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.84.189.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Road Trip: Photography of the American West: Photographies XIXe-XXIe Siècles du Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bordeaux: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, 2014.

Copyright
Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University