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Minor White

Minor White

Artist

WA-00030052

Photography

Representation

None documented

16

Institutional Exhibitions

109

Works in Collection

162

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ712996 ULAN500000194

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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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

No image

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

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Photography as Printmaking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Five Unrelated Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1963

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/minor-white
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6342
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (109)

Ponce, Puerto Rico (Cemetery)

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

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

1973 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/16 × 11 13/16" (23.4 × 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lighthouse and Wood, Multiple Image

Lighthouse and Wood, Multiple Image

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.6 × 18.1 cm (4 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Mount: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moon and Wall Encrustations, Pultneyville, New York

Moon and Wall Encrustations, Pultneyville, New York

1964 · Gelatin silver print

8 7/8 × 10 15/16" (22.6 × 27.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ice In Creek

1963 · Gelatin silver print

17 1/8 × 21 15/16" (43.5 × 55.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Barnacles

1963 · Gelatin silver print

17 3/16 × 21 15/16" (43.6 × 55.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Capitol Reef, Utah

Capitol Reef, Utah

1962 · Gelatin silver print

12 1/8 × 9 1/4" (30.8 × 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frost Forms: Head and Arabesques

Frost Forms: Head and Arabesques

1962 · Gelatin silver print

11 3/4 × 9 3/16" (29.8 × 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Ice in Light and Shadow" (72 North Union Street, Rochester)

1960 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.3 x 28.6 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Paper: 27 x 33.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Haags Alley, Rochester

Haags Alley, Rochester

1960 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/8 × 8 5/8" (23.1 × 21.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sound of One Hand

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Overall: 16 3/8 × 20 5/8" (41.6 × 52.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stony Brook State Park, New York

Stony Brook State Park, New York

1960 · Gelatin silver print

17 5/16 × 22 1/4" (44 × 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 19.2 × 22.2 cm (7 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Badlands, South Dakota

Badlands, South Dakota

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 23.9 × 18.8 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boundary Mountain, Benton, California (Benton Cut-off)

Boundary Mountain, Benton, California (Benton Cut-off)

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 25.1 × 29.5 cm (9 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 27.1 × 33.7 cm (10 11/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the potfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

25.9 × 33.1 cm (image/paper); 40.6 × 51 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Grand Tetons

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 24.9 × 31.6 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 19.3 × 24.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 18.8 × 20.4 cm (7 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bill LaRue

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 18.9 × 19.9 cm (7 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 51 cm (16 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

What Died Here

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 25.1 × 31.8 cm (9 15/16 × 12 9/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 18.3 × 22.8 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 51 cm (16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bean Hollow State Park

Bean Hollow State Park

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959)

Image/paper: 18.5 × 23.5 cm (7 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.9 cm (16 1/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

109 published of 161 catalogued · 151 with image

MoMA
52 publishedof 104 catalogued99 img
Art Institute Chicago
52 published52 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

"Ice in Light and Shadow" (72 North Union Street, Rochester)
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sun over the Pacific (Devil's Slide)
1947 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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72 North Union Street, Rochester (Kitchen)
1956 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Rochester, New York
1954 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Patched Window, from the portfolio "Sequence 15" (1959) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Collections4

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Phillips Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Mar 2026	$2,000 – $3,000	Unsold