Beginnings, Frosted Window, Rochester, New York
Artist
Minor White
(American, 1908 - 1976)
Date1952 (printed 1961)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Support: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Jordi M. Chilson Estate, 1997
Object number1997.20.2
DescriptionA close-up image of a window pane covered in ice crystals at night. At the right of the image are four individual circular blobs that have a glowing appearance. The ice crystals form a circle on the window with the most detailed section along the right side. At the lower left is a glassy like surface that has the appearance of a puddle of water.On View
Not on view
Eliot Porter
1972 (printed 1977)