Feb 28, 2012 - Sale 2270

Sale 2270 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
WHITE, MINOR (1908-1976)
Untitled (Oregon). Silver print, 7x9 inches (17.7x23 cm.); with a photostatic copy of Peter Bunnell's Letter of Authentication, dated Sept. 10, 1993, stating this is a vintage print by White that "matches a similar print of this image in the Minor White Archive at Princeton University." 1941

Additional Details

Born in Minneapolis, White moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1938, where he began his career in photography. After joining the Oregon Camera Club, he was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration and, shortly after, exhibited works at the Portland Art Museum.