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Minor White, Untitled, Vicinity of Attica, New York, 1957, gelatin silver print, sheet and image: 3 3⁄4 x 6 3⁄8 in. (9.5 x 16.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bernie Stadiem, 2003.35
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled, Vicinity of Attica, New York
- Artist
- Date
- 1957
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 3 3⁄4 x 6 3⁄8 in. (9.5 x 16.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bernie Stadiem
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Waterscape
- Landscape — New York — Attica
- Object Number
- 2003.35
Artwork Description
Minor White continued Alfred Stieglitz’s tradition of treating photographs as “equivalents,” visual metaphors for feelings or psychological states. His lyrical studies of natural forms encourage the viewer to look beyond the physical appearance of objects and seek a spiritual meaning in the image. In this way, viewers use the photograph as a mirror to gain insight into their own psychologies.
This unusually small untitled print invites intimate inspection. With its ambiguous content and self-contained composition, the photograph borders on complete abstraction. The illusion of movement is created through the dynamic arrangement of varied circular shapes, which are most likely air bubbles trapped in frozen water.
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013