Artist Monograph

Minor White, American

American, 1908–1976

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	51	98.1%
Other Media	1	1.9%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	25	48.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	27	51.9%

Range: 11.8 cm → 56.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	3
1959	2
1960	4
1964	1
1967	21
1968	3
1969	4
1973	1
1981	1
1992	4
2007	8

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 52 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Farm, Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon Photograph Acc. 726.1941	1941	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 8 3/4" (17.1 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Happy Farmyard, Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon Photograph Acc. 727.1941	1941	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 9 1/8" (17.1 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Town of Alicel, Grande Ronde Valley, Oregon Photograph Acc. 728.1941	1941	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9" (16.5 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Man and Moon, Matchstick Cove Photograph Acc. 726.2007	1947	Gelatin silver print	3 11/16 × 4 5/8" (9.3 × 11.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Nude, Bare Foot Photograph Acc. 387.1964	1947	Gelatin silver print	6 15/16 × 8 5/16" (17.6 × 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Photograph Acc. 160.1967	1947	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 10 3/8" (33.8 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Sun in Rock, Devil's Slide Photograph Acc. 159.1967	October 12, 1947	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 5/8" (18.7 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Church in the Sierra Foothills Photograph Acc. 161.1967	1948	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 12 3/4" (26.3 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California Photograph Acc. 1917.1968	1948	Gelatin silver print	6 5/8 × 8 1/2" (16.8 × 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David H. McAlpin
Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California Photograph Acc. 166.1969	1948	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 1/8" (18.4 × 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert M. Doty
Aquatic Park, San Francisco Photograph Acc. 727.2007	1949	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 12 9/16" (26 × 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Intimations of Disaster, no. 25 Photograph Acc. 728.2007	1949	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 3 3/4" (33.8 × 9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Lobos Sandstone, Slit, and Shadow Photograph Acc. 526.1960	1949	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 1/2" (27.3 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
San Francisco Photograph Acc. 729.2007	1949	Gelatin silver print	7 5/16 × 7 3/8" (18.5 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sand Blaster, Pacific Gas and Electric Photograph Acc. 162.1967	1949	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 8 3/8" (18.8 × 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
San Fransisco Houses Photograph Acc. 730.2007	1950	Gelatin silver print	11 13/16 × 9 5/16" (30 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sandstone Lobos, "Returning Wave" Photograph Acc. 527.1960	1950	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 1/2" (33.7 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Twisted Cypress and Sea Photograph Acc. 396.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 6 3/4" (23.1 × 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Peeled Paint on Store Window, San Francisco Photograph Acc. 551.1981	1951	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 9 3/16" (18.2 × 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of June Sidman
Rochester Photograph Acc. 1918.1968	1954	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 9 1/4" (18.5 × 23.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David H. McAlpin
Black Sun Photograph Acc. 163.1967	1955	Gelatin silver print	6 1/4 × 7 1/8" (15.9 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Two Barns and Shadow Photograph Acc. 163.1969	1955	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 5/8" (18.5 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert M. Doty
Two Barns and Shadow Photograph Acc. 164.1967	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 3/4 × 12 15/16" (24.8 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Sound of One Hand Photograph Acc. 126.1967	1957	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 11 1/8" (24.3 × 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Celibate Photograph Acc. 134.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 3/16 × 8 1/16" (33.5 × 20.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Celibate Photograph Acc. 395.1959	January 11, 1958	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 5 11/16" (23.8 × 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Cobblestone House Photograph Acc. 165.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 1/4" (26.3 × 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Hexagram (Chichi) Water over Fire Photograph Acc. 166.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 13 1/2" (27 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Poltergeist Photograph Acc. 167.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 10 1/2" (31.7 × 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Ritual Branch Photograph Acc. 133.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 3/4 × 10 1/8" (24.8 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Root and Frost Photograph Acc. 168.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 11 5/8" (26 × 29.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Shirley Burden
Snow Shapes, High Key Photograph Acc. 529.1960	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 1/2" (33.7 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Window Sill and Reflection Photograph Acc. 127.1967	1958	Gelatin silver print	11 1/4 × 8 3/4" (28.5 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Burned Mirror Photograph Acc. 131.1967	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 8 1/2" (32.4 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dumb Face Photograph Acc. 519.1992	1959	Gelatin silver print	22 1/16 × 17 5/16" (56.1 × 44 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David Laing
Frost Forms: Galaxy Photograph Acc. 129.1967	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 1/4 × 9 1/4" (31.1 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Frost Forms: Sound of One Hand Photograph Acc. 135.1967	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 9 1/4" (33.2 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Frost Forms: The ID Face Photograph Acc. 130.1967	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 9 1/4" (32.5 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Frost Wave Photograph Acc. 582.1973	1959	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 8 1/2" (29.9 × 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Photograph Acc. 165.1969	1959	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 12 1/8" (24.1 × 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert M. Doty
Night Icicle Photograph Acc. 132.1967	1959	Gelatin silver print	12 7/16 × 9 3/16" (31.6 × 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Peeled Paint Photograph Acc. 164.1969	June 1959	Polaroid negative	9 1/2 × 7 3/8" (24.1 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert M. Doty
Rock in Sandstone Photograph Acc. 528.1960	1959	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 1/2" (26.6 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Haags Alley, Rochester Photograph Acc. 731.2007	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 8 5/8" (23.1 × 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sound of One Hand Photograph Acc. 126.1967-135.1967	1960	Gelatin silver print	Overall: 16 3/8 × 20 5/8" (41.6 × 52.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Stony Brook State Park, New York Photograph Acc. 522.1992	1960	Gelatin silver print	17 5/16 × 22 1/4" (44 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David Laing
Capitol Reef, Utah Photograph Acc. 1511.1968	1962	Gelatin silver print	12 1/8 × 9 1/4" (30.8 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Frost Forms: Head and Arabesques Photograph Acc. 128.1967	1962	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 9 3/16" (29.8 × 23.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Barnacles Photograph Acc. 520.1992	1963	Gelatin silver print	17 3/16 × 21 15/16" (43.6 × 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David Laing
Ice In Creek Photograph Acc. 521.1992	1963	Gelatin silver print	17 1/8 × 21 15/16" (43.5 × 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David Laing
Moon and Wall Encrustations, Pultneyville, New York Photograph Acc. 732.2007	1964	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 10 15/16" (22.6 × 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ponce, Puerto Rico Photograph Acc. 733.2007	1973	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 11 13/16" (23.4 × 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase