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Minor White

American · 1908–1976

Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator. (Wikipedia)

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Sequence 16: Steely the Barb of InfinityPhillips · Oct 2022$44,100≈ £39,910≈ €45,436Sign up to see
Grand Tetons – WyomingPhillips · Oct 2022$20,160≈ £18,244≈ €20,771Sign up to see
Selected Figure Studies of Tom Murphy, San FranciscoPhillips · Oct 2022$17,640≈ £15,964≈ €18,174Sign up to see

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Minor White, Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York (from the Founders & Friends: Aperture at 50 portfolio), platinum palladium print — Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York (from the Founders & Friends: Aperture at 50 portfolio)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026
$11,305Sign up free to see

Minor White, Beginnings — Beginnings
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 10, 2026

Minor White, Church Door (Vicinity of Chéticamp, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia), 1969, Gelatin silver print; mounted — Church Door (Vicinity of Chéticamp, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia), 1969
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026
$1,408Sign up free to see

Minor White, Pebble Beach, Point Lobos State Park, California, August 16, 1951, 1951, Gelatin silver print; mounted — Pebble Beach, Point Lobos State Park, California, August 16, 1951, 1951
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
$1,408Sign up free to see

Minor White, Man and Moon, Matchstick Cove, gelatin silver print — Man and Moon, Matchstick Cove
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$1,016Sign up free to see

Minor White, Untitled (Woman in Garden), gelatin silver print — Untitled (Woman in Garden)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$1,651Sign up free to see

Minor White, Cobblestone House, gelatin silver print — Cobblestone House
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$762Sign up free to see

Minor White, The Three Thirds, vintage gelatin silver print — The Three Thirds
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$1,016Sign up free to see

Minor White, Peeled Paint, Rochester, 1959, Gelatin silver print, likely printed before 1965; the photographer's '72 N. Union, Rochester 7' credit stamp on the reverse — Peeled Paint, Rochester, 1959
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$3,328Sign up free to see

Minor White, The Time Between: The Sequence of Minor White [2 titles] — The Time Between: The Sequence of Minor White [2 titles]
Art+Object · Sep 9, 2025
NZ$61Sign up free to see

Minor White, Hands (Ernest Gutierrez, San Francisco), 1949, vintage gelatin silver print — Hands (Ernest Gutierrez, San Francisco), 1949
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025
$1,778Sign up free to see

Minor White, Schoodic Point, Maine, 1968, vintage gelatin silver print — Schoodic Point, Maine, 1968
Rago Auctions · May 1, 2025
$2,540Sign up free to see

Minor White, Kitchen, Roch., N.Y., gelatin silver print — Kitchen, Roch., N.Y.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024
$2,016Sign up free to see

Minor White, Lighthouse and Wood, Multiple Image, Maine, 1970, gelatin silver print on Agfa paper — Lighthouse and Wood, Multiple Image, Maine, 1970
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 8, 2024
$4,032Sign up free to see

Minor White, Three Peonies, Pavilion, New York, 1954, gelatin silver print — Three Peonies, Pavilion, New York, 1954
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 1, 2023
$1,071Sign up free to see

Minor White, Beginnings, 1962, Gelatin silver print — Beginnings, 1962
Phillips · Oct 11, 2023
$8,255Sign up free to see

Minor White, Two Barns and Shadow, Vicinity of Dansville, New York, 1955, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Two Barns and Shadow, Vicinity of Dansville, New York, 1955
Phillips · Oct 11, 2023
$5,080Sign up free to see

Minor White, Moon and Wall Encrustations, 1964, Gelatin silver print — Moon and Wall Encrustations, 1964
Phillips · Oct 11, 2023
$8,255Sign up free to see

Minor White, Sandblaster, San Francisco, 1949, Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1950s — Sandblaster, San Francisco, 1949
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$4,445Sign up free to see

Minor White, Attic Door, 72 N. Union Street, Rochester, New York, 1956, Gelatin silver print — Attic Door, 72 N. Union Street, Rochester, New York, 1956
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$1,397Sign up free to see

Minor White, Wall, San Luis, New Mexico, 1966, Gelatin silver print — Wall, San Luis, New Mexico, 1966
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$10,795Sign up free to see

Minor White, For Edward Weston, 3 Jan. 58 (Fall Creek, Vicinity of Geneseo, New York), 1958, Gelatin silver print — For Edward Weston, 3 Jan. 58 (Fall Creek, Vicinity of Geneseo, New York), 1958
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$8,890Sign up free to see

Minor White, The Three Thirds (Pike, New York), 1957, Gelatin silver print — The Three Thirds (Pike, New York), 1957
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$10,795Sign up free to see

Minor White, Three Selected Images: Splintered Door (Macedon, New York), 1957, Three gelatin silver prints — Three Selected Images: Splintered Door (Macedon, New York), 1957
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$5,715Sign up free to see

Minor White, Parking Lot (Battery Street, San Francisco), 1952, Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1950s — Parking Lot (Battery Street, San Francisco), 1952
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$2,540Sign up free to see

Minor White, Four Selected Images, 1957-1969, Four gelatin silver prints — Four Selected Images, 1957-1969
Phillips · Oct 10, 2023
$2,794Sign up free to see

Minor White, Two Barns and Shadow, 1955, Gelatin silver print — Two Barns and Shadow, 1955
Phillips · Apr 4, 2023
$10,795Sign up free to see

Minor White, Selected Images of Point Lobos, 1963, Two gelatin silver prints — Selected Images of Point Lobos, 1963
Phillips · Apr 4, 2023
$5,334Sign up free to see

Minor White, Sun in Rock, 1947, Gelatin silver print — Sun in Rock, 1947
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$4,032Sign up free to see

Minor White, Grasses and Mist (Swamp, Mendocino, CA), 1948, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Grasses and Mist (Swamp, Mendocino, CA), 1948
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$3,528Sign up free to see

Minor White, Self-Portrait, West Bloomfield, New York, 1957, Gelatin silver print — Self-Portrait, West Bloomfield, New York, 1957
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$1,890Sign up free to see

Minor White, Selected Nature Studies, 1945-1967, Five gelatin silver prints — Selected Nature Studies, 1945-1967
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$5,292Sign up free to see

Minor White, Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959, Gelatin silver print — Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$9,450Sign up free to see

Minor White, Vicinity of Dansville, New York, 1955, Gelatin silver print — Vicinity of Dansville, New York, 1955
Phillips · Jan 25, 2023
$3,780Sign up free to see

Ivy, Portland, Oregon, 1964
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$3,500Sign up free to see

Birdline and Surf, Point Lobos, California
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$2,200Sign up free to see

Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, 1958
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$3,250Sign up free to see

Minor White, Grand Tetons – Wyoming, 1958, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Grand Tetons – Wyoming, 1958
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$20,160Sign up free to see

Minor White, Selected Figure Studies of Tom Murphy, San Francisco, 1947, Three gelatin silver prints, each mounted — Selected Figure Studies of Tom Murphy, San Francisco, 1947
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$17,640Sign up free to see

Minor White, Sequence 16: Steely the Barb of Infinity, 1960, A sequence of 12 gelatin silver prints — Sequence 16: Steely the Barb of Infinity, 1960
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$44,100Sign up free to see

Minor White, Bullet Holes, Middle Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 1961, Gelatin silver print — Bullet Holes, Middle Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 1961
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$6,300Sign up free to see

Minor White, Beginnings, 1962, Gelatin silver print — Beginnings, 1962
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$8,820Sign up free to see

Minor White, Ice and Twigs, Stony Brook State Park, New York, 1962, Gelatin silver print — Ice and Twigs, Stony Brook State Park, New York, 1962
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$3,528Sign up free to see

Minor White, Robert and Mary Bourdeau, Easter Sunday, Rochester, New York, 1964, Two gelatin silver prints, mounted together — Robert and Mary Bourdeau, Easter Sunday, Rochester, New York, 1964
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$3,024Sign up free to see

Minor White, Burning Bush, Vicinity of Stinson Beach, California, 1946, Gelatin silver print, likely printed in the 1940s — Burning Bush, Vicinity of Stinson Beach, California, 1946
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
$6,250Sign up free to see

Minor White, Windowsill Daydreaming- Rochester, New York, 1958, Gelatin silver print, printed 1975 — Windowsill Daydreaming- Rochester, New York, 1958
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
$10,625Sign up free to see

Minor White, Peeling Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959, Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1960s — Peeling Paint, Rochester, New York, 1959
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
$10,625Sign up free to see

Minor White, two works from the Jupiter Portfolio, gelatin silver print — two works from the Jupiter Portfolio
Wright · Jan 17, 2019
$2,080Sign up free to see

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