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Peeled Paint

Minor White

Artwork Details

Peeled Paint
1959; portfolio 1975
Minor White
gelatin silver print on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm);12 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.8 x 22.54 cm);20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Museum Purchase
1976/1.205

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Description

Subject Matter:

The photograph is a close-up of the texture of peeling paint on a patch of painted wall. Long splits in the surface of paint run vertically from the top to the bottom of the image. Segments of paint curl and unravel, revealing a lighter-colored hard support underneath. 

Physical Description:

Photograph of paint cracking and peeling off a wall.

Usage Rights:

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