Two Barns

Accession Number
1976/1.203

Title
Two Barns

Artist(s)
Minor White

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1955; portfolio 1975

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
The photograph depicts two barns set perpendicular to each other in the background. A long shadow of a utility pole juts diagonally across a field of young grain or grass in the foreground and midground, running from the bottom left corner to the barn in the right side of the image. Striated and wispy clouds cover the sky.

Physical Description
Two barns set perpendicular to one another in a grassy field with a long overcast shadow of a utility pole.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
barns
field
fields (land)
modern and contemporary art
shadows
sky
utility poles

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