Accession Number
1976/1.205

Title
Peeled Paint

Artist(s)
Minor White

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1959; portfolio 1975

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);12 5/16 in x 9 in (31.27 cm x 22.86 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

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.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
abstraction
modern and contemporary art
paint (coating)
painting
peeling
walls