William LaRue, Capitol Reef, Utah
1961
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 9.5 × 11.9 cm (3 3/4 × 4 11/16 in.) mount: 25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Sharon Keim)
Accession Number
2015.19.5078.19
Art Historical Context
In 1961, renowned American photographer Minor White captured *William LaRue, Capitol, Utah*, a striking gelatin silver print that evokes rugged beauty of Utah's Capitol Reef National Park. White, a pivotal figure in mid-20th-century photography and a proponent of the Zone System technique by Ansel Adams, often transformed natural landscapes into meditative studies. This intimate image, measuring just 9.5 × 11.9 cm on its mount, draws viewers into the park's dramatic rock formations and vast skies, hinting at White's signature approach of seeking spiritual "equivalence" in the everyday world. ...
About the Artist
Minor White
Minor White (1908–1976) was an American photographer, editor, and educator who became one of the most influential figures in postwar American art photography. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he studied botany and English at the University of Minnesota before turning to photography in the late 1930s, working for the WPA and the Portland Art Museum. After serving in World War II, White studied at C...