The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Lives I've Never Lived

1976

Abe Frajndlich

(American, b.1946)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Gift of Herbert Ascherman Jr. 2022.122
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The man depicted here is the renowned, influential photographer Minor White (1908–1976).

Description

When Minor White taught a photography workshop in Cleveland around 1970, Abe Frajndlich was so impressed that he moved to Massachusetts to become a live-in student in White’s home. He stayed there on and off for the next six years. After White suffered this third heart attack, the two spent a year collaborating on a book project comprising a group of portraits that Frajndlich took of his mentor in and around his home. This image became the book’s cover.
  • 1976-2022
    Herbert Ascherman, Jr. [1947-], Beachwood, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 12, 2022-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Lives I've Never Lived|url=false|author=Abe Frajndlich|year=1976|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.122