"Brought a flower for the girl's hair" [Illustration for Clara Morris, “Beneath the Wrinkle,” McClure’s Magazine, February 1904]
"Brought a flower for the girl's hair" [Illustration for Clara Morris, “Beneath the Wrinkle,” McClure’s Magazine, February 1904]

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"Brought a flower for the girl's hair" [Illustration for Clara Morris, “Beneath the Wrinkle,” McClure’s Magazine, February 1904],

1903

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-1239

Information

Title
"Brought a flower for the girl's hair" [Illustration for Clara Morris, “Beneath the Wrinkle,” McClure’s Magazine, February 1904]
Dates

1903

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print with graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 20.8 x 15.7 cm (8 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.) mount: 46 x 35.6 cm (18 1/8 x 14 in.) frame: 51.4 × 41.3 × 3.2 cm (20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Clarence H. White Collection, assembled and organized by Professor Clarence H. White Jr., and given in memory of Lewis F. White, Dr. Maynard P. White Sr., and Clarence H. White Jr., the sons of Clarence H. White Sr. and Jane Felix White
Object Number
x1983-1239
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Signed on photo, recto, above center: Clarence H. White
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Subject
men, women, conversation pieces, figures (representations), interior spaces

Created by Clarence H. White Sr., the artist; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr., on or after July 8, 1925 [1]; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr.’s widow, Ruth Royer White, 1978 [2]; bequest, to Princeton University Art Museum, 1983 [3].
Notes:
[1]. Possibly on the occasion of Clarence H. White Sr.’s death, as part of the Clarence H. White Collection.
[2]. On the occasion of Clarence H. White Jr.’s death.
[3]. Carried out by Ruth Royer White on behalf of Clarence H. White Jr.

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