The Bath Tub, Maine Coast

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The Bath Tub, Maine Coast,

ca. 1921

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-859

Information

Title
The Bath Tub, Maine Coast
Dates

ca. 1921

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Gum bichromate on palladium print with wash
Dimensions
image: 34.5 x 26.7 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.) mount: 48.2 x 36.2 cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.) sheet (sight): 33.4 x 26 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.) mat: 50.9 x 40.6 cm (20 1/16 x 16 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
x1983-859
Place Made

North America, United States, Maine

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in red ink, bottom right corner: CHW
Inscription
Inscribed on mount, recto, in pencil, bottom center: 29 Inscribed on mount(2), in pencil, written sideways, bottom left:1200^00 Inscribed on mat, verso, written and circled in blue pencil, top left corner: 26 Inscribed on mat, verso, in red pencil, top right corner: c Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, upper left: #29 Inscribed on mat, verso, in brown ink, upper left: Rocks at Georgetown, Maine - about 1921 Inscribed on mat, verso,in pencil, bottom left corner: 2.1950
Culture
American
Type
palladium prints, gum bichromate prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Materials
gum
Techniques
palladium process
Subject
seascapes

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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