Rocks and surf, Maine
Rocks and surf, Maine

Currently not on view

Rocks and surf, Maine,

ca. 1921

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-862

Information

Title
Rocks and surf, Maine
Dates

ca. 1921

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Unknown
Dimensions
sheet: 26.3 x 33.8 cm (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.) mount: 36.1 x 39.7 cm (14 3/16 x 15 5/8 in.) mat opening: 25.4 x 32.9 cm (10 x 12 15/16 in.) mat: 50.9 x 40.6 cm (20 1/16 x 16 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
x1983-862
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: 30 Inscribed on mat, verso, written and circled in blue pencil, top left corner: 18 Inscribed on mat, verso, in red pencil, top right corner: c Inscribed on mat, verso, in brown ink, upper left: Rocks and surf at Georgetown, Maine - about 1921
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
rock (inorganic material), oceans, 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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