Currently not on view
Interior window, Maine,
ca. 1910–1915
Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-870
During the summers from 1910 to 1915, White taught photography in coastal Maine; the curriculum was modeled after the plein-air excursions offered by painters—including Arthur Wesley Dow and William Merritt Chase—to vacation areas near New York. The program provided an opportunity for students to enhance their technical skills in shooting and printing photographs while also enjoying nature. Here, White captures a coastal vista framed through the glazing bars of a window; the division of the scene by the bars recalls the ofttaught compositional rule for photographing a landscape by capturing the horizon in the bottom third of the frame.
Information
Title
Interior window, Maine
Dates
ca. 1910–1915
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 7.4 x 9.8 cm (2 15/16 x 3 7/8 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
x1983-870
Place Made
North America, United States, Maine
Culture
Type
Techniques
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.
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.
