Girl with bowl
Girl with bowl

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Girl with bowl,

1907

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-379
In his first years as a photographer, White concentrated on genre subjects like this one, often using young women as his models. Throughout his career, he continued to photograph women, from his mother and members of his wife’s family to well-known actresses of the day, such as Maude Adams. White attempted to imbue women with notions of truth and beauty, a view not uncommon among the photographers known as Pictorialists, who considered the female subject to be the most artistic and spiritual choice in the history of art. Photographs like this one allowed White to experiment with dramatic lighting while simultaneously relating photography to a long tradition of painting, through his use of a female model.

Information

Title
Girl with bowl
Dates

1907

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Waxed platinum print
Dimensions
sheet: 22.2 x 20 cm (8 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.) opening: 23.7 x 20.6 cm (9 5/16 x 8 1/8 in.) mat (1): 46 x 35.7 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/16 in.) mat (2): 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 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
x1983-379
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in red ink, bottom right corner: CHW
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, platinum prints
Materials
wax
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
figures (representations), portraits, women, bowls (vessels), 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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