On view
Photography
Drops of Rain,
1902
Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-940
“Spacing is the very groundwork of Design,” wrote the celebrated art teacher Arthur Wesley Dow in his seminal publication Composition (1899). White embraced the ideas Dow presented in his treatise. For Drops of Rain, he photographed his son Maynard gazing wondrously at a luminous glass orb and cradling it with his hand, as if entranced by its geometric perfection and the symmetry echoed in each tiny drop of rain clinging to the expanse of screen behind.
More About This Object
Information
Title
Drops of Rain
Dates
1902
Maker
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
image: 21.1 × 16.2 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
mount (1): 21.5 × 33.8 cm (8 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
mount (2): 45 × 35.3 cm (17 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
mat: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 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
x1983-940
Place Made
North America, United States
Culture
Techniques
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]; bequeathed to the 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.
Drops of Rain (Dew Drops)
