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Fear—A Study,
1899
Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-357
White earned a reputation after 1897 for his artistic studies of his sister-in-law, Letitia Felix, and his friends dressed in antebellum costumes and posed in attitudes such as reading, writing a letter, blowing a bubble, or contemplating an empty room. These platinum prints, however, were experiments in more dramatic expressions that his amateur models were able to hold for the several seconds needed for the exposure of his glass-plate negatives in low, interior light. Fear, in which Letitia parts her lips and glances nervously over her left shoulder at an unseen threat, resembles commercial photographs dating back to Oscar Rejlander in the 1850s that were mass-marketed in the 1870s as shortcuts for painters of historical narratives.
Information
Title
Fear—A Study
Dates
1899
Maker
Medium
Platinum print with graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 16.8 x 14.5 cm (6 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
mount: 36.7 x 26.2 cm (14 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
mat: 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
x1983-357
Place Made
North America, United States
Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in pencil, bottom right corner: C. H. White '99
Culture
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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.
