Alvin Langdon Coburn

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Alvin Langdon Coburn

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Alvin Langdon Coburn,

1907

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-1070

Information

Title
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Dates

1907

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print with graphite
Dimensions
image: 25.7 x 18.2 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.) mount (1): 33.5 x 24.8 cm (13 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.) mount (2): 49 x 35.5 cm (19 5/16 x 14 in.) sheet (sight): 26.8 x 19 cm (10 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.) mat: 50.8 x 40.7 cm (20 x 16 in.) frame: 51.4 × 41.3 × 3.2 cm (20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 1 1/4 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
x1983-1070
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, in red ink, bottom right corner: CHW Signed on mount(1), recto, in pencil, below right side of photo: Clarence H. White
Inscription
Inscribed on mat(2), recto, in pencil, center bottom: 20 Inscribed on mat, verso, written and circled in blue pencil, top left corner: 12 Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, top left corner: #20 Inscribed on mat, verso, in ink, upper left (number crossed out): Alvin Langdon Coburn - about 1912 Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, upper left: 1907 Inscribed on mat, verso, in red pencil, top right corner, sideways: B Inscribed on mat, verso, in pencil, bottom left corner: 2.1950
Culture
American
Type
photographs, platinum prints, black-and-white photographs
Materials
graphite
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
figures (representations), interior spaces, men, portraits

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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