The Coal Cart

© Estate of Alvin Langon Coburn

The Coal Cart

Currently not on view

The Coal Cart,

ca. 1911

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1882–1966; born Boston, MA; died Rhos-on-Sea, England; active London, England and New York, NY
x1983-1443

Information

Title
The Coal Cart
Dates

ca. 1911

Maker
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
27.4 × 20.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.) mount: 35 × 27.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 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
x1983-1443
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Culture
British
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
night, clock towers, coal, cities, cityscapes, carts

Created by Alvin Langdon Coburn, the artist. Acquired by Clarence H. White Sr., between ca. 1911 and July 7, 1925; 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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