And Dance Like a Wave of the Sea (portrait of W.B. Yeats)
And Dance Like a Wave of the Sea (portrait of W.B. Yeats)

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And Dance Like a Wave of the Sea (portrait of W.B. Yeats),

ca. 1902–03

Eva L. Watson-Schütze, American, 1867 - 1935
x1983-1550

Information

Title
And Dance Like a Wave of the Sea (portrait of W.B. Yeats)
Dates

ca. 1902–03

Maker
Eva L. Watson-Schütze
Medium
[Platinum?]
Dimensions
mount: 31.9 × 26.6 cm (12 9/16 × 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 15.9 × 20.7 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/8 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
x1983-1550
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
In ink on print, top: "AND DANCE LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA." / [monogram or drawing underneath]
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Materials
platinum, adhesive, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
mounting, mounting, platinum process
Subject
men, books, portraits, poets, figures (representations)

Created by Eva L. Watson-Schütze, the artist. Acquired by Clarence H. White Sr., between ca. 1902 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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