Portrait—Miss Gilbert
Portrait—Miss Gilbert

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Portrait—Miss Gilbert,

ca. 1901

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-1328

Information

Title
Portrait—Miss Gilbert
Dates

ca. 1901

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Platinum print with graphite in original frame
Dimensions
sheet: 21.1 × 13 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.) frame: 23.5 × 6 × 1.2 cm (9 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 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
x1983-1328
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on photo, recto, ink black pencil, bottom left corner: C.H. White - CI
Inscription
Inscribed on photo, recto, in pencil, top left corner: MDCCCCI Inscribed on mount, verso, in green pencil, top left corner: 76
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on verso, bottom: RETURN IN BOX ADDRESSED TO/ ALFRED STIEGLITZ./ 1 c/o GEO. F. OF,/ 66 East 8th Street/ NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A. Sticker on mount,verso, upsidedown, from the "Philadelphia Photographic Salon." Contains White's full name and address, written in brown ink. Second sticker on mount, verso, upsidedown, insribed on it with black ink: Property of Mrs. Clarence H. White
Culture
American
Type
photographs
Materials
graphite
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
figures (representations), portraits, women, interior spaces

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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