Portrait of Justine Johnson, actress [3/3]
Portrait of Justine Johnson, actress [3/3]

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Portrait of Justine Johnson, actress [3/3],

1916

Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York
x1983-421

In 1914, White, who had moved to New York City after having begun his career as a self-taught amateur photographer in Newark, Ohio, established the first American school devoted to the teaching of photography as a modern fine-art form. In numerous workshops, exhibitions, and publications, White and his students sought to extend the aesthetic capabilities of the medium beyond documentary reportage, preferring instead subjective, often elegiac images achieved through experimental manipulation of photographic processes to produce prints that looked like drawings, as is evident in this portrait of the stage actress Justine Johnson.

Information

Title
Portrait of Justine Johnson, actress [3/3]
Dates

1916

Maker
Clarence H. White
Medium
Gum bichromate print
Dimensions
sheet: 18.7 x 22.6 cm (7 3/8 x 8 7/8 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
x1983-421
Place Made

North America, United States

Culture
American
Type
photographs
Subject
figures (representations), portraits, women, hats, 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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