Still Life
Still Life

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Still Life,

ca. 1906–1908

Adolf de Meyer, 1868–1946; born Paris, France; died Los Angeles, CA; active London, England, Paris, France, and Hollywood, California
x1983-1468
De Meyer’s gauzy, atmospheric portraits of fashionable celebrities and film stars appeared on the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair from 1913 and 1921, but his photographs were first published in Alfred Stieglitz’s quarterly journal Camera Work between 1903 and 1907. A master of tonality, De Meyer skillfully manipulated the lighting of his still lives and portraits to maximize their symbolic effect.

Information

Title
Still Life
Dates

ca. 1906–1908

Maker
Adolf de Meyer
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
26.2 x 35.6 cm (10 5/16 x 14 in.) mount: 39 × 43.5 cm (15 3/8 × 17 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
x1983-1468
Place Made

North America, United States

Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, platinum prints
Materials
platinum, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
mounting, platinum process
Subject
water, reflections, still lifes, flowers (plants), basins

Created by Adolf de Meyer, the artist. Acquired by Clarence H. White Sr., between ca. 1906 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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