CLARENCE H. WHITE (1871–1925) Lot n° 2

CLARENCE H. WHITE (1871-1925) | Ring Toss, Ohio 1899 Image Size: 17,7 x 13,8 cm English: Half-tone print (monochrome orange), printed in 1903 for "Camera Work 3", mounted on Japanese paper as well as on the original page of the same size c. 30 x 21 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's signature in the lower image at right. PROVENANCE Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe. LITERATURE Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917, Cologne 1997, p. 128. White was one of the most important protagonists of American Pictorialism, a founding member of the Photo-Secession and a friend of Alfred Stieglitz. His early work was created in Newark in Ohio, where he worked as a bookkeeper in a grocery store. Here he devoted himself to the everyday culture of small-town life, as in the present picture, which shows three girls playing a game of ring toss. It is one of his most successful motifs and copies in various techniques can be found in renowned collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York or the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. * Fully Taxed German: Halftone print (monochrome orange), printed in 1903 for "Camera Work 3", mounted on Japanese paper as well as the original page of the magazine in the same size c. 30 x 21 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's signature in the image lower right. PROVENANCE Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe. LITERATURE Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917, Cologne 1997, p. 128. White was one of the most important protagonists of American Pictorialism, a founding member of the Photo-Secession and a friend of Alfred Stieglitz. His early work was created in Newark, Ohio, where he worked as a bookkeeper in a grocery store. Here he devoted himself to the everyday culture of small-town life, as in the present photograph, which shows three girls playing a game of ring toss. It is one of his most successful motifs and examples in various print techniques can be found in renowned collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York or the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. * Fully taxed