Lot 108: Clarence White

Clarence White
(1871-1925)
ILLUSTRATION FOR 'EBEN HOLDEN'
platinum print, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil in the upper left corner of the image, on a tissue mount, matted, a Museum of Modern Art label and Museum Permanent Collection stamp on the reverse, 1902
7 7/8 by 6 in. 20 by 15.2 cm.
Provenance
Purchased in 1942
Exhibited
Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 1958 - January 1959
Inaugural installation of the new photography collection galleries, May 1964
This photograph was one of a series that White produced to illustrate Irving A. Bachellor's novel, Eben Holden. The older woman in the picture is White's mother, and the younger woman is most likely his sister-in-law.