The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of original mount
  • Recto of print under specular light to show differential gloss between the high- and low-density areas of the image
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • A photogravure reproduction of this work in Camera Work

Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)

Portrait of Clarence White, 1908

Gum bichromate over platinum print; 39.4 x 28.9 cm (image); 40.2 x 29.5 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.828
© 2016 The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 

Additional resources related to this object are to the right. Comprehensive material analysis is found in the Object Research PDF.

 

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