The Orchard
Artist: Clarence H. White (American, 1871-1925)
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.5 x 15.5 cm)
Medium: Photogravure
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor
Object number: 1977.57
Label Text:
In sensitive composition of three women picking apples, Clarence H. White creates a beautiful arrangement of forms on the surface of the picture, as well as the painterly evocation of space. The Orchard expresses the turn-of-the-century artistic sensibility influenced by artist James McNeill Whistler and Japanese prints.
White and other founding members of the Photo-Secession created works full of poetry and allegory in softly focused compositions. Many of their images were reproduced as photogravures in Camera Work, published by Alfred Steiglitz. A photo-mechanical reproductive technique that involves exposing a film positive on a copper plate coated with light-sensitive gel, photogravures very effectively duplicate the subtle light and shadowy atmosphere of the original platinum prints.
In sensitive composition of three women picking apples, Clarence H. White creates a beautiful arrangement of forms on the surface of the picture, as well as the painterly evocation of space. The Orchard expresses the turn-of-the-century artistic sensibility influenced by artist James McNeill Whistler and Japanese prints.
White and other founding members of the Photo-Secession created works full of poetry and allegory in softly focused compositions. Many of their images were reproduced as photogravures in Camera Work, published by Alfred Steiglitz. A photo-mechanical reproductive technique that involves exposing a film positive on a copper plate coated with light-sensitive gel, photogravures very effectively duplicate the subtle light and shadowy atmosphere of the original platinum prints.
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