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Clarence H. White

Clarence H. White

American, 1871–1925

WA-00030048

Newark, OH, United States

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

117

Works in Collection

210

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ942472 ULAN500025892

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Selections from the Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Photography for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Clarence H. White

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Photography as Printmaking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

Field Verification (5 fields)

5 cross-verified · 0 single-source

NationalityMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/clarence-h-white
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6338
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Clarence H. White was an American photographer and educator who pioneered pictorialist photography in the early 20th century, using soft focus, tonal gradation, and carefully composed domestic and landscape scenes to elevate the medium toward fine art. His work emphasized mood and poetic effect over documentary precision, influencing a generation of photographers through his teaching and his founding of the Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York. White's commitment to photography as a fine art form rather than a mechanical process established foundational practices in photographic education and aesthetics that extended well beyond his death in 1925.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (117)

1925 · Platinum print

8 × 6 3/4" (20.4 × 17.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Croton Reservoir

Croton Reservoir

1925 · Gelatin silver print

3 11/16 × 4 5/8" (9.3 × 11.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Autumn, the Larsen Dancers

Autumn, the Larsen Dancers

1924 · Palladium print

4 3/4 × 9 5/8" (12.0 × 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dancers. The Greek Games and Barnard College, New York

The Dancers. The Greek Games and Barnard College, New York

1922 · Platinum print

9 5/8 × 7 1/4" (24.3 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Clouds, Maine

1921 · Platinum print

4 9/16 × 3 5/8" (11.6 × 9.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

1919 · Platinum print

9 1/2 × 7" (24.2 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jane and Mary Elizabeth Wilson

Jane and Mary Elizabeth Wilson

1919 · Platinum print

9 5/8 × 7 1/4" (24.5 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1919 · Photogravure

6 1/4 × 5" (16.2 × 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Skeleton of the Ship, Bath, Maine

The Skeleton of the Ship, Bath, Maine

1917 · Platinum print

9 9/16 × 12 3/4" (24.4 × 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ship Construction, Bath, Maine

1917 · Platinum print

4 1/2 × 3 1/16" (11.3 × 9.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ship Construction, Bath Maine

1917 · Platinum print

4 3/8 × 3 1/16" (11.2 × 9.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ship Construction, Bath, Maine

1917 · Platinum print

Image (Left): 4 3/8 × 3 5/8" (11.1 × 9.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ship Construction, Bath, Maine

1917 · Platinum print

4 7/8 × 3 7/8" (12.2 × 9.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1917 · Platinum print

9 1/2 × 7 3/4" (24.1 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Justine Johnston, Actress

Justine Johnston, Actress

1916 · Gelatin silver print

7 11/16 × 9 1/2" (19.6 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rest Hour (Columbia Teacher's College)

Rest Hour (Columbia Teacher's College)

1912 · possibly gelatin silver print

sheet and image: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Model in New York Studio

Model in New York Studio

1910 · halftone print

image: 17.9 x 12.7 cm (7 1/16 x 5 in.) sheet: 21 x 15.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Clarence H. White, Jr.

Clarence H. White, Jr.

1910 · platinum print

sheet and image: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (23.5 x 17.2 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

La Curios

1910 · Gelatin silver print, brown-toned

22.9 × 15.1 cm (9 1/16 × 6 in.); Set in brown paper frame: 32.5 × 22.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Summer School, Five Islands, Maine

First Summer School, Five Islands, Maine

1910 · Platinum print

9 15/16 × 6 13/16" (25.3 × 17.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figure Study

1910 · Platinum print

9 1/2 × 7 1/8" (24.3 × 18.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rose Pastor Stokes

Rose Pastor Stokes

1909 · photogravure

image: 20.4 x 16.2 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/8 in.) sheet: 20.9 x 16.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.) mount: 29.6 x 23.5 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Nude

1909 · Palladium print

9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.2 × 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rose Pastor Stokes, Caritas Island, Connecticut

Rose Pastor Stokes, Caritas Island, Connecticut

1909 · Platinum print (double-coated)

9 1/4 × 7 3/16" (23.6 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

117 published of 190 catalogued · 166 with image

MoMA
73 publishedof 146 catalogued129 img
Nga
19 published19 img
Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Smithsonian
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Unpublished illustration [Julia Hall McCune] for Clara Morris, "Beneath the Wrinkle"
1903 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Arbor (Julia Hall McCune)
1906 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Edge of the Wood - Evening (Letitia Felix)
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Along the Old Canal
1896 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Julia Hall McCune
1892 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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At the Window
1896 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

18 assets

Clarence H. White, Jr. (ca. 1910)

Smithsonian Institution

Along the Old Canal (1896)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Unpublished illustration [Julia Hall McCune] for Clara Morris, "Beneath the Wrinkle" (1903)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Readers (1897)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Jane White, Lewis White, and Maynard White (1901)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Arbor (Julia Hall McCune) (1906)

Cleveland Museum of Art

At the Window (1896)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Julia Hall McCune (c. 1897)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art