The Fountain
1905/1906
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 24.8 × 19.9 cm (9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Mount: 43.7 × 33.4 cm (17 1/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Classification
platinum print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
66755
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Clarence White began taking photographs in 1893, while working as a bookkeeper in Newark, Ohio. He quickly rose to prominence in photographic circles, garnering praise for his atmospheric, softly focused images of domestic life, rendered in lush yet detailed platinum prints. Despite the apparently spontaneous quality of his images, White often staged friends and family members in his photographs; this print depicts his wife, Jane, at center, with his sister-in-law and mother in the background. W...