Provenance
Gifted by the artist to Paul B. Haviland, New York/ Paris
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
Catalogue Essay
This print originates from the Collection of Paul Haviland, a French-American photographer, writer, collector and, along with Clarence White, a key member of the Photo-Secessionist movement championed by Alfred Steiglitz. As Stieglitz’s close friend and ally, Haviland was directly involved in his many photographic endeavors- from galleries to publications- and thus became an integral figure in helping establish photography’s presence within the art world in the early 20th century. The model shown here, Florence Peterson, also appears frequently as a subject of Haviland’s own photographs which were taken in New York before his return to France in 1916.

“I think that if i were asked to name the most subtle and refined master photography has produced, that i would name him... To be a true artist in photography one must also be an artist in life, and Clarence H. White was such an artist.”
ALVIN LANGDON COBURN

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA

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Clarence H. White

Nude Study, Florence Peterson

1909
Platinum print, triple mounted.
9 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (23.8 x 15.6 cm)
Monogrammed in red ink on the recto; signed and dated in pencil on the second mount.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Contact Specialist
Vanessa Kramer Hallett
Worldwide Head of Photographs
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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

2 & 3 April 2013
New York