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For <i>Drops of Rain</i>, he photographed his son Maynard gazing wondrously at a luminous glass orb and cradling it with his hand, as if entranced by its geometric perfection and the symmetry echoed in each tiny drop of rain clinging to the expanse of screen behind.\n","remarks":"PHO_18_WLA.pdf - Day 1 Installation"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"The artist; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr., on or after July 8, 1925 [1]; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr.’s widow, Ruth Royer White, 1978 [2]; bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1983 [3].\n<br />\n \n<br />\nNotes:\n<br />\n \n<br />\n[1]. Possibly on the occasion of Clarence H. White Sr.’s death, as part of the Clarence H. White Collection.\n<br />\n[2]. On the occasion of Clarence H. White Jr.’s death.\n<br />\n[3]. Carried out by Ruth Royer White on behalf of Clarence H. 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