id:			149942
accession number:	1980.176
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.176
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:13.611000

Group Portrait, c. 1900. Ema Spencer (American, 1857–1941). Platinum print; image: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory 1980.176

title:				Group Portrait
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creation date:			c. 1900
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1905
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creditline:			Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Ema Spencer (American, 1857–1941)  - artist
Ema Spencer American, 1857-1941

A native of Newark, Ohio, Ema Spencer is perhaps best remembered today for her encouragement of the young Clarence H. White. Nevertheless, she was a talented photographer in her own right, exhibiting nationally and internationally, winning awards in Italy and Germany, and participating in several of the most important exhibitions of her day.
	Spencer founded the Newark Camera Club and was a member of the Photo-Secession; her photographs were published in the January 1909 issue of Camera Work. The calm, quiet quality of her work links her not only to White, with whom she studied, but also to Gertrude Käsebier and others whose images often had a domestic focus and informal tone. In addition to her interest in photography, Spencer was a columnist for the Newark Advocate and a trustee of the New York Public Library. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's monogram in pencil on recto
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	title:		No Mere Button-Pressers:  Clarence H. White, Ema Spencer, and the Newark Camera Club
	opening date:   2020-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>No Mere Button-Pressers:  Clarence H. White, Ema Spencer, and the Newark Camera Club</i>. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (August 1-December 13, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Julia McCune Flory
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 328
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