George Platt Lynes Art
George Platt Lynes was lauded as one the world’s top commercial photographers in the first half of the 20th century, known for his portraits of important cultural figures, surreal fashion shoots and innovative use of lighting and evocative sets. However, in an era when homosexuality was considered a crime, Lynes had to keep secret his best work: erotic nude photographs of men.
Born in 1907 in New Jersey, Lynes attended the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts, graduating in 1925. In his youth, Lynes had dreamed of becoming a writer. He published a literary journal and opened a bookstore, both of which were unsuccessful. When he inherited a trove of photographic equipment from a friend, Lynes turned his focus toward a career in photography.
Self-taught, Lynes proved to be a gifted talent behind the camera. His preternatural understanding of the interplay between light, shadow and form garnered critical acclaim. In 1932, Lynes had his first solo exhibition, at Leggett Gallery, followed by a two-artist show with photographer Walker Evans at Julien Levy Gallery. By 1933, Lynes became a central figure in New York photography, whose stylized technique was sought by magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and Vogue.
In 1935, the American Ballet Company (now the New York City Ballet) commissioned Lynes to photograph their principal dancers and performances, leading to Lynes’s appointment as the company’s primary photographer for the next 20 years.
While Lynes enjoyed immense success as a fashion and commercial photographer from the 1930s to the 1950s, he was secretly photographing male nudes — a subject considered highly taboo at the time. Fearing criminal reprisal, Lynes hid the photos and his sexual orientation from the public, sharing his work with a few select friends. Among them was Dr. Alfred Kinsey, founder of the Kinsey Institute, who, in the late 1940s, was researching human sexuality. Enthralled by Lynes’s figurative, black and white photos of the male form, Kinsey purchased more than 600 prints and several hundred negatives at the risk of prosecution.
After he was diagnosed with lung cancer, in 1955, Lynes destroyed many of his negatives and prints. However, he entrusted a sizeable volume of his male nudes to the Kinsey Institute, which today holds the largest collection of Lynes’s works, second only to the Lynes estate. In 2019, an exhibition of images culled from the Kinsey collection, “Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes,” was held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
Long after his death, Lynes’s legacy has shaped the evolution of sexual and gender norms. His works are highly sought by galleries and collectors of modern and contemporary photography.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of George Platt Lynes photography.
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Nude Reclining, Mel Fillini
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
Mel Fellini was a favorite model of George Platt Lynes, and this photograph was most likely taken during their stay in Rome in the 1940s.
Category
Mid-20th Century George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
[George Platt Lynes]
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
Provenance: George Platt Lynes; by 1955, gift of George Platt Lynes to Chuck Howard; by 2002, gift of Chuck Howard to Edward Vaughan; 2016, gift of Edward...
Category
Mid-20th Century George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
![[George Platt Lynes]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/george-platt-lynes-photography-george-platt-lynes-for-sale/a_3973/1703866756388/21_23_03_master.jpg?width=240 "George Platt Lynes - [George Platt Lynes]")
Orpheus 2 (Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes, Ballet Society)
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Untitled [Orpheus 2]
Vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #1 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photograph #1 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC on March 21, 1950. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from a collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. Complete collection is available on request. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the 20th Century collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), and the Columbus Museum.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus (Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes, Ballet Society)
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Untitled [Orpheus 1]
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #7 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #7 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude danc...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #4 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #4 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC on March 21, 1950. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from a collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. Complete collection is available on request. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the 20th Century collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), and the Columbus Museum.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #10 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #10 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dan...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #5 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #5 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC on March 21, 1950. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from a collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. Complete collection is available on request. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the 20th Century collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), and the Columbus Museum.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #8 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #8 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude danc...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #14 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #14 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dan...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fellini
By George Platt Lynes
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print, studio stamp (verso), 20cm x 23cm, (45cm x 46cm framed). The photographed behind museum quality, UV and non-reflective glass.
A titan of American 20th century photography, Platt Lynes took his first photographs as a young artist living in New York and Paris in the 1920s. He maintained an interest in the male figure throughout his career and was part of a close-knit group of artists, including Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Margaret French...
Category
1950s American Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #6 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #6 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC on March 21, 1950. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from a collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. Complete collection is available on request. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the 20th Century collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), and the Columbus Museum.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1950s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Toumanova
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
1938
Studio stamp, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
[Chuck Howard on Boardwalk, Probably Fire Island]
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
Chuck Howard was a favorite model of artists Paul Cadmus and Jared French and muse to Lynes, who captured both the erotic and everyday moments in their re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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George Platt Lynes Original B&W Photograph Portrait, Vogue Magazine
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This silver gelatin photograph was printed in New York City in the 1990s from the original negative. George Platt Lynes (1907 to 1955) was a legenda...
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1990s American Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Other
George Platt Lynes Original B&W Photograph from Vogue Magazine
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This silver gelatin photograph was printed in New York City in the 1990s from the original negative. George Platt Lynes (1907 to 1955) was a legenda...
Category
1990s American Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Other
George Platt Lynes Original B&W Fashion Photograph, Metropolitan Museum Art
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The silver gelatin photograph was printed by the photography department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in the 1990s frim the original negative. George Platt Lynes...
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1990s American Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Other
George Platt Lynes Original B&W Photograph, Ruth Elizabeth Ford, Framed
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This silver gelatin photograph was printed in 1999 from the original negative by the Robert Miller Gallery in New York City with permission from the estate of the artist. George Platt Lynes...
Category
1990s American Modern George Platt Lynes Art
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Other
Tamara Toumanova
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Paul Cadmus Collection stamp in black ink, verso; Jon Anderson Collection stamp in black ink, verso
This work is made available by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes 1930s Photograph of Princess Natalie Paley
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is unusual for having three exposures of the Russian princess Natalie Paley, the celebrated beauty, and the wife...
Category
1940s American Vintage George Platt Lynes Art
Gordon Hanson
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Gordon Hanson
1954/printed later
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches
$3,750
Category
1950s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bill Bailey
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes offered by CLAMP, a gallery in New York City.
Bill Bailey
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Tooker with Paul Cadmus and Jared French
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
George Tooker with Paul Cadmus and Jared French
c. 1948
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vint...
Category
1940s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man in Profile
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes of a man in profile, offered by CLAMP, a gallery in New York City.
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes and Model on the Beach
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
George Platt Lynes and Model on the Beach
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.375...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus in Hades
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes in offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Orpheus in Hades
c. 1936-7
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches (22.9 ...
Category
1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
José Martinez
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
José Martinez
c. 1930s
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
9.625 x 7.625 inches (24.4 x 19.4 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...
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1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
José Pete Martinez with Straw Hat
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jared French
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #11 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #11 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dan...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Orpheus #3 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1950 Photographs #3 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1950 silver gelatin photograph of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC on March 21, 1950. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from a collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. Complete collection is available on request. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the 20th Century collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), and the Columbus Museum.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1950s Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Studio stamp in black ink, verso; Also inscribed 'Lincoln Kirstein' in pencil, verso
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Contact gallery for price.
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1940s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jack Fontan in Doorway
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Jack Fontan in Doorway
c. 1954
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 inches (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
This work is offe...
Category
1950s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fillini in Frame #2 [Male Nude in Cartouche]
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Mel Fillini in Frame #2 [Male Nude in Cartouche]
1954
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
5.625 x 9 inches (14.3 x 22.9 cm)
Contact g...
Category
1950s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Portrait of a Seated Woman
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
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This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Woman Leaning
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Woman Leaning
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
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This work is offered by ClampArt in Ne...
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of an Older Woman
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of an Older Woman
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
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This work is o...
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman in Patterned Dress
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Woman in Patterned Dress
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
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This work ...
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Woman From Behind
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Woman From Behind
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
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This work is offered by ClampArt in...
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
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Silver Gelatin
Chuck Howard in a Body Suit
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Howard in a Body Suit
1950
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.5 x 7.4375 inches (24.1 x 18.9 cm)
Contact gallery fo...
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1950s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bill Miller
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Bill Miller
Titled in pencil, verso; Also stamped “George Platt Lynes” in black ink, verso; stamped “Collection of Paul Cadmus” in black ink, verso; Stampe...
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1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sandy Campbell
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Campbell
Titled in pencil, verso; Also stamped “George Platt Lynes” in black ink, verso; stamped “Collection of Paul Cadmus” in black ink, verso; Stamped “Collection of Jon And...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Jeremy Jackson
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
1935
Stamped “Collection of Paul Cadmus,” verso; Stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson,” verso; Stamped “George Platt Lynes,” verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 7.5 inches (20.3...
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Bernard Perlin
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped "Collection of Paul Cadmus," verso; Stamped "Collection of Jon Anderson," verso; Stamped "George Platt Lynes," verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Contact gallery for price....
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Alexander Jensen Yow on Bed
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped “George Platt Lynes,” verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.25 x 7.75 inches
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George Platt Lynes's affectionate nickname for Yow was "Pooza."
Th...
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Donald Windham
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Titled in ink, verso; Stamped Collection of Jon Anderson stamp, Collection of Paul Cadmus, verso
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This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alexander Jensen Yow Leaning on Bed
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
George Platt Lynes's affectionate nickname for Yow was "Pooza."
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This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A.J. Ynocencio
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Also titled in pencil, verso
Formerly in the collection of Monroe Wheeler. This is one of Lynes' last works, which he printed from a paper negative.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male nude, which he photographed extensively in the privacy of his studio. His connections with New York City’s cultural influencers granted him access to beautiful models, dancers, and actors whom he photographed without leaving behind his friends, lovers, and even studio assistants. Due to the revolutionary and sexually charged aspects of his work, many of his photographs remained unknown and unpublished for years, some of them coming to the light only after they were left to Dr. Alfred Kinsey’s Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction after the artist’s death in 1955. Platt Lynes is recognized today as a master of 20th-century photography, and remains as one of the most important influencers of male portraiture...
Category
1950s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Romaine Johnston
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fillini #2
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
1950s Post-Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fillini #1
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
1950s Post-Modern George Platt Lynes Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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