Untitled (Maria Tallchief, The Four Temperments)
<p>George Platt Lynes, <em>Untitled (Maria Tallchief, The Four Temperments)</em>, c. 1946. Gelatin silver prints, drymounted back-to-back and airbrushed with matte pigment, sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Mount: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/16 in. (33.7 × 26.7 × 0.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Marcia L. Due and Jerry L. Thompson in memory of Lincoln Kirstein 2020.163a-b</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1946
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Mount: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/16 in. (33.7 × 26.7 × 0.2 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- George Platt Lynes
Artist
Photography
George Platt Lynes was an American photographer working primarily in portraiture and dance documentation during the mid-twentieth century. Active from the 1930s through the 1950s, he developed a distinctive approach to studio photography marked by precise lighting and formal composition. His work encompassed fashion, theatrical subjects, and intimate studies of male figures, establishing him as a significant figure in American postwar photography before his death in 1955.
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- George Platt Lynes
- Year
- 1946
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Mount: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/16 in. (33.7 × 26.7 × 0.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1946-169090
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified