Jean Cocteau
Catalogue
- Year
- 1936
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.4 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- 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
- 1936
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.4 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1936-104513
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified