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George Platt Lynes

Selected Images (4 photographs)

Lot closes

October 23, 06:28 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Starting Bid

5,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

George Platt Lynes

1907 - 1955

Selected Images (4 photographs)


i. Orpheus and Eros

gelatin silver print, the photographer's '640 Madison Avenue, New York' studio stamp with title in ink on the reverse, framed, a Robert Miller Gallery label on the reverse

image: 9¼ by 7⅜ in. (23.5 by 18.7 cm.)

Executed in 1937-39.


ii. Nude Study

gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit stamp on the reverse

image: 7¾ by 9⅝ in. (19.7 by 24.4 cm.)

Executed circa 1940.


iii. Self-portrait in harlequin costume with Bill Miller

gelatin silver print, credit and annotations in ink on the reverse, framed

image: 9½ by 7½ in. (24.1 by 19.1 cm.)

Executed circa 1945.


iv. Ted Starkowski - Wonderful

gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit stamp with title and annotations in pencil on the reverse, framed

image: 9¼ by 7⅜ in. (23.5 by 18.7 cm.)

Executed circa 1950.

i. Orpheus and Eros

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Christie's New York, 18 October 2007, Sale 1893, Lot 448

Private collection, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner


ii. Nude Study

Sotheby's Paris, 14 November 2014, Sale 1420, Lot 71

Private collection, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner