George Platt Lynes, Male Nude (Carlos McClandon)

George Platt Lynes

British · 1907–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

George Platt Lynes was an American fashion and commercial photographer who worked in the 1930s and 1940s. He produced photographs featuring many gay artists and writers from… (Wikipedia)

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  1. George Platt Lynes, Untitled, 1941, gelatin silver printUntitledRago Auctions · $6,080≈ £5,139≈ €5,616Sign up to see
  2. George Platt Lynes, Ted Starkowski, gelatin silver print; photographers credit stamp on the versoTed StarkowskiBonhams · $5,355≈ £4,287≈ €5,023Sign up to see
  3. George Platt Lynes, Igor Stravinsky, 1946, Vintage. SilbergelatineabzugIgor StravinskyGrisebach · €3,570≈ $5,261≈ £2,552Sign up to see

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George Platt Lynes was an American fashion and commercial photographer who worked in the 1930s and 1940s. He produced photographs featuring many gay artists and writers from the 1940s that were acquired by the Kinsey Institute.

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Born 1907, East OrangeDied 1955, New York CityOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, PhotographerWikidata Q474144 ↗ULAN 500028019 ↗Museum works 2

Also known as George Lynes, George P. Lynes, John Craxton, John Leith Craxton

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

George Platt Lynes, Male Nude (Carlos McClandon)
Male Nude (Carlos McClandon)1947-09
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
George Platt Lynes, Untitled
Untitled1948
Musée National d'Art Moderne ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée National d'Art Moderne

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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