George Platt Lynes
The Ballet Orpheus

The Ballet Orpheus

© George Platt Lynes Estate

The Ballet Orpheus
The Ballet Orpheus
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Ballet Orpheus
Datec. 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 6 11/16 in. (20.8 × 17 cm)
Mount: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1561
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top center a stamp"George Platt Lynes 214 East 58th Street,New York"
lower right below image in ink "Lynes"

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