Artist
George Platt Lynes American, 1907–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Portrait of George Balanchine
Date1941
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 7 11/16 × 8 3/4 in. (19.5 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarofim
Object number85.85
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century photographs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in ink "Balanchine"
verso top left in pencil reading vertically "Posed by / Duchamp"
verso top left in pencil reading vertically "Posed by / Duchamp"
verso left edge a stamp reading vertically "GEORGE PLATT LYNES / 640 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK"
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George Platt Lynes
1949, printed c. 1953
Gelatin silver print
2021.202
