George Platt Lynes
Orpheus

Orpheus

© George Platt Lynes Estate

Orpheus
Orpheus
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Orpheus
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 9 in. (19.4 x 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 in. (19.4 × 22.9 cm)
Mount: 16 x 20 1/16 in. (40.6 x 50.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Robert Miller Gallery
Object number85.355
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceRobert Miller Gallery, New York; given to MFAH, 1985.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School January 23 - March 4, 1990

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left corner in pencil "7598"
verso top left to right in ink "NICHOLAS MAGALLANES AND FRANCISCO MONCION[underlined] / FROM THE BALLET 'ORPHEUS' BY IGOR STRAVINSKY / AND GEORGE BALANCHINE"
lower center in pencil "15,6[arrows on either side]"
bottom left corner in pencil "RMG185.26c"
center "15,6 cm 54-Rash[?]"
verso center a stamp "GEORGE PLATT LYNES / 145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK"
verso of mount a printed and typed label "Robert Miller Gallery"

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