Untitled (Portrait of Monroe Wheeler)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1935
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 22.8 × 17.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- George Platt Lynes
Artist
Photography
George Platt Lynes was an American photographer working primarily in portraiture and dance documentation during the mid-twentieth century. Active from the 1930s through the 1950s, he developed a distinctive approach to studio photography marked by precise lighting and formal composition. His work encompassed fashion, theatrical subjects, and intimate studies of male figures, establishing him as a significant figure in American postwar photography before his death in 1955.
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- George Platt Lynes
- Year
- 1935
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 22.8 × 17.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1935-104514
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified