Gallery logo

CLAMP

New York

George Platt Lynes

(American, 1907–1955)

portrait of bernard perlin by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of Bernard Perlin, 1940

Price on Request

portrait of jeremy jackson by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of Jeremy Jackson, 1935

Sold

bill miller by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Bill Miller

Price on Request

sandy campbell by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Sandy Campbell

Price on Request

chuck howard in a body suit by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Chuck Howard in a Body Suit, 1950

Sold

portrait of a woman from behind by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of a Woman From Behind

Price on Request

woman in patterned dress by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Woman in Patterned Dress

Price on Request

portrait of an older woman by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of an Older Woman

Price on Request

portrait of a woman leaning by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of a Woman Leaning

Price on Request

portrait of a seated woman by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of a Seated Woman

Price on Request

portrait of fidelma cadmus kirstein by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Portrait of Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein, 1950

Sold

mel fillini in frame #2 [male nude in cartouche] by george platt lynes

George Platt Lynes

Mel Fillini in Frame #2 [Male Nude in Cartouche], 1954

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1907
Born in East Orange, New Jersey.
1925
Sent to Paris with the idea of better preparing him for college.
1927
Returned to the United States with the idea of a literary career and he even opened a bookstore in Englewood, New Jersey.
1932
Julien Levy exhibited his photographs in his gallery in New York City.

Opened his studio.
1935
Was asked to document the principal dancers and productions of Lincoln Kirstein's and George Balanchine's newly founded American Ballet company (now the New York City Ballet).
1946
Became disillusioned with New York and left for Hollywood where he took the post of Chief Photographer for the Vogue studios.
1948
Friends helped him to move back to New York City.

Focus on homoerotic imagery started to take over his photographic life.
1955
Diagnosed terminally ill with Lung Cancer and closed his studio. He destroyed much of his print and negative archives particularly his male nudes.

After a final trip to Europe he returned to New York City and died on December 6.

Exhibitions

2010
25 Years / 25 Works, Wessel + O’Connor Fine Arts, Lambertville, NJ
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY
Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY (Group Show)
2007
Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
English (US)

©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.