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Platt Lynes, George
(1907-1955)Nude against wall in oval

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Nude against wall in oval. Circa 1949. Vintage gelatin silver print. 23,4 x 19 cm. Annotated in pencil on verso.

Recognized today as one of the masters of 20th century photography, George Platt Lynes has influenced artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritts. Although Lynes was commercially successful in New York fashion and portrait photography, his art practice is largely characterized today by his remarkable photographs of nude men, from the 1930s until his death in 1955. Inventive lighting, posing, and cropping techniques used within his carefully staged studio settings, enabled him to visually translate both the physical and psychological nuances of his subjects. – A few minimal nicks in edges, minimally buckled, otherwise in very good condition.