Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955
2. Woody, Jack

Description

1. 1 box (approximately 115 photographs) : silver gelatin, black and white; 20 x 25 cm or smaller.

Summary

1. The George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody photographs consist of approximately 115 original gelatin silver 8 x 10 inch black and white prints of ballet notables by George Platt Lynes for 3 publications written and/or published by Jack Woody.

Subject

1. Balanchine, George > Valse
2. American Ballet Theatre Photographs
3. Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
4. Billy the Kid (Choreographic work : Loring) > Photographs
5. Photographs
6. Ballet companies > New York (State) > New York
7. Ballet Caravan, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
8. Gelatin silver prints
9. Orpheus and Eurydice (Choreographic work : Balanchine) > Photographs
10. New York City Ballet Photographs
11. Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.) Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Gelatin silver prints.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. *MGZEB 16-244

Title

1. George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody photographs, 1933-1955.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Biography

1. Photographer George Platt Lynes was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1907. He attended the Berkshire School in Massachusetts, where Lincoln Kirstein was a classmate. Lynes set up his studio in New York City circa 1932 and began taking photos for fashion magazines. In approximately 1934, he was commissioned to photograph the dances and dancers of the American Ballet (later New York City Ballet) which he did through 1955. Lynes died in New York City in 1955 of lung cancer at the age of 48.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Added author

1. Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955, photographer.
2. Woody, Jack, associated name.

Research call number

1. *MGZEB 16-244