Paul Cadmus
Artist
George Platt Lynes
(American, 1907 - 1955)
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/16 × 8 1/2 inches (18.89 × 21.59 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 15 1/16 inches (44.45 × 38.26 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 15 1/16 inches (44.45 × 38.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2747
Signednone visible
Inscribednone visible
MarkingsStamped on sheet verso, lower left corner, in purple ink: "COLLECTION OF PAUL CADMUS";
Notations on sheet verso, in pen:
[Cadmus' address]
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man (Paul Cadmus) staring at lightbulbs hanging from bare cords. He wears a collared shirt with chest pockets.Exhibition HistoryRotation 9. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 20 – March 13, 2011, no cat.
Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.
In this portrait of painter Paul Cadmus, George Platt Lynes used five dangling lightbulbs to add a curious psychological charge to an otherwise ordinary portrait. Lynes made portraits of friends and artists, including Cadmus, who worked collaboratively as part of a small circle of gay, lesbian, and bisexual artists in New York City. Often staging his subjects in fabricated scenarios, Lynes contrasted the familiar and the strange to explore the mysteries of dreams and desire.
Paul Cadmus;
Purchased from Paul Cadmus by DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased DC Moore Gallery by Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY by 1991;
Purchased from Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1991;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Paul Cadmus by DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased DC Moore Gallery by Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY by 1991;
Purchased from Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1991;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Estate of George Platt Lynes
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