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Endymion and Selene

Artist George Platt Lynes (American, 1907 - 1955)
Dateca. 1937-1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.13 x 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4253
InscribedArtist's Stamp with address: "145 East 52nd St, NYC" Back of Print
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DescriptionImage of a nude male figure reclining on back with eyes closed. A globe appears to float above the figure and several landscape elements are superimposed near the lower right corner.Exhibition History

Rotation 19. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 9 – September 27, 2015, no cat.

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