Self-portrait
Artist
George Platt Lynes
(American, 1907 - 1955)
Dateca. 1953
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 13/16 inches (23.97 × 19.84 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 inches (25.24 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2746
SignedArtist's Stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "GEORGE PLATT LYNES / 145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "george Platt Lynes self-portrait / BP c.1953"
MarkingsOn image recto, upper right, on negative/in white: "378", "22";
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "85";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "247-4-92"
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryRotation 15. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014, no cat.
Rotation 20. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 8, 2015 – February 28, 2016, no cat.
Copyright© Estate of George Platt Lynes
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