Research Catalog

Title

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955
• Woody, Jack

Description

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

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
• New York City Ballet Photographs
• American Ballet Theatre Photographs
• Gelatin silver prints
• Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
• Ballet Caravan, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
• Balanchine, George > Valse
• Orpheus and Eurydice (Choreographic work : Balanchine) > Photographs
• Billy the Kid (Choreographic work : Loring) > Photographs
• Ballet companies > New York (State) > New York
• Photographs

Genre/Form

• Gelatin silver prints.
• Photographs.

Call Number

*MGZEB 16-244

OCLC

962181083

Title

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

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Biography

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.

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Finding aid

Added Author

Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955, photographer.

Woody, Jack, associated name.

Research Call Number

*MGZEB 16-244