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George Platt Lynes
American
1907–1955
About the Artist
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George Platt Lynes. Untitled (Self-Portrait with Camera). Gelatin silver print, 9 7/8 x 8" (25.1 x 20.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Anonymous gift. © 2014 Estate of George Platt Lynes
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs New York Paris
- Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949 Photography, 1839–1937, 1937
Artist Chronology
| April 15, 1907 |
Born
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East Orange |
| 1925 |
Travels to Paris; meets Gertrude Stein
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Paris |
| 1926 |
Publishes the As Stable pamphlets, which include work by Gertrude Stein, René Crevel, and Ernest Hemingway
Contributor: George Platt Lynes
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Englewood |
| 1926 |
Works as a salesman in Brentano's bookstore
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New York |
| 1927–28 |
Travels to Paris; meets Jean Cocteau and photographs him and Gertrude Stein
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Paris |
| 1928 |
Holds a solo exhibition for himself at his bookstore, Park Place Book Shop
Participant: George Platt Lynes
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Englewood |
| 1928–32 |
Works as a freelance portrait photographer; travels between Paris and New York
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New York Paris |
| November 1931 |
His photographic collaboration with Julien Levy is exhibited in a Surrealism show at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Participant: George Platt Lynes
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Hartford |
| 1932 |
Exhibition of work by George Platt Lynes and Walker Evans at the Julien Levy Gallery
Participant: Walker Evans, George Platt Lynes
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New York |
| 1932 |
Portrait Photography by George Platt Lynes at Leggett Gallery
Participant: George Platt Lynes
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New York |
| 1932–47 |
Publishes photographs in Photographie and Arts et métiers graphiques
Contributor: George Platt Lynes
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Paris |
| January 9–29, 1932 |
Surrealism at the Julien Levy Gallery
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New York |
| May 3–31, 1932 |
Murals by American Painters and Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1933 |
Opens his first New York studio; makes fashion photographs and portraits
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New York |
| Beginning in 1935 |
Photographs dancers of the American Ballet (which later became the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet)
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New York |
| December 7, 1936–January 17, 1937 |
Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
| 1937–39 |
Makes a series of photographs based on mythology in an attempt to exhibit images of the nude male
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New York |
| March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
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New York |
| October 1937 |
Review Exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery
Participant: George Platt Lynes
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New York |
| 1941 |
Two Hundred Portraits by George Platt Lynes Plus an Assortment of Less Formal Pictures of People at Pierre Matisse Gallery
Participant: George Platt Lynes
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New York |
| 1946–48 |
Works for Vogue
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Los Angeles |
| 1948–55 |
Contributes to Vogue, Town and Country, and Harper's Bazaar
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New York |
| December 6, 1955 |
Dies
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New York |
