George Platt Lynes

Untitled (Maria Tallchief, The Four Temperments)
c. 1946

A black and white photograph capturing a ballet dancer in mid-leap. The dancer is wearing a tutu with a striped bodice and pointe shoes, and has one arm extended upwards while the other is outstretched to the side. The background is plain, highlighting the dancer's form and movement.
A black and white photograph capturing a ballet dancer in mid-leap. The dancer is wearing a tutu with a striped bodice and pointe shoes, and has one arm extended upwards while the other is outstretched to the side. The background is plain, highlighting the dancer's form and movement.

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Date
c. 1946

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver prints, drymounted back-to-back and airbrushed with matte pigment

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Mount: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/16in. (33.7 × 26.7 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2020.163a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Marcia L. Due and Jerry L. Thompson in memory of Lincoln Kirstein

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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