George Platt Lynes

Untitled (Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion, Firebird)

c. 1949

Male dancer kneels while supporting female ballerina extended in an arabesque en pointe.
Male dancer kneels while supporting female ballerina extended in an arabesque en pointe.

George Platt Lynes, Untitled (Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion, Firebird), c. 1949. Gelatin silver prints, drymounted back-to-back and airbrushed with matte pigment, sheet (each): 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm) Mount: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1/16 in. (33.7 × 26.7 × 0.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Marcia L. Due and Jerry L. Thompson in memory of Lincoln Kirstein 2020.165a-b

Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1949

Classification
Photographs

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

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

Accession number
2020.165a-b

Credit line
Gift of Marcia L. Due and Jerry L. Thompson in memory of Lincoln Kirstein

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/63775



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