Research Catalog
George Platt Lynes photographs
- Title
- George Platt Lynes photographs, 1933-approximately 1990s 1933-1955.
- Author
- Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955
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| Vol/Date | Format | Access | Status | Call Number | Location |
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| Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 3 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 4 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 5 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 6 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 7 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 8 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 9 | Still image | Supervised use | Loaned | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 10 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 11 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 11 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 12 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 12 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 13 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 13 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 14 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 14 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 15 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 16 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 16 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 17 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 18 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 18 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 19 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 19 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Box 20 | Still image | Supervised use | Available | *MGZEB 16-243 Box 20 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 27 boxes (10.5 linear feet) : black and white; 43 x 32 cm or smaller.
- Subjects
- Le Clercq, Tanaquil > Photographs
- New York City Ballet Photographs
- Negatives
- Magallanes, Nicholas > Photographs
- Eglevsky, André > Photographs
- Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 > Photographs
- Balanchine, George > Photographs
- Ballet companies > New York (State) > New York
- Tallchief, Maria > Photographs
- American Ballet Theatre Photographs
- Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
- Moncion, Francisco > Photographs
- Ballet Caravan, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
- Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Photographs
- Photographs
- Genre/Form
- Negatives.
- Photographs.
- Call Number
- *MGZEB 16-243
- OCLC
- 960699773
- Author
- Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955, photographer.
- Title
- George Platt Lynes photographs, 1933-approximately 1990s 1933-1955.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Summary
- Collection consists of mostly black and white negatives and some prints depicting the repertoire, ballet dancers and choreographers of Ballet Caravan, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre, and later New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, from approximately 1933 to 1955. Ballets well-represented in the collection include Billy the kid (1938-1950), The cageyy (1951-1953), Cakewalk (1951), Filling station (1937-1953), Jones Beach (1950), Orpheus (1948-1950), Orpheus and Eurydice (1936), Symphony in C (1948), and La valse (1951). The collection contains 2 color transparencies: Billy the kid (1938) and The Firebird (1949). There are also numerous studio photographs of ballet notables such as George Balanchine, Alexandra Danilova, André Eglevsky, Nora Kaye, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Nicholas Magallanes, Alicia Markova, Francisco Moncion, Jerome Robbins, and Maria Tallchief.
- Biography
- Photographer George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was born in East Orange, New Jersey. He attended the Berkshire School in Massachusetts, where Lincoln Kirstein was a classmate. Lynes set up his studio in New York City in approximately 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 of lung cancer at age 48.
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- Research Call Number
- *MGZEB 16-243