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George Platt Lynes
Self-Portrait1940s

Not on view
Black and white full-length photograph of a figure in a dark halter leotard and ballet slippers, arms raised to shield the face, one leg extended on pointe, lit dramatically from the left
Artist or Maker
George Platt Lynes
United States, 1907-1955
Title
Self-Portrait
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1940s
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.3 × 18.7 cm) Primary support: 9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.3 × 18.7 cm) Secondary support: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.4 × 40.5 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Frame: 20 × 16 × 1 in. (50.8 × 40.64 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.84
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Martineau, Paul, and Ryan Linkoff. Queer Lens: A History of Photography. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2025.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013