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The Second Birth of Dionysus, 1939
Details
GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907–1955)
The Second Birth of Dionysus, 1939
gelatin silver print with hand-applied pigment
initialed 'BP', annotated 'BP Reserve' and numbered '223' in pencil (verso); titled and dated on affixed label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.2 x 26.6 cm.)
The Second Birth of Dionysus, 1939
gelatin silver print with hand-applied pigment
initialed 'BP', annotated 'BP Reserve' and numbered '223' in pencil (verso); titled and dated on affixed label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.2 x 26.6 cm.)
Provenance
Bernard Perlin, Executor of the artist's estate;
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1981;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1981;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
Literature
Jack Woody, George Platt Lynes, Photographs 1931-1955, Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1980, p. 68.
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