Male Nude Hanging, 1941

Details

GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907–1955)
Male Nude Hanging, 1941
gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's credit and 'COLLECTION OF PAUL CADMUS' (verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.8 x 19 cm.)

Provenance

The collection of artist Paul Cadmus (1904–1999);
Phillips, New York, November 9, 1981, lot 284;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, and photography curator and critic Lincoln Kirstein were close friends from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. As frequent artistic collaborators and sometimes even models for each other, the three are often credited with jointly defining an aesthetic of gayness and desire in American art during this period.

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