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Make up Mirrors - Black and White Royal Pavilion Photograph A young woman uses a mirror to reapply her lipstick. Unusually, the mirror is placed on the floor, and she elegantly lea...

George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #1 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 gelatin silver photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet 'Orpheus'. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition. This photograph is from Francisco Moncion's original collection given to him by George Platt Lyons. It is one of 14 different poses in the 'Orpheus' series. 8 different photographs are remaining for sale and are available on request. All are original Platt Lyons gelatin silver prints original to Moncion's collection and are stamped by the photographer. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and many university art archives. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...

Italian Party - Italian Family Portrait Black and White Photograph 16" x 20" print Silver Gelatin print. Prints are made from the scanned original negative, and are offered as Silv...

Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Audrey Hepburn Black and White Portrait Iconic Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn pauses and poses for the photographer. She is situated outside the e...

James Dean - American Cultural Icon Hollywood Actor Silver Gelatin Photograph The iconic American actor James Dean poses for a photograph at a dinner. He wears a tuxedo and has a so...

Behind the Camera - Alfred Hitchcock Film Director Black and White Photograph English film director Alfred Hitchcock takes up his chair behind the camera to direct the actress in fr...

Jumping Geoff, 1966 - Geoff Hurst English Football Black and White Photograph Geoff Hurst jumps into the air after scoring the first hat-trick in a final of the World Cup. England w...

Paul Newman - Black and White Silver Gelatin Print Photograph American Actor American actor Paul Newman is photographed at a dinner with a cigarette just brought to his lips. It is ...

Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...

Martin & Sinatra, 1961 - Portrait of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Jazz singers of the day Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra walk in the breeze towards their next show... 16" x 20" pri...

Spanish Dancer - Spanish Dancing Photograph Flamenco US Navy Sailors Photograph A Spanish flamenco dancer performs her art on a stage for sailors out of the US Navy. 16" x 20" pri...

Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...