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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...

Andre de Dienes – Nude, 1950 – Original Vintage This striking black-and-white photograph by André de Dienes, taken in 1950, captures a poised nude model reclining on a modernist chai...

No Edition Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. Hi...

Super Mac Super Mac – John McEnroe, Wimbledon Tennis Championships 1984 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper size - 24 x 1...

The Speech - Historical Photographs About the Feminist Movement is an original black and white photograph realized by " Keystone Press Agency, Rome" With the stamp of the photograph...

Ho Chi Minh with children is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1960s. With the handwriting on the rear. Stamp of "Dufoto, Roma, Italy"...

The Firefighter is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. With the stamp of copyright "Associateded Press" on the rear and hand-notes. Good conditions.

Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Archival pigment print Paper size: 19 x 13 in., Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 in. Jesse Alexander is considered one of ...

AP (Associated Press) Photo Vintage Photograph of Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz carving a sculpture 1961 Dimensions: sight 9.5 X 7.5 Bears stamp verso Chaim Jacob Lipchitz, 1891-1973, w...

Audrey Hepburn with Feet Up in Dressing Room, Feet – Audrey Hepburn in her dressing room on the set of Sabrina. Photographed for LIFE in 1953. Mark Shaw, who worked almost every day ...

John F. Kennedy Portrait, 006v1. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each pr...

Audrey Hepburn r7_2, 1953 -- Shot on the set of Paramount's Sabrina Fair, this image is an out take from photos used for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Audrey Hepburn was said t...