George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody Photographs

id
10709
origination
N/A
date statement
1933-1955
key date
1933
identifier (local_mss)
23934
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZEB 16-244
b-number
b21112036
total components
60
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2016-11-30 19:59:59 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:07:52 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 16-244", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"23934", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"33433036487506", "type"=>"local_barcode"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1933-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1955"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody Photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The George Platt Lynes/ Jack Woody Photographs consist of approximately 115 original gelatin silver 8\" x 10\" black and white prints of ballet notables by George Platt Lynes for three publications written and/or published by Jack Woody."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody Photographs, *MGZEB 16-244. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p> Photographer George Platt Lynes was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1907. He attended the Berkshire School in Massachusetts, where Lincoln Kirstein was a classmate. Lynes set up his studio in New York City circa 1932 and began taking photos for fashion magazines. In approximately 1934, he was commissioned to photograph the dances and dancers of the American Ballet (later New York City Ballet) which he did through 1955. Lynes died in New York City in 1955 of lung cancer at the age of 48.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The George Platt Lynes/Jack Woody Photographs consist of approximately 115 original gelatin silver 8\" x 10\" black and white prints of ballet notables by George Platt Lynes for three publications written and/or published by Jack Woody: <span class=\"title\">George Platt Lynes, Photographs 1931-1955</span> (Twelvetrees Press, 1983), <span class=\"title\">Ballet: Photographs by George Platt Lynes</span> (Twelvetrees Press, 1985), and <span class=\"title\">Portrait : the Photographs of George Platt Lynes, 1927-1955</span> (Twin Palms, 1994).</p> <p>The photographs depict the dancers and repertoire of Ballet Caravan, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre, and later New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, from approximately 1934 to 1955. Many folders contain a single photograph, although there are a number of photographs for <span class=\"title\">Billy the Kid</span>, <span class=\"title\">Illuminations</span>, Ralph McWilliams, Francisco Moncion, <span class=\"title\">Orpheus and Eurydice</span>, and <span class=\"title\">La Valse</span>.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Jack Woody, 2015.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">cdee</span>, <span class=\"date\">November 2016</span>.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}
dsc_type
combined
date_start
1933
keydate
1933
date_end
1955
date_inclusive_start
1933
date_inclusive_end
1955
extent_statement
.42 linear feet (1 box)

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  1. Adams, Diana - in Helen of Troy
  2. Air and Variations (Dollar) - Ballet Caravan
  3. L'Amour et son Amour (Babilée) - Jean Babilée, Nathalie Phillipart
  4. Apollo (Balanchine) - Igor Youskevitch
  5. Ballet Theatre - Miscellaneous
  6. Baranova, Irina
  7. (The) Bat (Balanchine)
  8. Billy the Kid (Loring)
  9. Bourrée Fantasque (Balanchine) - Tanaquil Le Clercq, Jerome Robbins
  10. Bruhn, Erik - Ballet Theatre
  11. Caprichos (Ross) - John Kriza, Jenny Workman, Charlyne Baker
  12. Capricorn Concerto (Bolender) - Ballet Society
  13. Apollon Musagéte (Balanchine) - Lew Christensen
  14. Divertimento (Balanchine) - Maria Tallchief, Francisco Moncion
  15. Dreams (Balanchine)
  16. (The) Duel (Dollar)
  17. Eglevsky, André
  18. Encounter (Christensen)
  19. Errante (Balanchine)
  20. Fancy Free (Robbins)
  21. Filling Station (Christensen)
  22. (The) Four Temperaments (Balanchine) - Herbert Bliss
  23. Franklin, Frederic
  24. La Gloire - Nora Kaye
  25. Grant, Alexander
  26. Harlequin for President (Loring)
  27. Hobi, Frank
  28. Illuminations (Ashton)
  29. Jones Beach (Balanchine, Robbins)
  30. Kaye, Nora
  31. Koesun, Ruth Ann - Ballet Theatre
  32. Kriza, John
  33. Lloyd, Paula - Ballet Theatre
  34. McWilliams, Ralph [2/1]
  35. Magallanes, Nicholas - in The Cage
  36. Metamorphoses (Balanchine)
  37. Moncion, Francisco
  38. Mother Goose Suite (Bolender) - Beatrice Tompkins
  39. Moylan, Mary Ellen
  40. Orpheus (Balanchine) [2/1]
  41. Orpheus and Eurydice (Balanchine)
  42. (The) Prodigal Son (Balanchine)
  43. Punch and the Child - Ballet Society - Beatrice Tompkins, Herbert Bliss
  44. Riabouchinska, Tatiana
  45. Romeo and Juliet
  46. Shabelevsky, Yurek
  47. Show Piece (Hawkins) - Ballet Caravan
  48. Symphony in C - Ballet Society
  49. (The) Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne (Balanchine) - Nicholas Magallanes, George Balanchine, Tanaquil Le Clercq
  50. La Valse (Balanchine)
  51. Vosseler, Heidi
  52. Western Symphony (Balanchine)
  53. Yankee Clipper (Loring) - Ballet Caravan
  54. Youskevitch, Igor
  55. Zorina, Vera
  56. Unidentified