George Platt Lynes photographs

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unitid

{"value"=>"20249", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"JPB 00-41", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b14882292", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1939-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1950", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

{"value"=>"undated 1939", "type"=>"inclusive"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Platt Lynes photographs"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George Platt Lynes was a commercial and fine art photographer active in the United States primarily during the 1930s-1940s. The collection includes 14 silver gelatin prints taken by Lynes of classical musicians."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"The collection was donated by Donald Windham in September 1996."}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Platt Lynes was a commercial and fine art photographer active primarily between the 1930s-1940s. His formative years were spent in Paris and New York City; he opened his first photography studio in the latter city in 1932. He is best known for his photographs of dancers and gay men, though he also photographed a number of significant writers, actors, and musicians.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of 14 silver gelatin portraits taken by George Platt Lynes between approximately 1939 and 1950 of various classical musicians. Musicians photographed include Webster Aitken, Aaron Copland, Lotte Lehmann, Thomas Schippers, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arnold Schoenberg, and Igor Stravinsky.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Collection is arranged alphabetically by subject name.</p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Authorization to reproduce or publish must be obtained from George P. Lynes II ; more information with collection</p>"}

date_start

1939

keydate

1939

date_end

1950

date_inclusive_start

1939

date_inclusive_end

1950

prefercite

{"value"=>"George Platt Lynes photographs, JPB 00-41. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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1. Aitken, Webster
2. Copland, Aaron
3. Lehmann, Lotte
4. Schippers, Thomas
5. Menotti, Gian Carlo
6. Schoenberg, Arnold
7. Stravinsky, Igor