Actaeon

between 1937 and 1939

George Platt Lynes American, 1907-1955

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About the Artwork

Title Actaeon

Artwork Date between 1937 and 1939

Artist George Platt Lynes

Life Dates 1907-1955

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Gelatin silver print, contact print

Dimensions Image: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Bernard Perlin

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F82.56

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed top left (in reverse): EASTMAN 114 Inscribed on verso, with black stamp, upper center: GEORGE PLATT LYNES / 145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK; in pencil, upper left: D-3; in red pencil, upper right: X/; in pencil, below stamp: 16 (sideways); lower left: R/D; lower right: #7.90 Typed on printed label of ROBERT MILLER GALLERY, INC. 724 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 10019 on back of mat: George Platt Lynes / ACTEON - BLANCHARD KENEDY / vintage silver print / 8 x 10 inches 1951

Provenance

George Platt Lynes Estate;
(Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
Bernard Perlin;
1982-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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