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Vintage Print: VP9C2B36 George Platt Lynes
1937 Vintage George Platt Lynes Portrait Ruth Ford Duotone Art 12x14
Print Method: Duotone Plate
(Multiple plates, multiple ink tones, photographic lithograph)
Color / B&W: Black & White
Print Year: 1981
Origin: USA
Orientation: Portrait
Image Height: 9.00 ins.
Image Width: 7.56 ins.
(New) Mount & Mat Board: 100% Cotton, Acid Free, Museum Grade Mount Board.
Mount Height: 14.0 ins.
Mount Width: 12.0 ins.
Standard Frame: 12 by 14
Frame Ready
The mount size for print VP9C2B36 is a standard frame size 12.0 ins wide x 14.0 ins high, which allows you to save money on expensive, custom framing. Please note: this print is also fully matted, making it genuinely frame ready (Although we cannot change the size of the print, if you prefer a different size mount to fit a particular frame size, please contact us before ordering. No charge). The mount and mat are brand new.
Artist: George Platt Lynes
BIO
Born: East Orange, New Jersey, USA, 1907
Died: 1955
Wikipedia
\" ... Born in East Orange, New Jersey to Adelaide Sparkman and Joseph Russell Lynes (died 1932). His younger brother was Joseph Russell Lynes, Jr. (1910–1991). Lynes spent his childhood in New Jersey but attended the Berkshire School in Massachusetts, where he was a classmate of Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996). He was sent to Paris in 1925 with the idea of better preparing him for college. His life was forever changed by the circle of friends that he would meet there including Gertrude Stein, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler. He attended Yale University in 1926, but dropped out after a year to move to New York City ... \"
Indiana University
\" ... The photos were considered taboo at the time, and transferring them by mail could result in jail time or a fine. But Lynes was not only daring with his gift, he was hopeful that one day photos of nude men, some of whom are posing together, would not only be allowed to be seen but would be seen without prejudice or fear of prosecution ... \"
Howard Greenberg Gallery
\" ... By 1933, Lynes was a central figure in the New York photography world. He quickly became known for his highly stylized images characterized by expressionistic lighting, surrealistic props, and suggestive settings. He was soon receiving commissions from Harper\'s Bazaar, Town & Country, and Vogue. In 1935 he was asked to document the principal dancers and productions of Lincoln Kirstein\'s and George Balanchine\'s newly founded American Ballet company (now the New York City Ballet) ... \"
Musée
\" ... While not dogged by persecution in the way of, say, Caravaggio, George Platt Lynes was a trailblazing mid-Century fashion and fine art photographer compelled to partially conceal during his lifetime a large, artistically significant portion of his oeuvre. Living an outsized, colorful life, his seems to have been, rather than direct institutional repression, a case of preemptive self-censure: he was careful to not publish his private studio work during his lifetime, at least not under his own name ... \"
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Duotone Plate Process
Duotone Process (PrintWiki)
\" ... A two-color halftone produced by overprinting two halftone screens made from the same photograph (usually a black-and-white photograph), as a means of generating a monochromatic image with a full range of tonal gradations. In the creation of a duotone, two halftone plates are made, one for black, which picks up the highlight and shadow regions, and one for middle tones, either other shades of black, or another color. When two non-black colors are used in the production of a duotone, it is often called a duochrome. Duotones are often made to increase detail in the black regions of an image, or as a special effect ... \"
Lithography Process (Tate)
\" ... Offset lithography involves printing the image onto an intermediate surface before the final sheet. The process is ‘offset’ because the plate does not come in direct contact with the paper, which preserves the quality of the plate. With offset lithography, the image is reversed twice, and appears on the final sheet the same way round as on the stone or plate ... \"
EXTRA FINE COLLECTOR CONDITION PRINT with BRAND NEW, professionally dry-mounted MOUNT AND MAT with archival, museum grade, 12.0 ins wide x 14.0 ins high mount board. Vintage Print: VP9C2B36 is a GENUINE, ORIGINAL, GEORGE PLATT LYNES, DUOTONE PLATE. It is NOT a copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PRINT made in 1981, ready for a standard 12 by 14 frame, Image size: 7.56 ins wide x 9.00 ins high. GALLERY CERTIFIED with TAMPER PROOF SECURITY HOLOGRAM with SECURITY ID. Collector Info
Authenticity
Vintage Print: VP9C2B36 is a genuine, original Duotone Plate print. It is not a modern copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an authentic vintage print made in 1981.
Rear Mounted Label
The print mount comes with a label fixed to the reverse side of the archival mount-board. The label contains the information needed to confirm the authenticity of the print.
There is a QR code on the label which you can scan to go directly to your database page without having to enter the vintage id.
The label has a tamper proof, security hologram with a Security ID. The Security ID on the hologram matches the Security ID on the label.
Certificate of Authenticity
Vintage Print: VP9C2B36 comes with a signed letter certifying its authenticity.
The letter also contains a copy of the label from the back of the print mount (see above) and a matching tamper proof, security hologram with matching Security ID.
Tamper Proof Hologram
The matching, tamper proof security holograms on the letter of authenticity and the rear mounted label hold the Security ID confirming the authenticity of this collector piece.
Watermark
The VPP watermark in the Listing is not on the original print and has been added digitally to the listing photo to prevent copying.
