Call Number:

PH-01920

Collection Name:

George Platt Lynes Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

137 items

Span Dates:

1926-1997 (bulk 1930s-1940s)

Description:

The George Platt Lynes collection consists of 136 gelatin silver prints, 1 needlepoint, and 4 folders of manuscript materials (clippings, tearsheets, exhibition announcements, Christmas cards). The needlepoint and nearly all photographs are by Lynes, but also included are portraits of Lynes by Cecil Beaton, George Huningen-Huene, Janet Taylor, and unidentified photographers. The works by George Platt Lynes are a mixture of portraits, nudes and fashion photographs. An unpublished finding aid for this collection is available. A full listing of works can be found in the finding aid.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00411

Location(s):

Lynes, G.P., Box 1 (2002:0045:0001-0027)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 2 (2002:0045:0028-0053)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 3 (2002:0045:0054-0075)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 4 (2002:0045:0076-0098, 0135-0136)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 5 (2002:0045:0099-0110)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 6 (2002:0045:0111-0122)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 7 (2002:0045:0123-0133)
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Lynes, G.P., Box 8 (2002:0045:0134, 2003:0035:0001)
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Photo Coll. Manuscript Materials Box 1 (Manuscripts)
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See Also:

Tennessee Williams Literary File Photography Collection: Items P251-P252

Morris Leopold Ernst Literary File Photography Collection: Item P38

William Goyen Literary File Photography Collection: Items in Boxes 1 and 3

E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster Literary File Photography Collection: Items 997:0003:0001-0004

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection: Items in Box 29.15 (1 item plus copy prints)