Orpheus (Nicolas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion) by George Platt Lynes
Orpheus (Nicolas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion)

1948

Studio stamp in black ink, verso

Vintage silver print

8.5 x 7.5 inches

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Nicolas Magallanes plays Orpheus and Francisco Moncion is the Dark Angel from George Balanchine’s ballet “Orpheus” with costumes and set by Isamu Noguchi.

Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, p. 55, full-page illus. [another example]
Leddick, David. George Platt Lynes. Edited by Anatole Pohorilenko, Köln, Taschen, 2000, pp. 94-95, full-page illus. [related examples]

Work by George Platt Lynes (1907-1955)