Description: 1934 Vintage Lloyd Wescott Agriculturalist By George Platt Lynes Photo Gravure FINEPHOTO: "Since 1989 - The Name You Can Trust For Fine Vintage Photogravures, Photographs & Antique Prints." - Serving the Design & Decor trades for over 20 years. See our vintage and original prints featured in Coastal Living, Dwell Magazine and other fine quality publications.*WE LIST DOZENS OF NEW ARRIVALS EVERY DAY! Please CLICK HERE To Visit Our Ebay Store where you can search our World Class Selection of authentic vintage prints by photographer or subject. Browse THOUSANDS of fine vintage photography prints from silver gelatin to photogravure. *** This Vintage 1988 Photogravure Comes Professionally Dry Mounted On 20 x 16 inch Black Archival Presentation Mat Board And Is Ready To Place In A Standard Size Frame. Print Specifications:Photographer: George Platt Lynes (American 1907 - 1955) - Internationally renowned photographic artist - best known for portraiture, fashion, dance & nude studies.Subject: Portrait of Agriculturalist, Lloyd WescottDate Of Negative: 1934Type Of Print: Limited Edition Sheet Fed Photogravure (Plate made from original negative/print)Limited Edition: Yes - edition of 5,000 (plate not numbered)Date Of Print: 1994 - large folio sized printPaper: Heavyweight, satin/matte finishPrint Origin: Tokyo, JapanApproximate Image Size Inches: 12 x 10 inches Approximate Image Size Metric: 30.7 x 25.5 centimeters Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inchesMount Board Size Metric: 50.8 x 40.6 centimetersMount Board Color: BlackPrint Border: No - full bleed print. Condition Grade: Fine ++Verso: Professionally dry mounted with Bienfang archival materials onto sturdy 4ply museum mat board. Registered Vintage Print Serial #: 18J7PGM1 Certificate Of Authenticity (COA): Yes - individual hand signed COA from Fine Photo Galleries.Shipping: USPS with MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL PACKINGGuarantee: Always 100% Complete Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! Finephoto is pleased to offer an authentic, genuine (NOT a modern reprint) vintage 1994 photogravure (also known as a héliogravure print) produced from the original 1920's - 1950's negative/print of the renowned American photographer George Platt Lynes. This LARGE FOLIO SIZE sheet fed photogravure was engraved and printed in high quality sheet fed gravure for Twin Palms Publishers in Tokyo, Japan in 1994. Whether you collect photogravure prints or are simply looking for extraordinary home or business decor, this atmospheric photogravure will frame and display beautifully! This photogravure plate is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto Vintage Archive & Database. Under magnification this plate shows a tight "honeycomb" cell structure, uniform pressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a high quality sheet fed gravure print. The watermark word "Finephoto" does not appear on the actual print. About George Platt Lynes (from Wiki): George Platt Lynes was an American fashion, commercial and fine art photographer. Born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1907, he spent his childhood in New Jersey but attended the Berkshire School in Massachusetts. 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. Gertrude Stein, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler and those that he met through them opened an entirely new world to the young artist.He returned to the United States with the idea of a literary career and he even opened a bookstore in Englewood, New Jersey in 1927. He first became interested in photography not with the idea of a career, but to take photographs of his friends and display them in his bookstore. Returning to France the next year, he traveled around Europe for the next several years, always with his camera at hand. He developed close friendships within a larger circle of artists including Jean Cocteau and Julien Levy, the art dealer and critic. Levy would exhibit his photographs in his gallery in New York City in 1932 and Lynes would open his studio there that same year. He was soon receiving commissions from Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country, and Vogue including a cover with perhaps the first supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives.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). While he continued to shoot fashion photographs during the 1930s and 1940s, he was losing interest and had started a series of photographs which interpreted characters and stories from Greek mythology. By 1946, he grew disillusioned with New York and left for Hollywood, where he became chief photographer for the Vogue studios. He photographed Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Gloria Swanson and Orson Welles, from the film industry, as well as others in the arts among them Aldous Huxley, Igor Stravinsky, and Thomas Mann. While this work was a success artistically, it was a financial failure. His friends helped him to move back to New York City in 1948. Other photographers, such as Richard Avedon, Edgar de Evia and Irving Penn, had taken his place in the fashion world. This combined with his disinterest in commercial work, meant he was never able to regain the successes he once had. During his lifetime, Lynes amassed a substantial body of work involving nude and homoerotic photography. In the 1930s, he began taking nudes of friends, performers and models, although these remained private, unknown and unpublished for years. In May of 1955, Lynes was diagnosed terminally ill with lung cancer. He closed his studio and destroyed much of his print and negative archives, particularly his male nudes. After a final trip to Europe, Lynes returned to New York City, where he died. He is interred in a substantial stone sarcophagus at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.We list beautiful original vintage photographs, photogravures and antique prints everyday! 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So, if you decide to use the Best Offer option in those listings which contain one and make us a reasonable offer, we will do our best to accept.ABOUT PHOTOGRAVURE: Photogravure (or héliogravure) is an intaglio print making process utilizing a carefully etched copper plate made from the original negative/image. Prints are made by pressing suitable paper heavily down upon the inked copper plate which has been intricately etched to varying depths corresponding with the actual tonality of the original negative, This precisely etched plate combined with a fine "honeycomb" screen controls the amount of ink to be transferred to the paper at any given point in direct proportion to the variation of tone in the original image. The result is a true continuous tone print which combines many qualities of a traditional silver based photograph with a tactile feel similar to an etching, engraving or lithograph. 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Price: 146.76 USD
Location: Tampa, Florida
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1900-1949
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Figures & Portraits
Style: Realism
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Artist: George Platt Lynes
Print Surface: Paper
Features: Ready For Standard Size 16x20 Frame
Material: Heliogravure, Photogravure
Year of Production: 1934
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Signed: Unsigned
Print Type: Heliogravure, Photogravure
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
Frame Ready: Professionally Dry Mounted On 16x20 Museum Board
Certificate Of Authenticity: Gallery Certified COA w/ Registered Serial Number
Hologram Protected: Yes - Tamper Proof COA Hologram Certification
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Type: Print