Description: 1949 New York City Ballet FIREBIRD Dancers By GEORGE PLATT LYNES Photo Art 16X20 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. *** This Vintage 1980's Photogravure Comes Professionally Dry Mounted On 20 x 16 inch Archival Presentation Mat Board And Is Ready To Place In A Standard Size Frame. **The watermark name "Fine Photo Galleries" does not appear on the actual print. Print Specifications: Photographer: George Platt Lynes (American 1907 - 1955) - Internationally renowned photographic artist - best known for portraiture, fashion, dance & nude studies.Subject: Ballet Theatre - New York City Ballet (formerly The American Ballet) - "Maria Tallchief" and "Francisco Moncion" - Firebird Date Of Negative: 1949Date Of Print: 1985 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.Print/Plate Maker: Héraclio-Fournier, Vitoria, Spain.Paper: Heavyweight, satin/matte finish. Print Origin: Spain. Approximate Image Size: 13 x 10.5 inches Mount Board Size: 20 x 16 inches Print Border: No - full bleed print. Condition Grade: Extra Fine ++ Verso: Professionally dry mounted with archival materials on 4ply museum mat boardRegistered Vintage Archive Serial #: 534LBM10Certificate Of Authenticity (COA): Yes - Gallery Certified COA from Fine Photo Galleries.Hologram Protected: Yes - tamper proof hologram certification affixed to print mount verso and COA. Shipping: USPS with MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL PACKING Guarantee: Always 100% Complete Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! FINE PHOTO GALLERIES is pleased to offer an authentic, genuine (NOT a modern reprint) vintage 1985 photogravure (also known as a héliogravure print) produced from the original 1930's - 1940's negative/print of the renowned American photographer George Platt Lynes. This sheet fed photogravure print was printed in high quality photogravure by the engraving house of Héraclio-Fournier located in Vitoria, Spain. Whether you collect vintage photogravure prints or are simply looking for extraordinary home or business decor, this authentic vintage photogravure will frame and display beautifully! This photogravure is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed Gallery Certified CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto 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 photogravure plate. 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. READY FOR FRAMING & DISPLAY! - The expensive engraved copper plate photogravure process and the resulting fine prints make vintage photogravures highly collectible and excellent vintage prints for framing. Your vintage print will arrive ready to be placed directly into a standard size frame. While most of our clients frame our quality mounted vintage prints right out of the box exactly as delivered, you also have the option of adding an overlay window mat in the color or style of your choice which can be inexpensively done with a quick visit to your local arts/crafts store or framing shop. HOLOGRAM CERTIFIED: Each vintage artwork comes with a fully authenticated gallery certified Certificate Of Authenticity. This COA contains a unique serial number and small corresponding tamper proof hologram with matching serial number affixed to the backside of the print with archival adhesive. Our exclusive authentication system and the ensuing COA/Hologram not only provides our clients with essential peace of mind but, adds value to the print in the future by providing provenance and the original gallery authenticity guarantee documents. ABOUT PHOTOGRAVURE: Photogravure 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. Rich in tonal detail, the photogravure process produces delicately rendered shades for a look which is unique in the world of photographic print making. In the early to mid 1900's photogravure was selected (when budgets allowed) for special high quality publishing and portfolio projects, but due to its significant expense and labor, the process is rarely seen today. From Man Ray and Ruth Bernhard to Brett Weston and Ansel Adams, many of the world's most renowned photographic masters have published their images in the rich photogravure process. ***WARNING: The above listing description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual Property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART of this description is prohibited. We vigorously pursue copyright infringement. The entire text of this listing description is Copyright protected - © by K.W. Wright. inkfrog terapeak
Price: 179.36 USD
Location: Tampa, Florida
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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
Artist: George Platt Lynes
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Framing: Unframed
Returns: FREE RETURNS - We Pay Your Return Shipping Costs!
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1950s
Hologram Protected: Yes - Tamper Proof Hologram Certification
Feedback: Over 6,500 Positive Feedbacks, Buy With Confidence
Width (Inches): 16 Inch Mount Board Width
Style: Realism
Features: Ready For Standard Size 16x20 Frame
Shipping: USA Based - Fast Shipping From Our Tampa Archive!
Frame Ready: Ready To Place In Standard Size 16x20 Frame
Print Type: Heliogravure, Photogravure
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: No
Color: Black & White
Material: Paper, Heliogravure, Photogravure
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Ballet
Print Surface: Paper
Certificate Of Authenticity: Gallery Certified COA With Registered Serial Number
Type: Print
COA Issued By: Fine Photo Galleries, LLC
Height (Inches): 20 Inch Mount Board Height
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Theme: Art, Dance
Reliability: #1 Vintage Photography eBay Dealer for Over 25 Yrs
Production Technique: Photogravure
