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Male Nude Study
This gelatin silver print presents a male figure seated on a modernist chair, captured in stark black and white photography. The composition employs dramatic lighting and shadow play, with a silhouetted form looming behind the figure, creating psychological depth and spatial complexity. The photograph exemplifies the artist's sophisticated approach to figure studies, combining classical subject matter with modernist photographic techniques. The formal arrangement and controlled studio setting reflect the mid twentieth century aesthetic inquiry into the human form, while the interplay of light and shadow demonstrates mastery of the gelatin silver medium.
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Overall
- Provenance
- The Ashby/Connolly Collection.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Rago Auctions
Notes
A Ménage with George Platt Lynes, Rago Auctions, 2026-05-01. Lot 180.
🔨 Auction Lot
A Ménage with George Platt Lynes
May 1, 2026
Estimate: $800 – $1,200
Sold: $7,680
Lot 180
For Sale
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