Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photograph

George Platt Lynes

Maker
American, 1907–1955

Jensen Yow

American, 1925–2022

Henri Cartier-Bresson

"George Platt Lynes", Art Institute of Chicago, 1959.


1935
Gelatin silver print, printed 1959 by Jenson Yow
Image: 9 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.7 × 19 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.0517.0013
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on applied label on verso TC: THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO \ Departmant of Prints and Drawings \ Collections of Photographs
Typed in black ink on same applied label: GEORGE PLATT LYNES. American (1907-1955). \ Henri Cartier-Bresson. 1935. \ Printed by Jenson Yow, N.Y.C., 1959. \ Photography Expense Fund. \ 60.468 \ RX 3272 DUPLICATE

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