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Maker(s):Lynes, George Platt
Culture:American (1907 - 1956)
Title:Torso
Date Made:ca. 1930-1933
Type:Photograph
Materials:gelatin silver print mounted on off white paperboard
Place Made:United States
Measurements:mount: 17 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.; 45.5613 x 34.6075 cm; image: 6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.; 16.6688 x 11.7475 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated, stamped in black ink on verso: Photograph / by / George Platt Lynes
Accession Number:  SC 1933.4.4
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1933_4_4.jpg

Description:
nude female torso leaning sideways; nude; woman

Label Text:
Lynes is best known for his male nudes, although he also produced portraiture, fashion, and dance photography. This image of a woman’s torso displays the stark lighting, deep shadows, and extreme cropping that modernist photographers often used to emphasize the abstract nature of the nude human body.

Subjects:
Paperboard; Photographic gelatin

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