Man in His Element [John Leaphart & Buddy McCarthy]
Artist
George Platt Lynes
(American, 1907-1955)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (19.1 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedStamped artist name on verso. Pencil title inscription
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.64
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of two nude men laying together. A white man is on his back with just his torso and thighs visible and his hand is on the other mans shoulder. The other African-American man is laying on the other with his head resting his lower abdomen with his hand on his buttocks.ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007 Exhibition History'Recent Photography Acquistions," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 12, 2008. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesAllen Ellenzweig, _George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye_ (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021) 459, fig. 30.1. Grace Wales Bonner, guest curator, "Some Elements and Meaning in Black Style II," in _Rhapsody in the Street: A Magazine Curated by Grace Wales Bonner_ (Antwerp: A Publisher BVBA, 2021) 103.
Surgeon General's Office
1865?
