PRE-REVOLUTIONARY QUEER
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955), United States Paul Cadmus and Jared French, 1938 Modern print from original negative This material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without permission.
George Platt Lynes met the artist Paul Cadmus in 1937 through Lincoln Kirstein, the philanthropist who later founded the New York City Ballet. With a common interest in the male nude as a subject, Lynes and Cadmus quickly became friends, sharing models and appearing in each other’s work. This portrait is one of a series of photographs for which Cadmus posed with fellow artist Jared French, wearing only torn t-shirts.
