Photographie d'un danseur en extérieur, décor de plage. Le modèle adopte une posture de danse élancée, en équilibre sur son pied gauche, l'autre jambe tendue en arrière, les bras forment un art. Il porte un maillot de bain noir et un pendentif au cou. Son visage plissé comme aveuglé par la lumière du soleil ou concentré dans son mouvement. Photograph of a dancer outdoors, beach setting. The model adopts a graceful dance pose, balanced on his left foot, the other leg extended behind him, his arms forming an artful gesture. He wears black swim trunks and a pendant around his neck. His face is wrinkled, as if blinded by the sunlight or focused intently on his movement.
Les Baigneurs : vol.I - part. 6/6 🏛️🧶
Entre mode et arcadie queer, les clichés de Platt à Fire Island célèbrent l'anatomie et l'utopie de Cherry Grove. Des trésors de #queerarthistory, cachés jusqu'aux 80's loin de l'esthétique de Vogue.
📸Male dancer by the beach, George Platt Lynes, 1940.
![In this frank and intimate portrait, artist Jared French (1905–1988) gazes candidly out at the viewer. Paul Cadmus painted it while he and French were traveling in Europe. At the time the two were involved in a relationship; they would remain lifelong friends, and occasional lovers, even after French married in 1937. Cadmus considered it his first mature work—“Any painting before [Jerry]…I call ‘student work.’” It does not, however, include the biting social or political commentary or satire for which he would become known. Instead, it reveals a startling intimacy and emotional depth that is unusual for the artist. Despite its importance, Jerry was rarely exhibited and remained in the private collection of French and his heirs until acquired by the Museum in 2008.
Cadmus depicts French holding a copy of Ulysses by Irish author James Joyce (1882–1941). From its publication in 1922 the book was controversial, inciting scrutiny ranging from early obscenity trials to protracted textual battles. In 1931, when this portrait was painted, the groundbreaking book would have symbolized everything young American sophisticates Cadmus and French considered desirably European and avant-garde.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k6m3n5mysrpozg5vr6mgtia7/bafkreihmbcjq7ctlxebz2tix6qvvzadn5h7hfwhui2ycclxtzqgzpmboym)
