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Silver gelatin print of Hal Bynner
Harold Witter Bynner
Silver gelatin print of Hal Bynner
Silver gelatin print of Hal Bynner

Harold Witter Bynner

Artist (American, 1902 - 1984)
DateCa. 1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (11.6 × 9.2 cm)
Support: 8 1/2 × 6 9/16 in. (21.6 × 16.7 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Jane McLean, 1991
Object number1991.93.1
DescriptionShoulder-length portrait of a man (Witter Bynner) wearing glasses, bald with a fringe of hair, and holding a cigarette in left hand, hand close to face, looking at viewer.
eMuseum Notes
A Harvard educated poet who moved to Santa Fe in 1922, Harold Witter Bynner (19xxwas a prominent figure in Santa Fe's literary and cultural life. Adams met Bynner on his first trip to New Mexico in 1927 and photographed him several times over the years. This portrait was likely made in conjunction with Bynner's memoir, "Journey with Genius: Recollections and Reflections Concerning the D.H. Lawrences" from 1951.
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