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Period: 1950s
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'S...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio
silver gelatin fibre print.
Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parisienne Lovers
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
23rd June 1951: A young couple sharing an intimate moment in one of the pavement cafes on the Champs-Elysees, Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog, Libertyville, IL 1950 - Large Format Black & White
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large scale black and white photo of Marlon Brando as a young man at his family farm with his dog. In 1951 Life Magazine asked Art Shay to photograph Marlon Brando at his family home in Libertyville, IL. This is one of the photos from that shoot. In 2000, Art Shay published Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the Twentieth Century. This artwork is matted and framed.
Art Shay
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eyeball Freak, Circus Side Show Curiosity, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed, 1952
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Missouri Hunt Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Missouri Hunt
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A hunting party on horseback in St Louis, Missouri, circa 1955
unframed
silver gelatin print
printed 2023
20×...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Stewart
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 6-10) - 30"x40"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn with Balloons at the Arc de Triomphe
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey’s most beloved movie is arguably Funny Face, in which she plays a bookish girl swept up in the world of fashion, taken under the wing of a magazine editor looking for a model ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in "Houseboat": Between the Curtains
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of Sophia Loren appearing between two curtains for her role in "Houseboat".
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress. With a career spanning over 70 years,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe at a Dinner Event
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of blonde bombshell actress Marilyn Monroe seated at a dinner event.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
by Frank Worth / Globe Photos
paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
edition of 24 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(fr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953.
photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kings of Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn in Grey Turtleneck Sweater, Glances Right , 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c23_14 -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for LIFE magazine in 1953. The photo essay shows images from a regular day on the set. "…Not because there is anything so re...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Set of Sabrina, Street at Night, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey, r34_2 -- Audrey Hepburn in the studio village for Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Photographed for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 22"...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Head Tilted Smiling, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r15_9 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling with Head Back, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_a -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle. Her dress is a Claire McCardell creation. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS O...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing
Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Petroglyphs, Monument Valley Utah
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V.
Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110.
Printed by Ansel Adams
Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grey Dior Outside Paris Louvre Metro, BW 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Palais de Glace Dress, 1957. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Ea...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Looks Down, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r18_4 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Looks Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Turns, audrey_07 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw in 1953, this image is an outtake from the photo essay on Audrey Hepburn for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude in Tree
By Cole Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist.
Dry mounted to board with over mat.
Signed and dated on recto.
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Metropolitan Museum, New York City
Located in Dallas, TX
Open edition
Signed by Elliott Erwitt in black ink on print margin
Signed, titled, dated and misc. notations by Elliott Erwitt in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in. Image...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957 -- Chanel visits with the famous French film actress, Jeanne Moreau. Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were c...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin, 1951, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Dallas, TX
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin presents a woman staring up at a detailed sculpture of two men in the nude. Her facial expression reflects the sculpture's expression, creating a...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coco Chanel Lies on Divan, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Lies on Divan, 1957 -- This photo, published in LIFE in 1957, shows Coco Chanel, aged 74, at her apartment on the Rue Cambon in Paris reclining on her massive divan. In notes ta...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kennedy, Jackie Leads Horse, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
JBK Leads Horse nb_064_065 -- Shot for LIFE in 1959, Jackie Kennedy leads Sagebrush across a meadow at Merrywood, her mother's Virginia Estate. This image is also part of the Mark Shaw Photographic Archive's fine art gallery collection. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photo of Jackie Kennedy...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading, Sitting up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r8_10 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life magazine. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photograph of Audrey Hepburn sitting and reading...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
In Voluptas Mors (Dalí)
Located in Dallas, TX
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone's favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photo...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Hats by Hulton Archive
Located in London, GB
"Italian Hats" by Hulton Archive
Models wearing a collection of Italian designed hats for winter 1956/7 and spring 1957, at the fifth Men's Fashion Festival, San Remo, Italy.
Unfra...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph
1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
New York City, 1953 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Availabl...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, "Ballerina"
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 18/20, estate-stamped. Unframed print.
Milton H. Greene, famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on a pho...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andres: Venice, Murano Glas Mask, Italy, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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