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Period: 1950s
Adele Collins, Vogue
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame.
Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Joan Collins Relaxes - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Joan Collins Relaxes - Estate Stamped
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Monroe, Jumping
Located in New York, NY
1954
Gelatin silver Print, vintage
14 x 11 in.
Stamped on verso
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beauty and the Beast
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sunbathing in Venice, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathing in Venice
A woman sunbathes wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice, 1954.
In this delightfully whimsical photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957.
This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, 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 Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Venice Vacation
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Venice Vacation
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Venice Vacation
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Vacation', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers on the pier at the Lido in Venice, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Venice Vacation
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957.
This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lido Life, Slim Aarons Estate Photograph in Venice, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lido Life: A group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957.
This vibrant photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1957 at the Venice Lido, enca...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Ursula Pacelli in Venice'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ursula Pacelli
1957 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Ursula Pac...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes
By Irving Penn
Located in Zurich, CH
This portrait of the artist Pablo Picasso is a unique vintage print by the great US-American photographer Irving Penn. This work came to us via the 'Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich' a...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Cardboard, Silver Gelatin
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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaron...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Esther Williams' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Brisas' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956. (Photo by Slim...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Color
Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, Photography 1955, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses by
James Joyce, New York, Long Island, 1955."
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 +...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Cotton
Eve Arnold - Charlotte Stribling (also known as Fabulous), 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold, born in 1912 to Russian-immigrant parents in Ph...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eve Arnold - Bar girl in a brothel, Photography 1954, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
A model in Harlem, New York City in 1968.
All available sizes and editions:
20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold, born ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Lilla Silvi - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lilla Silvi is a vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
Hand signed and dedicated.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eve Arnold - Two young models check their make-up, 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Two young models check their make-up backstage at a local fashion show at the Abyssinian Church in Harlem, New York City in 1950.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Editio...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Cotton
Eve Arnold - Black is beautiful, Photography 1968, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Black is beautiful, New York City, USA in 1968.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Cotton
Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe in Long Island, Photography 1955, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe in Long Island, New York in 1955
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Joan Collins Relaxes (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaron...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Swing, Black and White Portrait Photo of Child and Gaudi Cathedral Barcelona
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Burt Glinn's The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Swing, 1959, is a gelatin silver print, 20 x 16, signed and stamped print, authenticated by the estate. A young girl swings carefree agai...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Omiccioli and Villoresi at Vetrina di Chiurazzi - Vintage Photo - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Omiccioli and Villoresi in Vetrina di Chiurazzi is a vintage leaflet, realized in 1953.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Lilia Silvi - Vintage photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lilia Silvi is a vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Tahoe Tavern in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate....
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This photo was used as the cover of Mark Shaw's famous book, the John F. Kennedys, which wa...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Tahoe Tavern in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Immerse yourself in the nostalgic allure of Slim Aarons' 'Lake Tahoe Pool,' a stunning estate photograph...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Young Price Charles of Wales - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Young Price Charles is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, me...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaron...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe, "Bed"
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 3/20, estate-stamped. Includes black frame.
Milton H. Greene, famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on ...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
JFK in Jamaica (Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Democratic senator for Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963) outside Sunset Lodge, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pi...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their right ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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