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Period: 1950s
Peggy Bancroft (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Mrs Thomas Bancroft Jnr (Peggy Bancroft) in the foyer of her Manhattan duplex, circa 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Milton Greene, "Bus Stop I", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original modern photograph printed from the original negative taken by Milton Greene in 1956, and printed in 1979. This image is part of a photo shoot that was done in promotion ...
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Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hello There
Located in New York, NY
Hello There 1955 (printed later) Chromogenic print 20 x 20 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. 1955: ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Esther Williams' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Esther Williams Slim Aarons Estate Edition Legendary American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a white trampoline in a green swimsuit, circa...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The Essence of Dali
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman hand signed and exhibited at the International Center for Photography. Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
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Surrealist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Kings of Hollywood (New Year's at Romanoff's) Estate Edition Photograph
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...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marilyn Red Classic Charcoal Roses
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional picture of Marilyn Monroe during the last session by Bert Stern. "Marilyn Monroe - Marilyn Red Classic Charcoal Roses". Unique print with roses adorned with silver sequins / red and colored charcoal with red garnets. Signed by the famous photographer Bert Stern, 1929-2013. Signed by hand by the artist on the bottom of the image. Signed on the front and back. A pleasure investment. Our gallery has the exclusive and unique private collection of Bert Stern photos...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of aut...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Decked in Finery
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Decked in Finery, 1956 Fiber Print Estate edition of 150 An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Taken...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York City
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin by Elliott Erwitt Signed, titled, dated and misc. notations by Elliott Erwitt Gelatin silver print Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 9 1/4 x 9 i...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sophia Fountain
Located in New York, NY
Sophia Fountain, 1960 color coupler print 16 x 16" ed. of 30
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

Pulitzer on the Beach
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Pulitzer on the Beach, 1955 Fiber print Estate Edition of 150 Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. Estate stamped and hand num...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Love on the Boardwalk, Coney Island
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3/200 Signed, dated, and numbered in black ink on print margin by Harold Feinstein Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams in Florida in 1955. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (191...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Emille Griffiths
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appea...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Truman Capote at Home, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. Author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. Original Publication: A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 24 x 24 inches $3000 12 x 12 inches $1800 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Internal: Vintage Literary photography, vintage writers, vintage glamour, vintage breakfast at tiffanys...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Katherine Hepburn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Brian Jones, Brian Live Head, Black & White Photography, Fine Art Print, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
24 x 20 in (60.9 x 50.8 cm) Silver Gelatin Print Edition of 50 Price does not include tax.
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool , 1955 Fiber print Patsy Pulitzer (Patsy Bartlett) relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marilyn From the Reverse
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1953. Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Mara Lane at the Sands' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 ...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Girl on the Merry-Go-Round, Coney Island
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3/200 Signed, dated and numbered by Harold Feinstein Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in 1931. He began photographing in 1946 at the age of 15 and joine...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dali Cyclops
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman and used as the cover proof for the "Dali Mustache Book". Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
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Surrealist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Young Girl Wearing Fur Coat, NYC
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed, dated and numbered. Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in 1931. He began photographing in 1946 at the age of 15 and joined the Photo League at age 17. By...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons: Esther Williams In Pool (Limited Edition Estate Stamped)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013), in a Florida swimming pool. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 in...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Lawrence Fried - Railway Signalman NYC, Photography 1951, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x 40” Edition of 25
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - An elderly lady New York City in October 1957, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print An elderly lady standing outside the barricade on the street, waiting for HM Queen Elizabeth II to visit New York City in October 1957. Available Sizes: 12" x ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Paul Newman “Baby Want a Kiss”, Photography 1964, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print On the stage set of “Baby Want a Kiss”, co-starring Joanne Woodward. The Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, 1964. Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Ed...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Marlon Brando Posing, Photography 1953, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Posing for a feature in the Saturday Evening Post, 6th June 1953 Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - James Dean Publicity Portraits, Photography 1953, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Publicity Portraits for the television play “Keep Our Honor Bright”, in New York City, 1953. Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 2...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Audrey Hepburn At an Automat, Photography 1951, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Times Square, NYC, 1951. Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x 40” Edition of 25 This photograph will ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Audrey Hepburn The American Magazine, 1952, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Photographed for The American Magazine, 23rd March 1952. Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x 40” Edi...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Audrey Hepburn, Photography 1951, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print Times Square, NYC, 1951. Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x 40” Edition of 25 This photograph will...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lawrence Fried - Norman Rockwell, Photography 1959, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gelatin-silver print In his Hometown of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, US, 1959 Available Sizes: 12" x 16” Edition of 25 16” x 20” Edition of 25 20" x 24” Edition of 25 30” x 40” Edit...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Man reading Billboard Magazine, Chicago, 1958, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Portrait of a man reading Billboard Magazine at a newstand, 1950s, Chicago, USA. Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 25 ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Carmen McRae Chicago Hotel Room, Photography 1956, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American jazz singer Carmen McRae smoking and applying make-up in her Chicago Hotel Room, 1956. Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24"...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Two Members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation 1958, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Two Members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation Chicago Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Two young members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation photographed on the streets of C...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Charles Mingus Rhode Island, Photography 1959, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Charles Mingus On-stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1959 Available sizes: 20”x16" Edition of 25 24”x20" Edition of 25 40”x30" ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dinah Washington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, 1956, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Title: Dinah Washington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American singer and pianist, Dinah Washington on stage at Civic Opera House, Chicago, I...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Eleanora Fagan aka Billie Holiday, 1958, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American jazz musician and singer-songwriter Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, performing on stage. Available sizes: 16”...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene Grace Kelly 1955 (printed later) All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jack Fontan in Doorway
Located in New York, NY
Jack Fontan in Doorway c. 1954 George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso Gelatin silver print 9 x 7 inches (22.9 x 17.8 cm) This work is offe...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Brigitte Bardot, Madrid, Spain, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jean Patchett, Granada, Spain, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer One of less than 20 prints made in this size and signed
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, California, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Stamped by the photographer
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe (Icon), Hollywood, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer One of less than 30 prints made in this size and signed
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lunch With Audrey Hepburn (1958) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lunch With Audrey Hepburn (1958) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by Pictorial Press/Alamy Archives) Film actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn during a visit to E...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene Grace Kelly 1955 (printed later) All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate American actress and then Princess of Monaco...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dean 14
Located in Miami, FL
Fine Art Printing Edition 5 of 15
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Chuck Howard in a Body Suit
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Howard in a Body Suit 1950 Studio stamp in black ink, verso Vintage gelatin silver print 9.5 x 7.4375 inches (24.1 x 18.9 cm) Contact gallery fo...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Audrey Hepburn Flowers - the movie star and icon dressed in pink haute couture
Located in Vienna, AT
Fine art and fashion portrait of Audrey Hepburn wearing a Givenchy dress (1955, Villa Rolli, Italy), Haute Couture Vintage. The artwork is made and signed in a strictly limited editi...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris
Located in New York, NY
Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris, 1950/June 1979 Signed, titled, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil, verso Platinum-pallad...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Platinum

'Marilyn Monroe' 1953 - Silver Gelatin Print (Signed Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
1953: A portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) surrounded by reporters and fans outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. A completely stunning photograp...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, 1962
Located in London, GB
Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 15 Also available in alternative sizes Bob Willoughby is best-loved for his photojournalistic motion pictu...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Adele Collins, Vogue 1959
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 21 Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch artist Kees van Dongen entitled The Corn Poppy. Adele Collins wearing an Otto Lucas velvet toque. Br...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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