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Period: 1950s
Soho Waiters’ Race Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters’ Race 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters’ race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955. unframed Silver gelatin print pr...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955. unframed Silver gelatin print printed 2...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

French Polo Crowd Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd 1950 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. unframed Silver gelatin print printed 2023 16 ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Las Vegas Luxury Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. unframe...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Modelling For Saks Fifth Avenue Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Modelling For Saks Fifth Avenue 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. unframed Silver ...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. unframed Silver gelatin print printed 2023 20×20″ - p...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New Year At Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New Year At Romanoff’s 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Luxury Dining Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Ser...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bad Luck Gloria Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bad Luck Gloria 1951 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 – 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955. unframed Si...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Director And Star Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Director And Star 1952 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1952: Orson Welles (1915 – 1985) in Venice during a break from filming ‘Othello’ which he directed and sta...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell 1960 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Model Gr...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (artichokes) by Ida Lansky, ca. 1950, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky features a detail shot of whole and cut up artichokes. The produce is lit dramatically from the side, emphasizing it's intricate details. Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky is an 8 x 10 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph includes the artist's stamp in black ink on print verso. Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing. Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele. From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (artichokes) by Ida Lansky, ca. 1950, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky features a detail shot of whole and cut up artichokes. The tones of this photograph are reversed, creating an abstract image from a common object. The produce is lit dramatically from the side, emphasizing it's intricate details. Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky is an 8 x 10 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph includes the artist's stamp in black ink on print verso. Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing. Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele. From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...
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American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ballerina
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Arthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) is America's premiere photojournalist and one of the last century's most influential photographers. He would become famous, beyond...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
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...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tom Kelley 'Dorothy Dandridge'
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 28 x 22 inches Edition of 50 Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster) estate signed and number...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

JFK with Jackie and Caroline in the Doorway of his Georgetown Home
Located in New York, NY
This photograph of JFK, Jackie O, and Caroline Kennedy taken by Jacques Lowe is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hats on the Beach, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
"Hats on the Beach." This fashion photograph features two models playing checkers on the beach in coordinating swimsuits and monochrome hats. Robinson was a fr...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

View of Prague - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph
Located in Paris, FR
Josef Sudek View of Prague Original gelatin silver print 14 x 9 cm (c. 5.5 x 3.5 in) Authenticated on the back by the workshop stamp (see picture) Excellent condition
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Audubon Park Swimming Pool, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Originally a graphic artist, he picked up the camera in New Orleans, honed his craft there photographing his life, friends, and street scenes, and eventually decided to pursue a care...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Herb Scharfman 1952 Marciano Walcott Silver Gelatin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Herb Scharfman: 1912-1998. Famous sports illustrated photographer who took some of the most famous Photographs of rocky Marciano fights. This. Silver gelatin print measures 14 inches...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Windsors (Slim Aarons)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons The Windsors, 1953 Fiber print The Duke (1894 - 1972) and Duchess of Windsor (1896 - 1986) dancing at the Waldorf Astoria, Park Avenue, New York. Slim Aarons (1916-200...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nature Photography Achromatic Black and White Landscape Water Rapids Cali Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rapids (Yosemite National Park, CA" is an original black and white photograph created by Thomas Ferderbar. This piece is printed using archival inkjet printing. It is signed by the ...
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Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Head Tilted Smiling, 1954
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...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Giclée

Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...
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American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Neck Study, Nude Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin silver print, printed later signed in pencil, stamped photographer's copyright credit, stamped title and date, and stamped 'Printed for the/Center for Photographer Art/Collec...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Palm Beach Fashion (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Fashion 1955 (printed later) Fiber print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Mrs. Guilford Dudley, JR. wears a De De Johnson lace dress as she walks her Dandie Dinmont...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Waterski Jumper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Arthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) is America's premiere photojournalist and one of the last century's most influential photographers. He would become famous, beyond...
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American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell 1960 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Model Gr...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

BREAKING WAVES AND GOLDEN GATE San Francisco
By Pirkle Jones
Located in Carmel, CA
BREAKING WAVE AND GOLDEN GATE (1952) is a vintage silver gelatin photograph by Pirkle Jones. The photograph depicts the spray of a wave breaking on the rocks in the San Francisco Bay...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Director And Star, Orson Welles on set of Othello'
Located in New York, NY
Director And Star, Orson Welles on set of Othello 1952 Fiber print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1952: Orson Welles (191...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Long Bay Beach (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Long Bay Beach 1958 (printed later) Fiber print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Anne Bindon of Paget East paddli...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cool Capucine (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Cool Capucine 1955 (printed later) Fiber print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. circa 1955: French actress Capuci...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell 1960 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Model Gr...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Royal Waltz (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Royal Waltz 1955 (printed later) Fiber print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. circa 19...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
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...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Patsy Pulitzer Private Transport (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
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...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Director And Star, Orson Welles on set of Othello
Located in New York, NY
1952: Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) in Venice during a break from filming 'Othello' which he directed and starred in. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications ph...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
Located in New York, NY
Capucine 1957 Fiber print 30 x 20 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly f...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Stanley Twardowicz Venice Italy Gondola Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Black & white vintage photo of Venice Italy in 1952 by American Abstract Expressionism artist Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008). It depicts a reflection...
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American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Watching the horse races with binoculars, Deauville, France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian–American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest com...
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Post-War 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Kowloon by Gleb Derujinsky, Vintage Fashion Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Selected from Derujinsky: The Around The World Portfolio, shot in Kowloon, Hong Kong for Harper's Bazaar Artist: Gleb Derujinsky Title: Kowloon Year: 1957 Estate Edition: signed, stamped and numbered on verso. Signed by Andrea Derujinsky. Archival pigment print on 100% cotton paper, baryta finish. Worldwide authorized edition: 24X24 from a portfolio edition of 20 36X36 from an edition of 5 Gleb was raised in a home dedicated to the arts. His father Gleb Derujinsky Sr. was a renowned sculptor, and his mother, Alexandra Micholoff Derujinsky, a classic pianist. By the age of 6 Gleb’s life long passion for photograph blossomed as he began to shoot, develop and print his own photographs. At 15 he became the youngest member of the famed New York Camera Club where he met and was influenced by the legendary photographers in the club including Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz. Gleb’s fashion photography...
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Naturalistic 1950s Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams Bl...
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American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
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...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Unmade Bed
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Unmade Bed" is a photograph by Imogen Cunningham. The photograph is signed in pencil, lower right, "Imogen Cunningham, 1957". The framed piece measure...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Windsors (Slim Aarons)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons The Windsors, 1953 Fiber print The Duke (1894 - 1972) and Duchess of Windsor (1896 - 1986) dancing at the Waldorf Astoria, Park Avenue, New York. Slim Aarons (1916-200...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Royal Waltz'
Located in New York, NY
Royal Waltz 1955 silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity circa 1955: In the forefront the Duke and D...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

View from Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A view of Paris and the River Seine from the Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1950. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Ph...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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...
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1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Saks Fifth Avenue
Located in London, GB
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. photo by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952 Silver gelatin print Estate edition of 150 Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity 1952: Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othell...
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Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Montmartre District in Paris, Black and White Original Photograph Postcard
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photography postcard by Albert Monier. Artistic view of Montmartre district in Paris, 1955. In the background is the dome of the Sacré-Coeu...
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Art Deco 1950s Black and White Photography

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Postcard, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
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

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