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Artist: Horst P. Horst
Artist: Weegee
Ballerina
By Weegee
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...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Afternoon Crowd at Coney Island
By Weegee
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Weegee is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Edition of 70.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Waterski Jumper
By Weegee
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...
Category
1950s American Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lisa With Harp, 1939 - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Horst P Horst (1906-1999) (Black and White Photography)
Lisa With Harp, 1939
Signed on reverse
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Horst was a perfectionist who raised the standards...
Category
1930s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lisa on Silk, New York, 1940 - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Horst P Horst (1906-1999) (Black and White Photography)
Lisa on Silk, New York, 1940
Signed on reverse
Silver gelatin print
14 x 11 inches
Horst was a perfectionist who raised the s...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Riding the Elephant
By Weegee
Located in New York, NY
This image features a costumed Marilyn Monroe, adorned with valuable jewelry and riding a pink-painted elephant. The occasion was opening night of the Ringling Brothers...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Easter Sunday in Harlem, 1940
By Weegee
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Weegee (Hungary, b. 1899-1968)
Easter Sunday in Harlem, 1940, printed 1940
Photographer's credit stamp on verso
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Paper 14 x 11 inches; Image 13 1/4 x 10 1...
Category
20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937, Horst P. Horst
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Horst P. Horst (1906-1999)
Title: Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937
Year: 1937
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print
Size: 14 x 11 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscripti...
Category
1930s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Zoli Models, Art Deco inspired Fashion photograph
Located in Greenwich, CT
In Zoli Models, Horst pays homage to an earlier composition, Movement Study 1924, by Rudolph Kooptiz (1884-1936) one of the leading proponents of art photography in Europe between th...
Category
1980s Art Deco Photography
Materials
Platinum
Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939 - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Horst P Horst (1906-1999)
Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939
Signed on reverse
Silver gelatin print
14 x 11 inches
Round the Clock is endowed with fastidious precision and the enigmatic ambiance of a characteristic Horst image. The chiaroscuro befalling the legs from ankle to suspender compounds a sense of drama instantly recognisable to those familiar with the artist’s fashion...
Category
Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weegee "Distortion: Stripes"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Innovative, provocative, inimitable - these are just a few of the words to describe America's boldest photographer.
Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) was a ground-breaking, successful (and notorious) photojournalist. His images shot on the streets of New York City are iconic and influential.
In the 1930s he became the first New York City press photographer to obtain permission to install a police radio in his car. This allowed him to follow the city's first responders and to document their duties; responding to fire, crime, debauchery and of course, murder.
By the early 1940s Weegee was experiencing fatigue with crime reportage. Ironically, this was also the point when he finally began experiencing professional validation and acclaim, to the point of being a minor celebrity. Notably in 1941 he was included in The MoMA's seminal "50 Photographs by 50 Photographers" (curated by Edward Steichen). The museum would also acquire five Weegee photographs...
Category
1940s American Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weegee "Sailor and Girl Kissing"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Weegee (1899-1968) was equally fascinated and inspired by cinema and all of its tangents, from Hollywood movie stars to ordinary civilians going to the movies. While Weegee is typically associated with crime/disaster images, the broad theme of "entertainment" is a major component of his oeuvre.
An interesting and provocative sub-genre of his cinema-related work are his images of couples (often heavy-petting) in movie theatres.
Recent scholarship has established that many of Weegee's supposed clandestine images were actually staged or arranged with friends or co-operative strangers.
Nevertheless, Weegee created these photographs in the dark with an array of clever techniques including infrared film, filtered flashbulb and triangular prism lens. Employed in shots such as this one, the prism lens would allow the artist to “see around corners,” useful at times when his subjects were in compromising locations.
These images of kissing couples, Weegee wrote in 1959, were “his best seller, year in and year out.”
"Sailor and GIrl at the Movies...
Category
1940s American Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weegee "A Trip to Mars"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
While many first associate Weegee (aka Arthur Fellig) with New York City crime scenes, perhaps a broader and more consistent theme is that of spectacle and/or urban entertainment.
The origins of his nick-name and reputation date back to the 1930s when he became the first New York City press photographer to obtain permission to install a police radio in his car. Following the city's first responders and documenting their duties, Weegee had unprecedented access to New York’s fires, crimes, debaucheries and of course, murders.
During the first decade of his career these unflinching urban tragedy or crime images paid Weegee's bills, but as he became more financially independent he was more inspired to pursue photographs on his own agenda. While his oeuvre is vast, Weegee was especially drawn to entertainment: nightlife, circuses, the theatre, showgirls, city thrills, the cinema etc.
Some of Weegee's most dynamic and tender (and under-appreciated!) images are related to simply having fun (in a crowd). He was not confined to one neighbourhood or demographic. He captured action, faces and events from Coney Island to the Bowery and Greenwich Village, to Times Square and Harlem.
In “A Trip To Mars,” Weegee depicts a multi-generational group crowding around a large telescope...
Category
1940s American Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Round The Clock I, New York - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Round The Clock I, New York - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Stamped on reverse
Silver gelatin print
14 x 11 inches
Round the Clock is endowed with fastidious precision and the enigmatic ambiance of a characteristic Horst image. The chiaroscuro befalling the legs from ankle to suspender compounds a sense of drama instantly recognisable to those familiar with the artist’s fashion...
Category
1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
N.Y. Still Life I
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst began his photography career in 1931 working for Paris Vogue. Shortly after he succeeded his friend and mentor, George Hoyningen-Huene, as head photographer of Vogue's photo studios. It was during the 1930's that Horst established his trademark style, which incorporated dramatic lighting and an unparalleled eye for grace that enabled Horst to create images that portray his subjects as emblems of elegance. In his portrait of Coco Chanel, one of his most famous images, he captures a woman who was rarely photographed, and creates a striking composition with her regal profile and the exquisite chair.
For sixty years, Horst photographed...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Checkered Coat, Jean Patchett, 1949
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the recto and verso
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Suzy Parker modeling a Balenciaga dress at the Paris Collections, VOGUE, 1952
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the recto and verso
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Body Sweater by Tina Leser, 1950
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst P. Horst
1906-1999
Body Sweater by Tina Leser, 1950
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
Platinum/Palladium Print
Image: 9-1/2" x 7-1/2", Paper: 14" x 11", Mat: 20" x 16"
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Helen Bennett, Hair/Lace, 1935
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst P. Horst
1906-1999
Helen Bennett, Hair/Lace, 1935
Signed in pencil on recto; Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
Platinum/Palladium Print
Image: 9" x 7-1/2", Paper: 14"...
Category
1930s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Balenciaga Checkered Suit, Jean Patchett, 1949
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst P. Horst
1906-1999
Balenciaga Checkered Suit, Jean Patchett, 1949
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
Platinum/Palladium Print
Image: 9-1/2" x 7-1/2", Paper: 14" x 11",...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Park Ave Fashion, 1962
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst P. Horst
1906-1999
Park Ave Fashion, 1962
Signed, titled, dated, stamped and numbered in pencil on verso; Blind stamp on recto
Platinum/Palladium Print
Image: 9-1/2" x 7" , Pap...
Category
1960s Photography
Materials
Platinum
CoCo Chanel, Paris, 1937
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Horst P. Horst
1906-1999
CoCo Chanel, Paris, 1937
Signed, titled, dated in pencil and stamped on verso; Blind Stamp on recto
Gelatin Silver Print
Image: 9-1/2" x 9", Paper: 14" x 11"...
Category
1930s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Park Avenue Fashion, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1960s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Gertrude Stein with Basket, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1930s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Classical Bust with Orchids, New York, 1988
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Edition 9/10
Category
1980s Photography
Materials
Platinum
Goya Fashion: Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, Jr. and Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald, Balenciaga
Located in New York, NY
Although credited by their married names at the time of publication, both subjects would re-marry and became better known as Babe Paley, the stylish socialite and “swan” of Truman Ca...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Art in Fashion: Model in Balenciaga in front of painting by Miro
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
From the collection of and signed by Horst
Category
1930s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alicia in swimwear by Patou
Located in New York, NY
From the collection of and signed by Horst
Category
1920s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
End of the Party, Rome
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Classical Music Still Life, Oyster Bay, New York
Located in New York, NY
Platinum Palladium Print
Category
1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Classical Bust with Orchids
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Still Life, Houden, Hoop
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Surreal Beauty Cream, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Papaver Orientale (Oriental Poppy)
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Pollard Willow, Teheran, Persia, Iran
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Abode of Joy, The Ruins of Farahabad, Iran
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
House and Garden Cover, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Electric Beauty, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Birthday Gloves, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Muriel Maxwell, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1940s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Lud in Chanel Dress, Paris, VOGUE
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Print
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1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Irving Penn, New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Luchino Visconti, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Noel Coward, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Male Nude (Hand Behind Back)
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Male Nude (Frontal)
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Male Nude (Hands Behind Back)
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1950s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Roses with Antique Head
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Spider Dress: Helen Bennett, Advertising for Bergdorf Goodman, VOGUE Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1930s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Lotus
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Agapanthus, Anemonoe Japonica, Zinnia
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Hybiscus Platycum, c. 1985
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marigolds, Impatiens, and Violets, c. 1985
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Dahlias
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sunflower, Roses, and Poppies, c. 1985
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Three Roses, c. 1985
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
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1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
Dahlia, Zinnia & Fall Krokus
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso
Category
1980s Photography
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Photographic Paper
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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
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