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Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
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Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully colored image features a pinup of actress and Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit with her leg uppoolside.
Marilyn Monroe was one of the mo...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The King Of Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The King Of Jazz
1949
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971) as...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dr. Albert Einstein Lectures
Located in Austin, TX
Albert Einstein giving a lecture at a podium, 1946.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Young Velvets, Young Prices - Vogue - Oversize Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
From the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue. With a view of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, New York, American Vogue, 15 October 1949.
Limited to 21 only
...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Street Corner, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Street Corner, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives pap...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photogravure
La Pologne - Vintage Photo by Alfred Plauzeau - 1908
Located in Roma, IT
La Pologne is a vintage photograph realized by Alfred Plauzeau in 1908.
Monogrammed.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Posed for Life Magazine Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed for Life Magazine with other women, circa 1949.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm
Estate ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth this sexy image features the actress se...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marlene Dietrich Glamour Portrait in Fur Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio capture of Marlene Dietrich posed in a long fur coat.
In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Jo...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Still life with Watermelon, NY
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin
Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints
Signed Irving Penn Verso
Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Ann Miller as a Witch
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Ann Miller posed in a witch costume, circa 1946.
Ann Miller was an American actress and dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the classi...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943 Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
The work is elegantly framed in a high-end modern frame with archival matting.
1 of no more than 12, each print differs somewhat from the others
Negative and print made 1949-1950
I....
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The River Seine and the Eiffel Towel, Paris, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph. Paris, the River Seine, and the Eiffel Tower, circa 1940.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography unframed.
Press p...
Category
1940s Art Deco Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Velvets Limited Edition Estate Print Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets 1949
(Photo Norman Parkinson)
Fashion models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Conde Nast Building against a view of the New York skyline for Vogue, 1949, Manh...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph
Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card:
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Orpheus #8 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #8 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs by Platt Lynes of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus. 8 different photographs are remaining and are available on request. Original gelatin silver prints that are stamped by the artist are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and the art archives of many prominent universities.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Billie Holiday at the Downbeat
Located in Austin, TX
This capture features Billie Holiday at Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa June 1946
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire Dancing in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Humphrey Bogart: Film Noir Superstar
Located in Austin, TX
Humphrey Bogart is remembered as a beloved American film star. He starred in 75 movies over his 30 year career. Although Bogart is known for his film acting, he began his career on B...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Black Sequin Gown Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white pinup portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe in a black sequin gown.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities.
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"The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #9 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #9 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is #9 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category
1940s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cafe De Flore (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cafe De Flore (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper S...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Paul Newman on the Set
By Larry Barbier
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture by celebrity photographer Larry Barbier Jr. of Paul Newman on a film set, posed in an action shot with a funny expression.
Paul Newman was an American actor,...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
CARL VAN VECHTEN PHOTOGRAPH OF BALLERINA ALICIA MARKOVA AUTOGRAPHED 1941
Located in Glenford, NY
Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by CARL VAN VECHEN of ballerina ALICIA MARKOVA autographed and inscribed to fellow Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo star dancer GEORGE (YURI) Z...
Category
1940s Aesthetic Movement Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Black and White Portrait Photography, Two Women on the Subway
By Walker Evans
Located in New york, NY
A classic black and white photograph from the late 1930s to early 1940s, Two Women on The Subway in New York City is by a master of ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Citizen Kane - One of a Kind Prints and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
From Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece, this vintage large format 10” by 8” negative is over 80 years old and still in perfect condition, having only just been found in an old filing ca...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carriers on the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rita Hayworth in Swimming Suit
Located in Austin, TX
Rita Hayworth in bathing suit, posed pin-up style on boat wheel.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top sta...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples - plea...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jazz Dancers (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Jazz Dancers (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A series of images showing Britis...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Sundial Hat" by Gerry Cranham
Located in London, GB
"Sundial Hat" by Gerry Cranham
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40"x 30'' (in...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Marlene Wears Christian Dior' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marlene Wears Christain Dior'
Marlene Dietrich wearing a Christian Dior design, in Stage Fright, 1949.
A stunning image of the film actress looking glamorous and decadent.
(phot...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Standing Proud" by Herbert Mason
Located in London, GB
"Standing Proud" by Herbert Mason
St Paul's cathedral standing above the surrounding burning buildings during the London blitz.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30"...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Taylor In London" by Keystone Features
Located in London, GB
"Taylor In London" by Keystone Features
November 1948: The actress Elizabeth Taylor on Westminster Bridge in London.
Unframed
Paper Size: 16"x 12'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Ge...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gloria DeHaven Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Gloria Dehaven posed in a captivating glamour portrait. Gloria DaHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract st...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #12 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #12 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver portrait photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is #12 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category
1940s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #10 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #10 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is #10 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category
1940s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Model In Montego Bay 1946 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Model In Montego Bay
1946
Fashion model bein rowed across Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1946
by Toni Frissell
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Orpheus #4 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #4 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs by Platt Lynes of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus. 8 different photographs are remaining and are available on request. Original gelatin silver prints that are stamped by the artist are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and the art archives of many prominent universities.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Postcard - Offset and lithograph by Filiberto di Savoia - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Postcard by Filiberto di Savoia is a vintage and historical postcard realized in 1904, with hand-written on the rear.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Photography
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Girl On The Beach 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples - plea...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rita Hayworth Smiling in Silk
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Rita Hayworth smiling in Lingerie her head tilted back and eyes closed. Rita Hayworth was an Ameri...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan Crawford in Above Suspicion
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film and television actress Joan Crawford. Known best for her roles in films such as Possessed, Sudden Fear, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
Printed 2020
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Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white relaxing luxury glamour 1940s 40s fashion...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
DON WHITMAN Vintage 1948 SERIES #6 Complete 12 Photos WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD
Located in Glenford, NY
COLD WINTER SPECIAL...Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild original vintage 1948 set of 12 photographs - the complete Series #6, stamped and numbered on verso. There are 12 different photographs of 12 spectacular models in studio and iconic outdoor natural settings. The original Western Photography Guild order sheet is included - see accompanying images. The order sheet lists the names of the models, their age, height and weight, occupation, ex-military service, and sports.
The Guild address appears as Denver 1, Colorado which places the order before postal zip codes were introduced in 1963. However, in researching the models and their ages, Pat Burnham...
Category
1940s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fishermen 1940s Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Fishermen at work on a beach in Montego Bay Jamaica circa 1940.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elder woman walking down the street with her handcart, 1940s till 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Elder woman walking down the street with her handcart, 1940s till 1950s.
Keywords: street; cobblestone; postwar period; woman; hardship; plight; city; poverty; late 1940s; early 195...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #7 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is #7 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
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1940s Post-War Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sun In Rock
By Minor White
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
The print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount; titled, dated, stamped and labelled on the back of the mount.
This rare vintage enlargement comes from the Museum...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Feather Headdress
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Girls make the finishing touches to one another’s costumes before the night’s performance with one of France’s most famous revue dance-teams, the Ballet Avila, in a show at Alexandra...
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1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Man, Mid-Century Black & White Photograph by Edward Weston
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare black and white photograph, a portrait of a handsome man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lo...
Category
1940s Post-Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Martha Graham & Erick Hawkins at Bennington College
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins at Bennington College, 1940. Archival print on high gloss paper. Unsigned.
Print is hinged, not glued down.
Image measures 10.5 x 11.5 inches.
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Category
1940s Realist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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