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Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
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Albert Einstein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

London Dancing
Located in London, GB
Soldiers and civilians having dinner and dancing in a night club in London during World War II, 1st November 1941. Original Publication: Picture Post – PP 917 – The Night Life of London – pub...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Young Miner
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches, sheet 9.25 x 6 inches, image This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marlene Dietrich in Fur
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio capture of Marlene Dietrich posed in a fur coat. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef v...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

End of 42nd Street, New York
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unmounted, unsigned. Authenticated and stamped by the Brett Weston Archive. Printed later.
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nude in Tub - Body, Water, Woman
By Ferenc Berko
Located in Denton, TX
Ferenc Berko Nude in Tub, ca. 1940-1949 Gelatin silver print, 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and misc. notations in black ink on print verso by Ferenc Berko
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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 -...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beuys' Exhibition - Original Vintage Photo by Ruby Durini - 1084 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Beuys' Exhibition is an original b/w photograph representing the indoor of the Marino Gallery (in Mignanelli Square, Rome) where Joseph Beuys' exhibition was held in the Eighty's. Th...
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1940s Conceptual Photography

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Photographic Paper

Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Swimwear 1946 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Swimwear 1946 Fashion shoot featuring a model in swimwear, 1946. by Toni Frissell 48 x 72" inches / 121 x 182 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available ...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dead Tree, Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "11" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #11 and set #A in red...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Jared French
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Jared French Embossed “Carl Van Vechten,” l.r.; Also stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson,” verso; Also stamped “Photograph by Carl Van Vechten,” verso Pair of gelatin si...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz' 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Black and White Photography
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959. (Photo by Slim Aarons) silver gelatin print paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm unframed printed later edition size 150 only certificate of authenticity supplied numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front 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 music musician dining restaurant 1940 40s...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Sycamore Trees
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original, vintage silver gelatin print by Imogen Cunningham. Printed by the artist circa 1949 with Certificate of Authenticity from the trust on the back of the mount. Artist Biograp...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons King of Jazz 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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1940s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

Avro Lancaster Bombers in Factory original 1942 silver gelatin press photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "...
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1940s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wall Scrawls, Hornitos California initialed EW
Located in Carmel, CA
Original Edward Weston! Framed in black. Initialed in pencil on lower right of dry mounted photograph. Dated 1940 in pencil. Excellent Condition.
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palm Hats (Colombia circa 1945), Silver Gelatin Photograph by Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 - 1998) Title: Palm Hats Year: circa 1945 (printed 1991) Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Signed in Pencil, verso Paper Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 c...
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1940s Folk Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The King of Jazz: Louis Armstrong in Rome (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons The Ki...
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1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

"Picasso with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 50 Size: 20 in. x...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Picasso Sitting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Sitting Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Billie Holiday Singing
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 "L...
Category

1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Laszlo Willinger, "Katharine Hepburn", signed photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1940. It depicts American actress, Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn, a leadin...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "6" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #6 and set #A in red c...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chez Maxe, French Black and White Photograph of Cafe Life Post WWII
Located in New york, NY
Interested in “ordinary people" French photographer Willy Ronis was a postwar (WWII) photographer who roamed the streets, photographing people in love, at work, and at play. Chez M...
Category

1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Carmen, NY 1946, Silver Gelatin print. Printed later.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This striking black-and-white photograph captures Carmen in NY enveloped in a flowing, white gown, creating a graceful, sculptural form. Her head is elegantly tilted to the side, fra...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Rapids Below Vernal Fall, Yosemite, CA
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin contact print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with Portfolio One stamp and numbering in red crayon on the back of the mount. This print com...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sutton Place, New York
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Printed later in the artist's career.
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1940s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing avai...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot, 1948 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

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

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

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

Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing avail...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 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...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Boxing Great, Rocky Graciano in Locker Room After Fight, 1948
Located in Chicago, IL
Rocky Graziano was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displayi...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) - Vintage Print, New York
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) by John Albok is a black and white photograph of children playing in a snowy Central Park, with a large barren tree in the foregr...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing avail...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

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

Weegee "A Trip to Mars"
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...
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1940s American Modern Photography

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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...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rockefeller Center (skate) - Vintage Print, New York City, Ice Skaters, Winter
Located in Denton, TX
Rockefeller Center (skate) by John Albok is a vintage print of an ice skating rink in the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Many people are skating in the background, while a figu...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rain, Beartrack Cove, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the mount beneath the image. Printed in 1950 in an edition of 100 numbered copies and 5 presentation copies; this print is fr...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Young Velvets, Young Prices, Hat Fashions III
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, unframed print. Estate-stamped. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913, Parki...
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1940s Photography

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C Print

China Cove, Point Lobos Carmel California
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin silver print on paper, a later printing by Cole Weston With the Edward Weston stamp verso, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil by Cole Weston verso: PL40-K-4 Comes ...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous for playing c...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Italian Party (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images) September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 1...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...
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1940s American Realist Photography

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

Historical Photo - Royal Family of England - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A rare photo of the Royal Family of England in 1940s, with George VI, Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Early George Bowes-Lyon, a young Queen Elizab...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
Located in New York, NY
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Architect: Richard Neutra Kodak digital color print Print size: 20" x 24" (50.80 x 60.96) Image size: 15" x 20" (39.10 x ...
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1940s American Modern Photography

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C Print

Orpheus #7 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #7 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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estat...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
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1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

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