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Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
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Diptych Arena de la Playa and Techos, Mexico, Vintage Photography. Framed
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black and white photographs that reveal the various facets and aesthetic searches of the legendary Colombian photographer, recognized as the creator of memorable realistic, abstract ...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Other Medium, Black and White
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn
Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper
Date: New York, circa 1949
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Stamped ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Young Velvets Vogue 1949 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets, Young Prices photoshoot, 1949
Limited Edition Print
by Norman Parkinson
Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Erich Andres, Vintage, Amrum, Germany, 1938, 17, 5 x 12, 4 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1941.
This photograph, taken in 1938 on Amrum, shows a lighthouse keeper standing on the observation deck of the lighthouse. He is wearing a u...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
By Bill Brandt
Located in London, GB
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
5th November 1949: Paris's latest fashion items place the accent on necklines, using roses, frills, and feathers to emphasize necks and bosoms. Thi...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 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
Ramsay Ames Pinup in Metallic
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features the glamorous Ramsay Ames in a gorgeous pinup studio portrait, posed in a metallic top and skirt. Ramsay Ames was a leading 1940s Amer...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chicago 9
Located in New York, NY
Silver print. Overall sheet dimension is 16" x20". Signed by Siskind in pencil, and with the title and negative date in pencil on back of print. 1949 (Printed in 1980s).
Category
1940s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Marion Post (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990), later Marion Post Wolcott, was a noted American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty and deprivation.
Marion Post was born in New Jersey on June 7, 1910. Her parents split up and she was sent to boarding school, spending time at home with her mother in Greenwich Village when not at school. Here she met many artists and musicians and became interested in dance. She studied at The New School.
Post trained as a teacher, and went to work in a small town in Massachusetts. Here she saw the reality of the Depression and the problems of the poor. When the school closed she went to Europe to study with her sister Helen. Helen was studying with Trude Fleischmann, a Viennese photographer. Marion Post showed Fleischmann some of her photographs and was told to stick to photography.
Marion Post Wolcott with Rolleiflex and Speed Graphic in hand in Montgomery County, Maryland. While in Vienna she saw some of the Nazi attacks on the Jewish population and was horrified. Soon she and her sister had to return to America for safety. She went back to teaching but also continued her photography and became involved in the anti-fascist movement. At the New York Photo League she met Ralph Steiner and Paul Strand who encouraged her. When she found that the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin kept sending her to do "ladies' stories," Ralph Steiner took her portfolio to show Roy Stryker, head of the Farm Security Administration, and Paul Strand wrote a letter of recommendation. Stryker was impressed by her work and hired her immediately.
Post's photographs for the FSA often explore the political aspects of poverty and deprivation. They also often find humour in the situations she encountered.
In 1941 she met Leon Oliver Wolcott, deputy director of war relations for the U. S. Department of Agriculture under Franklin Roosevelt. They married, and she continued her assignments for the FSA, but resigned shortly thereafter in February 1942. She found it difficult to fit in her photography around raising a family and a great deal of traveling and living overseas.
In the 1970s, a renewed interest in Wolcott's images among scholars rekindled her own interest in photography. In 1978, Wolcott mounted her first solo exhibition in California, and by the 1980s the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art began to collect her photographs. The first monograph on her work was published in 1983. She was an advocate for women's rights; in 1986, Wolcott said: "Women have come a long way, but not far enough. . . . Speak with your images from your heart and soul" (Women in Photography Conference, Syracuse, N.Y.)
She and other FSA WPA photographers, including Esther Bubley...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Diptych Color portraits
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
Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19th 1942, 29, 8 x 20 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanage. She got married with only 16 years old and while working for a factory during WW II, she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and started a succesful modeling career. The rest of her life is history: In the 50s she was one of the most marketable actresses, had held leading roles in various movies and was known for her immense sex appeal. As a highly intelligent woman, she knew how to build a career, while, in her private life she struggled with addiction and mood disorder. At the age of 36 she died from an overdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home.
With her breathy voice and hourglass figure, she is until today one of Hollywood's most famous actresses.
Description: Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Greeting Card - Postcard - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Greeting Card is a postcard realized in 1940s., the birthday wishes to Mr. Carlo Ferrari.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famili...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Paper, Postcard
Vintage Postcard - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Postcard is a postcard realized in 1940s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, families, artworks,...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Paper, Postcard
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Premium Rates Apply. 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Arm...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Pride and Prejudice", Lobby Card, USA 1940
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Pride and Prejudice" (1940) featuring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures an elegant a...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Chicago 48
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Aaron Siskind (1903-1992) started his career as a documentary photographer and a member of the Photo League.
He and his colleagues were interested in photography as a tool to record and address social inequalities of the day.
Many of his images from the 1930's for example explored life in Harlem.
In the early 1940's Siskind drifted away from social depictions preferring to capture images that focused on textures and shapes. Images of advertising fragments, graffiti and sidewalks become engaging and hypnotic because of their abstract qualities rather than the subject matter.
As a result he became one of the first "abstract" photographers. Siskind's aesthetic and sensibility evolved parallel to the Abstract Expressionist movement.
As a result he was the only photographer to be included in the groundbreaking 9th Street Art...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dinner Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
1949
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Civilised Snooze Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Civilised Snooze
1949
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Photographer Slim Aarons slouches in a chair with the Acropolis and its surroundings as a backdrop.
unfram...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo in Xochimilco, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
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
Black and White, Digital Pigment
Young Marilyn Monroe with Telescope Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white vintage image of a young Marilyn Monroe, before the blonde, smiling with a telescope.
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Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rust & Dust - Ford F3 Truck, 1948 (~30% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown Artist
Rust & Dust - Ford F3 Truck, 1948
Photographic Print (already matted)
Year: Unknown
9.44 x 14.96 on 17.71 x 22.83 inches (24 x 38 cm on 45 x 58 cm)
Unsigned as issued
...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a poignant moment betwe...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
1946: Three pairs of stockinged legs. Original Publication: Picture Post.
Additional...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring John Garfield and Oscar Levant. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a somber moment between ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Cecil Beaton - Ruth Ford
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is considered one of the most important society photographers of the 20th century. His brilliant portraits of world-famous personalities from the worlds ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures an intense and dramatic...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Calvary - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, Hand Signed - c. 1940
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek
Calvary
Original gelatin silver photography
Hand signed in pencil on the back (see picture)
Printed in the 1940s
28.5 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 8.6 in)
PROVENANCE : The Jan St...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Portrait Photograph - Depth
Located in Houston, TX
Silver gelatin photograph of a close up superimposed portraits by photographer Layet, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Ferry Passengers
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
French film actress Mila Parely amuses passengers onboard the ferry from Tower Bridge, London, to Southend, Essex. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4412 – Mila Goes To Southend –...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Race Order
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racin...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Fill Her Up" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Fill Her Up" by Bert Hardy
24th May 1947: Pit staff filling up Louis Chiron's (1899 - 1979) Maserati. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4364 - Road Racing In Jersey - pub. 1947
...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Martin And Sinatra" by J Wilds
Located in London, GB
"Martin And Sinatra" by J Wilds
American singers and actors Dean Martin (1917 - 1995) (centre) and Frank Sinatra (right) arriving at London airport, their friend and famed Beverly H...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Lucille Ball: A Portrait of Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant black-and-white image features actress Lucille Ball in a full-length gown, looking upward and leaning on a side table.
Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedienn...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Two Faced Woman"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white silhouette features Greta Grabo in a publicity still for her role in "Two-Faced Woman".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Two-Faced Woman is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, and Roland Young...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Montego Bay Fisherman 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
30 x 30" inches / 76 x...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra "The House I Live In"
By Gaston Longet
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning portrait of a 30-year-old Frank Sinatra on the set of the 1945 film Step Lively.
Step Lively is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sina...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
"Dangerous Perch" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Dangerous Perch" by Fox Photos
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine washed up on the beach at Deal in Kent, 7th February 1940.
U...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by George Enell/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
circa 1945:
The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Rockefeller Center" by George Enell
Located in London, GB
"Rockefeller Center" by George Enell
circa 1945: The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Raymond Hood, it was completed in May 1933.
Unframed
Paper ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Jeannette Altwegg" by Chris Ware
By Chris Ware
Located in London, GB
"Jeannette Altwegg" by Chris Ware
February 1948: British figure skater Jeannette Altwegg at the Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland, the winner of the bronze medal that year, ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elizabeth Taylor Washing Face
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
A great candid capture of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor at home washing her face in the bathroom.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanita...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"..Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera.
Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-picture actress and l...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Second World War photograph, Lancaster bomber - G for George
Located in London, GB
Charles E. Brown
Lancaster bomber, G for George
Silver gelatine photograph
21 x 14 cm
This striking black and white photograph by Charles E. Brown showcases the magnificent Lancast...
Category
1940s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marlene Dietrich: Stunning Glamour
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the impeccable Marlene Dietrich in an elegant sequined dress.
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer, who remained popular throughout ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Moon and Mars
Located in Austin, TX
Carly Anne Amos, in collaboration with Globe Photos, brings you a new collection of gorgeous twists to classic icons from our archives.
Carly Anne is a streetwear designer (The Colo...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane".
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Orson Welles Filming Citizen Kane
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
This rare image was taken behind the scenes of the cast working on a scene in the 1941 film "Citizen Kane".
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Veronica Lake: Glamour in Mirror
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely capture of elegant actress Veronica Lake posed with her reflection in the mirror.
Veronica Lake was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake won both popular and...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marlene Dietrich in Feathers
By A.L. Whitey Schafer
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant portrait features the elegant Hollywood legend, Marlene Dietrich, posed in a tall feathered hat.
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and s...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor Classical Elegance
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning elegant studio portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, 1957.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actre...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels.
Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular sex symbols in the early 1950s and ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
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