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Photography For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1920s
Basquiat 1979 by Nicholas Taylor: portfolio of 9 photographs (Basquiat Gray)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat by Nicholas Taylor 1979/2014:
The complete set of 9 works, shot in 1979 and recently exhibited at the The Philharmonie de Paris, as part of the heralded 2023 ‘B...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Sacha..-Signed limited edition fine art nude print, Black and white photo, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Sacha and Pearl ‘ who was captured on f...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
A view in Lyon, France 1927, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. The Town Hall street in Lyon, France, March 1927.
A view of the town hall street in Lyon, France, dated March 13th, 192...
Category
1920s Art Deco Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Exotic Hair Care'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Exotic Hair Care
1989
C-print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman combing her hair by a waterfall at Rose Hal...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lisa - Silver Gelatin print, Contemporary signed limited edition nude photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
‘ Lisa ' By Ian Sanderson, Silver Gelatin print, Fiber based
Photography : 1989
A beautiful silver gelatin fibre based print produced in the darkroom directly from the negative. The ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white-Raquel
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Raquel ‘.
This photograph is minimali...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Riders for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Riders for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton.
Black and white photograph
From the series "Riders" realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edition ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tony & Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, 1983. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jac...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
Warhol and Basquiat, Black and White Photographic Portrait of Famous Artists
Located in New york, NY
Warhol and Basquiat, 1982 by Christopher Makos is an 8 x 10in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper of downtown New York celebrity artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The photograph is stamped (black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
***
Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous photographer
With the certification of authenticity by th...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian filmmaker Alberto Bevilacqua - B/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jerry Lewis Clown Face Cover of “Parade Magazine”
By Eddie Adams
Located in New York, NY
This photograph of Jerry Lewis by Eddie Adams is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
My hotel room, Valencia, Spain
By Nan Goldin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is unquestionably one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. A successor to Diane Arbus and William Egglestone, her aesthetic and creative ap...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Mike Tyson Portfolio
By Lori Grinker
Located in New York, NY
Lori Grinker's Mike Tyson Portfolio (Edition 5/10)
All 10 prints were produced in 2016 and signed by Mike Tyson and Lori Grinker. The portfolio presentat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Lisa- Limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10
Morning light in Bordeaux, France.
Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate
This image was captured on film.
The ne...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Actress Gina Bellman (Limited Edition of 25) - 30x40 In - Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This iconic 1989 photograph features actress Gina Bellman posing on top of a column, accompanied by two monkeys. It was shot by celebrity and fashion phot...
Category
1980s Young British Artists (YBA) Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beaton, Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Rachael 02‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Male Nude from Numbered Nudes Series, multiple exposure signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
4625 2 10 1986 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the p...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Zarina - Limited edition fine art nude print, Oversize photo, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Zarina - Limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which is then printe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
Paper size 24x20” / 61 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alba Clemente
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Polaroid
MAN RAY (1890-1976), FLOWER AND PEACH, 1934 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: FLOWER AND PEACH
Date Of Negative: 1934
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 ...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Zarina - Free delivery- Signed limited edition nude print, Contemporary, Woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Zarina - Limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then print...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1983.
Black and white photograph.
From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sunbathing On Capri - Slim Aarons - 20th century colour photography Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons
Huge Oversize 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Figurative photo, Nude art print, Contemporary, Black white sensual - Morgane
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Morgane ‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
By John Wentworth Russell
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...
Category
1920s American Modern Photography
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Pantz Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pantz Pool
1985
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, Septem...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Signed limited edition print, Contemporary black white, Sensual Nadia
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Figurative photo, nude print, Black white, Large, Contemporary- Morning
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Morning ‘ who was captured on film in ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Subway 39 Small, Black & White, Photograph, NYC, 1970s, Subway, Nuts, Man
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
Subway 39 by John Conn was originally photographed in New York City between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed. Edition of 20. It is 13x19, unframed.
In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun...
Category
1980s American Realist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rosanna Lambertucci - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Rosanna Lambertucci is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Sea Duet' Ballet for Still Photography, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of 'Sea Duet', a ballet for still photography created by Mitchell to celebrate his love of dance, 1983. Si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rex and Gregory, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of models Rex and Gregory.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to ma...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heaven and Hell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andres Serrano
Title: Heaven and Hell
Year: 1984
Medium: Cibachrome Print Front-Mounted to Plexiglas, signed, titled, and numbered on verso
Edi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
PRINCE photograph Detroit 1980 (Prince by Leni Sinclair)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Prince Detroit 1980:
A standout, hand signed photograph of the late all-time great Prince, shot by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair,...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Grace Jones Holding Pistol
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour studio portrait of Grace Jones holding a pistol for her role in Bond film "A View to a Kill", circa 1985.
Grace Jones is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol Portrait, Black and White Photography of Celebrity Artist
Located in New york, NY
Andy Warhol Portrait, 1986 by Christopher Makos is an 10 x 8in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper.
The photograph is stamped (in black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
***
Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition fine art print, Black and white photo, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1984.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Benjamin Liu
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the filming of a video to promote their new album, "Double Fantasy", New York City, November 26, 1980, taken by Allen Tannenbaum.
Filming began in Central Park, then moved to a gallery on SoHo for scenes where they would arrive in a white bedroom, first in street clothes and later in kimonos, strip, and make love.
Allan Tannenbaum is an esteemed photojournalist and fine art photographer. His documentation of New York art, music, and nightlife has become iconic, particularly his definitive coverage of the burgeoning 1970s punk...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
MAN RAY (1890-1976), FEMALE NUDE, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: FEMALE NUDE
Date Of Negative: 1930
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st E...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Beaton, Marlene Dietrich, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998)
Vintage gelatin silver print
Lifting Hand (Scot) Chez Moi
A surrealist image of a hand with a light study
Hand signed, titled and dated 1986-1988 verso
image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches
Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation
David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow.
Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model.
Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman...
Category
1980s American Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe . New baby on the bed . The last sitting
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern (1964)
new baby on the bed
circa 2009
hand double signed and dated by Bert Stern
COA hand signed by bert stern
edition of 72
perfect condition
Category
1980s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle"
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle". Comes directly from the J...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Franci & Rachael - Signed limited edition Fine art nude print, Sexy Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
President Donald Trump, Dove of Peace
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985
Archival pigment print
48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000
36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000
24 x 24 inches, edition of 25, $5,000
14 x 14 inch...
Category
1980s American Realist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Works in The Champs Elysées Paris, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL, Paris, August 1928. Construction works in the Champs Elysées, Paris.
Features:
Original silver gelatin prin...
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: RAYOGRAPH
Date Of Negative: 1923
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Lucio Fontana - Vintage Exhibition Poster - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Lucio Fontana - Exhibition Poster is an original poster print in 1982.
The artwork was realized on the occasion of the artist's exhibition In Celle Ligure, Savona.
Good conditions ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Paper, Offset
Sierra Junipers, Upper Merced Basin, Yosemite Valley
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print on Kodak Vitava Athena paper is signed in pencil beneath the image with typeset title on the front of the sheet. This print was made in 1927 for the Parmeli...
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Figurative photo, Limited edition print, Contemporary, Portrait- Dentist chair
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dentist chair - Signed limited edition archival pigment print
Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1986.
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival P...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Original Black and White Photograph of Johnny Weissmuller
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Black and White Photograph of Johnny Weissmuller
Black and white photograph 1932, depicting Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller (Hungary, 1904-1984) by George Hurrell (Ameri...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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