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Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
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

"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...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Color

"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...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Color

Playful Elizabeth Taylor
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor spinning on a grass lawn smiling as her skirt lifts in the air. Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American ac...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Dinner Jazz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
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. ...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa Sept. 1947. Ella Fit...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Civilised Snooze Aarons Estate Stamped Print
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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

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...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Black and White

Luchino Visconti on the Set of the Film Ossessione - Vintage Photo - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Lucchino Visconti on the Set of the Film Ossessione is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1943. Good conditions.
Category

1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Walt Disney's Pinocchio" Lobby Card, USA 1940
Located in Cologne, DE
Walt Disney's Pinocchio, USA 1940, Animation, Lobby Card, The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release. Pinocchio is a 1940 Americ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Color

Frida Kahlo in Xochimilco, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
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

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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Lord Beaverbrook - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Beaverbrook is a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of William Max Aitken, Baron of Beaverbrook, Minister of State. Good...
Category

1940s Modern 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 John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a scene with John Garfield performing as ...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Color

"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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Color

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...
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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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Lord Keynes - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Keynes is  a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s., by Walter Stoneman. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the British Economist, Lord John Maynard Keynes. ...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

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...
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1940s Photography

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

Ramsay Ames: Stunning Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features the glamorous Ramsay Ames up close lying in a stunning glamour portrait. Ramsay Ames was a leading 1940s American B movie actress, mod...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

"Walt Disney's Pinocchio" Lobby Card, USA 1940
Located in Cologne, DE
Walt Disney's Pinocchio, USA 1940, Animation, Lobby Card, The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release. Pinocchio is a 1940 Americ...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Color

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...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera. Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-pictur...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Katharine Hepburn: Sexy Glamour Looking Up
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely glamour portrait of the great Katherine Hepburn looking upward. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Katharine Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood ...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, 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

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

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

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

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

Sweet Peas, 1907
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy. Lora Webb Nichols Sweet Peas, 1907 15 x 12 inch gelatin silver print Image Size: 14 x 8.5 inches Frame size: 22.5 x 17.5 x 2 Edition of 15 Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us. At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
Category

Early 1900s Other Art Style Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sundial Hat (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sundial Hat (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images Archive London) British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a s...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

"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
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, ...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Race Order" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Pict...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...
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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

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 one of the most popular sex symbols in the early 1950s and ...
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

Ingrid Bergman in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely studio capture of Ingrid Bergman posed in the studio. Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films and won three Academy Awar...
Category

1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe and Mickey Rooney
Located in Austin, TX
Marilyn Monroe & Mickey Rooney This listing is for a limited edition archival print. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - Numbered Certificate of Authenticity Size...
Category

1940s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1940s American Realist Photography

Materials

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

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