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

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Archival Pigment

The American Actor Humphrey Bogart - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart is a black and white photograph realized in 1940s Vintage Photo depicting Humphrey Bogart on the set of one of his...
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1940s Contemporary 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

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Archival Pigment

Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a rare vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in 1940s. Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for
Located in Portland, ME
Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for Bryan's candidacy for President in 1900. He ran, with Adlai E. Stevenson as Vice President, against W...
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Early 1900s Photography

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Photographic Film, Lithograph

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...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bing Crosby and Friends - b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Bing Crosby and Friends is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. On the back "From left: Edward J. Crowley, Mrs. Crowl...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jane Russell and Gloria Green - Original b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard p...
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

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...
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1940s American Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - Vintage b/w Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper. Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
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1940s Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 -...
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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 featuring sunshades, 1948. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing ava...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Metaphysical Composition - Photographic Print by Erberto Carboni - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Metaphysical Composition by Erberto Carboni is a photographic print on high quality single coated paper (baryta layer). On front there are four faint pencil lines that divide the ph...
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1940s Surrealist Photography

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Black and White

Mustangs In Flight 1945 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Mustangs In Flight 1945 Four P-51 Mustangs fly in formation, Ramitelli, Italy 1945. by Toni Frissell 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Archival ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sabina Spear Fishing 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Sabina Spear Fishing 1947 by Toni Frissell 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - please enquire) Limited...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Florida Vogue 1944 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Florida Vogue 1944 February 1944 Vogue Florida Fashion shoot featuring a model in a pink bathing suit next to a parasol on a beach with the sky and ocean behind her. by Toni Friss...
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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 ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Equestrian Entrance 1957 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Equestrian Entrance 1957: Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy 60 x 60” / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Washington Monument Fashion Shoot Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Washington Monument Fashion Shoot 1949 Fashion model posing in an evening gown with Tidal Basin and Washington Monument in the background, USA by Toni Frissell 60 x 60” / 152 x 1...
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1940s Modern Photography

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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

Collection of two vintage photos by Studio Orlay de Karwa - Photo 1900 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photos. Collection of two vintage black and white photo portraits of a young beautiful and elegant woman, taken by Studio Orlay de Karwa in Rome. Years 1900/1910. Some foxin...
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Early 1900s Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frida Kahlo Portrait, Photograph by Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portrait of Frida Kahlo taken in 1945 by Leo Matiz. The photograph was printed in 1991 and hand-signed and numbered on the reverse. Unframed. Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Style 'Burlington Arcade'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Burlington Arcade 1955 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Sh...
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1940s Modern 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

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Estate Stamped Collect...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Silver Gelatin Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front Paper size 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm Printed 2020 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE : 12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm 20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm 30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. b/w black and white relaxing luxury glamour 1940s 40s fashion...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Elephant And Castle
Located in London, GB
8th January 1949: The Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, South London. (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre dark...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palm Trees
Located in London, GB
A peasant washes a cow in the pond of Mudichur, a village in south east India. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4325 – Peace Of An Indian Village: How Long Will It Last? – pub. 1...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Messenger Boy
Located in London, GB
A young boy employed to carry messages around the council house at New Delhi, seat of the Constituent Assembly, sitting in the sun. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4325 – India:...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

At The Embassy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941. (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Metal Workers
Located in New York, NY
Metal Workers c. 1940 Stamped, verso Vintage gelatin silver print 10.75 x 8.5 inches, image Contact gallery for price This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1940s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

JCC Jersey Road Race
Located in London, GB
Louis Chiron of France sits aboard the #1 Maserati 4CL during the first JCC Jersey Road Race on 8 May 1947 at the St.Helier course in Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Origina...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Handball In Central Park 1947
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Handball In Central Park A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, Ne...
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1940s Modern Photography

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C Print, Color

Laszlo Willinger, "Crochet Top", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1949. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe wearing a crochet top. Hand signed by ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Avro Lancaster HK543 original 1945 silver gelatin press photograph World War 2
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

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bombers original press photograph 1940 for 'Aeroplane' magazine
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 "See all from this Seller". Lan...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q loading bombs original press photograph 1940s
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 "See all from this Seller". Lan...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber W4131 original 1943 photograph undercarriage
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 "See all from this Seller". Lancaster Bomber...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

Racing Car
Located in London, GB
A driver in his car during a race on the Channel Island of Jersey. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947 (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Li...
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1940s Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'James Cagney Make Up' 1941
Located in London, GB
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, James Cagney, having black eye applied by makeup artist Perc Westmore, on-set, 1941/ Everett Collection. 20x16 " inches paper siz...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Norman Parkinson 'Angele Delanghe and Mattli dresses for Vogue, October 1948'
Located in New York, NY
Orange star-dotted net dress from Fortnum & Mason by Angele Delanghe and a teal blue off-the-shoulder strapless dress by Mattli. British Vogue, October 1948 Angele Delanghe and Matt...
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1940s Modern Photography

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C Print

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

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Photographic Paper, 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

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Lambda

Erich Andres, Vintage, Amrum, Germany, 1938, 17, 5 x 12, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1941. This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1938, shows a scene from a lighthouse on the island of Amrum, Germany. A man and a young boy a...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Fill Her Up
Located in London, GB
Pit staff filling up Louis Chiron’s (1899 – 1979) Maserati. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947 (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited ...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Buckingham Palace Crowds watching a military parade outside Buckingham Palace, London, circa 1949. Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inc...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Blotches of Sunlight and Spots of Ink
By George Henry Seeley
Located in Paonia, CO
George Henry Seeley ( 1880 - 1955 ) Blotches of Sunlight and Spots of Ink 1907 image size 8.25 x 6.25 loosely backed on paper 11.75 x 8.25 Vintage hand-pulled photogravure from Camer...
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Early 1900s Photography

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Photogravure

Avro Lancaster Bomber DS689 ABC-fitted original 1943 silver gelatin 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 "See all from this Seller". Lancaster Bomber DS689 with Crew Original silver gelatin photograph c. 1943 21 x 16 cm Stamped to reverse ‘This Photograph has been Passed by Censor’ and ‘Copyright Aeroplane [Magazine]’ A photograph of the ground- and air-crew of DS689. The engine fitter second from left is Samuel Greisman. That the aeroplane has five operations marked on its nose suggests a date of late August or early September for the photograph. This photograph was publisehd in ‘Jews in Uniform’ by Michael Greisman, published by Aster Publishing. DS689 OW-S (identifiable from another photograph we have listed on account of the nose art...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph I
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 "See all from this Seller". Lancaster LL678 ‘Lily Mars’ – I Original Silver Gelatin photograph, December 1943 12 x 16 cm Stamped to reverse ‘The Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not be reproduced without the written permission of Temple Press Ltd’. ‘A general view of an Avro Lancaster II with Hercules radial motors.’ 300 Lancaster II aeroplanes were made, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines, as there was a worry that there would be a shortage of Merlin engines, reserved for the Spitfire and Hurricane. Lily Mars was named after the 1943 American musical starring Judy Garland and was based at RAF Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire. A podcast gives details of the final flight on 13 June 1944 which was to be the final raid of the crew’s tour. The bombing raid was of 303 Lancasters against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkichen in the Ruhr, deep inside Germany and the aircraft took off at 23.12 hrs. On the home run LL678 was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter capitained by Oberleutnant Schmidt in a Bf 110 at 01.24 hrs at Zuidloo, a small hamlet, where five of the eight crew are buried; the other three crew members baled out and escaped. A memorial plaque...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Charles E Brown Lancaster Bomber testbed jet engined WW2 original photograph
Located in London, GB
Charles E Brown (1896-1982) Testbed Avro Lancaster Bomber LL735 Silver gelatin monochrome photographic print 19 x 25 cm Stamped to reverse "6231-3 Copyright photograph by Charles E ...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Avro Lancaster Bomber AU-Q being bombed up original press photograph 1940s
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 "See all from this Seller". Lan...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

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Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster R5845 YW-T after crash original 1943 silver gelatin 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

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Silver Gelatin

Laszlo Willinger, "Jack Buetel", original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph by Laszlo Willinger taken circa 1943. It depicts "Old Hollywood" actor, Jack Buetel. This piece is hand signed by the photographer. The...
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1940s Other Art Style Photography

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Photographic Paper

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