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Photography For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
Laszlo Willinger, "Hedy Lamarr", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original vintage photograph, shot by Laszlo Willinger in the 1940's. It depicts Austrian-born American film actress, Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr was known for...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fashion Show'
By Slim Aarons
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
Shops in Burlington Arcade, which r...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Laszlo Willinger, "Katharine Hepburn, " orig. photograph from orig.negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative taken by Laszlo Willinger circa 1940 and printed in 1989. It depicts the iconic actress Katharine Hepburn during the p...
Category
1940s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Historical Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bill Carroll , Norma Jeane #15 (Marilyn Monroe), hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
William Carroll, "Norma Jeane #26, " original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945 and printed at a later date. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe (then known as Norma Jea...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norma Jeane #13
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Montgomery
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's and printed in the 1980's. It depicts the late American actor, producer, and director Robert...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laszlo Willinger, "Mary Martin", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's. It depicts the late movie and Broadway star, Mary Martin...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
William Carroll, "Norma Jeane #17", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the beginning of her ca...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph Realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
THE MOTHER OF US ALL
Located in Portland, ME
Thomson, Virgil (American, 1896-1989. THE MOTHER OF US ALL. Music Press, NY, 1947. Quarto, cloth, 157pp. The limited edition of 55 copies on special paper, signed on the colophon pag...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elisabeth and Princess Margaret - Royal family - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elisabeth and Princess Margaret Rose - Royal family is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1940s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of hist...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Thanksgiving Day, Ledyard, Connecticut - Family, Meal, Mirror, Dinner, Interior
By Jack Delano
Located in Denton, TX
Thanksgiving Day, Ledyard, Connecticut by Jack Delano is a black and white photograph of a family eating their Thanksgiving meal, seen through the reflection of a mirror, with pies s...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Horse Auction Couple - Brooklyn
By Morris Engel
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.
Signed in ink on print margin
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Five Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modern Baltimore Black & White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Fine Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modernism Baltimore Black & White Photograph. A. Aubrey Bodine (American, 1906-1970). Gelatin silver print, signed...
Category
1940s Realist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
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
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was Art's true passion. He never went anywhere without his camera so he could capture moments like this one - a priest on a Chicago street "observing" one of his parishioners. Art saw humor in everyday life catching moments that the casual observer probably would have missed.
Art Shay
Observant Father, 1949
vintage silver gelatin print...
Category
1940s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Assuan - Herzliche Grusse in 1909 - Vintage Photograph - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Assuan - Herzliche Grusse in 1909 is a vintage photograph.
Hand-written on the lower and rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 1900s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
VE Day, Times Square, NYC by Ruth Orkin, 1945, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
This black and white photograph by Ruth Orkin features five men standing with CBS camera equipment on top of a structure. They appear to be filming out into a large crowd at Times Sq...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
North Dome, Point Lobos
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is Initialed and dated in pencil mount recto. Printed by Brett Weston in 1951 for the 50th Anniversary Portfolio.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mother Brown by Clarence John Laughlin, 1945, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Mother Brown by Clarence John Laughlin is a portrait of a nun leaning against a building outside. She is standing under an arch in the architecture, with her hands crossed while bein...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
King George 6th and Mother Queen - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
King George 6th and Mother Queen is a photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mother Queen - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mother Queen is a photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War Cemetary - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
War Cemetary is a photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
War Cemetary - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
War Cemetery is a photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Big Shot Film - Humphrey Bogart and Irene Manning- Vintage Photo - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w Photo.
A scene from the film "The Big Shot" with Humphrey Bogart and Irene Manning.
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Henry Moore
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
Category
1940s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized in 1940 by an anonymous photographer.
With the ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Jazz Scooter'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jazz Scooter
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Wind 1944 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Wind
1944
Toni Frissell’s daugther Sidney on the beach as the Wind from A Child’s Garden of Verses, Southampton, Long Island, USA, 1944...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl With Parasols 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl With Parasols
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 a...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Bikini 1946 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Bikini
1946
Fashion model Natahli (Natalie) Nickerson Paine wearing a bikini, lying on a platform near water, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1946. (Toni Frissell)
“Model Dovima was ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing avai...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing av...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Workout On The Beach 1944 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Workout On The Beach
1944
A beachwear fashion shoot featuring a model on an exercise bar, USA
by Toni Frissell
48 x 72 “ / 121 x 182 cm - paper size
Archival pigment print
unfram...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beachwear Fashion Shoot 1944 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Beachwear Fashion Shoot
1944
Model in a beachwear for a Vogue fashion shoot, Florida, USA, 1944.
by Toni Frissell
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
Archival pigment print...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl In Yellow 1944 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl In Yellow
1944
Model in a yellow dress with matching yellow hat, USA, 1944.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(frami...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing avail...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Evening Gown 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown
1948
Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown, 1948.
by Toni Frissell
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Florida Vogue 1944 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 Fris...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sabina Spear Fishing 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Sabina Spear Fishing
1947
Sabina spear fishing, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Washington Monument Fashion Sho 1949 Oversize 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, 1949
by Toni Frissell
30 x 30" i...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Swimwear 1946 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Swimwear
1946
Fashion shoot featuring a model in swimwear, 1946.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available s...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Workout On The Beach 1944 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Workout On The Beach
1944
A beachwear fashion shoot featuring a model on an exercise bar, USA, 1944.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beachwear Fashion Shoot 1944 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Beachwear Fashion Shoot
1944
Model in a beachwear for a Vogue fashion shoot, Florida, USA, 1944.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Evening Gown 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown
1948
Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing availab...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Evening Gowns At Sunset 1946 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gowns At Sunset
1946
Two models in evening gowns looking at the sunset.
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(frami...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Evening Gown 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown
1948
Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing availab...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl With Parasols 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl With Parasols
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot eaturing sunshades
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available s...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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