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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1930s
The Graf Zeppelin, Framed Black and White Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Repairing the hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934 by Alfred Eisenstaedt"
The Graf Zeppelin
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German (1898–1995)
Date: 1934 (Printe...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Catherinettes Racecourse, Paris 1931 - Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph shooted by photographer G. Devred for Press Agency ROL, Paris 1931.
The Catherinettes March.
The young girls carry a hat box in...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, 1930s, Carriages and Cars - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph shooted by Press Agency Trampus. Paris, carriages, and cars, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photograp...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Los Angeles circa 1930 Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A view of Los Angeles, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography unframed.
Press Agency: Anonymous.
Photo...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Simpson and the Magnetic hut.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913).
T...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stareek.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Stareek.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913). Showing one of the memb...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bowers returned from Southern journey.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Bowers returned from Southern journey.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Finnesko with Crampons.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Finnesko with Crampons.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913).
‘No fur...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Davis - ships carpenter - building Cape Evans hut.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert.
Davis - ships carpenter - building Cape Evans hut.
circa 1935.
Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova exped...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, circa 1930, Canal St Martin, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Paris, a view of The Canal St Martin, taken at 82 Quai de Jemmapes, Paris, circa 1930.
Fe...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Place du Combat, Paris circa 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Place du Combat in Paris, France, circa 1930. A busy street in Paris.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photograph...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tramway Lines in Lyon, France 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. The tramway lines on a large place in Lyon, France, circa 1930.
The center of Lyon was already very well served by many ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Charis, Santa Monica
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Charis, Santa Monica" is a photograph by Edward Weston. It has the artist stamp on verso, “Negative by Edward Weston print by Cole Weston”. The framed photograph measures 15 1/4 x 1...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lisa With Harp, 1939 - Horst P. Horst (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Horst P Horst (1906-1999) (Black and White Photography)
Lisa With Harp, 1939
Signed on reverse
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Horst was a perfectionist who raised the standards...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Prosperity on the Corner
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print.
Title, date and signature on mat margin
1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso
Category
1930s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, Carrousel Bridge, circa 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Trampus. In Paris, the Carrousel Bridge circa 1930.
Construction started at The Carrousel Bridge in Paris ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Station Interior, Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines, 72nd Street
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991)
Title: El Station Interior, Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines, Downtown Side, Columbus Avenue and 72nd Street, Manhattan, February 6, 1936
Collection:...
Category
1930s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brassaï Original Black & White Photograph of a Street Fair
By Brassaï
Located in Larchmont, NY
BRASSAI (Hungarian–French, 1899-1984)
Street Fair on the Place d'Italie, 1931
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: 1970's
Printed in the USA
Image: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Although his real nameis Gyula Halasz, he took the name Brassai from his birthplace, and it means someone who comes from Brasov. He used the name all his adult life and is known throughout the world as Brassai.
He was of Hungarian ethnic origins. Brasov in Transylvania has been a part of Romania since the end of the First World War, and that region is still largely populated by ‘Romanain-Hungarians.’ Two of these became well known in the film industry: Bela Lugosi and Gabriel Pascal. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the War, most of its territories were distributed amongst a number of nations. It was at this time that Transylvania returned to its earlier identity as part of Romania.
Brassai had served in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry for the last year of the War, 1917-1918. After he settled in Paris in 1924, Brassai never returned to his homeland, remaining in exile for the rest of his life. His parents continued to live in Brasov but joined him for long visits in Paris.
In 1949 Brassai became a French citizen, having been a stateless person since 1947. He fell in love with a French woman, Gilberte Boyer, and they married in 1948. Gilberte worked closely with her husband as he pursued his photographic career, helping him develop prints in his dark-room, and often writing descriptions of the subjects and personalities. It was also in 1949 that a book with 207 photographs of Picasso’s sculptures was published, with photographs by Brassai. He and Picasso became friends and the latter asked him to photograph his work for this volume. Brassai was a frequent visitor to Picasso’s studio and there he took several portraits of the artist.
Brassai has become one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century with collectors all over the world seeking his work. In an era which produced several brilliant and inspired photographers, not least Brassai’s friend Man Ray, he was able to capture a quality of magic in the atmosphere, bordering on the supernatural. Many of his pictures were taken at night or in fog, a frequent condition in Paris in the early part of the twentieth century. Even his day time photographs capture a moment of eerie transition between the mundane and the surreal. He is on the doorstep of another world where time stands still. Light becomes spectral as if it is the breath of an invisible power. Figures seem set in amber. Wet cobbles seem to slither and flow. A Master of capturing the ordinary, Brassai saw things as they were but transmuted the scene through his use of the lens into something outside the ordinary.
Brassai was a familiar figure prowling round Paris after dark with his camera and tripod and heavy bag of glass photographic plates. He was sometimes accompanied by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, or Leon Paul...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Carriage Ride in Paris Garden, 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Paris, The Buttes Chaumont Public Garden, circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed.
Pres...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kirk Hutton 'Commissionaire's Dog' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 2 - In The Heart of the Empire - pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dancers Legs 62N
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed by Edward Weston's son Cole Weston. Signed and Stamped on Verso. Very good condition.
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Giant Generators
Located in Dallas, TX
Titled and signed, dated on mount margin.
Dry mounted to exhibition board with typed information on label on verso.
Frame size: 21 x 17 inches
This image was exhibited in Charles Sheeler's Power Series at the Dallas Museum of Art...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Policemen in Paris circa 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Co. Policemen in Paris, circa 1930.
French police officers in ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Showboat
Located in Carmel, CA
The Showboat (1933) is a vintage silver gelatin photograph by the renowned Ira Martin. This masterwork was so esteemed, that it was exhibited, in the 1930's, around the United States, including in Brooklyn, Chicago, East Orange, New York, Philadelphia and San Jose.
This silver gelatin photograph exhibits the tonal qualities of a platinum print, and the photograph's composition is extraordinary. The content also exists on several levels. On a basic level, it appears to depict a 1930's crowd watching a barker and performers on the S.S. Duke Mills Showboat, while it is docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. However, after contemplating the photo, one sees much additional activity, including African American performers, beneath the word "Plantation", looking down on the show from the boat's balcony; two men holding a conversation and the shadows of a kissing couple reflected on the pavement in the left foreground. Equally remarkable is the near empty right upper quadrant, which depicts a furling American flag against a cerulean blue sky. Frankly, this photograph belongs in a museum, due to the historic uniqueness of a time, place and event that will never be captured in such a profound manner again. Signed by the photographer, recto (front) and verso (back).
Ira Wright Martin (1886-1960) was a photographer who focused on architecture and street scenes, as well as abstract and still life works. Martin was raised in Michigan and became an aerial photographer for the Signal Corps...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flood of the Seine River in Paris circa 1930, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Agence Meurisse, Paris circa 1930. The flood of the Seine River at Port de la Tournelle....
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Foundry - Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
High contrast photo by Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997). The photo shows a hot bar of metal on a large machine, about to be worked. The metal is g...
Category
1930s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
"Golf Lesson" by Reg Speller
Located in London, GB
"Golf Lesson" by Reg Speller
14th October 1937: Keith Dalby giving a golf lesson at Finchley golf club.
Unframed
Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Limited Edition Photograph 20X30
Located in San Rafael, CA
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
As an authorized Get...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Limited Edition Photograph 16 X 12
Located in San Rafael, CA
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
As an authorized Get...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Limited Edition Photograph 30X40
Located in San Rafael, CA
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
As an authorized Get...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Sun Beams into Grand Central Station' Limited Edition Photograph 16 X 20
Located in San Rafael, CA
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930. (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
As an authorized Get...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Tennis Leap" by Douglas Miller
Located in London, GB
"Tennis Leap" by Douglas Miller
22nd August 1932: Three young competitors leaping over the boundary between two tennis courts at the Essex Junior Champ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Amelia Earhart Flight over Washington D.C.
Located in Austin, TX
After appearing before a Senate Committee on air safety, Amelia took off in the Department of Commerce's new safety plane for a flight over Washington D.C.. 1936.
Amelia Earhart was...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
'Swan in Car' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
"Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station" by Hal Morey
Located in London, GB
"Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station" by Hal Morey
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930.
Un...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain
Located in Tulsa, OK
Signed in ink with artist's embossed stamp on recto, printed later.
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A Museum London 'Astaire And Luce' by Houston Rogers
Located in London, GB
'Astaire And Luce' by Houston Rogers (1901-70)
Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Claire Luce (1903-89) in ‘The Gay Divorce’, 1932.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Paper size 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Printed in 2022 - produced from the original transparency
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Galerie Prints is proud to share with you our curated selection of 200 Victoria & Albert Museum photographic prints.
From this world-renowned collection, we have selected images from their fashion, architecture, theatre, and performance archives. All V&A images are uniquely produced as black and white silver gelatin and archival pigment prints.
Galerie Prints’ premium quality prints are then made to order.
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.
Houston Rogers (1902-1970) was one of London's leading theatre photographers from the 1930s until his death in 1970. His first notable work was photographing Fred Astaire and Claire Luce as the leads in the musical The Gay Divorcee. Rogers was playing the saxophone for the production at the time. Over his career, he captured performers such as Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Alicia Markova, Julie Christie, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Bette Davis, Douglas Fairbanks, Vivien Leigh, Edith Evans, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, and Joan...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Swan in Car' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
"Stirrup Cup" by J. Gaiger
Located in London, GB
"Stirrup Cup" by J. Gaiger
28th February 1931: At Cowdray park, Midhurst, Sussex handing round a 'stirrup cup' at a hunt meet during 'coming of age' fest...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Swan in Car' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Untitled (Barefoot Woman on Bench with Cat)
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
John Albok
Untitled (Barefoot Woman on Bench with Cat), 1938
Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Signed and dated in ink on mount margin by John Albok
Born in Munkacs, H...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
Located in London, GB
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
20th June 1937: Three competitors for the 'Scrutton' Medals carrying their model sailing boats to the starting point...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Penny Farthing Bugle" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Penny Farthing Bugle" by Fox Photos
17th October 1932: Edwin Davey, riding a penny farthing bicycle over Lambeth bridge in London, and blowing...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
"Chorus Formation" by Sasha
Located in London, GB
"Chorus Formation" by Sasha
14th February 1933: The Albertina Rasch chorus girls who are appearing in 'Wild Violets'.
Unframed
Paper Size: 24" x 20'' (in...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rita Hayworth in Burbank 20" x 16" Edition of 125
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and producer. She achieved fame duri...
Category
1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Shooting Party" by Reg Speller
Located in London, GB
"Shooting Party" by Reg Speller
10th October 1936: A woman takes aim with her shotgun during a shooting party at Borthwicks Farm, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The group are perfectly fr...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Animal Friends" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Animal Friends" by Fox Photos
15th July 1931: Two women in bathing suits share a snack with a couple of sea lions during a display in Paris.
Unframed
Pape...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Dining Out" by Kurt Hutton
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
"Dining Out" by Kurt Hutton
10th December 1938: Diners at the former Prince Edward Theatre, now the London Casino, where they enjoy a full course meal and entertainment. Original Pu...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1932,
Portrait of actress Bette Davis.
Addi...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"Flooded Road" by J. A. Hampton
Located in London, GB
"Flooded Road" by J. A. Hampton
A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park in London, 3rd August 1939.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40"x 30'' (inches)
Printed 2022 ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hyde Park, London, 1934
Located in Middletown, NY
An atmospheric and magical photo by master of the lens, photographic and cinematic, that captures a tranquil corner of Hyde Park. As Suschitzky himself said ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"1st Class Travel" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"1st Class Travel" by Fox Photos
September 1934: Mrs C Wylds behind the wheel with her pet pig at Terling in Essex.
Unframed
Paper Size: 16" x 20'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Ge...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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