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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1970s
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Archival pigment print
24 x 24 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 15
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arnold Schwarzenegger Iconic Portrait for 'After Dark' Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Bodybuilder (and future film star and Governor of California) Arnold Schwarzenegger, photographed at the top of his form for After Dark magazine on October 5, 1976. Vintage silver g...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hoboken 55, Black & White Photo, New Jersey, 1976, Limited Edition, School, Band
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
Elisa Contemporary Art is proud to present John Conn’s Hoboken New Jersey photographs. These limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken in 1976. Each black and whit...
Category
1970s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mariel Hemingway (Black and White, Photography, Hemingway, Portrait, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly
Mariel Hemingway
Black and White Photograph
Year: circa late 70s
Image Size: 10x7in
Sheet Size: 10x8in
Unsigned
Ref.: 924802-1712
Tags: B&W, Black and White, Photography,...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro stars of "Heat" for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Alice Lowneley
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Alice Lowneley
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
BRAND NEW HIGHWAY
By Burk Uzzle
Located in Carmel, CA
BRAND NEW HIGHWAY (1970) is a vintage silver gelatin photograph of a highway that is so clean and
new, that it is almost appears to be an abstraction. Hand signed by the artist recto...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol & his beloved dachshund Archie, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin iconic photograph of Andy Warhol & Archie his beloved dachshund, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso in pencil and signed on the front in...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Archival pigment print
48 x 48 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 10
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling Iconic ‘After Dark’ magazine cover shot
Located in Senoia, GA
Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling ‘After Dark’ this is the iconic cover shot, vintage 11 x 14" silver gelatin photograph, 1971, the actual photo scanned for the magazine cover. Sig...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Featherstone RA Royal Artillery
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Major Chaplin, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Gouache, pen, and in...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro stars of "Heat" for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: The Hon Miss Winn
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
The Hon Miss Winn
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Pr...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Ink, Pen
Klaus Nomi
Located in New York, NY
Klaus Nomi, 1979
Archival pigment print
image size: 24 x 24 inches
Signed and numbered
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known principally for his f...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 715.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 715. Dogs; three, tugging at a towel, Ike, Maggie, etc.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 6.5 x 17.25 inches.
Muy...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Hay Newton
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Hay Newton
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
The ...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Slim Aarons 'Palm Bay Club'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club, 1976
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA.
Fiber Print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled Portrait II (Black and White, Photography, Portrait, Model, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly
Untitled Portrait II
Black and White Photograph
Year: circa late 70s
Image Size: 7x5.5in
Sheet Size: 10x8in
Unsigned
Ref.: 924802-1711
* Slight soiling top left. Image int...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dean Martin, Las Vegas
Located in London, GB
lifetime edition silver gelatin fine art archival print
72 x 48 in. (paper size)
edition 10 of 50
signed and numbered
Notes:
Dean Martin prepares to go on...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jean-Michel Basquiat Neg #18 - These Eyes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photographer Nicholas Taylor had the unique opportunity to meet a young Jean-Michel Basquiat long before his career as an artist took off. Taylor met and photographed Basquiat and hi...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Trash' Warhol Superstars Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph of Warhol Superstar and Vogue model Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro, stars of Warhol's 'Trash' for 'Afte...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Palm Bay Club' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club, 1976
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA.
Fiber Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 35.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 35. Walking, carrying child on right arm.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 8.25 x 13.5 inches.
Muybridge copyrig...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Woman by the Pool - Beverly Hills Hotel, California U.S.A – Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America)
Woman by the Pool, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., 1975
Silver Gelatin Print, later print
Image 76,2 x 114,3 cm (30 x 45 in....
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Mick Jagger on Tour Plane 1972" framed photograph by Jim Marshall
By Jim Marshall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger on Tour Plane 1972" black and white photograph by Jim Marshall. Image size: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. This framed photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wrapped Roman Wall - Photolithograph by Christo - 1974 ca
By Christo
Located in Napoli, IT
In February and March 1974, for a period of 40 days, a 820-foot long section of the Aurelian Walls was wrapped in polypropylene and rope, covering both sides, the top and the arches of the wall. Forty construction workers completed the temporary work of art in four days.
Christo Vladimirov Javachev (Christo) and his wife Jeanne-Claude are famous for making impressive and often controversial art installations. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont Neuf in Paris, a Roman wall...
Category
1970s Land Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photography - Boy on the donkey at mountains. 1979. 30x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Photography by Dmitry Zyubritsky Boy on the donkey at mountains. 1979. Size 30x40 cm
Category
1970s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean-Michel Basquiat Neg #31 - Invited Attention, Photo by Nicholas Taylor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean-Michel also cried a lot. His eyes would be dripping constantly as he smiled, gritting his teeth before wiping the tears away. Jean-Michel ran the gamut on emotions. He was alway...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - B/w Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi during "Canzonissima '72".
Lightly damaged.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Subway 30, NYC 1980s, New York City, Kids, Photograph, Subway, Limited Edition
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn New York City Subway photographs. These limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed and numbered. Edition of 15. 20x30 image printed on 24x36 archival paper. This is framed in a black frame to 28x38.
In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish...
Category
1970s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
French 19th Century B&W Photograph by Adolphe Braun
By Adolphe Braun
Located in Larchmont, NY
Adolphe Braun (French, 1811-1877)
Bouquet, c. 1850
Silver gelatin print
10 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
Matte: 12 1/2 x 14 in.
Walter Rosenblum Label verso: "Bouq...
Category
1850s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
City Landscape print, black white, Contemporary, Analogue photo - Newcastle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Banya ‘ who was captured on film in 197...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Giclée, Black and White, P...
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Fletcher
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Fletcher
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Prior ...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 1/2 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Marvin Gaye at the Recording Session for 'Let's Get it On'" photo by Jim Britt
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Marvin Gaye at the Recording Session for 'Let's Get It On'" black and white framed photograph hand signed by Jim Britt. This image is in the collection of the Smithsonian Portrait G...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
CBGB Photograph New York, 1982 (East Village)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
CBGB, The Birthplace of Punk - captured by heralded New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici: Manhattan, c.1982
Overall dimensions (incl borders): 13 x 19 inches (33 x 48...
Category
1970s Street Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" photograph by Lynn Goldsmith from the Hard Rock Hotel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mick Jagger 'The Back'" framed black and white photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. Image size: 16 x 11 inches. This photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the original Har...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 319.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 319. Heaving 75-lb. rock.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 5.25 x 15.125 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Burt Lancaster, Vintage 1973 Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Photographic
Subject: Hollywood actor
Medium: Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print
Surface: Photographic Paper
Country: United States
Fred W. McDarrah, 1926-2007
Veteran Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests.
Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office.
Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist.
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland and Marc Asnin. His mailbox was simply marked "McPhoto."
An exhibit of McDarrah’s photos of artists presented by the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea was hailed by The New York Times as “a visual encyclopedia of the era’s cultural scene.”
artists in their studios, (Alice Neel, Philip Guston, Stuart Davis, Robert Smithson, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline), actors (Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro on the set of “Taxi Driver”), musicians (Janis Joplin, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan) and documentary images of early happenings and performances (Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, Al Hansen...
Category
1970s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aspens, Northern New Mexico
By Ansel Adams
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Aspens, Northern New Mexico" is a photography by famed and landmark photographer Ansel Adams. The photograph is signed in pencil, lower right, "Ansel Adams". The framed piece measur...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 349. Fencing.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 349. Fencing.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 7 x 16.5 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 56.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 56. Walking, turning and stooping to lift train.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 17 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Major Chaplin, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Major Chaplin, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Gouache, pen, and in...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Duncan Davidson RN
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Duncan Davidson RN
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
C...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Captain Piers Thursby, 9th Lancers
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Captain Thursby, 9th Lancers
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 ...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Guinness
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Guinness
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Silhouettes of other members of the Guinness family of brewers and bankers are also available in this set. The Guinness family seat is Elveden Hall...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Jackie Onassis at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Gala, 1976
Located in White Plains, NY
'Jackie Onassis at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Gala,' 1976 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 15 x 10 inch ph...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lovers in a Doorway
By Larry Fink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Larry Fink (American, born 1941). "Lovers in Doorway" - late 20th century, silver gelatin photograph print, signed "Larry Fink" to lower right and numbered ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Adelaide Maud "Dodo" Guinness
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Dodo Guinness
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Adelaide Maud Guinness, nicknamed 'Dodo', was descended from the banking line of Guinnesses. Her father was the barrister and MP Richard Samuel Guinness. Dodo married Edward Cecil Guinness, the 1st Earl of Iveagh and her third cousin, in 1873. Edward's father had died in 1868, after which Edward inherited a share of the famous Guinness brewery. The Guinness family seat is Elveden Hall...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Andrew Gillon
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Andrew Gillon
Gou...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: David Barclay Chapman
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
David Barclay Chapman
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm...
Category
1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Wet Day on the Boulevard (Paris), Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Alfred Stieglitz. Wet Day on the Boulevard (Paris), from Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies. Camera Notes. 1897. Vintage photogravure. 6 x 11.25".
Category
1890s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Naples #910 by Jed Fielding, 1978, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Jed Fielding
Located in Dallas, TX
Naples #910 by Jed Fielding, 1978 is a silver gelatin print. This photograph depicts a man holding a statue of Bottecelli's The Birth of Venus. The image size is 19 x 12.87 inches an...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 733.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 733.
Elephant; walking.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8.125 x 14.875 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 211.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 211.
Stooping and lifting handkerchief; parasol in left hand.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 7.75 x 13.75 inch...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Kaufmann Desert House (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up by the Pool (Kaufmann Desert House)
1970
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress L...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Debbie Harry on the set of The Foreigner East Village, 1977 (Blondie)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cooler than cool... Debbie Harry, New York, 1977, photographed on the set of "The Foreigner" by celebrated New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici.
The Foreigner (director Amos Poe 1977) - a seminal cinematic work at the height of the 1970's American underground - a film which has been documented in virtually every publication pertaining to the history of the late 70's New York Downtown Art scene.
Digital C-Print on Kodak Lustre.
11 x 14 inches.
Hand Signed, titled & numbered from an edition of 25 (+ 10 A/P's)
Obtained directly from artist. Lot 180 New York is authorized dealer rep of Fernando Natalici.
Excellent condition.
About The Artist:
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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