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Black and White Photography For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century
Herkules Farnese, National Museum, Neapel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): View of the back figure of Hercules Farnese in the large hall in the National Archaeological Museum, Museo Nazionale, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper ...
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19th Century Black and White Photography
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
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 646.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 646.
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 6 1/2 x 17 in...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 615.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 615.
Canter; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 9 x 12.75 inches
Muybridge...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 597.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 597.
Trotting; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 5/8 x 13 inches
Muyb...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 582.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Walking; saddle; rider, 43, nude; light-gray horse Smith
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7.25 x 15.25 inche...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647.
Jumping a hurdle; bareback; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 5 7/8 x 17 ...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 631.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 631.
Gallop; saddle; thoroughbred bay horse Bouquet
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 x 16 inches
Muybridge copy...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 620.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 620.
Canter; saddle; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 3/8 x 16 inches
Muybridge ...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 592.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 592.
Racking (pacing); saddle; brown horse Pronto
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7.25 x 16.5 inches
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Autoportrait de Gustave Le Gray. 1851.
Located in PARIS, FR
LE GRAY Gustave Villiers-le-Bel 1820 † 1884 Le Caire et MESTRAL Auguste Rans 1812 † 1884 id.
Autoportrait de Gustave Le Gray. 1851.
Photographie.
338 x 243 mm (épreuve). 450 x 314 mm (montage).
Feuille montée sur vélin. Manque important en pied, atteignant la pointe de la veste du photographe. Quelques très légères et fines griffures en surface. Au dos du montage : 3 gravures anciennes, et marque de collection mauve, « L. BONGARD » (lugt non décrit).
Épreuve sur papier salé, d’après un négatif papier ciré sec.
Numéroté « 540 » dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur gauche.
Marque des étaux bien visibles dans le négatif, dans l’angle supérieur droit, et dans l’angle inférieur gauche.
De toute rareté.
Une seule autre épreuve connue :
Pierre Bergé & Associés, vente du 19 mars 2015, lot n°101.
La mission héliographique :
Au mois de mai 1851, Gustave Le Gray est délégué par la commission des Monuments historiques pour photographier une liste de monuments remarquables du sud-ouest de la France. D’autres figures pionnières de la photographie participent à cette vaste campagne de recensement, et doivent couvrir le reste du pays : Hippolyte Bayard, Henri Le Secq, Édouard Baldus et Auguste Mestral. Le Gray décide de fusionner son itinéraire avec celui de son élève et ami, Auguste Mestral. Entre juillet et octobre 1851, équipé d’une voiture et de deux chambres noires, le tandem sillonne le territoire de la Loire aux Pyrénées, du château de Chambord à la cité de Carcassonne. Les deux hommes, qui se connaissent depuis 1848, réalisent ensemble les prises de vue - et se présenteront d’ailleurs en tant que coauteurs devant la commission.
Un champ d’expérimentation
Pour Gustave Le Gray, qui vient de mettre au point le « négatif papier ciré sec », la mission héliographique est un champ d’expérimentation inespéré. Pendant trois mois, les photographes exécutent jusqu’à trente prises de vue par jour, une véritable prouesse rendue possible par l’invention de Le Gray. En effet, celle-ci dispense de maintenir humides les négatifs papier, facilitant considérablement le travail en extérieur. Les feuilles peuvent être préparées jusqu’à quinze jours à l’avance, et développées plusieurs heures après la prise de vue. « Tout le monde comprendra combien ce nouveau procédé facilite les opérations en voyage », écrit Le Gray. Méthodiques, les deux hommes numérotent les négatifs dans l’ordre chronologique.
Cette numérotation, allant jusqu’à 605, témoigne d’une production soutenue et indépendante, débordant largement le cadre imposé par la commission des monuments historiques.
Progressivement, le recensement scientifique s’accompagne de véritables digressions artistiques. Entre leur séjour à Carcassonne – point culminant du voyage – et leur retour à Paris, les « photographistes » s’autorisent de nombreux clichés personnels : des vues d’Amélie les Bain, du Pont Palaldas et du pont du Gard. Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, les cloîtres gothiques d’Elne et d’Arles-sur-tech servent d’écrin à deux autoportraits de Gustave Le Gray. Le premier, réalisé à Elne, est aujourd’hui en mains privées (nous n’en avons trouvé aucune reproduction dans la littérature). Le second, pris très peu de temps après, n’est connu pour l’heure que par deux épreuves, dont celle que nous présentons.
Un manifeste artistique
Vêtu d’un costume noir de ville, Le Gray pose sous une arche gothique, jambes croisées et cigarette à la main. La blancheur insolente des guêtres, du chapeau et du col, accroche irrésistiblement l’œil du spectateur, et rehausse l’austère architecture médiévale d’une touche de modernité et de dandysme. L’élégance et la familiarité subtile de la mise en scène rappellent, dans leur esprit, d’autres portraits de Le Gray, habitué de compositions libres et volontiers énigmatiques – nous pensons ici à son fantomatique Autoportrait dans le miroir de la table de toilette de la duchesse de Parme, réalisé la même année, où le photographe parvient à capter son ombre fuyante dans un miroir.
Contrairement à ses pairs, Le Gray s’est peu consacré au portrait, lui préférant le paysage. Il en a cependant maîtrisé tous les codes, et signé d’authentiques chefs-d’œuvre en la matière : citons ici le portrait rêveur et mélancolique du dramaturge Edmond Cottinet (1849), et celui du sculpteur Auguste Clésinger (1855), d’une vigueur éblouissante, qui fut longtemps donné à son élève Félix Nadar...
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1850s Photorealist Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Home of the Colonel William Terrill (CSA) Roanoke Virginia, original period s...
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1870s Realist Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper, Ink, Silver Gelatin
The Three Graces from the V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
Detail of The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1757-1822), National Collection of Sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Beautiful Extra Large 60 x ...
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1810s Modern Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Archival Pigment
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
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1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Ascending stairs and jumping off.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 14.125 inches)
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Macaroni factory, Neapel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Maccheroni factory Insight into pasta production with drying pasta lines in the sun and workers, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique: alb...
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19th Century Black and White Photography
Macaroni vendors, Neapel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Pasta vendors with stalls along the street proudly presenting their pasta, c. 1880, albumen paper print
Technique: albumen paper print
Inscription:...
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19th Century Black and White Photography
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Captain Adams, 20th Regiment
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Captain Adams, 20th Regt
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 ...
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1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
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...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Anthony Friedkin, Rick Dano, Malibu, Surfer, Smoking, Car, June Gloom, B&W
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America)
Clockwork Malibu, Rick Dano on P.C.H., Malibu, California, U.S.A., 1977
Silver Gelatin Print, later print
40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Edition of 25...
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1770s Contemporary 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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Ink, Pen
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
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
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
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 ...
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1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
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...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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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)
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1880s Black and White Photography
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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
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
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...
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1850s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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".
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1890s Black and White Photography
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Photogravure
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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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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 ...
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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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Andrew Gillon
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Andrew Gillon
Gou...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
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...
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 60.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 60.
Running at a half-mile gait (shoes).
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 9.375 x 12.625 inches)
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
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...
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1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 140.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 140.
Descending stairs, looking around and waving fan.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 11.75 x 9.75 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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Photographic Paper
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 465.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 465.
Two models, child 70 N, bringing bouquet to 12.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 7.63 x 14.88 inches)
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1880s Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Nineteenth century Silhouette of a Lady III
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette of a Lady III (circa 1870)
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Gouache, Pen, Ink
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 365.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 365.
Head spring, a flying pigeon interfering.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8 x 14.25 inches)
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Captain Warburton
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Captain Warburton
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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1870s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Kerr Lloyd
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Kerr Lloyd
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Prio...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Lady Headley
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Lady Headley
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
A silho...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
Nineteenth century Silhouette of a Lady I
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette of a Lady I (circa 1870)
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a gentleman: Maitland
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Maitland
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Prior to ph...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century Silhouette of a Gentleman I
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette of a Gentleman I (circa 1870)
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
Pri...
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Ink, Gouache, Pen
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Mrs F Chaplin
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Mrs F Chaplin
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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Category
1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century Silhouette of a Lady II
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette of a Lady II (circa 1870)
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
Nineteenth century silhouette of a lady: Miss Taylor
Located in London, GB
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Silhouette (circa 1870)
Miss Taylor
Gouache, pen, and ink
52 x 44 cm
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1870s Black and White Photography
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Gouache, Pen, Ink
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Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.
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