Black and White Photography
Black and White Photography For Sale
Style: Pop Art
Color: Black
Self Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait" is a gelatin silver print by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL116.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bryan Ferry and Bob Feiden
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number.
The work comes wi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Toilet/Fountain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol with Tony Shafrazi and Ronnie Cutrone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tony Shafrazi had represented Keith Haring until the artist’s death in 1990. Shafrazi said of his first time ever entering The Factory in 1965, “I remember putting down my suitcase and looking out the window and seeing some people on the fire escape across the street. I realized that it was Andy Warhol’s Factory. So I went up to the Factory, and I remember Andy coming to the elevator and seeing me dressed up in this little mod, shiny, mohair suit...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor at Halston's
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the most popular classic Hollywood movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor starred in such films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for which she w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Man in a Cowboy Hat Smoking
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts number also on verso.
Authenticated by The...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
City Skyline in Spain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Diana Vreeland and Fred Hughes
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ruled by discipline, and created a totally new profession. Vreeland invented the fashion editor.” Photographers such as Irving Penn, Franco Rubartelli, David Bailey, Patrick Litchfield, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon contributed some of their landmark pieces to the magazine. As one of the greatest fashion icons in history, Diana Vreeland had many of her own thoughts on fashion. She says, “Fashion is a part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.”
Fred Hughes...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Andy Warhol on Commercial Set
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catherine Guinness and Lou Reed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lou Reed Lou Reed was the lead guitarist, singer, and songwriter of New York rock band The Velvet Underground. In 1965, Andy Warhol became the manager of The Velvet Underground. They were also the house band at The Factory and during the Exploding Plastic Inevitable events. Warhol is responsible for suggesting the collaboration between The Velvet Underground and the German chanteuse Nico. Warhol designed the now famous cover for The Velvet Underground and Nico...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halston in a Limo
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fa...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Catherine Guinness and Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
This is a unique work.
Stamped on the re...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barbara Allen, Mary Richardson, and a Woman at Halston Fashion Show
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
Stamped on the r...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Francesco Clemente at Cafe Roma
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.125 x 18....
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Four stitched gelatin silver prints Marisa Berenson and Richard Golub
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aretha Franklin photograph Detroit 1980
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Aretha Franklin photograph by Leni Sinclair
The 'queen of soul,' Aretha Franklin shot in Motown by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of the year (see The Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan. 28, 2016)
Archival inkjet print
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches including borders (image: 9x 12 inches)
Hand signed, titled & dated in ink on the lower margins.
Very good condition.
Acquired directly from artist.
Lot 180 is an authorized primary dealer rep of Leni Sinclair
About Leni Sinclair
Sinclair is a recognized leader of the 1960s-70s counter cultural movement in Detroit, which she amply documented through vivid and dramatic photography...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Andy Warhol Films director Paul Morrissey photographed nude for Vanity Fair
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paul Morrissey, director of Andy Warhol's ‘Trash’, photographed for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Flamenco Dancer in Spain by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland on Lawn in Montauk by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Cafe Chairs and Tables on Street by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of Wall Sconce by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Pro...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Angela Lansbury as 'Mame' on Broadway
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Angela Lansbury in costume for 'Mama' on Broadway, 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer Don Lopez photographed for 'After Dark' magazine Nude, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer Don Lopez photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1985. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitche...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male model Nick Caturano, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Warhol films director Paul Morrissey photographed nude for Vogue magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
Paul Morrissey, director of ‘Trash’, photographed nude for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by...
Category
1970s Pop Art 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
African American Choreographer Talley Beatty, signed by Jack Mitchell.
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, educator, and dance company director Talley Beatty, considered one of the greatest African American choreographers, 1971. Signed...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
San Francisco Ballet dancer Mikko Nissinen, nude study for Dance magazine cover
Located in Senoia, GA
San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Mikko Nissinen photographed for the cover of Dance Magazine, January 3, 1992.. This is a vintage silver gela...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude portrait study of unidentified male model
Located in Senoia, GA
Unidentified male model, photographed nude, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer/choreographer Louis Falco and Jose Limon dancers for Dance magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer/choreographer Louis Falco and Jose Limon dancers photographed for Dance magazine in 1968. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini feature article shot for 'After Dark' magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini star of 'Seven Beauties', iconic portrait for 'After Dark' magazine feature article in 1976. This is a vintage gela...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
BASQUIAT Dancing at The Mudd Club, 1979 (Basquiat Boom For Real photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'Jean Michel Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club', New York City, 1979:
This rare Basquiat photograph was taken from Nicholas Taylor’s well-documented portfolio exploring his friendship with Jean-Michel Basquiat - a friendship which began when both collaborated on the historic New York No Wave band, “GRAY” in the late 1970s; before the two briefly lived together in the East Village. Selections from Taylor's portfolio were most notably exhibited as part of the Basquiat retrospective at London's Barbican in 2017 and have been featured in numerous noteworthy publications on Basquiat.
Archival inkjet print on 310gsm fiber based paper.
11 x 14 inches (including borders).
Hand signed & numbered from an edition of 50.
Provenance: Obtained directly from artist.
Shipped flat using protective materials.
Lot 180 gallery is an authorized dealer rep of Nick Taylor.
Taylor’s insightful photographs of a young Basquiat have been featured in numerous world renown publications, exhibits and documentaries surrounding Basquiat, among these:
"How Music Powered Basquiat," The New York Times, 9/22/17
Sotheby's "Untitled, 1982;" catalog, May, 2017
Artnet, 9/18/17: Debunking Basquiat’s Myths
The Mudd Club: Richard Boch, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, The Studio of the Street; Diego Cortez
King for a Decade: Jean Michel Basquiat; Taka Kawachi
Exhibits:
Basquiat: Boom For Real, The Barbican, London, 2017/2018.
More on Nicholas Taylor:
Nicholas Taylor (American, b. 1953) is a renowned photographer and musician. Taylor moved to New York in 1977 to pursue a career as a photographer and it was through the vibrant New York art scene that he came to know the young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. It was, in fact, his intimate portfolio of photographs documenting his friendship with Basquiat that rocketed Taylor to fame. The two would collaborate in the No Wave band “Gray” before Taylor launched a successful career as a DJ famous for track-looping. His track “Suicide Mode” would later be used in the soundtrack for Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film “Basquiat."
Circa 1981, Basquiat payed homage to Taylor by incorporating "Nick Taylor" and "DJ High Priest" (a title anointed him by Basquiat) into two separate drawings. While everyone else in the downtown tries to take credit, it was in fact Taylor who first introduced Jean-Michel to Madonna - at the Mudd Club - the very place this one of a kind image was captured.
More on The Mudd Club:
In the 1970s New York City, uptown had the glitz of Studio 54 and downtown had the Mudd Club: a legendary, downtown art scene venue known for pushing the boundaries of nightlife. The space became a natural collision of fashion, art, music, and literature. And the list of guests who walked through the front door reflected that scene: musicians like Grace Jones, Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry, Fab Five Freddy, Marianne Faithfull, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, and Nico; fashion luminaries such as, Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, and Gia Carangi...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Warhol superstar Eric Emerson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Eric Emerson, the iconic portrait photographed for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Boyce & Manuel Gonzalez 'Lovers' silhouettes, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine:
“After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications.
I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark.
Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kenny Ortega, star of 'Hair' multiple exposure, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Multiple exposure of nude and closeup of his hair. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certific...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude portrait study of young model Michael Findlay
Located in Senoia, GA
Model Michael Findlay, nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Max's Kansas City photograph (New York Street Photography)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici, Max's Kansas City photograph 1975:
Archival Inkjet Print.
13x19 inches.
Hand signed from an edition of 10.
Excellent Condition.
Provenance: Obtained directly from artist.
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Max's Kansas City: A Brief History
A restaurant and nightclub on Park Avenue South whose name had little to do with Max and even less to do with Kansas City, this magnet for artists, actors, musicians, poets, and fame moochers was opened in 1965 by Mickey Ruskin, one of those beneficent fairy god-fathers with a light, guiding hand, who seeded a “scene” and then let it flower until a downtown hangout became a star-strewn house party. The mottled glory that was Max’s is a two-part saga. From the mid-60s to the early 70s, it was thronged with painters, sculptors, and Zeus-browed critics, its in-crowd back room becoming the banquet spot for Andy Warhol and his apostles from the Factory. (Warhol’s flagship band, the Velvet Underground, recorded a live album there.)
This gave way to the thundering hooves of glitter-rockers such as the New York Dolls...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Actor Robert La Tourneaux, 'Cowboy' from 'Boys in the Band' nude for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
Actor Robert La Tourneaux, "Cowboy" from "Boys in the Band" on Broadway, and in the motion picture, photographed nude in 1970 for After Dark magazi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed LGBTQ+
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine iconic nude study, photographed in 1972. LGBTQ+ Pride This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, mad...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer Kirk Peterson, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Ballet Theater Dancer Lupe Serrano in 'Swan Lake'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater ballerina Lupe Serrano performing in 'Swan Lake', 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.
Jack Mitchell, (1925-2013) bulging photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians and especially dancers describes a pictorial history of the arts in the late 20th century. Mr. Mitchell, who took hundreds of pictures for The New York Times, was both a portraitist and a capturer of complex motion. An expert in lighting, he worked mostly, though not entirely, in black and white, and he was known — by his subjects, by the magazine and newspaper editors he worked for, and by critics — as someone who could make a photograph reveal character.
Jack Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than thirty years. When he retired in 1995, he had fulfilled more than 5,000 assignments in black and white, and nearly a thousand in color. He photographed more than 160 covers for Dance magazine, and his photos have appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and many other publications.
Mitchell’s photographs are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black Heritage postage stamp honoring American performer Gregory Hines was made from a Jack Mitchell photograph, and a Jack Mitchell photograph of Audre Lorde...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet & friends nude for 'After Dark' magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, art dealer Jason McCoy and art historian Ron Caran photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made b...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marvin Gaye photograph Detroit 1976 (Leni Sinclair Marvin Gaye Detroit)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Marvin Gaye Detroit 1976 by Leni Sinclair:
Marvin Gaye photograph, Detroit, 1976, by the legendary & historic Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair; 2016's K...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Grace Jones and Steve Rubell
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Grace Jones and Steve Rubell" is a Post-War silver gelatin print by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigne...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet & friends nude for 'After Dark' magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, art dealer Jason McCoy and art historian Ron Caran multiple exposure nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, m...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Multiple exposure nude portrait study of male model Brahm
Located in Senoia, GA
Male model Brahm multiple-exposure nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude portrait study of Harkness Ballet dancer Zane Wilson
Located in Senoia, GA
Harkness Ballet dancer nude portrait study, 1972. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beverly Sills peforming at the Metropolitan Opera
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Beverly Sills peforming at the Metropolitan Opera, 1977. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Model Brian Destazio, Dot Pattern Projection Nude, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine:
“After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications.
I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark.
Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Block Drugs (New York City), Sally Davies
By Sally Davies
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Sally Davies (1956)
Title: Block Drugs (New York City)
Year: 2022
Medium: Inkjet print on archival paper
Edition: 12, plus proofs
Size: 17 x 17 inches
Condition: Excellent
In...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Double male model portrait study in silhouette, LGBT+ Pride
Located in Senoia, GA
Double male model portrait study in silhouette, LGBT+ Pride, 1972. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Barb, Graffiti (New York City), Sally Davies
By Sally Davies
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Sally Davies (1956)
Title: Barb, Graffiti (New York City)
Year: 2022
Medium: Inkjet print on archival paper
Edition: 12, plus proofs
Size: 17 x 17 inches
Condition: Excellent...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Dancer (anonymous), nude study for After Dark magazine, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer, nude study for 'After Dark' magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the reverse.
American photographer...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jimi Hendrix photograph Detroit, 1968
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jimi Hendrix, Detroit, 1968, photographed by legendary music photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist.
Hand signed, titled & dated in ink within the low...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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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.