Dora Maar

Study of Light on Water, (Études de Lumière sur l'Eau) II

1935

Fork, Paris, 1928 - Andre Kertesz (Black and White Photography) Signed, titled and dated in pencil on reverse with Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccession stamp Silver gelatin print, printed 1978 Image size - 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches Sheet size 8 x 10 inches André Kertész (1894-1985) is widely regarded as one of Europe’s leading photographic artists, particularly for his contribution to photographic composition and the photo-essay. Although he failed to gain popular recognition in the early stages of his career, his later photographs, including works such as The Fork (1928), Melancholic Tulip (1939) and Washington Square, New York (1954) are now amongst the most famous photographs...

Civitella, Italia, 2001 - Graciela Iturbide (Black and White Photography) Signed on reverse Silver gelatin print 20 x 16 inches Graciela Iturbide’s photography turns on themes of sp...

Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) In Voluptate Mors, portrait of Salvador Dali, 1951 Silver print, 1981 Stamp "Halsman/Dali copyright Philippe Halsman © 81", numbered 66/250 Dimensions of the work : 31 x 25,7 cm Dimensions of the frame : 50 x 40 cm Born in Riga in 1906, Philippe Halsman moved to Paris in the 1930s, where he set up as a photographer in the Montparnasse district. He produced portraits of artists and intellectuals of the day, including Le Corbusier, André Malraux and André Gide. In the 1930s, Philippe Halsman exhibited at the avant-garde Galerie de la Pléiade...

This moody contact print from an 8x20-inch film negative is one of two known prints—the other residing in the artist's core archive. Signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mo...