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Period: 1930s
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
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Manuel Komroff
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by Andre Kertesz
Vintage gelatin silver carte postale
3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.
Signed in graphite in artist's hand on recto
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Volkswagen beetle on the highway, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Nolte. His work is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impress...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Peruvian Woman with Child
By Martin Chambi
Located in Dallas, TX
Carte postale
Stamped on verso "Foto Martin Chambi, Cuzco"
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
View on the city of Sandakan - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View on the city of Sandakan is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype on the back. In very good conditions....
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View on the City of Taiyuan - Vintage Photo 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View on the city of Taijuan is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype in German on the back...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pamplona, Spain, 1936, Civil War, View from a tower
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatin Print by Erich Andres, 1936.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photographe...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1930s Photograph of Ansel Adams and Ed Towler
By Wilson D. Ellis
Located in Soquel, CA
Ansel Adams and Ed Towler by Wilson D. Ellis (American, 20th Century). Titled "Ansel and Ed Towler 1936" on verso and signed "Wilson D Ellis" with date 7/16/35 under mat. Silver Brom...
Category
American Realist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Charlie Chaplin - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Charlie Chaplin is a vintage black and white photograph realized during the 1930s.
Includes a wood frame.
This pretty photograph represents the actor Charlie Chaplin with a woman, probably during one of his famous sketches...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fred Astaire in Mid-Jump with Tophat
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire in Formal Attire III
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Randall's Island, Worker's Sports Day - Vintage Photograph, Sports, Athlete
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
Randall's Island, Worker's Sports Day by John Albok depicts a young man frozen in the air, as he falls over the bar after performing a pole vault. This track and field event, also kn...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Randall's Island Worker's Sports Day - Vintage Photograph, Athlete, Sports
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
Randall's Island Worker's Sports Day (Track and Field) by John Albok features an athletic man performing a pole vault, frozen in space as he begins the descent down towards the mat. ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Claudette Colbert in Nature Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here in a dramatic nature sc...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire Leaning Outdoors
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Carole Lombard Dramatic Portrait in Hat
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features Carole Lombard in a dramatically lit portrait, posed profile in a large brimmed hat.
Carole Lombard was an American film actress. She wa...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Midnight at New Workers School - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida
Located in Dallas, TX
Midnight at New Workers School, New York City, NY by woman artist Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera sit...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida at the Border - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Woman Artist
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida at the Border by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo standing amongst others in a city street scene.
Mount size: 20 x 16 in.
Image s...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Cagney: The Oklahoma Kid
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American actor and dancer James Cagney. Cagney is best known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire Sitting in Window
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Paris in front of a subway sta...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cologne, Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Katharine Hepburn in "Holiday"
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
A classic film still of Kathrine Hepburn on the set of the classic 1938 film "Holiday".
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Hepburn's career a...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Flood of the Seine River in Paris, 1930s, 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.
Features:
Original silver gela...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch, 1931, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rita Hayworth Sunbathing
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis: Piercing Gaze
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous capture of Bette Davis posed looking to the camera.
Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis Smoking
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Bette Davis in a silk gown, reclining while smoking a cigarette.
Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Wellington Bomber WW2 war plane silver gelatin photograph by Charles E Brown
Located in London, GB
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Charles E Brown (1896 - 1982)
Wellington Bomber
Sil...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire Planning Dance Moves
By Fred Hendrickson
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "As You Desire Me"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "As You Desire Me".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 19...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Inspiration"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "Inspiration".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Hot Air Balloon Scene from "The Wizard of Oz"
By Eric Carpenter
Located in Austin, TX
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Widely considered to be one of the greatest films in cinema history, it is the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis: The Petrified Forest
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American actress of film, television, and theater, Bette Davis. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Anna Wong Sitting with Dragon Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome black and white capture features Anna Wong sitting, posed against a large shadow of a dragon.
Anna Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (T...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rue Muller Willy Ronis Twentieth Century Humanist photography Paris black white
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Orson Welles Leaning in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Orson Welles posed seated and leaning on a chair in the studio.
Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Clark Gable Posed on Sound Stage
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Clark Gable pose on a sound stage, circa 1931.
Clark Gable was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Clark Gable Posed on Sound Stage II
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Clark Gable pose on a sound stage, circa 1931.
Clark Gable was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo.
Platinum Print
Image size: 11 x 10.5 in.
Pa...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Swing Time"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dancing for their roles in "Swing Time", 1936.
Swing Time is a 1936 American RKO musical comedy film set ma...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Death Valley (Clouds)
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Titled ‘Death Valley’ with negative code on the back of mount. Negative cod DV-39C-9G. Edward Weston was the first photographer ever to wi...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, Busy Street View, Silver Gelatin B-W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Wide World Photos, Paris. A street view of Boulevard Montmartre in Paris, circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Claudette Colbert in Awesome Jungle Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert.
Colbert is featured here posed in a jungle sce...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Policemen in Paris circa 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Wide World Photos - New York Times, Paris. Policemen in Paris circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
On the Road near Paris 1930 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A family on the road near Paris, France, circa 1930. The car in the background is a Renault KZ.
Features:
Original Silve...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Swimmers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This photogravure was taken by the famous Henri Cartier-Bresson. He is long considered one of the greatest photographers of people and done in such a way that his images speak over ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
The Duchess of Windsor - Wallis Simpson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photograph of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Karstadt-Haus at Hermannplatz, Berlin, 1937, Mauritius Publishing
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Heinz Pollmann. His are an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. I...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Karstadt-Haus at Hermannplatz, Berlin, 1937, Mauritius Publishing
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Heinz Pollmann. His are an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. I...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Strand – American (1890-1976)
Title: Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
Year: 1933, printed 1967, Da Capo Press, New York
Medium: Photogravure hand-printed from the original plates on BFK Rives paper
Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1967, New York
Sight size: 10 ¼ x 7 7/8 in. (260 x 200 mm)
Sheet size: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (402 x 313 mm)
Framed size: 17 x 14 inches
Edition:1000
Condition: Excellent
This hand-pulled photogravure is from Paul Strand’s Mexican Portfolio, first published in 1933. This photogravure is from the 2nd edition, published in 1967. It is in excellent condition. It is enclosed in a simple metal frame and Plexiglas only for protection.
A seminal work by a legendary figure in 20th century American photography, the photographs taken by the author on his travels through Mexico in 1932-33 show architecture, landscape, the indigenous people, and religious folk sculpture. Strand's work first made its appearance as "Photographs of Mexico" in a limited edition of 250 copies in 1940, with the printing of the steel-faced gravure plates by master platemaker Otto Wackernagel being supervised by Strand himself and executed by Charles Furth and the Photogravure and Color Company. The second edition used the original Wackernagel plates, printed by Albert Delong at the Andersen Lamb Company of Brooklyn. Strand was even more pleased with this version, stating "Delong has made these plates sing." The images are a celebration of the subjects' pride, dignity and endurance.
Paul Strand (1890–1976) is considered one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. His breakthrough work in the 1910s heralded photography’s importance as a modern art form. Early in his career he broke from the soft, impressionistic Pictorialist style to produce among the first abstract images made with a camera. His questioning attitude led him to radically change his work multiple times in his career, always with the highest ambitions for the quality of his photographic prints. In 1932, Carlos Chavez, the director of the fine arts department at the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico, invited Strand to Mexico. At this time, the Mexican government was concerned with demonstrating a national culture that was reflective of a burgeoning, modern, twentieth-century Mexico. In light of this, Chavez invited Strand to document the new social and physical environment. Over the next two years, Strand travelled around Mexico photographing...
Category
Realist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Somber Head Shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
1931 Black and white somber headshot photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979). Greta Garbo gazes at the camera, her curled hair sits in front of her face. The background is black. A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) - Photograph by Clarence Sinclair
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) - Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
1930 Black and white portrait photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979). Greta Garbo poses in a top hat and collard shirt while gazing away from the camera. Printed by the artist circa 1970's. A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, pencilled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Pepper 30P
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Director, Glenn Lowry: This image of a pepper is one of Weston’s most iconic photographs.
Assistant Curator, Esther Adler: Peppers often curve in on themselves and can kind of twist ...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Street View in Paris, 1930s, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. A street view in Paris, France, circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed.
Press Photogr...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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