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Period: 1930s
Randall's Island, Worker's Sports Day - Vintage Photograph, Sports, Athlete
Located in Denton, 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...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Embrace, Coney Island
Located in Denton, TX
Embrace, Coney Island, 1939 Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Signed by Morris Engel
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Midnight at New Workers School - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida
Located in Denton, 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...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Edward Weston, Mushroom, 4FU 1931
Located in Phoenix, AZ
SHIPPING CHARGES INCLUDE SHIPPING, PACKAGING & **INSURANCE** Mushroom ~ 4FU, 1931 Silver Gelatin Print Edward Weston Print signed: Cole Weston Image size: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in; 24.1 × ...
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Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Randall's Island Worker's Sports Day - Vintage Photograph, Athlete, Sports
Located in Denton, 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. ...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Manual Komroff
Located in New York, NY
Vintage bromoil gelatin silver print Blindstamped, l.l. Studio stamp in green ink, verso Also inscribed in green ink, verso 10 x 7.5 inches, sheet This photograph is offered by CL...
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Other Art Style 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch, 1931, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Denton, 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 ...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eroded Rock (29R)
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
Initialed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount. Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the back of the mount. Printed in the mid-1940's and gifted to Glen Fishback, founder o...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Juliet with One Peacock Feather Eye, Chicago
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, dated and numbered. Portfolio Twelve Photographs, No. 13 György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 193...
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Bauhaus 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dune
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in the "Fifteen Photographs" port...
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Abstract 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Meyer's Ranch, Yosemite
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number and signed in pencil by Cole Weston with Edward Weston's facsimile signature on back of mount. Printed later by Cole Weston.
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok depicts a man selling chestnuts on the street. The man looks down at his hands as he cracks open the chestnut. To his left sits a bowl of ch...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bowers returned from Southern journey.
Located in London, GB
PONTING, Herbert. Bowers returned from Southern journey. circa 1935. Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910-...
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Naturalistic 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Prosperity on the Corner
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print. Title, date and signature on mat margin 1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso
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American Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Man, Tenancingo
Located in Denton, TX
Single photogravure from the Mexican Portfolio, 1932-33. Published by Da Capo Press, New York, 1967 Edition of 1,000 Printed 1967
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photogravure

'Swan in Car' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
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Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

'Swan in Car' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
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Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

The Giant Generators
Located in Denton, TX
Titled and signed, dated on mount margin. Dry mounted to exhibition board with typed information on label on verso. This image was exhibited in Charles Sheeler's Power Series at the Dallas Museum of Art...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo at the Astor Theater, Black and White Photograph by Robert Jansen
By Robert Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Jansen Title: Garbo at the Astor Theater Year: 1934 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Paper Size: 9 x 12.5 inches Frame: 16 x 20 inches
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Manuel Komroff
Located in Denton, 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
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Women of Santa Anna, Michoacan
Located in Denton, TX
Signed Single photogravure from the Mexican Portfolio, 1932-33. Published by Da Capo Press, New York, 1967 Edition of 1,000 Printed 1967
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photogravure

Hugh Laing Portrait
By Angus McBean
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Signed in pencil on mount margin. Titled in pencil and artist stamp on mount verso.
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Surrealist 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Park Ave.
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled and dated.
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Clarence Sinclair Bull, "Gable in Car, " vintage photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative taken by Clarence Sinclair Bull circa 1930-1940s. It depicts the iconic actor Clark Gable, often referred to ...
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Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alfred Stieglitz, in front of Georgia O'Keefe painting by Imogen Cunningham
Located in Brookville, NY
Imogen Cunningham was an influential American Photographer, best known for her detailed portraits and floral still lives. Cunningham brought a distinctly West Coast influence to mainstream photography. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Bay Area group f/64, along with Ansel Adams and Willard Van Dyke. The Museum of Modern Art NY held several solo exhibitions and the Dallas Art Museum. Her work is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography along with dozens of other Museums worldwide. Cunningham, in this photograph, captures her contemporary photographer Alfred Stieglitz in front of his longtime partner Georgia O'Keefe's 1926 painting...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York (consoling woman)
Located in New York, NY
11 x 14 inch gelatin silver print. Image size 7.25 x 10.75 inches. Signed on verso Helen Levitt was a true master of the street, one whose poetic vision, humor, and inventiveness tr...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled - Man directing steam shovel
Located in Denton, TX
Signed. Photograph mounted to black paper & paper mounted to large Album Sheet. Vintage gelatin silver print
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled - crane w/bull dozer
Located in Denton, TX
Signed. Photograph mounted to black paper & paper mounted to large Album Sheet. Vintage gelatin silver print
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled - Crane arm, scoop
Located in Denton, TX
Signed. Photograph mounted to black paper & paper mounted to large Album Sheet. Vintage gelatin silver print
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Monument, Surrealist Photograph by Herbert Bayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Herbert Bayer, Austrian (1900 - 1985) - Monument, Year: 1932, Medium: Gelatin Montage Print, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/40, Image Size: 13.75 x 8 inches, Si...
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Surrealist 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
Located in New York, NY
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio 1938/printed later Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of Congress,” verso Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
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Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Torso with Mary Gill, circa 1931
Located in New York, NY
Stamped "Man Ray Paris" on the reverse
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ideal Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
deal Theater, Philadelphia, PA (Men on Stepladder), 1938/printed in early 1980s Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches; signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print, printed circa 1950 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Girl Playing Snooker, Montmarte
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Matisse with his Model
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Bijou' of Montmarte
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Pablo Picasso with Stove
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Market Porter, Les Halles
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bal-Musette
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with titled and numbered on publisher's label affixed to reverse Silver gelatin print mounted to board, printed 1973 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches From a portfolio of 10 silver gel...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bal-Musette
Price Upon Request
Marc Chagall and his wife Bella circa
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the verso
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Divers, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Horst on the verso
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Costume Designs by Salvador Dali for His Ballet, Bacchanale, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Horst on the verso
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Model and Brancusi Sculpture, MoMA, 1938
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the verso
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lilly Dache Hat and Veil, New York, 1937
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the recto
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Beachwear by Patou, Molyneux & Yrande (Horst with Models)
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 8/27, includes black frame with white mat. Embossed on the recto. Estate-stamped, titled, numbered, and signed on the verso by R. J. Horst, executor of the Hoyningen-Huene Estate. Known for his masterfully composed images that captured the styles of the leading haute couture houses of the 1920s-30s including Chanel, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Vionnet, Schiaparelli, and Lelong, among others, George Hoyningen...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Divers, Swimwear by Izod
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 14/27, includes black frame with white mat. Embossed on the recto. Estate-stamped, titled, numbered, and signed on the verso by R. J. Horst, executor of the Hoyningen-Huene Estate. Known for his masterfully composed images that captured the styles of the leading haute couture houses of the 1920s-30s including Chanel, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Vionnet, Schiaparelli, and Lelong, among others, George Hoyningen...
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Model Shelly Napier in Schiaparelli with Brancusi Sculptures, MOMA, New York
Located in New York, NY
This photograph was likely taken during the Museum of Modern Art’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition, which also celebrated the museum’s new home at 11 West 53rd Street. Pictured with the model are “Bird in Space...
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Modern 1930s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marion Davies playing tennis
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Print Embossed by the photographer’s studio.
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Horst as an ancient Greek horseman, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Estate Stamped
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Miss E. Carise in Swimwear with Hula Hoop, Paris
Located in New York, NY
From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Katharine Hepburn
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on verso From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Art in Fashion: Model in Balenciaga in front of painting by Miro
Located in New York, NY
Photographer’s stamp on the verso From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jean Cocteau
Located in New York, NY
From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Toto Koopman
Located in New York, NY
From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Johnny Weissmuller
Located in New York, NY
Estate Stamped
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Divers, Paris
Located in New York, NY
From the collection of and signed by Horst
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Still Life, Houden, Hoop
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Electric Beauty, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lud in Chanel Dress, Paris, VOGUE
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Print
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1930s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

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