1940s Black and White Photography

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1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This awesome candid capture features Dick Powell smiling at the breakfast table, dunking his doughnut. Dick Powell was an American singer, actor, film producer, film director, and s...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This stunning black and white studio portrait features Dick Powell lighting a cigarette to make for a truly captivating image. Dick Powell was an American singer, actor, film produc...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This stunning black and white studio glamour portrait features a splendid image of Dorothy Lamour smiling at the camera for her performance on the "Sealtest Variety Show". Dorothy L...

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1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This vintage black and white capture features Eleanor Roosevelt in a stunning outdoors portrait. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She serve...

Bill Kobrin

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This black and white closeup features Gene Kelly candid and looking away while on set of the film "Going My Way". Gene Kelly was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and televi...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Cary Grant was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This black and white studio portrait features Carmen Miranda dancing on a stage set. Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film ...

Art Shay

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Silver Leaf, Silver Gelatin

“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Cary Grant was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant...

Edward Weston

1940s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Photographic Paper

A handsome portrait of a man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lower right. Displayed in a black wood frame. Image, 4.5"H x 3.5"W. Weston ...

Genevieve Naylor

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Stamped by the photographer's estate.

Cole Weston

1940s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print Signed and dated in pencil, l.r. 7.5 x 9.5 inches, sheet 13 x 16 inches, mount This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, C Print

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is al...

Willy Maywald

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Photographic Paper, C Print

Original Vintage Willy Maywald Photo titled 'Robe d'pares-midi' designed by Jacques Heim Measuring 13.5x13.5 cm / Framed 26x32 cm

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This vintage black and white capture features Eleanor Roosevelt speaking on CBS radio. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the F...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This black and white image features Mexican actress, Delores Del Rio. She was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with a career in American films in th...

Bill Kobrin

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This black and white closeup features Gene Kelly smiling and looking to the camera while on set of the film "Going My Way". Gene Kelly was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, ...

Marion Post Wolcott

1940s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Marion Post Wolcott. (1910-1990). Taking a Drink, 1940. Image Size: 9 x 9", Framed Size; 15.5 x 14.5". Gelatin silver print. Signed on print verso with the following handwritten tex...

Fritz Henle

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

gelatin silver print 22 x 18.5 x 0.75 inches framed

Unknown

1940s Portrait Photography

Silver Gelatin

gelatin silver print, vintage 18.5 x 22 x 0.75 inches framed

George Hurrell

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Photographic Paper

This piece is a vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by George Hurrell in 1942. This photograph depicts American actress Jane Russell, who is best know for her roles ...

Art Shay

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...

Gyorgy Kepes

1940s Abstract Abstract Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed, dated and numbered. Portfolio "Twelve Photographs", No. 13

Art Shay

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Archival Pigment

“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...

Jack Delano

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.

Jack Delano

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Jack Delano, born Jacob Ovcharov, moved from his native Russian to New York in 1923, at the age of 9. He went on to study illustr...

Unknown

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Silver Gelatin

'Marlene Wears Christain Dior' Marlene Dietrich wearing a Christian Dior design, in Stage Fright, 1949. A stunning image of the film actress looking glamorous and decadent. (phot...

George Platt Lynes

1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Silver Gelatin

Vintage gelatin silver print Inscribed in black ink, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American f...

George Hurrell

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

This beautiful vintage portrait features Rita Hayworth smiling in Lingerie her head tilted back and eyes closed. Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame ...

Art Shay

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...

Slim Aarons

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Backstage at La Scala, 1948 Chromogenic Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A chorus girl reads a movie magazi...

Unknown

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, C Print

This is an incredible portrait of an inquisitive Albert Einstein, photographed by Harris & Ewing in the 1940's. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who develope...

Unknown

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, C Print

A fine portrait of Frank Sinatra riding on the ferry, for the film "Pal Joey". One of the greatest of all entertainers of the 20th Century, Sinatra popularity spanned from coast to c...

Helen Levitt

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Helen Levitt was a true master of the street, one whose poetic vision, humor, and inventiveness transformed the gritty world of New York City’s poorer neighborhoods into captivating,...

Slim Aarons

1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aaron...

Slim Aarons

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

'Dinner Jazz' by Slim Aarons American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome, 1949. The infamous jazz musician is pictured enjo...

John Stryker

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver print Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Oly...

John Stryker

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver print Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the &quo...

John Stryker

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver print Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Oly...

John Stryker

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver prints. Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the &q...

Unknown

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films and won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and the Tony Awar...

Slim Aarons

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

'Cannon Drive' by Slim Aarons Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Another gorgeous and typically 'Slim' photograph, it epitomises the elegant, vintage...

Auguste Rodin & Albert Rudomine

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Inscribed Rudomine in an unknown hand on reverse

Slim Aarons

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Chancellery Graffiti, 1945 Silver gelatin print 30 x 30 inches Edition of 150 1945: Graffiti on the wall of Hitler’s chancellery shortly after his death. The men are Life photo...

Ernest Bachrach

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Photographic Film, Archival Paper

This is a "One-of-a-Kind" original 8" x 10" Large-Format negative of Ingrid Bergman, shot by Ernest Bachrach in 1945. The negative comes with a 22” x 17” print on archival paper. ...

Gaston Longet

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Photographic Film, Archival Paper

Ingrid Bergman, a "One-of-a-Kind" Original Negative by photographer Gaston Longet shot in 1946 for RKO Radio Pictures. The negative is a Large Format 8"" x 10"", accompanied by a 22"...

Robert Coburn

1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Photographic Film, Archival Paper

"Rita Hayworth a ""One-of-a-Kind"" Original Negative by iconic photographer Robert Coburn shot in 1946 at Columbia Picture Studio. The negative is a Large Format 8"" x 10"", accompan...

Leo Matiz

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Black and White, Digital

Frida Kahlo, Coyoacán, Mexico, 1943 by Leo Matiz Framed Digital Sepia Print Artist Proof Image size: 14.5 in. H x 10.75 in. W Frame size: 25.5 in. H x 21.38 in. W x 1.5 in. D Signed ...

Morris Engel

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed in black ink on print margin. Signed in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.

Philippe Halsman

1940s Modern Figurative Photography

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Wood

The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1944 and exhibited at the International Center for Photography. Philippe Hal...

Ernest Bachrach

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Stunning image of the glamorous Lucille Ball, taken before she rose to fame as a comedic television star. This photo was shot by Ernest Bachrach, head of the RKO photographic depart...

Clarence Sinclair Bull

1940s Black and White Photography

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor was one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. She was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beau...

George Platt Lynes

1940s Post-Modern Figurative Photography

Black and White

Vintage silver print Studio stamp in black ink, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashio...

Norman Parkinson

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Limited Edition Estate Print; titled, dated and numbered in ink on verso.

Jaromir Funke

1940s Other Art Style Landscape Photography

Black and White

Vintage silver print Signed in pencil, verso Also inscribed by the artist's son in pencil, verso 9.5 x 7 inches, sheet This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Genevieve Naylor

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed by the photographer.

Robert Doisneau

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed by the photographer.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

1940s Black and White Photography

Silver Gelatin

Signed by the photographer.