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Period: 1950s
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio
silver gelatin fibre print.
Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'S...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parisienne Lovers
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
23rd June 1951: A young couple sharing an intimate moment in one of the pavement cafes on the Champs-Elysees, Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Kennedy and Friends'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1953: Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe on a Stroll
Located in Austin, TX
Stellar candid shot of Marilyn Monroe out on a stroll. Her legacy is way more than curves and a blonde bob. Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains a luminescent movie st...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren: Those Eyes
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white outdoors portrait features Italian film actress and singer Sophia Loren posed with a sultry expression and piercing eyes for her role in "Legend of the Lost"
Kn...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jimmy Stewart, Dale Evans, and Roy Rogers Singing
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid black and white capture featuring Jimmy Stewart, Dale Evans and her husband Roy Rogers, dressed in cowboy gear singing together.
met Dale Evans in 1944 when they were...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Vintage Paris Landscape
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning vintage image captured by Steve Fontanini features a wonderful capture of a Parisian landscape. A bustling vintage street scene with candid subjects and stunning lines,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball Hugging Desi Arnaz
By Virgil Apger
Located in Austin, TX
This unique capture features Lucille Ball hugging Desi Arnaz in a captivating studio portrait.
Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executiv...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Supremes in Sequins
By Walter Looss
Located in Austin, TX
This lovely group portrait features The Supremes posed in sequined gowns.
The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fratello e Sorella - Thailand 1961 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted on a 2mm dib...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The water carrier - Thailand 1959 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 of 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
The water carrier - Thailand
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryt...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gita in famiglia, Thaïland (1957) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted on a 2mm dib...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Perso nell'immensità - New York, 1955 - Full Framed Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Perso nell'immensità, 1955. Men and hats, in the streets of New York.
Work sold in perfect condition, print on baryta paper 310 grs pigment inks of museum quality, limited edition of...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Er Fusto, Roma Ciampino Airport (1953) Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper is mounted on a 2mm dibo...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Missouri Hunt Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Missouri Hunt
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A hunting party on horseback in St Louis, Missouri, circa 1955
unframed
silver gelatin print
printed 2023
20×...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance "I Love Lucy"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance talking on the phone for a scene in the television hit series "I Love Lucy".
Lucille Ball was an American act...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn with Balloons at the Arc de Triomphe
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey’s most beloved movie is arguably Funny Face, in which she plays a bookish girl swept up in the world of fashion, taken under the wing of a magazine editor looking for a model ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe at a Dinner Event
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of blonde bombshell actress Marilyn Monroe seated at a dinner event.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in "Houseboat": Between the Curtains
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of Sophia Loren appearing between two curtains for her role in "Houseboat".
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress. With a career spanning over 70 years,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953.
photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
by Frank Worth / Globe Photos
paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
edition of 24 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(fr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Venice - Gondola 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954.
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 photograph...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 6-10) - 30"x40"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Lad ( haunting portrait of young boy on a crowded London street)
By Richard Sadler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Richard Sadler's "Young Boy" is a haunting portrait of a very serious young British lad amidst a crowd of other people. He is dressed very formally in hat, coat and tie. He clutche...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Petroglyphs, Monument Valley Utah
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V.
Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110.
Printed by Ansel Adams
Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing
Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood
1957
Fiber print
estate edition of 150
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin, 1951, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Dallas, TX
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin presents a woman staring up at a detailed sculpture of two men in the nude. Her facial expression reflects the sculpture's expression, creating a...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
In Voluptas Mors (Dalí)
Located in Dallas, TX
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone's favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photo...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nude in Tree
By Cole Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist.
Dry mounted to board with over mat.
Signed and dated on recto.
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph
1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Venice - Gondola on Water and Bridge of Sights, Italy, 1950s, 23, 3 x 15, 9 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
JFK in Jamaica (Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Democratic senator for Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963) outside Sunset Lodge, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pi...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice - Canale Grande with Rialto Bridge
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice, Murano Glas Mask, Italy, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Chicago 45, abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Aaron Siskind was a prominent American photographer known for his significant contributions to abstract photography. Chicago is from a well known series where he photographed walls w...
Category
Abstract 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice - Canale Grande with Rialto Bridge
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Venice - Gondolas with people, Italy, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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