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Period: 1950s
Autographed Portrait of Horst Janson - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Horst Janson is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actor, with the additional value of a green ink autograph and date on the lower margin at the center. 1961.
This autographed postcard is in perfect condition, absolutely to collect!
Horst Janson (1935)
The German actor started his career with the film The Buddenbrooks in 1959. He has appeared in many other feature films, including spaghetti westerns with Franco Nero, Eli Wallach and other international productions with Roger Moore, Tony Curtis, Anthony Perkins, Charles Bronson...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - NY Apartments - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design.
Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
P...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Gerry Cranham 'Sundial Hat' Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Image...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of John McCone - Vintage B/W photo - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portait of John McCone (Head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then Director of CIA) is an original black and white photograph realized by an...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sand Shaped by Miller Null - Original Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Sand Shaped by Miller Null is a vintage photographic print on baryta paper.
Print came from the work “ Riva di Pò” realized between 1956 and 1961 by famous american photographer Harold Miller...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Niven with Rita Hayworth - Original Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The English actor David Niven with Rita Hayworth.
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Luxury Dining' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Luxury Dining'
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Paper size 40 x 40 inches / 102 x 102 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Gerry Cranham 'Sundial Hat' Limited Edition Photograph 20x30
By Ed Feingersh
Located in San Rafael, CA
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Image...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blackpool Railings - Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
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
Joseph McKeown 'Need for Speed' Grand Prix Limited Edition Photograph 40x60
Located in San Rafael, CA
July 17, 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up a win for the Mercedes team at the French Grand Prix in Reims. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7209 -...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jean-Pierre Aumont - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Pierre Aumont - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco - Vintage B/W photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Funeral in Tizi-Ouzou of Prince Francesco is a vintage photograph on photography paper, realized by an anonymous photographer
With the stamp of Associated press and type-note on th...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Carl Orff - 1950s
By Felicitas Timpe
Located in Roma, IT
A B/W Wonderful Photo of C. Orff, by Felicitas Timpe, as the mark shows in back. The famous Bavarian Composer of "Carmina Burana" and "Catulla Carmina” is photographed smoking...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Norman Parkinson 'Montgomery Clift in New York, 1952'
Located in New York, NY
American actor Montgomery Clift photographed in New York for British Vogue, November 1952.
Montgomery Clift in New York, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered editio...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photograph of an Anti-Electric Space - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Anti-electric space is a vintage photograph realized in 1955 by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description stamped and copyright on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sculpture - Vintage B/W photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The sculpture is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a sculpture.
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Park Avenue' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Park Avenue'
1953: A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City.
30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
In the Station - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
In the Station- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Dufoto, Roma"
With the copyright, the stamp of Agency"and the hand-note, and ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ingrid Thulin and Burt Lancaster - Original Vintage Photograph - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actors Ingrid Thulin and Burt Lancaster, two of the protagonist of the 1987 film "Control".
Lightly damaged.
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Dixieland Jam in Rome' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971), Earl 'Fatha' Hines (1905 - 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 - 1964) on trom...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photo by Agenzia ANSA - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna Magnani (ANSA) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition.
Dimension: 18x13.
Anna Magnani was born in R...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photo by Agenzia ANSA - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna Magnani s a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition.
Dimension: 18x13
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock - Vintage b/w Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
Photograph is an official picture from the set of 1957 MGM's fi...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Japanese Director Hiroshi Inagaki - Vintage Photograph - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Hiroshi Inagaki receiving the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for the movie "Rickshaw Man", 1957.
There is a little tear...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Print - NY Apartments 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
NY Apartments
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Happy Hepburn
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) relaxing during a break in Paris during the shooting of the Paramount musical ‘Funny Face’. 1956
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Editi...
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Three Skiers 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Three Skiers
Three skiers in New Hampshire, 1955. A sign near them lists the local slopes and trails.
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - French Polo Crowd 1950 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Pr...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Private Transport, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
NEW Slim Aarons 'Flo Smith And Friends' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American fashion editor Florence 'Flo' Pritchett Smith (left) and Dolly O'Brien (centre) with a friend in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Flo Smith And Friends
1955
Fi...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NEW Slim Aarons 'Golf Spectators' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man wearing a bathrobe stands among the spectators at the Seminole Golf Club, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Golf Spectators
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - NY Apartments 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
NY Apartments
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Stanley Twardowicz Venice Italy Gondola Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Black & white vintage photo of Venice Italy in 1952 by American Abstract Expressionism artist Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008).
It depicts a reflection...
Category
American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
The Carlton Hotel. Florida Cadillac in Cannes, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and st...
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' by Ed Feingersh
Actress Marilyn Monroe prepares to go out to the play ‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’ by applying make-up and pe...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Paper size: 20 x 14, Image size: 14 x 14 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorbals Boys' Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
'Blackpool Railings' Oversize Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
Now widely recognised as a Master of Photography - this is considered to be o...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Slim Aarons
NY Lights
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Swimming Pool (Welch, West Virginia)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on verso; stamped with photographer's copyright stamp on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Paper: 16" x 20", Mat: 20" x 24"
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'Slim' photograph, it epitomises the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
'NY Apartments' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'NY Apartments'
1953: A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
30x30 inches / 76 x 7...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
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
NEW Slim Aarons 'Three Sisters' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Shoppers on the pavement outside a Three Sisters boutique in Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Three Sisters
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 1...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black and White Photogr...
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Emulsion, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Debutante Ball
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim-Aarons
Debutante Ball, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 250
A debutante ball held at the Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, 1958.
Estate stamped and hand nu...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Spectators At Lord’s' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Spectators At Lord’s' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Spectators at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Tina Onassis' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tina Onassis' 1958
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowne...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - A Helping Hand 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Helping Hand
Former ski instructor Herman Ostermaier gives a helping hand to a member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
Paper size 40 x 40" inc...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Three Skiers' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Three Skiers' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Three skiers in New Hampshire, 1955. A sign near them lists the local slopes and trails.
(Photo by Slim Aar...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kennedy And Friends
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons
Kennedy And Friends
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons...
Category
American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Deena's back - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
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 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop 1952
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Cop
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x ...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Race Meeting 1950- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Race Meeting
A group of racegoers chatting to jockeys, France, circa 1950.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim A...
Category
Modern 1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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