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Period: 20th Century
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label Silver gelatin print, printed later A...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palais Royal, Paris, 1989
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Palais Royal, Paris, 1989/Printed Later Signed in ink on recto Gelatin silver print 16 x 12 inches
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein, 1956, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein is a 14 x 11 inch gelatin silver print, and is edition 3/200. This photograph features a boy sitting on the ground, surrounded by nu...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le Desert de Retz, Study 36, France
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45 Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered. Sepia toned gelatin silver Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
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American Realist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photogram, Digital, Black and White, ABS, Photographic Paper

Patti Smith portrait, New York 1969
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of musician, poet and writer, Patti Smith, taken in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969. This Patty Smith...
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Photorealist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jackie Kennedy; horse-riding, ca. 1970s
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol and Sean McKeon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Blumenfeld, Can-can dancer, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Offset

Marianne Faithfull 1964 Decca Studios in London Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull poses during a photoshoot in London in 1966. Faithful was discovered by the manager of the Rolling Stones Andrew Loog Oldham and became one of the lead female arti...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

JFK, London
Located in New York, NY
Larry Burrows Collection and copyright stamps on verso. Printed 2004
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Other Art Style 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a Woman with Teapot, 1970s Pittsburgh Black & White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling 1970s black and white photograph of a contemplative woman leaning on a table into her crossed arms, beside a small teapot that casts a long sha...
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Realist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Water Trails Down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower - American Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
'Water Trails down Empty Street in front of Water Tower' by Michael Ormerod. Water Trails down Empty Street in front of Water Tower is a black and white photographic print on Hahn...
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American Realist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White

"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5952 - St...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala 1955 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid. Paper size 20 x 20" inch...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

VE Day, Times Square, NYC by Ruth Orkin, 1945, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
This black and white photograph by Ruth Orkin features five men standing with CBS camera equipment on top of a structure. They appear to be filming out into a large crowd at Times Sq...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Daryl Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room, 1996 Attributed to Abelardo Morell- unsigned. This is a black-white image marked " F...
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Minimalist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Paper

Dancer Kirk Peterson, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Party’s Over by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller by Arthur Steel The Party’s Over -Kevin Keegan hangs up his football boots and retires after his last ever game playing for Newcastle United. 1984 Arthur recalls: “Be...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bob Marley #7
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: Bob Marley #7 Artist: Richard E. Aaron Estate Edition: Hand numbered with estate chop mark in the margin, signature stamp on verso, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo ...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on the lear jet in 1979 during the New Barbarians tour. Signed and titled by Henry Diltz
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Birds - Original Photograph by Pino Settanni - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an original artwork realized by Pino Settanni in 1985. Black and white photograph applied on a yellowish card-board. Good conditions. Pino Settanni (1949 - 2010). He was...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hugh Hefner, Black and White Photograph of Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor
Located in New york, NY
By American photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 14" x 11" photograph on fiber paper (gelatin silver print) of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who wrote for the magazine he founded,...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Mini Car Mini Skirt" by Michael Webb
Located in London, GB
"Mini Car Mini Skirt" by Michael Webb Brigitte Bardot during a break from filming, 'Two Weeks in September' in Whitehall, London. Leaning against a mini she is wearing boots, a belt...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Rolling Hills, California
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This matte silver gelatin print is signed in pencil and bears the "Estate of William E. Dassonville" stamp sheet verso. Accompanied by an SFMoMA exhibition receipt from 1977. Pri...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Patty Owen, New York – Albert Watson, Woman, BlackandWhite, Actress, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Patty Owen, New York City, 1986 Chromogenic print from a polaroid positive face mounted to acrylic (Diasec) Sheet 238 x 182.5 cm (93 3/4 x 71 7/8 in.)...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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C Print

Lovers 3
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli Lovers 3 Gelatin Silver Print Printed by the artist 17.5" x 20.5" Unique: $2500 Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio Signature: Signed en verso A...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Charlotte Flossaut in Sombrero
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert Watson Charlotte Flossaut in Sombrero, New Mexico, 1988 Archival pigment print 76 x 61 cm (29 7/8 x 24 in.) Edition of 25 plus 2 AP Albert Watson was born 1942 in Edinburgh, ...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959. 20 x ...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marianne Faithfull 1964 Decca Studios in London Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull is photographed at Decca Studios in London, 1964. Faithful was discovered by the manager of the Rolling Stones Andrew Loog Oldham and became one of the lead female...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Black Dancer (male nude) Grainy version
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roy Blakey (1930-2024). Portrait of Black Dancer, Grainy Version, ca. 1972. Original photographic print on paper, image measures 11 x 14 inches. Framed measurement 12 x 15 inches. ...
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Realist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jackie Kennedy, Thomas Hoving, Black and White, MET, USA, 1976, 18, 1 x 12, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. Her popularity as First Lady was due to her devotion to historical preservation of the White House, her fashion sense, and her devotion to her children, which endeared her to the American public. During her lifetime, Jackie was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Bowie, 'The Finger' – Albert Watson, Black & White, Pop, Music, David Bowie
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Bowie, 'The Finger', 1996 Archival pigment print Sheet 76 x 61 cm (29 7/8 x 24 in.) Edition of 25, plus 2 AP; AP2/2 (last available edition) Albert Watson print...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie The Archer - New special XL edition - 70x40"
Located in Austin, TX
Special XL limited edition series - paper size 70" wide x 40" high This iconic image of David Bowie as The Thin White Duke was taken by renowned Rock photographer, John Rowlands, o...
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Photorealist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ruth- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white Contemporary, Romantic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ruth - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then print...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Gi...

Athens - Acropolis, Temple of Zeus
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1955. 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...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

RON GALELLA - Michael Jackson and Muhammad Ali and wife, Veronica Parker Ali
Located in PARIS, FR
Through these photos, Galella ( 1931 - 2022 ) presents the life of Warhol, his entourage and the places he frequented, in the form of a visual diary. The term Paparazzo (Italian for ...
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Photorealist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

American classical double bass virtuoso Gary Karr nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Phyllis Hyman, Contemporary Photograph by David Ogburn
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Ogburn, American (1942 - ) - Phyllis Hyman, Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Image Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches, Size: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.32 cm)
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Ali in Training' by R. McPhedran, Limited Edition Photograph Print, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ring while in training for his fight against Brian London, London, England, August 1966. (Photo by R. McPhed...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Sharon Stone, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of the actress Sharon Stone wearing a long dress. From pe...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Make-Up Lesson at Fantasia Fair
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered, verso Edition of 15 This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the American actress,...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
Located in New york, NY
Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 (printed later) by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's series This Is the Day: The March on Washington and is on p. 81 of the book (Getty Museum, 2013). American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and was a "concerned photographer" whose work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. Provenance: Freed archive. *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Frank Sinatra in his Ford Thunderbird
Located in Austin, TX
In this photograph, Frank Sinatra is captured glancing over his shoulder at his friend, photographer Frank Worth, while sitting in his classic Ford Thunderbird. Frank Sinatra was a...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size ...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Angus Young AC/DC 1976
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Angus Young AC/DC Angus Young of AC/DC London, 1976 shoot was later used for album sleeve cover Angus Young is the electrifying lead guitarist of AC/DC, recogniz...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948 20 x 20" inches / 51 x...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eton Vs Harrow 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Eton Vs Harrow 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London,...
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Modern 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lucille Ball Smoking
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white vintage image features American actress and slapstick comedian Lucille Ball sitting outdoors in the sunlight, smoking a cigarette. Lucille Ball was best known...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Jon Gould Jumping off Rock in Montauk
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs This work is not signed by the artist, however, each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right co...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Golfing at Le Touquet
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990...
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20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Carmen, NY 1946, Silver Gelatin print. Printed later.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This striking black-and-white photograph captures Carmen in NY enveloped in a flowing, white gown, creating a graceful, sculptural form. Her head is elegantly tilted to the side, fra...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Led Zeppelin at Chateau Marmont
Located in Austin, TX
Incredible 1969 photograph of one of the world's greatest rock bands, Led Zeppelin. This photograph was taken by Jay Thompson during a memorable photo shoot at LA's Chateau Marmont. ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dancer Fernando Bujones, studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Fernando Bujones, who was the youngest principal male dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's his...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Halston in Kitchen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol of Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, a fashion designer whose aesthetic made an impact on 1970s disco culture. Through de...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol superstar Eric Emerson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Eric Emerson, the iconic portrait photographed for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mi...
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Pop Art 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Archival digital pigment, AP 3/5. Image: 12.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's ...
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Photorealist 20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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