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Period: Mid-20th Century
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, 1961, The Rat Pack
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Two of the famed Rat Pack are shown here is this playful photograph by Art Shay. Dean Martin carries Frank Sinatra across the stage while the other members enjoy the antics in this ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shoeshine Sign in a Southern Town
By Walker Evans
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print, printed 1974
From the portfolio ""Walker Evans: Selected Photographs," 1974
Signed and notated "AP" on front border
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled Photogram
By György Kepes
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage gelatin silver print, 20 x 26 in.
Signed and dated in black ink on print verso by Gyorgy Kepes
György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the B...
Category
Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was Art's true passion. He never went anywhere without his camera so he could capture moments like this one - a priest on a Chicago street "observing" one of his ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kurt Cobain; Brushing Teeth
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition
Signed by Jesse Frohman
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 3 weeks for production.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Black and White Portrait 1960's Press Print
Located in Toronto, CA
Brigitte Bardot portrait from the 1960's. Press Print, Size 8" x 10". London Features International LTD, photographer unknown.
This stunning press print originates from editorial p...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph
Located in Toronto, CA
Signed black and white photo of Marilyn Monroe herself in a black top wearing white shorts and black heels. Press Print, Size 10"x8". London Features International LTD, photographer ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, 1964
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered.
Paper size: 36 x 54 in.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition of 25, $1000
16 x 20 in., Edition of 25, POR
24 x 36 in....
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_23 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out take from the photo essay shot for the December 7, 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" pape...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
The Young Callas - Vintage Original Photograph of Maria Callas - End of 1950-51
By Maria Callas
Located in Roma, IT
The Young Callas is a beautiful black-white photographic portrait of the nascent opera star realized by an unknown artist around the 1950-51.
On the verso the black ink stamp on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Metropolitan Museum, New York City
Located in Dallas, TX
Open edition
Signed by Elliott Erwitt in black ink on print margin
Signed, titled, dated and misc. notations by Elliott Erwitt in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in. Image...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey on Bicycle, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey on Bicycle, 1953 -- Photographed for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Audrey Hepburn rides a bike from the makeup department to the set where filming began at 9 o'clock. Image...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Che Guevara
Located in Nümbrecht, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havana with his parents and immigr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chet Baker
By Lee Tanner
Located in New York, NY
Estate Stamped
Please allow extra production time.
Other sizes available.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanity Fair Sheer Gown Icon, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Sheer Gown Icon, Circa 1955 -- One of Mark Shaw’s favorite photographs, this Vanity Fair slip was photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning ad campaign. THE 24” x 36...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Portrait of Edward Weston
By Beaumont Newhall
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 125
Signed and dated in pencil on verso.
Photograph is from The New Mexico Portfolio published in 1976 by the Center of the Eye Photography Collaborative.
Gelatin silve...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman rare signed platinum print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, US
JIMI HENDRIX ON STAGE AT THE WINTERLAND BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited edition #7/150
Rare signed platinum print with deckled bottom edge
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
The Clash, In Car, New York City 1982
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen
Other Sizes Available
Please allow extra production time.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Janet Leigh Photoshoot 1959
Located in Toronto, CA
Janet Leigh wears and attractive "shortie" nightgown in a photoshoot taken in 1959. Press Print, Size 9" x 7" (no border). Hollywood Press Syndicate, from Globe Photo Archives.
This...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Johnny Cash, motel room, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Johnny Cash, motel room, 1969
Photo by Duane Michals
Featured in Mademoiselle, November 1969
Johnny Cash, sitting in a chair in a motel room wearing a cowboy scarf knotted at the ne...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhine snake sculpture at shore of Rhine Duesseldorf, Germany 1937 Printed Later
Located in Nümbrecht, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Tina Turner "Wild Child"
Located in Memphis, TN
Tina Turner (b.1939), born as Anna Mae Bullock, began singing professionally as a teenager after meeting the established performer Ike Turner (1931–2007). At twenty, she stood in fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Wenda and Ostriches
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson and ostriches, fashion by...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 16x20" print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, US
Jimi Hendrix by iconic photographer, Baron Wolman. Taken at the Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, February 1968
One copy available
Signed limited edition #30/175
20x16” hand printed ...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Nümbrecht, 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren and John Wayne "Legend of the Lost" 1957
Located in Toronto, CA
Actress Sophia Loren and costar John Wayne photographed on set of the 1957 film "Legend of the Lost". Photograph, Size 10" x 8" (yellowing tones from age). From Globe Photo Archives...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Weegee "Distortion: Stripes"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Innovative, provocative, inimitable - these are just a few of the words to describe America's boldest photographer.
Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) was a ground-b...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Black and White Photo, F718 Pueblo of Taos NM
By H. Surer
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
Vintage photograph from the 1940s. Signed and title written by the photographer.
Mounted on 14 x 11 matboard.
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kennedy, Jackie Swings Caroline with a Young Kennedy Cousin Looking On, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Swings Caroline with a Young Kennedy Cousin Looking on, nb_089b -- The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are m...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Nümbrecht, 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Nümbrecht, 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gene Kelly taping CBS Television special 'New York, NY' in MOMA sculpture garden
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gene Kelly taping CBS Television special 'New York, NY' in MOMA sculpture garden, 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger with camera by Baron Wolman signed 11x14" limited edition print
By Baron Wolman
Located in Austin, US
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones by the legendary late photographer, Baron Wolman, Taken on the set of "Performance" in London, September 1968.
One copy available
Signed limited e...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 25
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn and Wally Westmore on the Set of Sabrina, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, Wally Westmore on the Set of Sabrina, r2_2 -- Audrey Hepburn and makeup artist Wally Westmore on the set of Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17"...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marilyn On The Roof (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Marilyn On The Roof (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) leans over the bal...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Nümbrecht, 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flood in Bologna - Vintage Photograph - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Flood in Bologna is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Nazionale. in 1966.
With the stamp of Agency on the rear.
Good conditions and aged margins.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Located in New York, NY
Premiere Archival Print
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot With Cigar In Mexico - hand signed by Brigitte Bardot framed
Located in London, GB
Brigitte Bardot In Mexico by Terry O'Neill
hand signed by French cinema icon and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot.
framed in solid black wood frame with anti UV anti reflective Artglass.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, C Print
Wyoming
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by Elliott Erwitt.
Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, before emigrating to the United States. As a teenager living ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JACKIE AND CAROLINE, HYANNIS PORT, MASSACHUSETTS, SUMMER 1961
By Jacques Lowe
Located in Aventura, FL
Jacques Lowe stamp and various inscriptions on print verso. Sheet size 11 x 13.9 inches. Image size approx 9 x 13 inches. Frame size approx 18.5 x 22.5 inches. Certificate of authen...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Surfing Florida Style
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated, print date and misc. notations in pencil on print verso
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot, "Viva Maria," Cualta, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
11x14”
Premiere Limited Edition Print
John R. Hamilton Estate Stamped
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paul Newman, "The Left Handed Gun," Warner Bros, Burbank, CA, 1958
Located in New York, NY
11x14”
Premiere Limited Edition Print
John R. Hamilton Estate Stamped
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Paul Newman on break from...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yoko Ono & John Lennon, CT, 1973
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen
Other Sizes Available
Please allow extra production time.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot 1959 Black and White Portrait
Located in Toronto, CA
Brigitte Bardot 1959 black and white portrait posing with white lingerie bottoms on while covering her bare chest with her arms. Press Print, Size 8" x 10". London Features Internati...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Leonard Cohen, NYC, 1974
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen
Other Sizes Available
Please allow extra production time.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie, NYC - 1974
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Open Edition Hand Signed Print by Bob Gruen
Other Sizes Available
Please allow extra production time.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn in Hat for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" 20" x 20" (Edition of 24)
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Audrey Hepburn posed in a wide-brimmed hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
The film received five nominations at the 34th Academy Awards: Best Actress (for Hepburn), Best ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (22-2) Three Quarters Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping to continental US and a 14-day return policy.
Joan Didion by Julian Wasser
Silver gelatin print
Image Size: 11 x 8 inches
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill, Brigitte Bardot, Shalako Deauville (co-signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, On the set of ‘Shalako’, in Deauville, 1968
Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print
Co-Signed and numbered edition of 50
Terry O'Neill CBE (born 1938-2019; London, UK...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Schiller, Lawrence
Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake
1962 / 2007
Silver Gelatin Print
30 x 40 in.
Edition of 75
Signed & numbered in ink
Accompanied with COA ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)
17th July 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
1946: Three pairs of stockinged legs. Original Publication: Picture Post.
Additional...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Children Playing Marbles, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
By Jack Delano
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Beatles, Abbey Road Studios, London, 1967
By David Mangus
Located in New York, NY
16x20”
Limited Edition
Next available edition printed upon purchase.
Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
The Beatles run through "All You Need is Love" at A...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Smoking, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Smoking, c10_13 – While working on the film Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn was shampooed every night -- She often conducted business with her agents while und...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
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