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Period: Mid-20th Century
Cafe Culture
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23r...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Drinking Man
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A man having a drink at a cafe in Gibraltar. 1954.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made utilising the original ne...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stage and Screen Star Gloria Swanson posing in the foyer of her NYC home
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Stage and Screen Star Gloria Swanson posing in the foyer of her NYC home. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or magazine w...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black, white, muhammad ali, beatles, 20x30 in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Ali Versus The Beatles
1964
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. / 50 x 92 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Stage and Screen Star Gloria Swanson posing in the foyer of her NYC home
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Stage and Screen Star Gloria Swanson posing in the foyer of her NYC home. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or magazine w...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Obie-winning Broadway stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed in New York City
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Obie Award-winning Broadway (and Off-Broadway) stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed in New York City, 1966. This is a print that was...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Edward Albee
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Edward Albee photographed in 1965. This is a print that was published by a ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Man, Mid-Century Black & White Photograph by Edward Weston
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare black and white photograph, a portrait of a handsome man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lo...
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nina Simone, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
By the time she was photographed by Jack Robinson on October 30, 1969, few singers had fused gospel and pop with classical music as successfully as Nina Simone. Born as Eunice Kathl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Visitor At No 10 Snowman By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Visitor At No 10 Snowman
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1968 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
edition of 20
note other print sizes...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ed Feingersh 'Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment' Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
By Ed Feingersh
Located in San Rafael, CA
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe posed in a screen test for her role as Nell in "Don't Bother to Knock", circa 1952.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Bad Luck Gloria 1951
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bad Luck Gloria
2nd April 1951: American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 – 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Relaxing On Deck
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A man relaxing on the deck of a United States Lines, passenger ship, Southampton, 10th August 1960
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Editi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach, FL - Black and White Photograph, Documentary
Located in Denton, TX
Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach by Al Satterwhite is a black and white photograph featuring a group of teenagers sitting on top of a car filled with surfboards.
Archival Pigment P...
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranier-B/W photo-Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranieri (Rai) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by RAI prints.
Good condition.
Anna Magnan...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a a gown for her role in "Don't Bother to Knock", circa 1952.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Mercedes Racer
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 – 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with Granizo - Black and White Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity, Animal
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo. Frida crouches down to place her hand on the small deer ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Paul Georges Studio Painting Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Georges with Painting Jan 6, 1967
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests.
Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office.
Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist.
For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Zion National Park, Utah, 1968.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph from the 1950s captures a climber scaling the surface of a monumental rock formation in the American Southwest. The immense rock structure dominates t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1960s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
London Dancing
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Soldiers and civilians having dinner and dancing in a night club in London during World War II, 1st November 1941. Original Publication: Picture Post – PP 917 – The Night Life of London – pub...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
End of 42nd Street, New York
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unmounted, unsigned. Authenticated and stamped by the Brett Weston Archive. Printed later.
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Saks Fifth Avenue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vernal Fall from Lady Franklin Rock, Yosemite
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early silver gelatin print on semi-matte paper with margins was likely printed in the 1930s. This is an extremely rare variant of an image published in "The Four Seasons of Yose...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aristotle Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Aristotele Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dead Tree, Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "11" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #11 and set #A in red...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elegant Ankle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Customers sitting on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23rd June ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Douglas Fairbanks Jr with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. posed sitting on a film set petting a dog.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of Wor...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rhonda Fleming Posing With Dog
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features portrait of Rhonda Fleming sitting beside dog on bed at home.Rhonda Fleming was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Carney with Cat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of comedian and actor Art Carney posed holding his cat.
Art Carney was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joséphine Baker - Vintage Photography - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo B / W of Josephine Baker in Italy in 1960s.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani with Alberto Sordi -B/W photo- Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) with Alberto Sordi is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Associated Press Photos.
Good condition.
Anna Magnan...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marlene Dietrich in Fur
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio capture of Marlene Dietrich posed in a fur coat.
In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef v...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Thelma Todd in Fur
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white closeup glamour portrait of classic film actress Thelma Todd posed in a fur coat and wide brimmed hat.
Thelma Todd was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis in Fur Coat
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of Bette Davis posed in a fur coat, circa 1935.
Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 by O'Neill and Bardot and numbered edition of 50
Terry O'Neill CBE (born...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Brando On The Waterfornt (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brando On The Waterfront (1954) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives)
1954,
Marlon Brando on-set of the Film,
On the Waterfront.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in The Mid-20th.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Child Waxing Soldier Shoes, Algeria - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Cent
Located in Roma, IT
The child waxing soldier shoes, Algeria is an original black and white vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright "Associated Press Photo" ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon Skiing By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
John Lennon Skiing
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other print siz...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Killers For Hire, JFK, South Dakota 1960, Black and White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This photograph features John F Kennedy sitting on the back of a convertible with US Representative George McGovern in what at first glance appears to be a parade route in South Dako...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, The Buttes Chaumont Public Garden, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography. Paris, The Buttes Chaumont public garden, circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography Unframed.
Pres...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Designer Coco Chanel Sewing in Paris, 1962 by Douglas Kirkland
Located in Chicago, IL
24" x 30"
Edition Size: 24
*Price is for unframed. It's extra $500 for framed*
Mademoiselle Chanel at work. Douglas Kirkland was sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine, a...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is pho...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black, white, muhammad ali, beatles, 34.5x48in
Located in London, GB
Chris Smith (b.1937)
Ali Versus The Beatles
1964
silver gelatin fibre based print
20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. / 50 x 92 in.
signed and numbered
printed later
This work...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Girl in the Mountain in a School Holiday - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Girl in the mountain in a school holiday is an original black and white photograph realized by the Gherlone photography agency.
With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear.
Good...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Provence, France, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Provence, France, 1955 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Avail...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Technology in 1960s - Vintage B/W photo
Located in Roma, IT
Technology in 1960s - Vintage Photograph is a vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With script on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joséphine Baker with ad Henri Varna - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
B / W photo by J.B. after his show at the Musical Hall Olympia in Paris.
Shot together with Theater Director Henri Varna.
"Associated Press" stamp.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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