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Period: Mid-20th Century
Johnny Carson Smiling in Car
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1961 in Hollywood, California: American TV show host Johny Carson gets into a convertible sports car in Hollywood.
Johnny Carson was an American television host, comedian, and...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sheep, Storm, South Park, Colorado (Sheep grazing on a Colorado plain)
By Myron Wood
Located in Denver, CO
Capture the timeless beauty of the American West with this vintage 1960s photograph by renowned photographer Myron Wood. Titled "Sheep, Storm, South Park, Colorado", this stunning bl...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Kids with Circus Poster, NYC
By Morris Engel
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Signed in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Morris Engel was an American street photographer and ci...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lovers 3
By Ormond Gigli
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Buddy Rich" by David Redfern
Located in London, GB
"Buddy Rich" by David Redfern
Buddy Rich, November 1969 Ronnie Scotts.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40" x 40'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Las Vegas Luxury - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Screen Test for "We're Not Married" Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Marilyn Monroe posed in a screen test for her role as Annabel in "We're Not Married".
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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
Goodbye
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Tearful wives waving goodbye as a troop train pulls out of a station. Original Publication: Picture Post – 1133 – Wartime Terminus – pub. 1942
(Photo Be...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 ...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Brighton, Street Photographer, United Kingdom 1956
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in Brighton in 1952, depicts a street photographer labeled "Official Beach Photographer," standing confidently with his vintage camera on a tri...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
3 Matadors, Seville (1952)
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Gelatin Silver Print
22.5" x 16"
Unique: $5225
Provenance: From the artist's studio, Printed by artist
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born New York City, 192...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl with Oxen, Portugal
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Silver Gelatin Print
27.25" x 23.5"
Unique: $5400
Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born New York Cit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neff
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Neff, 1954
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5" x 10.5"
Unique: $6500
Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born Ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
521 – René Groebli, Black and White, Nude, Photography, Body, Woman, Erotic, Art
By René Groebli
Located in Zurich, CH
René GROEBLI (*1927, Switzerland)
521, 1952
Vintage silver gelatin print on Baryta paper
Image 27.6 x 19 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet 34 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.)
Unique
Framed
Signed and dated on verso
This photograph is part of the MoMA permanent collection.
René Groebli (born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1927) secured his place among the elite of Swiss post-war photographers with his 1949 portfolio MAGIE DER SCHIENE (RAIL MAGIC). In the early fifties Groebli worked as reporter for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines. During the following years he owned a studio for industrial and advertising photography. In 1957 the American Color Annual named him MASTER OF COLOR.
In the early 80s Groebli stopped working for advertising and rediscovered for himself the possibilities of expression that black & white photography offers. In 1999 the Zurich Kunsthaus (Art Museum) showed a representative selection of his photographs from the years 1946 to 1996.
With NUDES René Groebli gives us a work for sensuous pleasure that had grown over half a century. In the long history of sensual art photography one is hard pressed to find anyone comparable to the Swiss photo...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Veronica Lake at a party w/ Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morrissey
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Film noir actress Veronica Lake at a cocktail party at Jack Mitchell's Manhattan apartment, with Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morr...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Satchmo Blows In" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Satchmo Blows In" by Haywood Magee
A series of images showing American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1900 - 1971) backstage and in perform...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Steve McQueen in Go-Kart
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome color capture of Steve McQueen smiling in a go-kart.
Steve Mcqueen was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, his nickname was "King of Cool. He rose from a troubled y...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ali vs The Beatles - Chris Smith, black & white, muhammad ali, beatles, 46x66 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
Verticalità, New York, 1955 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Choreographer Robert Joffrey, Nels Jorgensen & Paul Sutherland dancing
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Choreographer Robert Joffrey, Nels Jorgensen & Paul Sutherland dancing in 1962. This is a print that was pu...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York Debutante, 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 New York debutante having her headpiece pinned.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Lambda
Peter Lorre, Actor in The Maltese Falcon & Casablanca. Smoking Portrait
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Carmel, CA
After a successful acting career in Europe, Peter Lorre came to the United States and starred in such classic films as “The Maltese Falcon”, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, and “Casablanca”....
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Uomini dell’ombra, Roma - 1962 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 2 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
In these dark and sometimes damp alleys, all kinds of petty trafficki...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in Lingerie - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Cotton Club Marquee In NY" by George Karger
Located in London, GB
"Cotton Club Marquee In NY" by George Karger
Taxis line up out side of the Cotton Club at Broadway and 48th Street circa 1938 in New York City, New York...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
125th Street, Harlem, NY
By Todd Webb
Located in New York, NY
125th Street, Harlem, NY
1946/1986
Signed, titled, and dated in black ink, recto
Gelatin silver print
18.5 x 14.75 inches, image
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marlon Brando: The Chase
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white scene from The Chase starring Marlon Brando and Angie Dickinson, circa 1966.
The Chase is a 1966 American drama film, directed by Arthur Penn, written by Lillian Hel...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Anne St. Marie, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
When Jack first moved from New Orleans to New York to pursue a career in photography, he built up an impressive portfolio of fashion and cosmetics clients who contracted him for adve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elvis Presley: The Kiss
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage 1956 photograph featuring the King, Elvis Presley puckering his lips as he kisses the lens in this fantastic shot. This rare photo is a second-generation example made after...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Workers crossing the street, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, 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
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 Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'La Fenice' Venice Opera House Giant Silver Gelatin Print
By Frank Auerbach
Located in London, GB
'La Fenice' by Erich Auerbach
A general view of the boxes at La Fenice, the Venice Opera House, 1st January 1954.
A beautiful silver gelatin fibre pr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Beach Babe Grace' Kelly On Set
Located in London, GB
'Beach Babe Kelly Grace'
Grace Kelly on the set of To Catch A Thief, 1955.
(Photo: AKG)
mint condition
Archival pigment print
Measuring 12 x 16 inches...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Vintage Portrait of an Indigenous Woman', Unknown, Black & White Photograph
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 16" x 13" black and white vintage photograph captures the side profile of an indigenous South American woman. The portrait is a 3/4 length portrait, depicting the figure from j...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st December 1938.
Spectators watching a tennis match at a country club.
Addi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and sexy capture of Sophia Loren in her role for the 1963 film "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian di...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 3 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 3 - Roma (Italy)
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian p...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives)
GIANT Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean 1956.
Directed by George Stevens...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Alan Ladd Playing with Dog in Pool
By Bert Six
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Hollywood actor Alan Ladd smiling while playing with his dog by the pool, circa 1953.
Alan Ladd was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Artists (and partners) Robert Indiana and William Katz in bed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artists and partners Robert Indiana and William Katz in bed with their pet cat, 1969. An amazing intimate documentary photo of a famous gay couple...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Diptych Arena de la Playa and Techos, Mexico, Vintage Photography. Framed
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black and white photographs that reveal the various facets and aesthetic searches of the legendary Colombian photographer, recognized as the creator of memorable realistic, abstract ...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium, Black and White
Autographed Black & White Photograph Portrait of Juan Perón, For Elizabeth Lewis
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare original autographed black and white photograph of Argentinian president Juan Perón, dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis (Bess Huggins Lewis), by an unkn...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wedding John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Kennedy - Official Press Photo
Located in Cologne, DE
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States fr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment - 20th century black and white photography
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
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
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jayne Mansfield: Modern Pinup
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful modern pinup features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed on barstools with modern art on the walls.
Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actre...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Cary Grant and Kim Novak
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid portrait of Kim Novak and Cary Grant dancing at an event in 1956.
Cary Grant was an English-American actor known for his mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demean...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
A dancer frozen mid-performance
Located in Cologne, DE
This dynamic black-and-white photograph, taken by Klaus Redenbacher in 1952, captures a male dancer mid-leap in a moment of sheer power, grace, and precision. Suspended in the air wi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Mauretania" by Topical Press Agency
Located in London, GB
"Mauretania" by Topical Press Agency
The Cunard superliner Mauretania being refitted in the dry dock at Southampton.
Unframed
Paper Size: 60"x 40'' (inches)
Printed 2022
Silver Ge...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cassius Clay in Louisville, Pink Cadillac - Photograph by Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (b. 1939)
Title: Cassius Clay in Louisville, Pink Cadillac
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bingham and autographed by Ali in marke...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Mini Car Mini Skirt" by Michael Webb
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Dancer & Choreographer Merce Cunningham Leaping
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham leaping, September 1962. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. When interviewed i...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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