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Period: Mid-20th Century
New York City, World Series Parade, Black and White Baseball Photography
Located in New york, NY
World Series Parade, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the photographer and stamped (magnum). The photograph was handprinted by Leonard Freed.
Parade by Freed captures the joy of two majorettes en route in the streets of the city for the celebration of the New York Giants...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog, Libertyville, IL 1950 - Large Format Black & White
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large scale black and white photo of Marlon Brando as a young man at his family farm with his dog. In 1951 Life Magazine asked Art Shay to photograph Marlon Brando at his family home in Libertyville, IL. This is one of the photos from that shoot. In 2000, Art Shay published Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the Twentieth Century. This artwork is matted and framed.
Art Shay
Marlon Brando Kissing Dog...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'New Year at Romanoff's' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New Year at Romanoff's (1957) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Churchill In Richmond Park" by Terry Fincher
Located in London, GB
"Churchill In Richmond Park" by Terry Fincher
British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) feeds the deer in Richmond Park, accompanie...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Carolyn at the Stevensons" Remy Charlip, 4 Portraits of Carolyn Brown, Nature
Located in New York, NY
Remy Charlip
4 Photos of Carolyn at the Stevensons, 1955
Inscribed by Carolyn Brown on verso
Photograph
10 x 8 1/4, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Remy Charlip was born in January 1929 and raised by his Lithuanian Jewish parents in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. He showed a natural talent for the visual arts and became known as the “official” school artist, decorating the classrooms for his favorite holidays, Valentine’s Day and Thanksgiving. Although he had aspirations to become both a farmer and a clown, his mother recognized his artistic talent and thought it was more practical for him to attend Strabenmuller Textile High School where learned to design fabrics. This led him to being accepted into The Cooper Union School of Fine Arts where he received his BFA in 1949. After graduating and feeling he had nothing to say as a painter, he decided to become a dancer because he saw them as free spirits. He accepted a fellowship at Reed College to work with choreographer Bonnie Bird designing sets and costumes for The Marriage at the Eiffel Tower by Jean Cocteau. It was during that summer at Reed College he met and fell in love with composer Lou Harrison who composed music for the summer productions that were Remy’s first dance performances. After traveling across the country with Harrison, they settled back in New York where Remy began taking classes from The New Dance Group. This led to him dancing in Donald McKayle’s first piece, Games, at the Ziegfield Theater, for which he also designed costumes.
Remy met John Cage and Merce Cunningham through Harrison and, due to his masterful calligraphy skills, was asked to design a flyer for an upcoming program. Cunningham then invited him to take dance classes with him and it wasn’t long before Remy began dancing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He became a founding member of the company and did publicity and designed flyers as well as danced with them. For the first eight years with the company he also designed costumes and collaborated with Robert Rauschenberg on the productions of Springweather and People and Minutiae. As a member of the company he was also an artist-in-residence at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina, where he met many influential artists and thinkers of the time. He joined the extended family and befriended some of the most brilliant culture makers of the 20th Century including artists Josef and Annie Albers, Franz Klein, Cy Twombly, Willem and Elaine DeKooning, Jacob Lawrence, Arthur Penn, Ben Shahn, Ruth Asawa, Norman Soloman, Ray Johnson and Nicolas Cernovich; poets Charles Olsen, Robert Creely and M.C. Richards; musicians John Cage, Morton Feldman, David Tudor, and Earl Brown; architect Buckminster Fuller and children’s book author Vera Williams.
Working as a dancer, director, choreographer, illustrator, author, costume and set designer provided opportunities to work with many notable artists and venues in New York’s avant-garde. Judith Malina and Julian Beck...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Led Zeppelin at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
Great capture of Led Zeppelin members sitting together during a visit to the Chateau Marmont, 1969.
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consis...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Artist Red Grooms with his art installation 'Chicago', signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Red Grooms with his installation "Chicago" in 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
New York Architect Robert Nichols 11/30/1959
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art move...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor on Bed - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
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Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Black Swimsuit Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full length vintage original photograph features starlet Marilyn Monroe posed smiling in a black bathing suit.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print fr...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Three to Four Ages of Women - Black and White Street Photography by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Shay's true love was street photography. It is evidently clear in this shot entitled "The Three, Maybe Four, Ages of Women" with the young mannequin bride, the middle aged women...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Candid Kneeling on Couch Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe candid and kneeling on a couch.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit for her role in "Monkey Business", 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
Brigitte Bardot Sitting on Car
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features French actress, singer, dancer, and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist, Brigitte Bardot. She was one of the best-k...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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. ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Car, trailer at Heiligeistkriche church Heidelberg, Germany 1938, 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
Marilyn Monroe Smiling with Microphone
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features the iconic actress Marilyn Monroe smiling and talking into a microphone.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous fo...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Black and White Photograph. Portrait.
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard
Size: 23.6 x 15.7 inches.
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arriv...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Beskydy : Czech Mountains - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1956
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek
Beskydy : Czech Mountains, 1959
Original gelatin silver print
11.5 x 14 cm (c. 4.3 x 6.7 in)
Dated and titled on the back
Signed on the back by Petr Helbich (the assista...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe on the Shore - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
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Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot in Beret
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage 1968 capture of Brigitte Bardot in a beret.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous for portraying charact...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Verticalità, New York, 1955 - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From everywhe...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,575 Sale Price
20% Off
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Safari Party at Romanoff's' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a fancy dress party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1950.
Slim Aarons
Safari Party at Romanoff's, 1950
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stampe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 14.5x14.5 in
Paper Size: 22x17 in
Edition: Unique
Sig...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,998 Sale Price
70% Off
L'Attesa - Roma - # 5 on 5 - Contemporary Photorealist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 5 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print from the collection called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork printed later on fine art papers later (2014) from black & white negatives processed in 1962
She was there, leaning against a wall, she seemed to be waiting," says the photographer. I did not understand what she could expect, since few vehicles could have passed through this narrow passage. So I leaned against the wall almost in front of her, I also waited and this ray of sunshine came to play in the hanging linen...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s.
Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic Republic; East Germany; couple; living room; 1950s; average life; domestic circumstances; household; ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, and Their Children in the Snow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Prince Rainer, Grace Kelly, and their children playing in the snow in Switzerland, circa 1959.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Forest
By Josef Sudek
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Unsigned original gelatin silver print by Josef Sudek.
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rita Hayworth - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
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Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled - Black and White Op Art Print with Red Frame
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 5. Printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity.
Italian photographer Enzo Ragazzini...
Category
Op Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
16 x 20" Ted Shawn performing 'Mevlevi Dervish', signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Ted Shawn, pioneer of American modern dance, performing his "Mevlevi Dervish" in 1951 at Jacob's Pillow. It is ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,975 Sale Price
41% Off
Sophia Loren - Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Venice 1955
Oversize Archival Pigment Print
Absolutely Exquisite HUGE 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic Hahnemühle p...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Fish And Chips" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Fish And Chips" by Fox Photos
Standing outside the fish and chip shop in two items from the Lee Cecil 'Jetsetters' collection are Jackie Bowyer, left,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Poveri ma belli, 1955 - Limited Edition Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Porta Portese, Rome Sunday Flea Market. Fabrizio La Torre...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,575 Sale Price
20% Off
"Heavyweight" by Felix Man
Located in London, GB
"Heavyweight" by Felix Man
Eighteen-year-old animal trainer Zabuna lying under one of her performing elephants. This stunt forms part of her act for the Chessington Circus, currentl...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elvis At The Piano (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Elvis Presley spends some time on the piano while waiting for a show to start at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x30''
Printed Later
About the Image:
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin, and Ralph Steiner. Harrington studied under Clarence White, Jr., who described Harrington as being among the school’s best students.
Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley2, LEADING MEN, Phillip Harrington Retro Vintage Black and white Photography...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ramsay Ames: Stunning Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features the glamorous Ramsay Ames up close lying in a stunning glamour portrait. Ramsay Ames was a leading 1940s American B movie actress, mod...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Carolyn Brown and Remy Charlip" Saul Leiter, 3 Intimate Photographs
By Saul Leiter
Located in New York, NY
Saul Leiter
3 Carolyn Brown and Remy Charlip
Photography
14 x 11 inches
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was born in Pittsburgh to a father who was a well-respected Talmudic scholar. His passion for the arts ignited during his late teenage years, and despite being urged to follow in his father's footsteps to become a Rabbi, he chose to forgo theological studies, moving to New York at the age of 23 to delve into painting. In the city, he formed a friendship with Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart, who was exploring photography. This connection, along with a subsequent friendship with W. Eugene Smith, deepened his fascination with photography. Leiter's initial black and white images reveal a remarkable talent for the art form. By the 1950s, he also began to explore color, producing a substantial and noteworthy collection during the early stages of this medium. His uniquely muted color palette often imparts a painterly essence that distinguishes his work from that of others in his era.
Leiter's inaugural showcase of color photography took place in the 1950s at the Artist's Club, a gathering spot for many Abstract Expressionists of that period. Edward Steichen included twenty-three of his black and white works in the influential 1953 exhibition "Always the Young Stranger" at the Museum of Modern Art and also showcased twenty of Leiter's color photographs during the 1957 MoMA event "Experimental Photography in Color. " In the late 1950s, art director Henry Wolf featured Leiter's color fashion photography...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy: Living in the Sunshine
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of John Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy smiling in the sunshine, their hair blowing in the wind.
John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie met in 1952 at a dinne...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rue Mouffetard. Paris. Portrait, Black and White Photograph.
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard
Size: 23.6 x 15.7 inches.
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arriv...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Rome, Shop, Street Photography, Black and White, Italy, 1950s, 17, 7 x 13, 1 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen in Donovan's Reef
Located in Austin, TX
John Wayne and Elizabeth Allen in Donovan's Reef, circa 1963.
Donovan's Reef is a 1963 American adventure comedy film starring John Wayne and Lee Marv...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
1st Class Travel (1934) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
1st Class Travel (1934) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
September 1934: Mrs C Wylds behind the wheel with her pet pig at Terling in Essex.
Additional...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sunflower, Winthrop, MA
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Djebel Amour - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Djebel Amour, the vintage photograph is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the typed note of a short description i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Last-minute Adjustments, 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 has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball.
This is a...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn Fish Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Unique and stunning black and white capture of star actress Audrey Hepburn posed with a peculiar fish-shaped weathervane.
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress. Recognised a...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"David Niven" by Larry Ellis
By Larry Ellis
Located in London, GB
"David Niven" by Larry Ellis
British actor David Niven (1910 - 1983) relaxes on a whicker sun-lounger by the sea.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30" x 40'' (inches...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Paris, The Buttes Chaumont Park 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. Paris, The Buttes Chaumont Park, circa 1930.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photography.
Press Photography.
Titl...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Revere Beach, MA
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This large silver gelatin photograph with untrimmed margins is signed and titled in pencil in the margin under the image. Likely printed in the 1990s.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Duesseldorf planetarium and Shipping Museum, Germany 1937 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
Fountain behind Heiliggeist church Heidelberg, Germany 1936, 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
"White Mountains Road With Clouds, 1968" - Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"White Mountains Road With Clouds, 1968" - Black and White Photograph
Black and white photograph depicting a gravel dirt road through the mountains with vibrant white clouds contras...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Ink
An Anxious Wait (1951) -Silver Gelatin Fibre Print -Estate Stamped Issue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). 2nd April 1951: American actress, Gloria Swanson, anxiously awaits the results of the Best Actress award at a cafe on West ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Naples 1954, Street music
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph, taken in Naples in 1954, depicts a group of street musicians performing in what appears to be an urban setting. The scene is lively and intimate, featuring a woman i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Simca Aronde (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Simca Aronde (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)
1st October 1956: Two models posing in a cutaway Simca Aronde at the Paris Mo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a s...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Muriel Finley
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Muriel Finley, one of the ‘Goldwyn Girls’ in Hollywood who starred with Danny Kaye in ‘The Kid from Brooklyn’. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4232 – I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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