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Period: Mid-20th Century
Dr. No - 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
Guatemala, Man, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 23, 1 x 17, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Still Life. Black and White Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arrived from Cologne, lives in ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Paul Wunderlich smoking
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
Portrait of Paul Wunderlich smoking by his wife Karin Székessy. Printed as a Photo serigraph and signed by the artist.
'Paul Wunderlich smoking’
By Karin Székessy
Medium - Photo ser...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Screen
'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A young skier prefers to ca...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Hungarian revolutionaries hanging pro-Soviet activist, Hungary 1956.
Located in Cologne, DE
Hungarian revolutionaries hanging pro-Soviet activist, Hungary 1956.
Keywords: Hungary; Hungarian; people; crowd; revolution; 1956; 1950s; uprising; lynching; violence; tree; killin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Germany, Dortmund, Black and White Photography 1960s, Diver by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Diver, Dortmund, Germany, 1965 by Leonard Freed is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver print, signed and stamped (on back of photo) by the widow Brigitte Freed. This contemporary photograph i...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15, 8 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons 'Slim Arrives' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Photographer Slim Aarons arrives by plane, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Slim Arrives
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot Sledding
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of star actress Brigitte Bardot having fun while sledding.
Brigitte Bardot often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French former actress, singer, an...
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
"Elvis rehearsing for Milton Berle" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Elvis rehearsing for Milton Berle" by Michael Ochs Archives
Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley rehearsing for his performance the Milton Berle Show on...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Matterhorn and Storybook Land, Disneyland 1962
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the whimsical beauty of Disneyland’s Storybook Land with the towering Matterhorn in the background. The scene showcases a charming village of...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
New York Harbor and Skyline, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a captivating view of New York Harbor, with the towering skyline of Lower Manhattan in the background. The United States Coast Guard building i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Triptych. Portraits. Black and White. Photographs
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard Triptych by Uwe Ommer
Overall size: 17.71 in. H x 39.37 in. W
Edition 6 ex + 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recen...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Light and Shadow, Gina Lollobrigida
By Armando Pietrangeli
Located in Austin, TX
The beautiful Gina Lollobrigida is captured here dramatically in this striking 1960's photograph by noted Italian fashion photographer, Armando Pietrangeli.
Gina Lollobrigida is an...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Hungarian objectors killed by the secret police, Hungary Magyarovar 1956.
Located in Cologne, DE
Hungarian objectors killed by the secret police, Hungary Magyarovar 1956.
Keywords: Hungary; Hungarian; people; crowd; revolution; 1956; 1950s; city...
Category
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
~ 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
Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Couple At Party (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)
A debutante at a 'Coming-Out Ball' for British actress Anna Massey in Highgate, north L...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Bond Girls (1968) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Larry Ellis
Located in London, GB
Bond Girls (1968) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
Australian actor George Lazenby poses with several of his female co-stars whilst filming the new James Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in the Swiss Alps, 22nd October 1968. From left to right, the actresses are (at the back) Helena Ronee, Zaheera, Catherina von Schell, (sitting) Anouska Hempel...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Naples, Italy in 1954 - Road music in Santa Lucia
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photograph captures a street scene in the Santa Lucia neighborhood of Naples, Italy, taken in 1954 by Erich Andres. A group of street musicians is performing, wit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Playful Elizabeth Taylor
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor spinning on a grass lawn smiling as her skirt lifts in the air.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American ac...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Ari and Jackie Onassis, Black and White Photography, Paris
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
Black and White
VW Beetle on the road in San Francisco, 1950s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph from the 1950s captures the iconic, winding Lombard Street in San Francisco, USA. In the foreground, a classic Volkswagen Beetle carefully navigates t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Lauren Bacall and Wilfred Hyde - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lauren Bacall and Wilfred Hyde - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Paris, Street Flea Market circa 1930, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Agence Meurisse, Paris circa 1930. Rue Saint Medard in Paris, a street flea market.
Features:
Original silver gelatin p...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'New England Skiing' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Inst...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Merce Cunningham and Carolyn Brown performing 'Antic Meet'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham and Carolyn Brown performing "Antic Meet" in 1963. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, Les Halles Food Market, 1930s, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Co, Paris, circa 1930. Paris, A view of The Halles Food Market, in Paris, France.
Features:
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, choreographer Lar Lubovitch photographed in 1964. This is a print that was published by a newspaper ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pop Artist Tom Wesselmann posing in his Manhattan studio with new work
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 11.5" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pop Artist Tom Wesselmann posing in his Manhattan studio with new work, 1969. This is a print that was published by the New York Times ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Green River Overlook in Utah, Canyonlands National Park, 1960s.
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photograph titled *Canyonlands National Park, 1960s* offers a breathtaking view of the rugged, expansive desert landscape in southeastern Utah. The image captures...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Make Up Mirror Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Thurston Hopkins – Signed Lifetime Print
Limited Edition 33/50
Fibre Print
Date printed: 2011
Signed & Editioned by Photographer, ink recto (front)
Paper size 20 x 24 inches / 51 x...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dancer & Choreographer Louis Falco Performing
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Louis Falco, performing in 1962. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City Skyscrapers, July 1931, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Press Agency Keystone View Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Company. New York City skyscrapers, July 7th, 1931.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photog...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Entrance gate Darmstadt castle street life, 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 thirties, Karl Heinrich Lämmel produced several photographic reports of cities, including Munich and Cologne. Photographs that have yet to be seen and appreciated. Lämmel's pictures show a different view of Germany. His documentation is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of cities and their architecture before the destruction of WWII .
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: Am Portal zum Schloss in Darmstadt, gegenüber von Hotel Deuster "Schilller Eck", Deutschland 1930er Jahre. At the entrance...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Medicine Man (1934) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Medicine Man (1934) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Native American, Cacique medicine man San Ildefonso Pueblo,
New Mexico, USA circa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Fancy Heel" by Chaloner Woods
Located in London, GB
"Fancy Heel" by Chaloner Woods
15th November 1955: Stiletto heeled shoes with pointed toes.The heels are decorated and the shoes are worn with sto...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Palm Bay Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Bay Club
1965
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
L...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Capture of Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis candid and laughing.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Film Still from "The Taming of the Shrew"
Located in Austin, TX
Elizabeth Taylor in "The Taming of the Shrew"
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1967 period romantic comedy film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, based on William Shakespeare's play about ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey,
1967
Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mini Car Mini Skirt (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Michael Webb
Located in London, GB
Mini Car Mini Skirt (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Michael Webb/Getty Images)
Brigitte Bardot during a break from filming, 'Two Weeks in September' in Whitehall, Lon...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, and Marilyn Monroe: "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Lauren BacallBetty Grable & Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes of "How to Marry a Millionaire".
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Ne...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Audrey's Funny Face (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) on the set of the Paramount musical 'Funny Face'. Costumes b...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra Hands in Cement Hollywood Blvd
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Frank Sinatra posed smiling while pressing his hands into the cement of Hollywood Boulevard, circa 1955.
Fr...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
American Ballet Theatre Children's Dance Class, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre Children's Dance Class, 1961. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alfred Hithcock with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of famed director Alfred Hitchcock walking his dog.
Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influentia...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson photographed in New York City in 1969, the year he starred in "E...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box ca...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Touching The King (1956)
Located in London, GB
Touching The King (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956.
Elvis Presley mobbed by adoring fans backstage after a performance at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Ad...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
James Dean Hunting in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean climbing on a Windmill in a coat with a shotgun, hunting for his role in "Giant".
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film d...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Naples, Italy in 1954 - Road music in Santa Lucia
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures a lively street scene in the Santa Lucia neighborhood of Naples, Italy, in 1954. Two street musicians perform against the worn, textured wall...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Big Ben and Bodicea, London
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb VINTAGE print by consummate visual artist Wolfgang Suschitzky, whose photographs capture London's sites, people, moods, and lights in a masterful and perceptive manner. Arch...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hepburn With Dove Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Hepburn With Dove
1966
by Terry O’Neill
Lifetime hand signed Limited Print
Paper size 12 x 16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
signed and numbered by artist
40/50
With...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Dallas Skyline, Black and White Photography, USA 1960s, 16, 2 x 23, 6 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
Sophia Loren in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Sophia Loren in a fur coat and hat, circa 1965.
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. Wit...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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