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Young Marilyn Monroe with Telescope Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white vintage image of a young Marilyn Monroe, before the blonde, smiling with a telescope.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities.
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"The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rocky Marciano British Boxers The Ring By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Rocky Marciano British Boxers The Ring
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 64 x 48.5" / 162.5 x 123 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 1...
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
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd (1950) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive)
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 195...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sled Race in Central Park, 1934 Silver Gelatin Black-White Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency New York Times office in Paris (Wide World Photos.) Sled race in Central Park, New York, 1934.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography framed.
Press Agency New York Times Office in Paris - Wide Wolrd Photos.
Photographer: unknown.
Title: Sled Race in Central Park, 1934.
Provenance: Private collection.
Frame Size: 20.63 in high (52.5 cm) x 16.75 in wide (42.5 cm) x 1.57 in deep (4 cm).
Image Size: 5.51 in high (14.2 cm) x 7.48 in wide (19.8 cm).
French typed legend, copyright credit, and ink stamp at the back that read:
"Course de traineaux dans un parc a New York. Sur la neige qui recouvre les allées du Central Park Casino a new York, un groupe d'artistes a eu l'idée d'organiser une course de traineaux - voici une vue de la course - Photos NYT - NY 5/1/34 - SP." (Sled race in a New York park. On the snow covering the paths of the Central Park Casino in New York, a group of artists had the idea of organizing a sled race - here is a view of the race - Photos NYT - NY 5/ 1 /34 - SP.)
Note: The Central Park Casino, originally the Ladies' Refreshment Salon, was a restaurant in Central Park, near East 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The name of the building came from the Italian for "little house," but the Casino itself was never a gambling business.
Originally, Calvert Vaux designed the building in 1862 as part of the Greensward Plan for Central Park.
The original plan was a wooden chalet-style structure with a broad hip roof. Before construction began, however, Vaux decided that a more permanent building was needed. The following year, with the assistance of Edward C. Miller and Jacob Wrey Mould, the Casino was redesigned as a Gothic Revival stone structure.
The building opened in early 1864 as a restaurant planned for unaccompanied female visitors to Central Park and was one of Central Park's three original restaurants. Soon, it was patronized by both men and women. The building that housed the Casino belonged to the City of New York, and the City often leased the Casino to independent operators. In the early 1920s, the Casino was rundown and renovated during the winter of 1921–1922.
Jimmy Walker, mayor of New York City during the late 1920s, frequented the Casino and reportedly spent more time there than in New York City Hall. Besides entertaining elite guests in the restaurant, Walker had an office in the Casino and conducted city administration there while meeting with political cronies.
In 1929, Walker terminated the lease of C.F. Zittel and allowed a friend, Sidney Solomon, to transform the Casino into one of New York's most expensive nightclubs. In February 1929, they released the new project. Solomon changed the Casino's interior using a design from Viennese designer Joseph Urban, though he kept the exterior mostly the same. The renovated Casino reopened on June 4, 1929.
When the Great Depression hit four months after the Casino reopened, the nightclub faced increasing criticism for operating on city land while maintaining prices only the wealthiest New York residents could afford. In 1930, as part of the enforcement of Prohibition, the United States government raided the Casino and seized alcoholic beverages. Walker's successor, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his parks commissioner Robert Moses, who held a vendetta against Walker, wanted to tear down the Casino to build a playground on the site. In 1934, Moses served an eviction order on the Casino's management. When the Parks Association of New York City objected...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Venice - Ponte dei Sospiri 1954
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1954.
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 photograph...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sabrina (1953) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sabrina (1953) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
October 1953: Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) leans out of a car window on the set ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful image of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a wall while behind the scenes of "How to Marry a Millionaire".
In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
Located in Austin, TX
Brian Jones, the founder and the leader of the Rolling Stones. Jones's fellow band members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards soon overshadowed him, especially after they became a succes...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Terry Fincher/Express/Getty Images)
16th August 1965:
World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali enjoys supper in a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Silver gelatin print
Slim Aarons silver gelatin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The "Two of Us"
By Karol Kallay
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photography belongs to a cycle of photographies of NY, published in the book "New York", Verlag und Volk, Berlin 1967. Stamped by the author on the back, certificate will be incl...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$439 Sale Price
88% Off
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 6 - Bangkok - 1956 - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 6 - Bangkok
Limited edition of 100 Coffrets for each themes, all artworks printed on fine art papers later (2020-2021) from black & white negatives processed in 1956
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian photographer Fabrizio La Torre, Brussels Art Edition has chosen to publish 12 thematic “Celebration Boxes”, each of 6 photos, and each box published in only 100 copies at an exceptional price.
The chosen themes are: Rome, the Vatican, New York, Canada, Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, women, children, transport, commerce and traders, and maritime navigation. Made between 1955 and 1966, these photos were digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) were approved by him. These are high quality fine art prints in A4 format (21 x 29.7 cm), on Baryté 310 gr Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks. Each box contains a numbered certificate of origin.
The very attractive price makes these boxes the ideal gift to offer to all lovers of vintage photos, but also an original set to decorate a room or an office, or only to indulge yourself and feed your collection. The production of these sets will be spread over four months until May 2021, (three themes per month) and they will be sold while stocks last. No reprints will be made.
All these photos are dated 1956-61, because the photographer had his films developed in his usual laboratory in Rome when he returned there on vacation.
The exact date of the shots is therefore unknown.
- "I nuovi elefanti". Through the streets of Bangkok, trams, often built by a Belgian company, carried their heavy carcasses at a pace barely faster than a walking elephant.
- "Nebbia mattutina". The morning mist slowly dissipates around the Temple of the Golden Mountain...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Broadway star Joel Grey in costume for 'George M!'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway musical star Joel Grey in costume for 'George M!', 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Co...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,175 Sale Price
21% Off
Venice, Venedig, Canale Grande, Italy 1950s, 13 x 17, 9 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
Marilyn Smiling
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Second in its series, this awesome black and white capture features Marilyn Monroe in her Hollywood prime - captured in a silk dress and fur stole.
A classic image of the Hollywood...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy - Original Press Photo
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
Audrey Hepburn "Roman Holiday"
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn in a classic black and white headshot from the 1953 film "Roman Holiday".
Film and fashion icon Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, active during Hollywood's Gold...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Hungry Elephant (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Brimful Of Fashion (1960) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by William Vanderson/Getty Images)
Fashion model Brenda Harper wearing a Feather Crown o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Big Ben From The South Bank (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Big Ben From The South Bank (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Nat Norman/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
A woman looking across the Thames towards the Palac...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Young Lad ( haunting portrait of young boy on a crowded London street)
By Richard Sadler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Richard Sadler's "Young Boy" is a haunting portrait of a very serious young British lad amidst a crowd of other people. He is dressed very formally in hat, coat and tie. He clutche...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Richard Chamberlain with Pipe
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features the American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare, Richard Chamberlai...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley Rocking Out on Stage
By Charles Trainor
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Elvis "The King" Presley performing on stage.
Elvis Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is rega...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe "The Seven Year Itch"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful black and white image features Marilyn Monroe in her starring role in "Seven Year Itch".
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film based on a 1952...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fidel Castro entering buidling, Cuba 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Fidel Castro entering buidling, Cuba 1950s.
Keywords: Cuba; Havana; Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz; communist; communism; revolutionary; politics; politi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dali is painting medusas head on Galas forehead
Located in Cologne, DE
An amazing item, with numerous stamps and notes on the back showing its active life as a press photo. The quality is fair due to decades in use. But it is absolutly unique.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White photography print, from original 1988 negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Yves Saint Laurent (1962) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Yves Saint Laurent (1962) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by John Minihan/Getty Images)
Yves Saint Laurent, French designer with two fashion models,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, 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/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dukeries District - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dukeries District - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
A German Opel racer leaving Welbeck Abbey, the seat of the dukes of Portland in Nottinghamshire, during the Prince Henry...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ship at the Dock - 1960's San Francisco Maritime Black & White Photograph
By Gene Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful black and white photograph of the ship "Balclutha" in dock, with Coit Tower in the background by famed San Francisco photographer Gene Wright (American, 20th Century). Im...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charlotte Rampling (1966) Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Charlotte Rampling (1966)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
7th September 1966
Charlotte Rampling and Joanna Pettit, gambling at The Pair of Shoes, a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
circa 1950:
Swimmer diving into rough water lashing against rocky cliffs at Acapulco, the Riviera of Mexico.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 40x40''
Printed 2020
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 10''
12 x 12''
16 x 16''
20 x 20''
30 x 30''
40 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Fashion, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Legends, Acting, Diving, Ocean...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Shopping street; Street Photography, Black and White, Italy 1950s, 17.8 x 13 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
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by R. McPhedran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ri...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Street, People Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 29 x 24 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
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park in London, ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rotondità, 1963 - Roma, Italy - 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
On Via del Tritone, an elegant exit from the small underground passage which m...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,575 Sale Price
20% Off
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre 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)
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Il cuoco felice - Thailand 1959 - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Il cuoco felice
This photo was made in 1959, printed later, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chiacchiere in piazza, 1956 - Roma - 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 Piazza Mattei, in the heart of Rome, the Turtle Fountain (1582) ow...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anna Wong Sitting with Dragon Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome black and white capture features Anna Wong sitting, posed against a large shadow of a dragon.
Anna Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (T...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth II - Vintage Photograph 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Associated Press Photo in 1964
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Gets Her Hair Done (1952) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Audrey Gets Her Hair Done (1952) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo Phillip Harrington / Alamy Archives)
Actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn preparing for a scene ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Roma - Coffret Prestige # 4 - 1967, Minimalist Black and White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
For those who need to be reassured, the upper corner of the first photo lets you guess the curvature of the Colosseum. But for all those who have h...
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Minimalist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$5,539 Sale Price
20% Off
Al Riposo, Canada 1955 - Limited Edition 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
First Looks over Canada, 1955 - 12 ex - Limited Ed - Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Coffret Collector # 1 from a limited editon of 5
Each coffret is including 12 Fine Art Limited Edition Prints up to 13 x 19 inches
These photos were made in 1955, printed later, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. These are very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² with museum quality pigment inks.
During the 15 years during which he gave himself to photography, Fabrizio La Torre traveled to Italy, Europe, North America and Asia. From everywhere he brought back photos that tell of the human, universal and soul-filled condition, to which he was so sensitive. Here is First Look at Canada, where Fabrizio La Torre stayed in November and December 1955, on a 6-month trip to North America which also took him to Canada and California. In Montreal, he could not resist the urge to travel aboard the "Canadian", the most modern and luxurious version of the Canadian Pacific train, inaugurated a few months earlier, on April 24, 1955. And even if the official story of this company claims that as from this inauguration the train was pulled by modern diesel locomotives, the heavy steam engines are still used, to the delight of the photographer who knows how to play with their big white plumes. In stations, on platforms, steam is everywhere; while the temperature is around - 30°C, steam is welcome to thaw the axles, often blocked by ice.
1 – « The Rex Hotel », Toronto, November 1955. A cold, gray day where the snow is not far away, silhouettes of men in hats walking past the Rex Hotel. It has not yet become the legendary venue for all jazz concerts in Toronto. But for its comfortable rooms and its reasonable prices, this is where Fabrizio La Torre chose to stay.
2 – « On Wellington Street », Toronto November 1955.
The Gooderham building which remains one of the city symbols today, now surrounded by imposing skyscrapers while back then it was it’s turret that stared at the passer-by and the circulation of all its majesty .
3 – « Pietra e ferro », Stone and iron, Toronto November 1955. In every North American city where he passes, Fabrizio La Torre is struck by the overwhelming mass of buildings and the ubiquity of large cars, which he compares to living rooms. For this former naval officer accustomed to scanning around him with binoculars, the horizon is seems short. And nature is missing too: no tree grow outside the parks where they are confined.
4 – « Billiards », Toronto November 1955. Billiards, shoe shiners, restaurants, there is nothing lacking in the happiness of these gentlemen whose silhouettes in long coats and small hats definitely evoke the atmosphere of American movies of those years.
5 – « La partita di Hockey », Canada November 1955. An improvised hockey game...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani w...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cassius Clay & Marvin Newman, 5th Street Gym, Miami, Black & White Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cassius Clay and Marvin Newman, 5th Street Gym, Miami 1963
13 x 19 in (33 x 48 cm)
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 10
The photographer
Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927) was one of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (CIA-Roma)
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,187 Sale Price
20% Off
Volkswagen beetle in front of Brandenburg Gate, Germany 1939 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
Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Associated Press Photos.
Good condition.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Martha Hyer Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Martha Hyer posed glamorously in the studio.
Martha Hyer was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Gwen French in Some...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 11 - Hong Kong - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 11 - Hong Kong
Limited edition of 100 Coffrets for each themes, all artworks pri...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Panama, Mother and Daughter, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 2 x 17, 3 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
16 x 20" dancer/choreographer Paul Taylor in 'Aureole', signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer and dance company founder Paul Taylor performing his work 'Aureole' in 1963. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the r...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor in Window Light
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features actress Elizabeth Taylor in full costume, posed elegantly in window light.
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Children Playing at the Park
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Photograph "Children Playing at the Park" c.1960, is a gelatin silver print by noted photographer Richard Stacks, 1930-2015. It has the stamp of the Baltimore Sunpapers and the ...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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