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Period: Mid-20th Century
Marilyn Monroe Throws the First Pitch - Giant Oversize Limited Edition Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Monroe Throws the First Pitch 1958
Frank Worth
Marilyn Monroe with Ralph Edwards on a baseball diamond, throwing the first pitch to start a game in 1958.
Marilyn Monroe was an Am...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Montgomery Clift The Misfits' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Montgomery Clift' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
A gorgeously insightful portrait of the first rebel of Hollywood and greatly respe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer Vincent Warren in Pennsylvania Ballet 'Swan Lake' signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, teacher and historian Vincent Warren, performing in Pennsylvania Ballet's 'Swan Lake', 1965. Signe...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Louis Falco, Jennifer Mueller & Juan Antonio in 'Timewright', signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Louis Falco, Jennifer Mueller and Juan Antonio in “Timewright”, multiple exposure, 1969. Signed by Jack Mitc...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Baroda City Street
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A side street near the City Gate in Baroda City (later Vadodara), Gujarat, India, January 1947. Original Publication : Picture Post – 4325 – India – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Broadway Show Stars - Famous 1980 NY Times full page photograph DNC welcome
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph - this is the famous photograph published full page in the New York Times of the Broadway Show Cast Members in...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
25% Off
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in his NYC studio, signed By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in his New York studio in 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mit...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Choreographer & Ballet Master George Balanchine, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of choreographer and ballet master of the New York City Ballet George Balanchine photographed in April 196...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,450 Sale Price
27% Off
Artists (and partners) Robert Indiana & William Katz, with Charles Hinman
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artists and partners Robert Indiana (holding his pet cat on his shoulder) and William Katz with artist friend Charles Hinman outside the...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
25% Off
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Picture Frame Westminister Bridge
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1960 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
RAF Lancaster Bomber photograph for Flight Magazine Ref no 18300S World War II
Located in London, GB
From a series of Black and White Silver Gelatin photographs of Lancaster Bombers dating from the 1940s we have listed. Why not check out the others.
LANCASTER BOMBER AT AN AIRFIELD
...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stage and Screen Star Gloria Swanson photographed at her home in New York City
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway stage and Hollywood film actress Gloria Swanson photographed at her home in New York City in 1965. This is a print that was publ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Georgia O'Keeffe on Her Roof, New Mexico
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Georgia O'Keeffe on Her Roof, New Mexico, 1967
Signed in ink on recto
Gelatin Silver Print
Image - 12"x18", Paper - 16"x20", Matted - 20"x24"
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hachiro and Craigie - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Hachiro and Craigie is a b/w photographic print on polished paper by The Associated Press of Berlin, taken on July 28, 1939.
Stamp of agency and stereotype in German are printed on t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Swimmer Girls - Vintage B/W photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Swimmer Girls in lines of Practice is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1930s.
With the stamp of "Colonia Prof. Artisti Varazze" on the ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Times Square on Christmas Night 1965, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Times Square on Christmas Night 1965, the view framed by 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' and 'The Sound of Music'. Signed by Jack Mitchell o...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
26% Off
Frosted Window
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount. This rare exhibition print in glossy paper (later prints of this image from Portfolio II were made on...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pierre Cardin Portrait by Yoshi Takata Black and White Photography
By Yoshi Takata
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Pierre Cardin.
Signed and stamped on back (see photo)
The artist’s dedication is on the bottom right.
Yoshi Takata was an artist, born in 1916 and died in Paris in 2009...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Simon Wiesenthal - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Simon Wiesenthal is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Dinner Jazz
Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome
Black and White Pho...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Che Guevara, Havana, 1964 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Che Guevara, Havana, 1964 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Soldiering - Vintage B/W photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiering is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1930s in Italy during Fascism.
With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear.
Good co...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Danish dancer/choreographer Erik Bruhn, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Danish dancer/choreographer Erik Bruhn, photographed for Dance Magazine, 1967. Signed on the print verso by Ja...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Victoria Tennant, National Ballet of Canada Ballerina, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Victoria Tennant, National Ballet of Canada ballerina, 1976. Signed on the print recto and verso by Jack ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
$1,250 Sale Price
28% Off
16 x 20" Dancer/Choreographer Eliot Feld in 'Fancy Free' signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Eliot Feld performing "Fancy Free", 1965 numbered 9/25. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,750 Sale Price
48% Off
Martha Graham, Paul Taylor and Bertram Ross, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham, Paul Taylor and Bertram Ross performing her Greek mythological ballet 'Alcestis', 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the pr...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
53% Off
Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 20, 1965.
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class (Erik Bruhn out of focus in the background), January 20, 1965. Comes directly ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
57% Off
Dancer/Choreographer Barton Mumaw performing 'Fetish' signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer/Choreographer Barton Mumaw performing "Fetish" at Jacob's Pillow, 1956, signed by Jack Mitchell. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was published by a n...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Sexy Scot' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
By Bob Haswell
Located in London, GB
'Sexy Scot' by Bob Haswell
British actor Sean Connery lounges on a sofa with a cigarette. He is in London during filming of the thriller ‘Woman of Straw’ with Gina Lollobrigida, 28t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph I
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller".
Lancaster LL678 ‘Lily Mars’ – I
Original Silver Gelatin photograph, December 1943
12 x 16 cm
Stamped to reverse ‘The Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not be reproduced without the written permission of Temple Press Ltd’.
‘A general view of an Avro Lancaster II with Hercules radial motors.’
300 Lancaster II aeroplanes were made, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines, as there was a worry that there would be a shortage of Merlin engines, reserved for the Spitfire and Hurricane.
Lily Mars was named after the 1943 American musical starring Judy Garland and was based at RAF Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire. A podcast gives details of the final flight on 13 June 1944 which was to be the final raid of the crew’s tour. The bombing raid was of 303 Lancasters against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkichen in the Ruhr, deep inside Germany and the aircraft took off at 23.12 hrs. On the home run LL678 was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter capitained by Oberleutnant Schmidt in a Bf 110 at 01.24 hrs at Zuidloo, a small hamlet, where five of the eight crew are buried; the other three crew members baled out and escaped. A memorial plaque...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Soldiers - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Artist Ellsworth Kelly photographed at his Des Artistes apartment studio
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ellsworth Kelly photographed at his Des Artistes apartment studio on October 3, 1968. Comes d...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Andy Warhol & Jane Forth Buying Cosmetics in a New York City Drug Store
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol & Jane Forth Buying Cosmetics in a New York City Drug Store, 1970. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magazine ...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Racing Car
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A driver in his car during a race on the Channel Island of Jersey. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Li...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Artist James Rosenquist in his studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist James Rosenquist in his studio, 1969. Signed by Jack Mitchell on print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Marlon Brando, Libertyville, Illinois, 1950 - Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
On assignment for Life Magazine in 1950, Art Shay photographed Marlon Brando at his family farm in Libertyville, Illinois, just north of Chicago. Looking straight into Art's lens, Brando is innocent of the fame that is about to become his world. He went on to a career spanning sixty years including winning two Oscars for Best Actor. This photograph is unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options.
Art Shay
Brando Portrait, 1950
silver gelatin print
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
ASY12088
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Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Beauty Queen' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty Queen' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein (1870 – 1965), third from right, at her Park Avenue, New York apartment with her hus...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
At The Embassy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martha Graham performing "Clytemnestra", signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham performing "Clytemnestra", 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archive...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
53% Off
Choreographer George Balanchine Rehearsing the New York City Ballet, signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Choreographer George Balanchine rehearsing the New York City Ballet, 1965. Signed by Jack Mitchell on t...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pablo Neruda - b/w photo - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Pablo Neruda Vintage Photo, b/w photo is realized in 1962.
With the stamp of " Scarmiglia, Roma"
Good conditions, consumed margins.
Category
Old Masters Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Highball for the Double Header, Roanoke, Virginia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on verso; Stamped with photographer's copyright on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
Paper: 16" x 20", Mat: 20" x 24"
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photograph of a Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph of a Painting is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork belongs to a series of pho...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini Visits the Sailors - Vintage Photograph 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Visits The Sailors' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper, agency of Trampus, Paris, agency stamp and cliché on the back, realized on 13.03.1937.
In the photo, Muss...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Lucky For Some' 1949- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lucky For Some' 1949
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
1949: Sicilian-born gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano (1897 – 1962) walking down a street in his native Sicily, followed by local children mimicking his posture.
Whilst in prison between 1936 and 1946, he founded the Crime Syndicate of Mafia families and reorganised crime in America.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
b/w black and white 1940 40s fashion...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Breakfast At Tiffanys' Huge Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993), during a shoot for the promotion of her film BREAKFAST...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Soldiers - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - New York Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the p...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mussolini Greets The Crowd - Vintage Photo - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Greets The Crowd' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back. The "French Patriotic Youth" attends a speech...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cassius Clay with Angelo Dundee, Black & White Photography, Fine Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cassius Clay with Trainer Angelo Dundee, 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) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Welcome Democrats, 1968 Photo Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Framing options available.
Art Shay
Welcome Democrats 1968
silver gelatin print, printed circa 2016
20h x 16w in
50.80h x 40.64w cm
ASY475
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, se...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Ocean - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Ocean is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brassaï Original Black & White Photograph of a Street Fair
By Brassaï
Located in New York, NY
BRASSAI (Hungarian–French, 1899-1984)
Street Fair on the Place d'Italie, 1931
Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
Printing Date: 1970's
Printed in the USA
Image: 10 1/2 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 1/2 x 12 inches
Although his real nameis Gyula Halasz, he took the name Brassai from his birthplace, and it means someone who comes from Brasov. He used the name all his adult life and is known throughout the world as Brassai.
He was of Hungarian ethnic origins. Brasov in Transylvania has been a part of Romania since the end of the First World War, and that region is still largely populated by ‘Romanain-Hungarians.’ Two of these became well known in the film industry: Bela Lugosi and Gabriel Pascal. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled after the War, most of its territories were distributed amongst a number of nations. It was at this time that Transylvania returned to its earlier identity as part of Romania.
Brassai had served in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry for the last year of the War, 1917-1918. After he settled in Paris in 1924, Brassai never returned to his homeland, remaining in exile for the rest of his life. His parents continued to live in Brasov but joined him for long visits in Paris.
In 1949 Brassai became a French citizen, having been a stateless person since 1947. He fell in love with a French woman, Gilberte Boyer, and they married in 1948. Gilberte worked closely with her husband as he pursued his photographic career, helping him develop prints in his dark-room, and often writing descriptions of the subjects and personalities. It was also in 1949 that a book with 207 photographs of Picasso’s sculptures was published, with photographs by Brassai. He and Picasso became friends and the latter asked him to photograph his work for this volume. Brassai was a frequent visitor to Picasso’s studio and there he took several portraits of the artist.
Brassai has become one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century with collectors all over the world seeking his work. In an era which produced several brilliant and inspired photographers, not least Brassai’s friend Man Ray, he was able to capture a quality of magic in the atmosphere, bordering on the supernatural. Many of his pictures were taken at night or in fog, a frequent condition in Paris in the early part of the twentieth century. Even his day time photographs capture a moment of eerie transition between the mundane and the surreal. He is on the doorstep of another world where time stands still. Light becomes spectral as if it is the breath of an invisible power. Figures seem set in amber. Wet cobbles seem to slither and flow. A Master of capturing the ordinary, Brassai saw things as they were but transmuted the scene through his use of the lens into something outside the ordinary.
Brassai was a familiar figure prowling round Paris after dark with his camera and tripod and heavy bag of glass photographic plates. He was sometimes accompanied by Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, or Leon Paul...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
La Stricte Intimité [In the Strictest Intimacy], Rue Marcelin Berthelot, Montrou
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in ink on recto; titled & dated in pencil on verso
Gelatin silver print
Image 11" x 9-1/2", Paper 16" x 12", Matted 20" x 16"
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
![La Stricte Intimité [In the Strictest Intimacy], Rue Marcelin Berthelot, Montrou](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/robert-doisneau-photography-la-stricte-intimite-in-the-strictest-intimacy-rue-marcelin-berthelot-montrou-for-sale/a_14/1671238263629/doisneau_intimacy_300_master.jpg?width=240 "Robert Doisneau - La Stricte Intimité [In the Strictest Intimacy], Rue Marcelin Berthelot, Montrou")
Saks Fifth Ave, 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 modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Gerry Cranham 'Sundial Hat' Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Image...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sculptor George Segal working in his studio
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph Sculptor George Segal in his studio, 1969. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.
Jack Mitch...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.
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