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Modern Black and White Photography

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Douglas Kirkland 'Brigitte Bardot, Mexico'
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Kirkland Brigitte Bardot, Mexico (Cards) 1965 Silver gelatin print Numbered and Signed by Douglas Kirkland Edition of 24 French actress Brigitte Bardot photographed on set o...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Anne Princess Royal by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Anne Princess Royal by Arthur Steel Anne, Princess Royal – Clarence House, London, 1966 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. pape...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Three models of the Volkswagen beetle, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Nolte. His work is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impress...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

'The Misfits' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'The Misfits' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print A gorgeously candid portrait of the first rebel of Hollywood and greatly respected young son of method acting - before ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Train to Degerloch waiting at platform, Stuttgart Germany 1935, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

50x40" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Framin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elton John
Located in London, GB
David Bailey Elton John, 1971 Archival Inkjet on paper, framed Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm Edition of 12 + 3AP
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Golfing at Le Toque'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Golfing at Le Toque 1939 printed later Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and numbered on verso A woman in a white suit hitting a golf ball in a sa...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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C Print

Madonna by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Madonna by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie sta...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blackpool Railings
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lunch at Quien Sabe Wagon
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in pencil on mount margin. Toned gelatin silver print. Framing not included. Western photographer, Bank Langmore, traveled extensively with cattle drives, photographing cowbo...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Soundgarden by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Soundgarden by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Rogers & Hepburn Chat On Set' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Rogers & Hepburn Chat On Set' Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers on the set of 'Stage Door,'1937. The iconic film movie star Hepburn chats with dancer, ...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

San Francisco from Telegraph Hill
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This matte silver gelatin print bears the "Estate of William E. Dassonville" stamp on the back of the sheet. Printed on Dassonville's proprietary "Charcoal Black" paper.
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1920s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eifeltower, Paris, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. 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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Marlene Wears Christian Dior' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marlene Wears Christain Dior' Marlene Dietrich wearing a Christian Dior design, in Stage Fright, 1949. A stunning image of the film actress looking glamorous and decadent. (phot...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eifeltower, Paris, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. 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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rick Rubin by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Rick Rubin 2013 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

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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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - The Carlton Hotel 1955 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Jarvis Cocker by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Jarvis Cocker 1996 Jarvis Cocker, Pulp photographed by Kevin Westenberg for NME Magazine in Paris in July 1996. by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is fa...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Samuel Gottscho Garden Flowers Photo NY
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage hand signed and stamp signed with the photographers stamp and numbered photo of trilliums. Samuel Herman Gottscho (February 8, 1875 - January 28, 1971) was an American architectural, landscape, and nature photographer. Samuel Gottscho was born in Brooklyn in New York City. He acquired his first camera in 1896 and took his first photograph at Coney Island. From 1896 to 1920 he photographed part-time, specializing in houses and gardens, as he particularly enjoyed nature, rural life, and landscapes. After attending several architectural photograph exhibitions, Gottscho decided to perfect and improve his own work and sought out several architects and landscape architects. After twenty-three years as a traveling lace and fabric salesman, at an age when most people would have given up their youthful dreams, Gottscho became a professional commercial photographer at the age of 50. His son-in-law William Schleisner joined Gottscho in his business in 1935. During this time his photographs appeared in and on the covers of American Architect and Architecture, Architectural Record. His portraits and architectural photography regularly appeared in articles in the New York Times. His photographs of private homes in the New York and Connecticut suburbs often appeared in home decoration magazines. From the early 1940s to the late 1960s, he was a regular contributor to the Times of illustrated articles on wildflowers. the meticulous, adoring pictures of New York City architecture and interiors that he took at his creative peak in the late 1920's and early 30's are finding a new audience, placing him more firmly in the ranks of the great architectural photographers of his day, like Ezra Stoller, Julius Shulman and Ken and Bill Hedrich. the Museum of the City of New York, which has one of the largest archives of Gottscho's work, showed about 150 of his best city scenes in an exhibition called "The Mythic City: Photographs of New York...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of 2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Temple of Dawn II, Bangkok, Thailand
Located in New York, NY
The Temple of Dawn II, Bangkok, Thailand 1957 Archival pigment print Edition of 5 Estate stamped, signed and numbered by Andrea Derujinsky with certificate of authenticity The entir...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Louis Armstrong in Concert, 1955 – Original Vintage Photograph
Located in Cologne, DE
Louis Armstrong in Concert, 1955 – Original Vintage Photograph This striking black-and-white image, captured by German photographer Klaus Redenbacher, shows legendary American jazz m...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gill (Conversation #3, from "Five Girls")
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Date stamped with facsimile of signature in grey ink, l.r. This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Born and raised in South Africa, photographer Sam Haskins moved to London in his early 40s. He is best known for the three books, "Five Girls...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Baroda City Street
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) ...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips 1971 Silver gelatin print 24 x 20 inches Signed and numbered edition of 50 Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petroleuses’ a.k.a. ‘The Legen...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

‘Careless Whispers’ by Arthur Steel Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
‘Careless Whispers’ by Arthur Steel Paper size: 40 x 32 inches / 102 x 80 cm Framing options available. Dog’s Names: ‘Buster’ on the left and ‘Dumpli...
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1680s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive) Darkro...
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1920s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 (printed 2020) Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 25 with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin L...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Chick's Candy Store, Pitt St., N.Y. - New York City Street Scene, Store Front
Located in Denton, TX
Chick's Candy Store, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph depicting a group of people gathered in front of a store on a New York City street. Gelatin Si...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

North Coast Native
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount with the artist's Green Street label and typed title on the back of the mount. Likely printed ...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Bad Luck Gloria 1951
Located in London, GB
Bad Luck Gloria 2nd April 1951: American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 – 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in tube. Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

'James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
''James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' 1956 GALERIE Limited Edition silver gelatin print A gorgeous candid shot of the movie and style icons James Dean with Elizabeth Taylor on the set ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Banana Leaves 24 ( signed limited Oversize Print )
Located in London, GB
Banana Leaves 24 by Stuart Möller 2022 signed limited Oversize Print Limited to 5 only this size Archival pigment print Painterly image of banana...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Barmen
Located in London, GB
Barmen at the Screenwriters’ Club in London. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4586 – Guest Night At The Screenwriters – pub. 1948 (Photo Bert Hardy) A beautiful Limited Edi...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal", directed by Mario Monicelli.
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rolling Hills, California
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This matte silver gelatin print is signed in pencil and bears the "Estate of William E. Dassonville" stamp sheet verso. Accompanied by an SFMoMA exhibition receipt from 1977. Pri...
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1920s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond in Goggles for Queen Magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond is photographed by Norman Parkinson wearing goggles and a headdress made of silk chiffon for Queen magazine in 1964. Hammond became a favorite model of Parkinson's and ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore
Located in New York, NY
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, 1964 Silver gelatin print Signed and numbered edition of 50 English actress Honor Blackman on a beach, circa 1964. Splashes on the surf, in Miami ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Montauk Bluffs, Ocean Photo Vintage Beach Photograph Platinum Palladium Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a Platinum Palladium print from one of her first ocean-based beach series, a body of platinum/palladium prints that focused on the water's surface. Later, she transferred her...
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Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Brigitte Bardot by Robert Cohen for AGIP, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
By Robert Cohen
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Robert Cohen for AGIP. Brigitte Bardot in 1967. Features: Original silver gelatin print photograph unframed. Press photograph...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Architectural Study - Interior
Located in Surfside, FL
Julius Shulman (October 10, 1910 – July 15, 2009) was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph "Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Terry O'Neill, Brigitte Bardot, Shalako Deauville (co-signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, On the set of ‘Shalako’, in Deauville, 1968 Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print Co-Signed by O'Neill and Bardot and numbered edition of 50 Terry O'Neill CBE (born...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Downpour in Rome 1989 - Photograph - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Downpour in Rome 1989 Vintage photograph is in black and white on paper realized by Ansa Agency of Rome in the 1989. Good condition, with some folding and foxing. With the copyrigh...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Feather Headdress
Located in London, GB
Girls make the finishing touches to one another’s costumes before the night’s performance with one of France’s most famous revue dance-teams, the Ballet Avila, in a show at Alexandra...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pilotis House - Beach in Brazil - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pilotis House - Beach in Brazil - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. With some handwriting on the rear. Stamped on the rear. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Lambda

View of Honganji Temple in Kyoto - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
View of Honganji Temple in Kyoto is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover. Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27 Yokohama School print...
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1880s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled #31 (Woman's Shoe), 2013 - Limited Edition Silver Gelatin print
Located in Brighton, GB
Untitled #31 (Woman's Shoe) from the series Eternal London is a Limited Edition Silver Gelatin print by Giacomo Brunelli. This size of 9" x 12" from a Limited Edition of 10. As t...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger' Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936. A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer. (photo The Everett Collection ) A beautiful silver gelatin...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Modern black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Kevin Westenberg, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern black and white photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,500.

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