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Modern Black and White Photography

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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
Acto Uno, From the series Acto Uno. Male Nude Limited Edition B&W Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Acto Uno, by Ricky Cohete From the series "Acto Uno" Archival Pigment print Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 + 1AP Unframed 2020 Black and White Photograph All prices a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment

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 Unsigned Framing op...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill, Kate Moss Unitard (co-signed)
Located in New York, NY
Kate Moss Unitard, 1993 Silver Gelatin Print 30 x 30 inches Edition of 50 Cosigned by Terry O'Neill and Kate Moss Portrait of English fashion model Kate Moss, 1993. Terry O'Neill ...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Darling" Black & White Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Darling" Black & White Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Nude
By Gyula Pap
Located in Denton, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio Ed. 33/70 Signed and artist stamp.
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nude
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Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Print Enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, 31st December 1957. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Carlton Hotel 1955 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel 1955 - Estate Stamped A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estat...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, 1959. 20 x ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aarons) 20 ...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948 20 x 20" inches / 51 x...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eton Vs Harrow 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Eton Vs Harrow 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London,...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New Year At Romanoff’s 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New Year At Romanoff’s 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida with Granizo - Black and White Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity, Animal
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo. Frida crouches down to place her hand on the small deer ...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Platinum

Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo Mets Baseball Sports Photograph Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Youth at mets Game waiting for Autograph on August 20th, 1970 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests. Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office. Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist. For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
Located in New York, NY
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar' 1966 (printed later) Silver gelatin print Signed and numbered by the artist 11 x 14 in - 25 + 5 AP - $ 8,000 16 x 20 in - 30...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Galápagos, Seals, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29, 1 x 23, 4 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...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Ecuador, Rio Pastaza, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 23, 2 x 23, 2 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...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Alberto Giacometti in his studio in Paris 1963
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a portrait of Frida Kahlo with her pet deer, Granizo. She places her hand lovingly on the deer while looking towards the viewer, with a cigare...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Person, Canyon, Utah, Black and White Photography, USA, 1960s, 16, 6 x 23, 4 cm
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...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Moulin Rouge; Dancing; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 6 x 12, 7 cm
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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Eiffel Tower, Street Photography, Black and White, France 1950s, 17, 7 x 13 cm
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...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield, 1951 C print 20 x 16 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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C Print

Frida Kahlo, The Breton Portrait - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo - The Breton Portrait by Nickolas Muray is a portrait of the Mexican painter commissioned by Andre Breton. 14.63 x 11.63 in. Carbon Pigment Print Edition of 30 Signed by...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Carbon Pigment

Sun, shadows, buildings Koenigsplatz square Munich, Germany 1937, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been miss...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Old bridge over river Neckar at 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...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Harlem (Three Cowboys)
Located in Denton, TX
John Albok Harlem (Three Cowboys), 1938 Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Titled in pencil on mount margin. Signed and dated by John Albok in pencil, artist stamp in bl...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969. As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Floating Horse, Saddle Shop Lake Worth, FL
Located in Hudson, NY
David Saxe - “Photography has always been the simple act of looking and being inspired to strip the unnecessary elements from the scene and frame the image down in a way to discover...
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2010s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Würzburg, 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

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

Disco, Bill Bernstein Set of Four Photographs
By Bill Bernstein
Located in New York, NY
Bill Bernstein Disco c. 1970 Set of four Photographs These iconic images not only document the people and places of the golden age of disco, but also capture the spirit and intensit...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Poet Allen Ginsberg Howl Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Allen Ginsberg reading Howl and other poems at Living Theater in 1959. signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title. Irwin Allen ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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

Starkstrommast 1933
By Jakob Volk
Located in Cologne, DE
The trained cabinetmaker Jakob Volk (1876-1954) was a self-taught photographer. In the early years of the 20th century, he built his own plate camera and traveled through the Moselle...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Denton, TX
This photograph is a black and white portrait of Frida Kahlo in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel at the New Yorkers School in New York, taken by Lucienne Bloch. The medium of this...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Graveyard Leapfrog
Located in London, GB
A group of boys playing leapfrog amongst the gravestones of the Corporation Burial Ground in Rutherglen Road, one of the few areas of greenery in the Gorbals, a slum district of Glas...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sign 82, San Francisco
Located in Hudson, NY
Amodaj created the Hoop and Ball series of photographs in June 2010 with dancer and author Shawnrey Notto. The photographs were based on an earlier series of drawings Nenad made of N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Milton H. Greene 'Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly'
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene Grace Kelly 1955 (printed later) All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Sun In Rock
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
The print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount; titled, dated, stamped and labelled on the back of the mount. This rare vintage enlargement comes from the Museum...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon'
Located in New York, NY
Sean Connery on the Moon, 1971 Silver Gelatin Print Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity Re-c...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
Located in New York, NY
Ron Galella (1931) Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York 1980 11 x 14 inches Silver Gelatin Print Edition of 20 Signed, dated, titled by the artist. Described by a nickname of Paparazzo E...
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1980s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
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. Larger Oversize Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 12...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Stanley Twardowicz Venice Italy Gondola Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Black & white vintage photo of Venice Italy in 1952 by American Abstract Expressionism artist Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008). It depicts a reflection...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Uproar Landseer Lion By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Uproar Landseer Lion By Arthur Steel Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm Silver Gelatin Print 1970 (printed later) unframed hand signed edition of 20 note other print sizes and ...
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1970s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Architectural Gelatin SIlver Print Vellum Photograph Mark Citret Vintage Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Mark Citret, American, b. 1949. "Third Story Arches", Fort Point, 1998 Silver gelatin print hand signed and editioned 1/45 in pencil along lower edge. Published: "Along the Way" Mark Citret, Published Custom & Limited Editions, San Francisco, 1999. Plate #23. Dimensions: Image area measures 8.25"h x 6.25"w., Frame measures 17.5 x 14.5 Mark Citret was born in 1949 in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in San Francisco. He began photographing seriously in 1968 and received both his BA and MA in Art from San Francisco State University. He has worked on many photographic projects over the course of his career and continues to do so. From 1973 to 1975 he lived in and photographed Halcott Center, a farming valley in New York's Catskill Mountains. In the mid to late 1980s, he produced a large body of work with the working title of "Unnatural Wonders", which is his personal survey of architecture in the national parks. He spent four years, 1990 to 1993, photographing "Coastside Plant", a massive construction site in the southwest corner of San Francisco. Since he moved to his current home in 1986, he has been photographing the ever-changing play of ocean and sky from the cliff behind his house. Currently, he is in the midst of a multi-year commission from the University of California San Francisco, photographing the construction of their 43 acre Mission Bay life-sciences campus. He has taught photography at the University of California Berkeley Extension since 1982 and the University of California Santa Cruz Extension since 1988, and for organizations such as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Ansel Adams Gallery, and Santa Fe Workshops.He was included in the Weston Gallery exhibition NIGHT VISION: PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE DARK works by: Berenice Abbott, Wynn Bullock, Mark Citret, Harold Davis, Robert Frank, Ernst Haas, Chip Hooper, Rolfe Horn, Dale Johnson, Robb Johnson, Michael Kenna, André Kertész, Bob Kolbrener, Paul Kozal, Sally Mann and Jerry Uelsmann and PATTERNS IN ARCHITECTURE works by Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, Oliver Gagliani, Pirkle Jones...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Vellum, Silver Gelatin

Norman Parkinson 'Jane Birkin'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Jane Birkin 1969 (printed later) Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 English-French actress, singer, songwriter, and model Jane Birkin photographed wearing a ...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery as Bond' (Sheriff)
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill Sean Connery as Bond 1971 (printed later) silver gelatin print 20 x 16 inches Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity Scot...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
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) Silver gelatin fibre print 12 x 16" p...
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1920s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Swim, Bear Lake, Utah, 1998
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones. With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice Gallery endeavors are superbly managed. Whether working with corporate clients, interior designers or established collectors, the Robin Rice Gallery guides patrons throughout the selection process, inspiring them to build a stylish collection or striking décor. The Robin Rice Gallery offers a bevy of styles that Robin has procured with her own signature school of artists. Figurative, black and white, water, swim, swimming, lake, Bear lake...
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

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, Architect." The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulman's photography spread California Mid-century modern around the world. Through his many books, exhibits and personal appearances his work ushered in a new appreciation for the movement beginning in the 1990s. His vast library of images currently resides at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. His contemporaries include Ezra Stoller and Hedrich Blessing Photographers. In 1947, Julius Shulman asked architect Raphael Soriano to build a mid-century steel home and studio in the Hollywood Hills. Some of his architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's or Pierre Koenig's remarkable structures, have been published countless times. The brilliance of buildings like those by Charles Eames, as well as those of his close friends, Richard Neutra and Raphael Soriano, was first brought to light by Shulman's photography. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered as an independent art form. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding for the buildings and their place in the landscape. The precise compositions reveal not just the architectural ideas behind a building's surface, but also the visions and hopes of an entire age. A sense of humanity is always present in his work, even when the human figure is absent from the actual photographs. Many of the buildings photographed...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Baltimore 67" Landscape Photography 24" x 36" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Baltimore 67" Landscape Photography 24" x 36" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Comes with COA Available sizes: Edition of 15: 24" x 36" inch Editio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Sign 77, San Francisco
Located in Hudson, NY
Amodaj created the Hoop and Ball series of photographs in June 2010 with dancer and author Shawnrey Notto. The photographs were based on an earlie...
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21st Century and Contemporary 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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