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
Grey Wave - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Grey Wave
A single wave at dusk.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer whos...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
20% Off
Triking, Linas, France, 1999
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
We are excited to announce the grand opening of “Indian Summer” at La Plage in Sag Harbor. This exhibition will include Fine Art + Photography from the Robin Rice Gallery including Rice’s own fine art photography. The show will be on exhibit beginning Friday October 9th, with an opening reception Saturday October 10th 2020 from 5pm to 8pm.
Car, Fashion, Motorcycle, Portrait, Sepia, Water, Woman, Vintage...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Pictorialist Photography, "Pensive Woman"
Located in Rochester, NY
Pictorialist photograph of a young woman. Silver print in the original oak frame. Inscribed on reverse R.S. Paddock, Early 20th century.
Pictorialism is the name given to an interna...
Category
1910s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maserati 250F Formula One Cars, Pau
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 16 1/2 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world.
Jesse Alexander was involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Graveyard Leapfrog
By Bert Hardy
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...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cloud and Mountain, Marion Lake, Southern Sierra
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin photograph, printed in the late 1920s on Kodak Vitava Athena paper, is signed in pencil beneath the image with a typeset title centered in the lower margi...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Refueling, Le Mans, 24 Hours
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 14 x 11 in., Image size: 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world.
Jesse Alexander has been involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One and the famous long distance sports car races, the 24 Hours...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bubbles, Adirondacks, NY, 2010
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...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New England Skiing by Slim Aarons - Black and White Winter Snow Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Black and White Winter Snow Photography, two female skiers pose by the ski shop prior to setting off down the slopes
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and Danny Fields at the Bottom Line, NYC
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and Danny Fields at the Bottom Line, NYC
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Signed open edition
Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and Danny F...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve Jones "The father of nuclear fusion" - Vintage Photograph - 1989
By Agenzia Ansa
Located in Roma, IT
Steve Jones "The father of nuclear fusion" is an original, vintage, and black and white photograph realized by "Agenzia Ansa" in 1989.
With the description...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Flight into Egypt - Original Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Flight into Egypt is a b/w photographic detail on Cardboard.
“O.BOHN 3378 VENEZIA SAN MARCO CAPPELLA ZEN FUGA IN EGITTO” written at the bottom.
The image represents The Flight...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Portrait of Gene Pitney with his Mother - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gene Pitney with his Mother is a vintage photographic print on matt single-coated paper.
Photograph from United States unknown agency, printed from 6 x 6 film
Excellent...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Weegee "A Trip to Mars"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
While many first associate Weegee (aka Arthur Fellig) with New York City crime scenes, perhaps a broader and more consistent theme is that of spectacle and/or urban entertainment.
The origins of his nick-name and reputation date back to the 1930s when he became the first New York City press photographer to obtain permission to install a police radio in his car. Following the city's first responders and documenting their duties, Weegee had unprecedented access to New York’s fires, crimes, debaucheries and of course, murders.
During the first decade of his career these unflinching urban tragedy or crime images paid Weegee's bills, but as he became more financially independent he was more inspired to pursue photographs on his own agenda. While his oeuvre is vast, Weegee was especially drawn to entertainment: nightlife, circuses, the theatre, showgirls, city thrills, the cinema etc.
Some of Weegee's most dynamic and tender (and under-appreciated!) images are related to simply having fun (in a crowd). He was not confined to one neighbourhood or demographic. He captured action, faces and events from Coney Island to the Bowery and Greenwich Village, to Times Square and Harlem.
In “A Trip To Mars,” Weegee depicts a multi-generational group crowding around a large telescope...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luigi Musso - Maserati (full car), Pau
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed by artist in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida and Diego with Hat by Nickolas Muray, 1941, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Hat by Nickolas Muray depicts a couple posing for a portrait. Frida Kahlo stands next to Diego Rivera, who is seated, holding a hat in his hand. They stand in an empty room, with a large window filling the room with natural light.
Edition of 70
Titled, dated, numbered, copyright, and signed by the Nickolas Muray Estate.
Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.
Paper size: 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Image size: 12 x 12 in.
Gelatin silver print
"Muray and Kahlo were at the height of their on-again, off-again, ten-year relationship when these pictures were taken. Their affair had started in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second wife, and shortly after Kahlo’s marriage to Mexican muralist...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weegee "Sailor and Girl Kissing"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Weegee (1899-1968) was equally fascinated and inspired by cinema and all of its tangents, from Hollywood movie stars to ordinary civilians going to the movies. While Weegee is typically associated with crime/disaster images, the broad theme of "entertainment" is a major component of his oeuvre.
An interesting and provocative sub-genre of his cinema-related work are his images of couples (often heavy-petting) in movie theatres.
Recent scholarship has established that many of Weegee's supposed clandestine images were actually staged or arranged with friends or co-operative strangers.
Nevertheless, Weegee created these photographs in the dark with an array of clever techniques including infrared film, filtered flashbulb and triangular prism lens. Employed in shots such as this one, the prism lens would allow the artist to “see around corners,” useful at times when his subjects were in compromising locations.
These images of kissing couples, Weegee wrote in 1959, were “his best seller, year in and year out.”
"Sailor and GIrl at the Movies...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1963 - Black and White Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
'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...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flights , Scotland , 2015
Located in Hudson, NY
In his latest show, Benjamin Heller invites us to enter a poetic space of echo and convergence. As a photographer, sculptor, and performer, movement is key in this body of work, that is punctuated by self portraits selected from the series "The Long Walk: Analog Narratives". This series features pieces collected over an extended period of time spent traveling. It is a window to the interior landscapes he seeks to find reflected in the world, to contain a sense of this intimate vastness. All of the images can be viewed as variations on a self-portrait.
The places of intimacy and sense of vastness contained in the photographs can convey a sense of transport that enhances the viewer's visual experience. The "echoes" we find in the show reside in multiplicities of human and physical forms, rolling natural curves, and animals in flight; all intended to provide a resonance with the contours of earth, water, and wind. The result is an array of images captivating in themselves, but also given new meaning in the context of Robin Rice's skillful curatorial arrangement. Her intuitive placement creates a graphic narrative for the viewer to follow and decipher, encouraged by the convergence of the poetic titles of the works.
Traces of poetry, sculpture, the lines of the body, lived experience are also evoked in Heller's photographs, in movement and action. He also finds inspiration in photographer Duane Michals' framing of expressive narratives, and in Sally Mann's felt sense of powerful physical presence. Photographer Miranda Penn Turin, in reviewing the exhibition, said "I can almost hear a soundtrack, and it's the sound of wind".
The invitational image is entitled "Fall," a graceful figure, suspended in a glowing arc, light streaming upwards, eyes closed in rapture. This light sits in contrast to the infinite shadow of the black background, conjuring a certain atmosphere. Heller believes that it is shadows that allow the viewer to reside in the experience – this image does just that. These imagined environments speak to our converging lives and the echoed moments we experience, embodying for each viewer, just what Benjamin Heller connects with while photographing.
Another view of self portraiture at the front sign in desk, is an image reading, "and the soul wanted to move," between the keys of a typewriter. This show is a mirror of a desire to move. The black & white images capture simultaneously this movement and stillness, asking us to pause between the natural forces that rise and fall. Heller employs multiple-exposure and a fixed 4x5...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.
After serving as a Marine in Vietnam, he enrolled at Texas Southern University, where he studied art under the direction of John Biggers, who became a great friend and mentor. During his time at TSU, he was hired to be a photographer for the Model Cities Program, part of Lyndon Johnson...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
48x36 " Marlon Brando" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Exhibition Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Brando" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS" The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$220 Sale Price
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Espiral, 2. Male Nude. Black and White Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Espiral Dos, by Ricky Cohete
From the series "Espiral"
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
2021
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Groom Kissing His Bride
By Diane Arbus
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most influential and daring photographers of the 20th century.
Arbus is best known for her unique form of documentary portraiture. She explored the uncanny, the marginalized, and the idiosyncratic characters who defied mid-century conformity. Her work has influenced some of the most renowned photographers of our time including Nan Goldin.
While her career launched in the fashion world, it was years after quitting commercial photography (circa 1956) that she found her voice as an artist. With camera in hand, she followed her fascination with the eccentric individuals and oddities of New York City. Ultimately rejecting her affluent, sheltered upbringing and the mainstream fashion industry to create her own definitions of beauty.
Arbus’ portraits were considered incredibly provocative for their bold representations of sexuality, chaos, and grit. She fully immersed herself within the queer and alternative communities she documented, engaged with a curious balance of mystery and homage.
Shot in 1966, "Groom Kissing His Bride" is a prime example of her uncanny ability to capture even the most traditional moments (a wedding) through a lens of surrealism.
Love and tension confront each other as the groom kisses the bride with an attacking passion. Her likeness disappears behind his embrace and their newlywed bodies merge together. This work also contains Arbus’ visual trademarks – a black and white palette, a square crop, and a hard flash that flattens the aesthetic wonderland of New York.
Today, Arbus' work is celebrated in many major museum collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo), and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
"Groom Kissing his Bride, NYC"
USA, 1966
Gelatin-silver print
Printed by Neil Selkirk
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida Lansky, ca. 1950, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Ida Lansky
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky features a detail shot of whole and cut up artichokes. The tones of this photograph are reversed, creating an abstract image from a common object. The produce is lit dramatically from the side, emphasizing it's intricate details.
Untitled (artichokes) by Ida G. Lansky is an 8 x 10 inch vintage silver gelatin print. This photograph includes the artist's stamp in black ink on print verso.
Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing.
Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele.
From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beaton, Gary Cooper, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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50x40" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned Print
By Destro
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$400 Sale Price
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Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. - Black and White Photograph, Children
Located in Denton, TX
Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph documenting three children playing on a swing set in a city park.
Gelatin Silver Print
10.5 ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy; Newspaper; Black and White Photography, France, 20, 2 x 29, 8 cm
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
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
VE Day, Times Square, NYC by Ruth Orkin, 1945, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
This black and white photograph by Ruth Orkin features five men standing with CBS camera equipment on top of a structure. They appear to be filming out into a large crowd at Times Sq...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John Lennon & Andy Warhol, NYC
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol and John Lennon, NYC, 1972
Silver gelatin print
40 x 50 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 75
John Lennon and Andy Warhol talking at The Record Plant, NYC. April 13, ...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘.
Signed by Ian Sanderson ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Denton, TX
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, posing in front of Diego Rivera's half painted mural.
I...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Priest Valley, Coalinga, CA
By Morley Baer
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin contact print mounted to board is signed in pencil on the front of the mount with credit, stamp, numbering, title and date in pencil on the back of the mount. Pho...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Florentine Fashion" by Kurt Hutton
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Fashion" by Kurt Hutton
The Third Italian High Fashion Show in Florence, Italy, 1952. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5685 - Paris has a Rival - pub. 1st March 195...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968 Silver Gelatin Print
English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968.
Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ruth Neumann, Kowloon Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Neumann, Kowloon Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
1957
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped, signed and numbered by Andrea Derujinsky with certificate ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naples 1954, Street music
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph, taken in Naples in 1954, depicts a group of street musicians performing in what appears to be an urban setting. The scene is lively and intimate, featuring a woman i...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida, 1955.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ozzy Osbourne and Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Unique Gelatin Silver Print
Paper size: 8 x 10 inches
Framed size: 23.75 x 25.25 inches
Provenance: Private collection, New York
This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warhol, and thence, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This work comes with a certificate of provenance and an entry into the Catalogue Raisonne held by the Warhol Foundation.
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An evening dress being modelled at a fashion show held by Saks of Fifth Avenue, New York. The audience, who are in evening dress, are also being wined and dined, 1955.
Estate stampe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
To Neckargemuend Mercedes Benz car near Heidelberg, Germany 1936, 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
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Weddingday Jackie and John F. Kennedy, Black and White Photography, 1953
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
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martinique - Figure, Silhouette, Woman, Abstract, Balcony, Sky, Ocean, Window
Located in Denton, TX
Martinique by André Kertész is a black and white photograph taken from a balcony overlooking the ocean. Through the frosted glass is an abstracted figure, leaning on the railing and ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$11,000 Sale Price
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Ted Williams 'Sarah Vaughan'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Sarah Vaughan
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authentic...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003)
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 50
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditio...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
Slim Aarons Style 'Debutante Ball'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Debutante Ball
1958 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A debutante ball held at the Copley Pl...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian Party (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)
September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 1...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Napier 6" by William A Atkins
Located in London, GB
"Napier 6" by William A Atkins
A Gloster Napier 6 Supermarine seaplane at Calshot, in preparation for the Schneider Trophy race.
Unframed
Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (inches)
Printed 2...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Apertura. The Bailarín, series. Male Nude dancer. Black & White photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Apertura by Ricky Cohete
From the "Bailarín" series
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13
Unframed
All prices are quoted as "initial price" and may change due to current sal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer
by Globe Photo Archives
FIlm star James Dean behind the wheel of his Porsche racer. James Dean ...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Backgammon by the Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon by the Pool, 1957
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary Beth-Turner play backgammon by a swimming pool in Palm ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tiger Lady - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
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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