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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
to
184
2,258
1,388
431
1,020
479
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
21
4,867
685
2
7
56
433
153
1,987
867
427
235
160
1
12,364
5,576
1,517
732
430
419
109
71
47
16
9
7
5
3,041
1,711
799
4,212
2,183
1,838
1,524
1,428
958
628
617
569
534
386
361
359
353
345
313
306
304
286
285
2,039
1,361
1,327
1,327
897
1,323
349
303
243
218
79
1,774
2,815
2,426
Style: Modern
Vanity Fair Nude Shrug, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Nude Shrug -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning advertising campaign over the course of ten years. Image size is 32" x 40" (for 36" x 48...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kennedy, Jackie in Palm Beach, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie in Palm Beach, 1963, nb_151. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Frida with the Cactus
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label.
Paper size: : 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.
“Frida told me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jewish Cemetery, Prague
By Vaclav Chochola
Located in Denton, TX
Vaclav Chochola
Jewish Cemetery, Prague, 1959
Gelatin silver print, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Signed, dated and misc. notations on print verso by Vaclav Chochola
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$900 Sale Price
40% Off
Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis
American tennis player Billy Talbert shares a laugh with American actress Kay Sutton between matches at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953.
Paper size 20...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kennedy, Jackie and John Jr. Walking on the Beach, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and John Jr. Walking on the Beach, nb_140_141 -- Jackie and John Jr. out for a stroll in 1963, the day after the announcement of Jackie’s pregnancy with her third child (who did not survive). According to Mark Shaw “… she never looked more glorious.” Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photograph of Jackie Kennedy and John Jr. walking on the beach. Jackie is wearing a white dress with flowers...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Woodstock, Visitors
Located in Cologne, DE
From Wikipedia: Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.
Over the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. Rolling Stone listed it as number 19 of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary film Woodstock, an accompanying soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn in Paris, 1956 - Funny Face Audrey Hepburn Film Still Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Audrey Hepburn in Paris, 1956 - Funny Face Audrey Hepburn Film Still Photograph
Belgian Actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed between scenes while on the set of the photography-ins...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vanity Fair Pleated Reclining Half Circle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Reclining Half Circle -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning campaign over the course of ten years. Image size is 10" x 12.8" (for...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953
Members of 'old Newport' watching the action on court at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953.
Large oversize 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Dior Boutique in Paris (1953) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cary In Rain (1957) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
29th August 1953:
A model wearing a muff and suit outside Christian Dior's boutiq...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
David Smith with Voltri XV - Bolton 1963 by Dan Budnik
By Dan Budnik
Located in Phoenix, AZ
SHIPPING CHARGES INCLUDE SHIPPING, PACKAGING & **INSURANCE**
DAN BUDNIK (American, b. 1933-2020
David Smith with Voltr1-Bolton XV, Terminal Iron Works, Bolton Landing, N. Y. 1963
Vintage Print on Afga Paper, Silver gelatin, March 1963, printed 1992 by Igor Bakht
Paper: 24 x 20 inches
Image: 16.38 x 13 inches
Recto: signed in black ink in artist's hand
Verso: titled, dated, signed in graphite in artist's hand, printer information in graphite
State: unmounted.
Dan Budnik 1933-2020
As a photojournalist, Dan Budnik is known for his photographs of artists, but also for his photo-documentation of the Civil Rights Movement and of Native Americans. Born in 1933 in Long Island, New York, Budnik studied with Charles Alston at the Art Students League of New York (1951-53) and began his photography career as Philippe Halsman’s assistant. Working at Magnum Photos (1957-64) in 1963, Budnik persuaded Life Magazine to have him create a long-term photo essay showing the seriousness of the Civil Rights Movement, documenting the Selma to Montgomery march and other historical Civil Rights moments. Budnik went on to photograph for premier publications such as Life, Fortune, Look, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and Vogue.
He has been a major contributor to eight Time-Life Wilderness and Great Cities series and received a 1973 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his work on the Hudson River Ecology Project and a 1980 grant from the Polaroid Foundation for Big Mountain: Hopi-Navajo Forced Relocation.
Biography
Pastaza, Ecuador, December 2004 Photo by Kresta King Cuther
Pastaza, Ecuador, December 2004 Photo by Kresta King Cuther
Dan Budnik, (b. 1933-died 2020), whose career as a photographer has spanned more than half a century, was most recent recipient, in 1998, of the prestigious American Society of Media Photographers Honor Roll Award, an accolade previously accorded to such eminent photographers as Man Ray, Edward Steichen, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, André Kertész, Ernst Hass...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alice Bruno with Siamese Cat, 1950
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model with Siamese Cat -- Mark Shaw photographed model Alice Bruno for Mademoiselle in 1950 holding a Siamese kitten -- A favorite model of Shaw's, Alice Bruno also appeared on one of his 1951 LIFE covers. The Siamese cat is renowned as extremely vocal, intelligent, and affectionate and is typically very social and exhibits a love of human and feline companionship. The first Siamese cats outside their Asian home of Siam, now Thailand, were sent as gifts in the late 1880's by the British consul-General and the American consul in Bangkok. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A black and white photograph of model...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kennedy, Jackie and John Jr., B&W, Palm Beach, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and John Jr. Palm Beach 1963, nb_146. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag pa...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Faye Dunaway, Beverly Hills Hotel — Terry O’Neill - Signed Artist Proof
Located in New York, NY
Terry O’Neill — Faye Dunaway, 1977
Iconic poolside portrait of Faye Dunaway the morning after her Oscar win for Network, captured at the Beverly Hills Hotel by legendary photographer...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beaton, Marlon Brando, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
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
20% Off
Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein, 1956, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Chalked Numbers, NYC by Harold Feinstein is a 14 x 11 inch gelatin silver print, and is edition 3/200. This photograph features a boy sitting on the ground, surrounded by nu...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Young Woman in Late 1960s Hippie Fashion
Located in Cologne, DE
A striking black-and-white studio portrait by Klaus Redenbacher captures the essence of late 1960s counterculture. The young woman, pictured in profile, wears a richly patterned head...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
'David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Black & White Neg Remaster - Limited Estate Edition
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
ALADDIN SANE REMASTERED BLACK & WHITE NEGATIVE
* 24 x24" inches limited edition of 50 ONLY *
unsigned but numbered and stamped by the Archive
printed later 2020
Taken by Duffy during the second of Five Sessions with David Bowie – Duffy...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren - Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren - Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Absolutely Exquisite HUGE 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size silver gelatin print.
Unframed.
Produced on authentic silver gelat...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "6" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #6 and set #A in red c...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cuerpos. From the Cerros, series. Nudes. Limited Edition B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire.
The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych. From the Cerros Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire.
The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
The Swiss American photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt was a robust contributor to the New York art scene as a documentarian and participant, from 1935 until the end of the ce...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boy Street Shower
By Morris Engel
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin by Morris Engel
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso by Morris Engel.
Gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 in.
Morris Engel was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 8, 1918. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School and joined the Photo League in 1936 where he met Aaron Siskind and Paul Strand who became major influences in his life. He worked on the paper PM, and then enlisted in the Navy, where he was a combat photographer. He later did many magazine picture stories in the late 40’s. He also made films, and his classic film, LITTLE FUGITIVE was released in 1953. He shot several more features, and later worked with video...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Last Tango
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anne Silver (Mondinot) is an American photo-based artist who lives in France. She worked for 15 years as a psychotherapist. Her work explores themes of grief/loss, healing, hope, a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Jackie Kennedy with family, Black and White Photography, ca. 1970s
By Nik Wheeler
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
Volkswagen beetle parking close to mountains, Germany 1939 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dean Rounds Up Taylor (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo Cineclassico/Alamy Archives)
GIANT Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean 1956.
Directed by George Stevens...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cardin Hat Over Paris
Located in New York, NY
Cardin Hat Over Paris, 1960
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British model Celia Hammond wearing a pink coat by French fashion designer Pierre Cardin for Q...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Ethel, Joe and Kathleen Kennedy - Vintage Photo by Frank Teti - 1960s
By Frank Teti
Located in Roma, IT
Ethel, Joe and Kathleen Kennedy is a b/w photograph by Frank Teti during the 1960s.
This picture takes a lovely moment of Ethel, Joe and Kathleen sitting down all together.
Print ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Espiral. Male Nude. Black and White Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vignette of a dancer creating shapes and folds in the sunlight. Rocket's favorite lighting source.
The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
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
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
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
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Ali vs Frazier" Muhammad Ali Portrait 40x60 Photomosaic Pop Art Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali vs Frazer" 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cary Grant in the Rain, 1957 - Cary Grant Portrait Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Cary Grant in the Rain, 1957 - Cary Grant Portrait Black and White Photograph
Classic American actor Cary Grant poses elegantly and with panache, even in the rain.
16" x 20" print ...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Edward Weston
By Beaumont Newhall
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 125
Signed and dated in pencil on verso.
Photograph is from The New Mexico Portfolio published in 1976 by the Center of the Eye P...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simons Drive-In Coffee Shop - American Diner USA Photography Neon Signpost
Located in Brighton, GB
Simons Drive-In Coffee Shop - American Diner USA Photography Neon Signpost from the Getty Archive
16" x 20" print Silver Gelatin print.
Prints are made from the scanned original ne...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Stirling Moss, Jaguar Pits
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Paper size: 16 x 20 in. Image size: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photograp...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eden Hartford - American Hollywood Actress Groucho Marx
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eden Hartford - Model Posing for Breakfast in Bed with Pet Toy Poodle
16" x 16" print on 16" 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Eden...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1970s, 29, 9 x 20, 4 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 President John F. Kennedy. Her popularity as First Lady was due to her devotion to historical preservation of the White House, her fashion sense, and her devotion to her children, which endeared her to the American public. During her lifetime, Jackie was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
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 ...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Twiggy" by M McKeown
Located in London, GB
"Twiggy" by M McKeown
Twiggy, the East End fashion model pictured surrounded by fashion shots of herself, modelling a shirt dress from her own collection.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30" ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nude Floating (Charis in Pool)
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print made by Edward Weston's son, Cole, in the 1970s or '80s is titled, numbered, stamped and signed by Cole Weston on the back of the mount.
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
St. James's Park, London, 1962
Located in Middletown, NY
1962
Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in (296 × 246 mm); archivally matted and framed. The dark areas with some oxidation mirroring (only discernible in counterlight), t...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The QE II by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The QE II
by Arthur Steel
The Queen Elizabeth ship – Clydebank, Scotland, 1967
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 30x40
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Chelsea FC Stamford Bridge (1920) - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Stamford Bridge (1920)
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Foo...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Carlton Hotel 1955 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiger Lady - Black and White Portrait Monochrome Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Tiger Lady - Black and White Portrait Monochrome Silver Gelatin Print
A woman hugs her pet tiger cub close to her chest. She wears an outfit of tiger skin design, but her little tig...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, ca. 1956, 26, 4 x 21 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster" Cy Twombly
By Cy Twombly
Located in New York, NY
Cy Twombly
Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster, 1955
Identified and inscribed on the reverse by the sitter Carolyn Brown
Photograph on paper
8 x 8 inches
Provenance
Gift of the artist
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York, 2025.
Cy Twombly gained fame for his art that combined cultural, historical, and poetic elements—particularly those from classical antiquity—with abstract shapes and his distinctive script. Born Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr. on April 25, 1928, in Lexington, Virginia, he began his artistic journey under the guidance of Pierre Daura and Marion Junkin at Washington and Lee University. This initial training was complemented by his formative experiences at the Arts Students League of New York and Black Mountain College, where he established enduring friendships with influential figures like Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham.
A pivotal moment for Twombly was his 1952 trip to Italy and North Africa with Rauschenberg, funded by a grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This journey allowed Twombly to engage deeply with the rich cultural history that would inform his future artistic endeavors, leading to the creation of significant early pieces.
Twombly made his way back to Italy in 1957 and 1958, during which he presented his first solo exhibition in Italy at Galleria La Tartaruga, owned by Plinio De Martiis. In 1959, he married Luisa Tatiana...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jackie Kennedy, Christina and Tony Radziwill
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
Sierra Junipers, Upper Merced Basin, Yosemite Valley
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print on Kodak Vitava Athena paper is signed in pencil beneath the image with typeset title on the front of the sheet. This print was made in 1927 for the Parmeli...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Caine Punching, 1967 - Michael Caine British Cultural Icon Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Caine Punching, 1967 - Michael Caine British Cultural Icon Silver Gelatin Print
Iconic English actor Michael Caine throws a punch at the camera... Fortunately, the photographer was ...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Frank Sinatra In Miami Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra In Miami
by Terry O'Neill
Singer and actor Frank Sinatra, with his minders and his stand in (who is wearing an identical outfit to him),
arriving at Miami beach while...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson'
Located in London, GB
'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson'
From left -James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, on the set of 'Giant,' 1956.
(Photo: The Everett Co...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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.