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Period: 1940s
Young Velvets, Young Prices
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson's iconic image of models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue, New York City. Published in American Vogue on 15th Octobe...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Handball In Central Park (1948) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Handball In Central Park (1948) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn on Lawn Chairs
Located in Austin, TX
American actor Humphrey Bogart, lighting a cigarette, and Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn outdoors on the set of director Billy Wilder's film 'Sabrina', circa 1945. A unique hand-c...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Young Velvets, Young Prices
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson's iconic image of models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue, New York City. Published in American Vogue on 15th Octobe...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Still life with Watermelon, NY
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints Signed Irving Penn Verso Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Young Velvets Limited Edition Estate Print Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets 1949 (Photo Norman Parkinson) Fashion models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Conde Nast Building against a view of the New York skyline for Vogue, 1949, Manh...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943 Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully colored image features a pinup of actress and Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit with her leg uppoolside. Marilyn Monroe was one of the mo...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples -...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Model In Montego Bay 1946 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Model In Montego Bay 1946 Fashion model bein rowed across Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1946 by Toni Frissell 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Girl On The Beach 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - plea...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Handball In Central Park 1947
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Handball In Central Park A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, Ne...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn on Lawn Chairs
Located in Austin, TX
American actor Humphrey Bogart, lighting a cigarette, and Belgian-born actor Audrey Hepburn outdoors on the set of director Billy Wilder's film 'Sabrina', circa 1945. A unique hand-c...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples -...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - plea...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Swimwear 1946 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Swimwear 1946 Fashion shoot featuring a model in swimwear, 1946. by Toni Frissell 48 x 72" inches / 121 x 182 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Still life with Watermelon, NY
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints Signed Irving Penn Verso Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing avail...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - plea...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Young Velvets, Young Prices, Hat Fashions III
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, unframed print. Estate-stamped. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913, Parki...
Category

1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Diptych. From the Frida Khalo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color, Digital Pigment

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
Located in New York, NY
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Architect: Richard Neutra Kodak digital color print Print size: 20" x 24" (50.80 x 60.96) Image size: 15" x 20" (39.10 x ...
Category

American Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Evening Gown 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown 1948 Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown, 1948. by Toni Frissell 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous for playing c...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House (Diptych) Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photogram, Digital, Black and White, ABS, Emulsion

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Handball In Central Park, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Marilyn Monroe Poolside Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating pinup features actress Marilyn Monroe standing poolside in a bathing suit and heels. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous for playing c...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Norma Jean Baker Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of actress Marilyn Monroe in her younger years, during the times of brown hair and being known as "Norma Jean Baker". -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print fro...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Black and White

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Diptych Color portraits
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Color

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
Category

Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rust & Dust - Ford F3 Truck, 1948 (~30% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown Artist Rust & Dust - Ford F3 Truck, 1948 Photographic Print (already matted) Year: Unknown 9.44 x 14.96 on 17.71 x 22.83 inches (24 x 38 cm on 45 x 58 cm) Unsigned as issued ...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Civilised Snooze Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Civilised Snooze 1949 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Photographer Slim Aarons slouches in a chair with the Acropolis and its surroundings as a backdrop. unfram...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera. Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-picture actress and l...
Category

Contemporary 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Kaufmann House, Palm Springs
Located in New York, NY
Kaufmann House, Palm Springs Architect: Richard Neutra Kodak digital color print Print size: 20" x 24" (50.80 x 60.96) Image size: 15" x 20" (39.10 x ...
Category

American Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Young Velvets Vogue 1949 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets, Young Prices photoshoot, 1949 Limited Edition Print by Norman Parkinson Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

The Bikini 1946 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Bikini 1946 Fashion model Natahli (Natalie) Nickerson Paine wearing a bikini, lying on a platform near water, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1946. (Toni Frissell) “Model Dovima was d...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Angele Delanghe and Mattli dresses for Vogue, October 1948'
Located in New York, NY
Orange star-dotted net dress from Fortnum & Mason by Angele Delanghe and a teal blue off-the-shoulder strapless dress by Mattli. British Vogue, October 1948 Angele Delanghe and Matt...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Floating 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Floating 1947 A model floats in an evening dress, shot from underwater, 1947. by Toni Frissell 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Floating 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Floating 1947 A model floats in an evening dress, shot from underwater by Toni Frissell 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing availabl...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Evening Gown 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown 1948 Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown, 1948. by Toni Frissell 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

American Realist 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Evening Gown 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Evening Gown 1948 Fashion shoot featuring a model in an evening gown, 1948. by Toni Frissell 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing ...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples -...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1948 Beachwear fashion shoot by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - plea...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl On The Beach 1947 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach 1947 Beachwear fashion shoot by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see examples - plea...
Category

Modern 1940s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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