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Figurative Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1910s
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Coco Chanel Writes at Desk in Window, Head Up, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Chanel Writes at Desk in Window, Head Up, 1957 -- Coco Chanel writes at her desk, head up. Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were created using...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Creates Jewelry, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Creates Jewelry, 1957 -- Coco Chanel, photographed in 1957, was famous for using huge jewels both real and fake. Her cigarette remains in place despite the jewels before her. Ma...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Nude Back, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Nude Back -- A very popular Mark Shaw image photographed for an award winning Vanity Fair advertising campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDI...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957 -- Photographed in 1957, Coco Chanel is seen entering her boutique in Paris. According to LIFE, Coco is “…credited with either inventing or popularizing the short skirt, the flat chest, the sling pump...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast, Looking Up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Breakfasts, c15_42 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is seen having lunch alone in her studio dressing ro...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Striped Sweater Lounges, Arms Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey in Striped Sweater Lounges, r28_1 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner alone on the floor while reading classical drama "with heavy helpings of Shaw and S...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 16" x 20" (for 1...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front -- This image was part of an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw over...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Arm Out, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Arm Out -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning ad campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDITION ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Hugs Knees, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r16_10 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 40" x 50" (for 44" x 54...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Sheer Gown Left Arm Up, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Sheer Gown Left Arm Up -- One of Mark Shaw's most sold Vanity Fair lingerie images. This photograph was part of an award winning advertising campaign. Image size is 40" x...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for a LIFE magazine article on Austrian fashion, this model sports a beach costume designed by Bessie Becker...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Creates Jewelry, Front, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Creates Jewelry, Front, 1957 -- Coco Chanel creates jewelry in her workroom. She works with plasticine surrounded by boxes overflowing with "jewels." Mark Shaw's informal, grain...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Givenchy clad Model is Sketched at Trouville, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Givenchy Clad Model is Sketched at Trouville -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Jan. 14, 1957 issue of Life, this model is captured wearing resort fashion...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Givenchy, Model at Trouville, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Model in Givenchy at Trouville -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Jan. 14, 1957 issue of Life, this model poses in a Givenchy designed tunic with a Moorish pattern made of elastici...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957 -- Photographed in 1957, Coco Chanel is seen entering her boutique in Paris. According to LIFE, Coco is “…credited with either inventing or popularizing the short skirt, the flat chest, the sling pump...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Brigitte Bardot in Braids Hands in Lap, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot Braids Hands in Lap, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of B...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Sitting Half Slip, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Sitting Half Slip -- Mark Shaw photographed Vanity Fair lingerie for an award winning campaign over the course of ten years. Image size i...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
St. Tropez Model in Yellow Ensemble, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
St. Tropez Model in Yellow Ensemble -- Yellow clad model photographed by Mark Shaw on St. Paul de Vence street for the Jan. 9, 1956 article in Life “Su...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Sheer Robe Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Sheer Robe Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This Vanity Fair lingerie was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign. THE...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back -- This image was part of a Vanity Fair award winning advertising campaign photographed by Mark Shaw over the course of ten years. THE 24” x 3...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elsa Martinelli Wearing Teal in Portofino, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Martinelli Wearing Teal in Portofino, 1955 -- Actress and Socialite Elsa Martinelli, a favorite model of Mark Shaw's, was photographed for the LIFE January 1955 article "Promise at Portofino". Image size is 13.75" x 20" (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.
Fashion photography of Elsa Martinelli wearing a teal romper. The romper has sleeves, a collar, and a bow in the front. She is leaning her shoulder against a metal structure. In her right hand, she has a pink basket...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS I...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Nude Side, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Nude Side -- This Mark Shaw image was part of an award winning Vanity Fair lingerie advertising campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDITION O...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel with Suzy Parker in Dark Suit, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco with Suzy Parker in Dark Suit, 1957 -- Chanel in her salon with American model Suzy Parker. Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were created using an unobtrusive 35mm camera and film processing methods that enabled him to eliminate all other photographic equipment. Although Shaw's techniques increased the grain and contrast of the photographs, the lack of intimidating, distracting flash and lights allowed him to capture an unusually relaxed Chanel. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" 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 Coco Chanel with Suzy Parker. Coco is wearing a long white skirt...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Nude Front, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Nude Front -- One of Mark Shaw's most sold images. The Vanity Fair lingerie was photographed for an award winning campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFER...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Capelet Seated Back -- This image was part of a Vanity Fair award winning advertising campaign photographed by Mark Shaw over the course of ten years. THE 24” x 3...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Visits with Jeanne Moreau, 1957 -- Chanel visits with the famous French film actress, Jeanne Moreau. Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Nude Side, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Nude Side -- This Mark Shaw image was part of an award winning Vanity Fair lingerie advertising campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
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...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS I...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front -- This image was part of an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw over...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Creates Jewelry, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Creates Jewelry, 1957 -- Coco Chanel, photographed in 1957, was famous for using huge jewels both real and fake. Her cigarette remains in place despite the jewels before her. Ma...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Givenchy clad Model is Sketched at Trouville, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Givenchy Clad Model is Sketched at Trouville -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Jan. 14, 1957 issue of Life, this model is captured wearing resort fashion...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS I...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for a LIFE magazine article on Austrian fashion, this model sports a beach costume designed by Bessie Becker...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Swirling, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Swirling -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning campaign over the course of ten years. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel's famous mirrored staircase, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Chanel's famous mirrored staircase was a favorite photographic location -- Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were created using an unobtrusive 35mm ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Sheer Robe Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Sheer Robe Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This Vanity Fair lingerie was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign. THE...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Butterfly Robe Front -- This image was part of an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw over...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Anne Gunning, Fath White Ball Gown with Black Gloves, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Romance Heroine in White Satin Fath on Stairs, Wide -- Photographed in 1953 at the French country estate, Corbeville, the Irish beauty Anne Gunning poses ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
San Vittorino Socialite with Dachshund, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
San Vittorino Socialite with Dachshund -- Donna Mirta Barberini-Colonna di Sciarra walks with her dachshund beneath the ancient walls of San Vittorino, a feudal town near Rome that h...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Close Up in Corner, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Close Up in Corner -- This image was part of an award winning Vanity Fair lingerie advertising campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDITION OF...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco Chanel Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco Enters her Shop on the Rue Fauborg St. Honore, 1957 -- Photographed in 1957, Coco Chanel is seen entering her boutique in Paris. According to LIFE, Coco is “…credited with either inventing or popularizing the short skirt, the flat chest, the sling pump...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Babydoll, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Babydoll -- Mark Shaw photographed Vanity Fair lingerie over the course of ten years for an award winning advertising campaign. Image size is 10" x 12.8" (for 11"...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco in Mirrors with Unidentified Woman, 1957.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco in Mirrors with Unidentified Woman, 1957 -- Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were created using an unobtrusive 35mm camera and film processing...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Coco in Mirrors with Unidentified Woman, 1957.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Coco in Mirrors with Unidentified Woman, 1957 -- Mark Shaw's informal, grainy, black and white images of Coco Chanel were created using an unobtrusive 35mm camera and film processing...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elsa Martinelli Wearing Teal in Portofino, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Martinelli Wearing Teal in Portofino, 1955 -- Actress and Socialite Elsa Martinelli, a favorite model of Mark Shaw's, was photographed for the LIFE January 1955 article "Promise at Portofino". Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" 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.
Fashion photography of Elsa Martinelli wearing a teal romper. The romper has sleeves, a collar, and a bow in the front. She is leaning her shoulder against a metal structure. In her right hand, she has a pink basket...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Bike Shorts and Mules, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Bike Shorts and Mules -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning advertising campaign over the course of ten years....
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elsa Martinelli in Black Romper at Portofino, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Martinelli in Black Romper at Portofino, 1954 -- Actress and Socialite Elsa Martinelli, a favorite model of Mark Shaw's, was photographed for the LIF...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Brigitte Bardot in Braids Hands in Lap, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot Braids Hands in Lap, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of B...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Close Up in Corner, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Close Up in Corner -- This image was part of an award winning Vanity Fair lingerie advertising campaign. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS IMAGE IS ONLY OFFERED IN AN EDITION OF...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Pleated Standing Triangle -- A very popular Mark Shaw image. This was photographed for an award winning advertising campaign for Vanity Fair. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF THIS I...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Vanity Fair Bike Shorts and Mules, Circa 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Vanity Fair Bike Shorts and Mules -- Vanity Fair lingerie photographed by Mark Shaw for an award winning advertising campaign over the course of ten years....
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Brigitte Bardot in Braids, Side View, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot in Braids, Side View, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Brigitte Bardot Sultry, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot Sultry, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of Bardot should ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
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