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Figurative Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1910s
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Dior, Vivalamariee Wedding Gown, 1954
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Balenciaga, Orange Coat Front, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Balenciaga Orange Coat Front -- Wearing a Balenciaga Orange Coat, a model poses for buyers from I Magnin. Shot in 1953 and published in the September...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953.
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953. 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...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Salon Dior Cream Velvet Fur Stole, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Salon Dior Cream Velvet Fur Stole -- Photographed in 1954 for LIFE by Mark Shaw in the Dior Salon, buyers and other important guests view a model wearing a cream velvet tea length gown...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983. 40 x 30" inches ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. 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 photograph in color of a model wearing Dior. She is wearing a red dress with black gloves, and a red hat. She is walking into an open room...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Lingerie with Maid, 1952.
Located in New York, NY
Lingerie with Maid -- Photographed in 1952 at the Coronet Theatre as part of an ad campaign, Mark Shaw shot this lingerie model in various poses. Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 4...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. 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 i...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Flor...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kennedy, Family Sailing Nantucket Sound, Front of Boat, 1959
Located in New York, NY
The Kennedy Family Sailing on Nantucket Sound, nb_036_037 -- The Kennedy Family sailing on Nantucket Sound. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw print...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Let's Dance' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper s...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Katharine Hepburn' 1953 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Katharine Hepburn' 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 20x20" inches / 51 x ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

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

Slim Aarons 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' Premium Rates Apply. A party by James Pendleton's pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton's house was later bought by Hollywood director Robert Evans...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl -- Backstage at the 1954 Pierre Balmain Couture show. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw pr...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Parisian Socialite with Poodle in Paris
Located in New York, NY
Paris, Parisian Socialite with Poodle -- Photographed for LIFE magazine in the countryside surrounding Paris, a blue suit and oversized hat are modeled by a young Parisian socialite with her Poodle. The Poodle, or "puddle dog" in German, is always ready for action and longing for a good snooze. Its distinctive hair style came about to facilitate the Poodle in its role as a retriever and gun dog. The Poodle is agile and strong and its history of working closely with the handler as a working water dog...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Kennedy, Family Sailing Nantucket Sound, Jackie Prominent, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy Family Sailing nb_038_039 -- The Kennedy Family sailing on Nantucket Sound. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Alice Bruno with Siamese Cat, 1950
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 22" x 22" (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 model...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Dior Silver Chambord ensemble, 1954
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior's Silver Chambord ensemble was photographed by Mark Shaw in1954. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in l...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Lunches with Jessica Daves at the Ritz, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Lunches with Jessica Daves at the Ritz, 1957 -- Chanel in her ever present hat, lunches in a corner of the garden restaurant of the Ritz, with Vogue editor in chief, Jessica D...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Lunches with Jessica Daves at the Ritz, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Lunches with Jessica Daves at the Ritz, 1957 -- Chanel in her ever present hat, lunches in a corner of the garden restaurant of the Ritz, with Vogue editor in chief, Jessica D...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Dior, Three Models in Doorway, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Three Models in Doorway, 1956, (1953 in Dior Glamour) -- Published in the September 3, 1956 issue of LIFE, these Dior mannequins encased in muslin...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 32" X 32" (for 36" 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. Fashion photography of two models in Dior dresses by Yves St. Laurent. The model on the left is wearing a dress with a sheer overlay with dots. She is also wearing black gloves and a veil with flowers. The model on the right is wearing a dress with a sheer overlay with dots. She is holding a masquerade mask. She has flowers on her head. This is an interior shot of a dining room. There is a large stone dining table...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Dior Victorine dress, Buyer Inspects, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Buyer inspects hem of Dior's victorine dress, Autumn-Winter 1953 Haute Couture collection, Vivante line. Image size is 40" x 50" (for 44" x 54" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Dior, The First Thirteen Diors, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Dior, The First Thirteen Diors, 1953. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Ea...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Marilyn Monroe, Glass Balanced on Left Knee
Located in Fairlawn, OH
From: The Black Sitting, 1956 Original silver print photograph taken the the photographers studio in New York in 1956. Hand signed in ink within the photographers stamp verso. Pri...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tennis in the Bahamas
Located in New York, NY
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Slim Aarons worked mainly fo...
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1950s Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Las Vegas Luxury - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Las Vegas Luxury Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Beach Babe Grace' Kelly On Set
Located in London, GB
'Beach Babe Kelly Grace' Grace Kelly on the set of To Catch A Thief, 1955. (Photo: AKG) mint condition Archival pigment print Measuring 12 x 16 inches...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Phil Hill, Ferrari. 1561F2, Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. "Soon-to-be World Champion Phil Hill is in his first Grand Prix drive for Ferrari. The car is a single seater Formula Two machine, and he is seen rushing downhill through the infamous "Fuchsröhre" section of the Ring. The image is unusual for several reasons: it was taken with a Rolleiflex camera...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ivy Nicholson, Traffic
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes white frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
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1950s Figurative Photography

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C Print

Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls (1958) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Girls (1958) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958 . Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x40'' Printed Later Limited Estate Stamped Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 12 x 12'' 16 x 16'' 20 x 20'' 30 x 30'' 40 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST About the Artist: Slim Aarons (American, October 29, 1916–May 29, 2006) was a photographer well-known for his portraits of the rich and famous. Born George Allen Aarons, he spent his youth in New Hampshire and New York before joining the army during World War II, where his photography career began. Working throughout his career with magazines like Life, Holiday, and Town & Country gave Aarons the chance to document the jet-set lifestyle of Hollywood stars, American and European socialites, and other celebrated figures. His approach was simple; using no make-up artists or artificial lights, he let the natural opulence of his subjects and their surroundings illuminate his lens. Typical scenes from Aaron’s photography take place in the sun, and in front of a pool surrounded by bathing beauties. The Slim Aarons Prints...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Audrey Hepburn Pink Flowers Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from the Spring/Summer 1955 collection. Photographed at ‘La Vigna’, Hepburn’s v...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Paper size: 20 x 14, Image size: 14 x 14 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Avenue Simon Bolivar - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
Located in Paris, FR
One of the famous members of the Humanist photography in France. Signed lower right by the artist. Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
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...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA This is an estat...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Westin Excelsior, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. (...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'CZ's Dogs' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's Dogs' Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs. F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, V...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
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...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Parisian Flower Seller from Paris In Color 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant
Located in London, GB
Parisian Flower Seller from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framin...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Paris France, Black and White Photography Night Life 1950s, Crazy Horse Stripper
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn's Stripper, Crazy Horse Saloon, Paris, 1956, is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed and authenticated by the Glinn estate. This photo offers an ...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Royal Family of Britain - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Royal Family of Britain - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor' (Limited Edition Oversize silver gelatine print)
Located in London, GB
'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor' Portrait of the actress Elizabeth Taylor, 1953. As the title suggests; a simply stunning close up image of the iconic movie star, fixing the camera with...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe Throws the First Pitch - Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Monroe Throws the First Pitch 1958 Frank Worth Marilyn Monroe with Ralph Edwards on a baseball diamond, throwing the first pitch to start a game in 1958. Marilyn Monroe was an Am...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage press realized in the 1950s. London. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Stamped Edition - Mara Lane Las Vegas
Located in London, GB
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing costume, 1954. 40 x 40" inches / 101 ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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