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Period: 1940s
Slim Aarons Style 'Cricketers on the Pitch'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Cricketers on the pitch, Belfast
1962 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Cricketers on the pi...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jazz Scooter'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jazz Scooter
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
New York City (broken mirror)
By Helen Levitt
Located in New York, NY
14 x 10 inch gelatin silver print, initialed "H.L." on verso.
From the James Agee Family Collection.
Helen Levitt was a true master of the street, one whose poetic vision, humor, an...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Young Velvets, Young Prices - Vogue - Oversize Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
From the roof of the Condé Nast building on Lexington Avenue. With a view of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, New York, American Vogue, 15 October 1949.
Limited to 21 only
...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart is a black and white photograph realized in 1940s
Vintage Photo depicting Humphrey Bogart on the set of one of his...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
The work is elegantly framed in a high-end modern frame with archival matting.
1 of no more than 12, each print differs somewhat from the others
Negative and print made 1949-1950
I....
Category
1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Marlene Wears Christian Dior' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marlene Wears Christain Dior'
Marlene Dietrich wearing a Christian Dior design, in Stage Fright, 1949.
A stunning image of the film actress looking glamorous and decadent.
(phot...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Marbles Championship' 1947 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbles Championship' 1947 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City, 1947.
(Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
'Lucky For Some' 1949- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lucky For Some' 1949
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
1949: Sicilian-born gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano (1897 – 1962) walking down a street in his native Sicily, followed by local children mimicking his posture.
Whilst in prison between 1936 and 1946, he founded the Crime Syndicate of Mafia families and reorganised crime in America.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
b/w black and white 1940 40s fashion...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London)
Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image.
Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers.
Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate.
The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room,
30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap.
By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920.
Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm
Printed 2024
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London
Edition size 300 only
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 8''
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995)
was an English documentary and press photographer
known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London.
The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos.
His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King.
His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel.
Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica.
He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer,
later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion.
General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950.
Picture Post and World War II In 1941,
Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post.
Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million.
Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Style 'New York Debutante'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
New York Debutante
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
American model Jean Patchett weari...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'September Affair'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
September Affair
1949
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman mode...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Debutante Ball'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Debutante Ball
1958 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A debutante ball held at the Copley Pl...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Burlington Arcade'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Sh...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fashion Show'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Sh...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Last-minute Adjustments'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Last-minute Adjustments
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman has last-minute...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
American model Jean Patchett wearing a...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Five Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modern Baltimore Black & White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Fine Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modernism Baltimore Black & White Photograph. A. Aubrey Bodine (American, 1906-1970). Gelatin silver print, signed...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Laszlo Willinger, "Pin Up, " original photograph of Marilyn Monroe
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original silver gelatin print from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1948, and printed at a later date. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe in a pin ...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white relaxing luxury glamour 1940s 40s fashion...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in a scene from the 1943 movie "Jane Eyre".
Good condition.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Boxing Great, Rocky Graciano in Locker Room After Fight, 1948
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Rocky Graziano was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displayi...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
1946: Three pairs of stockinged legs. Original Publication: Picture Post.
Additional...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Portrait and Autograph of Mary Pickford - 1946 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait, autograph and dedication of Mary Pickford, circa 1946.
Photomechanical reproduction on gel photographic paper, printed by Vettori, Bologna. Sta...
Category
1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street photography was Art's true passion. He never went anywhere without his camera so he could capture moments like this one - a priest on a Chicago street "observing" one of his parishioners. Art saw humor in everyday life catching moments that the casual observer probably would have missed.
Art Shay
Observant Father, 1949
vintage silver gelatin print...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Calvary - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, Hand Signed - c. 1940
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, FR
Josef Sudek
Calvary
Original gelatin silver photography
Hand signed in pencil on the back (see picture)
Printed in the 1940s
28.5 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 8.6 in)
PROVENANCE : The Jan St...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'James Cagney Make Up' 1941
Located in London, GB
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, James Cagney, having black eye applied by makeup artist Perc Westmore, on-set, 1941/ Everett Collection.
20x16 " inches paper siz...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aaron - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
Crowds watching a military parade outside Buckingham Palace, London, circa 1949. (Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Palm Hats (Colombia circa 1945)
By Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 - 1998)
Title: Palm Hats
Year: circa 1945 (printed 1991)
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Signed in Pencil, verso
Paper Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 c...
Category
Folk Art 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NON-FICTION
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert. NON-FICTION. Color screenprint, 1941 (Williams, 5).
Signed "Gwathmey" in ink within the image, lower left. Edition size
not known. 16 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches, 427 x 34...
Category
1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Screen
Young Pool Shark, Chicago 1949, Black & White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Well-Dressed Leg: Dorian Leigh, New York
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
11 x 10.25 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Lillian Bassma...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Phillipe Halsman Portrait Photography Lauren Bacall Black and White Framed 1944
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1944 and exhibited at the International Center for Photography.
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Wood
(American) Oil Well Supply company.
Located in New York, NY
ANONYMOUS. (American) Oil Well Supply company. Dallas TX,
Photographer: Richie Photo.
Workmen place pipes (iron tubes) in an oil well.
Derrick produced by ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chancellery Graffiti
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Chancellery Graffiti, 1945
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Edition of 150
1945: Graffiti on the wall of Hitler’s chancellery shortly after his death. The men are Life photographers Hank...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Couple at the Horse Auction, Brooklyn, New York
By Morris Engel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Black and white photograph of 2 figures in cowboy apparel at a horse auction.
Category
1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
George Rodger - Two Men, Photography 1942, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Two men in a bamboo house built on stilts in the Inle Lake, Shan States, Burma, 1942
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60"...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Reconstruction, Photography 1945, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Reconstruction after the war. Winegrowers in the Village of Arganda, Spain
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60", Edition ...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - American GI, Photography 1943, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
An American GI stationed in Naples spruces himself up with the help of the locals, 1943.
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Directing Landings, Photography 1943, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
An American GI directs landings at Salerno, Italy, 1943.
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60", Edition size 25
This phot...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Tulips are growing again, Photography 1946, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Tulips are growing again in Alsmeer, documented for Life Magazine by photojournalist George Rodger, 1946.
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edit...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Running Home, Photography 1945, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Children run home from school in the small Spanish village of Brunete, 1945.
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60", Editio...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Winston Churchill with General Montgomery, 1945, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Winston Churchill with General Montgomery on the Rhine in Germany, 1945
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60", Edition siz...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Rodger - Bracelet Fighters, Photography 1949, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Kao-Nyaro Nuba bracelet fighters, Kordofan, Southern Sudan, 1949.
All available sizes and editions:
16" x 20", Edition size 25
30"x 40", Edition size 25
40" x 60", Edition size 25
...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Despues del mercado
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Despues del mercado, c. 1940, platinum palladium print.
Category
1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Platinum
[The Circle] LaSalle Street, Harlem
By Todd Webb
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Stamped in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by CLAMP, located in New York City.
Todd Webb (1905-2000) was an American photographer known for documentin...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Street Transaction, 1949 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street Photography was a true love of Art Shay as is clearly evident in this 1949 Vintage Photo of a street transaction. The photograph is matted and framed in a simple black metal ...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NYC Street Scene (Henry Cleaners)
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
Titled, dated, artist stamp, and copyright on print verso.
Vintage gelatin silver print
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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