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Period: 20th Century
Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
At what appears to be a costume party, this beautiful woman, draped in a sheer tunic, must have been the center of attention. Dressed as Aphrodite, she clearly commands those around her. With his camera as his constant companion, Shay was able to capture moments of everyday life and make them extraordinary. This artwork is currently unframed. Contact gallery for framing options. Art Shay Woman in Sheer Dress silver gelatin print 20h x 16w in 50.80h x 40.64w cm 7ED.1.20.12005 ASY12005 “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 20th century.” Ellen & Richard Sandor, Renowned photo collectors “I’ve admired Art Shay’s work for almost forty years, and he keeps getting better. He can do anything with a camera, but what he mostly does is capture real moments and transform them into visual poetry. His work continues to be an inspiration to me.” William Friedkin, Director of French Connection “Art Shay is one of our finest photographers. His work over the past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been a fan of his work since the early 1950s - before the launch of playboy magazine.” Hugh Hefner “Algren, Terkel, Royko, they gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.” Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist “Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson.” Thomas Dyja, author of The Third Coast “Chicago’s Art Shay in many ways is to American photography what Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a cold eye, a clear head, and a warm heart. What is it about Chicago that keeps giving us men like this?” Russell Banks, Novelist “The best images of Simone de Beauvoir and her times have been passed down to us by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gisele Freund, Robert Doisneau, Georges Brassai, and in America, the Chicago-based Art Shay, all world-class photographers.” Christophe Loviny, Art Editor, Paris “Art Shay is the best photo-journalist Chicago ever produced.” Arthur Siegel, photographer; IIT Institute of Design President “I have one of Art Shay’s pictures over my desk. It reminds me every morning of my Chicago roots. Arts photos, like me, have the Chicago accent, which may be to say he’s telling you the truth. I think it takes a realist to see the humor in things. I know it takes a realist to see the depths of tragedy. Art’s work is so real it feels like a Madison Street guy tapping me on the forearm.” David Mamet
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Girls with Ice Cream - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls with ice cream is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Baia delle Zagare - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Fontana - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Baia delle Zagare, 1970" is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana. Rondanini Galleria D'arte Contemporanea - Roma. Coloured poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Mod...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Offset

'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Jesus Freaks Outiside St. Peter, Rome - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jesus freaks outiside St. Peter, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including hist...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

William S. Burroughs (Stamped)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe William S. Burroughs Photograph Year: 1982 Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches Stamped verso Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L.A.G., 1982; Text in German Gallery COA ...
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American Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sa...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Color

Distinguished Palm Beach Golfers 1959 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Distinguished Palm Beach Golfers 1959 Alfred Vanderbilt (background second from right), Sam Snead (golf cart driver) & George Plimpton (centre) playing Golf in Palm Beach. Samuel J...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Laura Hawk at Paestrum' : Mid-Century Modern : Ancient Ruins
Located in New York, NY
Laura Hawk amid the ancient greek ruins of Paestum on the Gulf of Salerno, 1984 Laura Hawk 1984 C print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

San Francisco Theatres - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
San Francisco Theatres is a black and white vintage photo, realized in  the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including his...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

John and Yoko Kimonos Bed Laugh, NYC, 1980
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Allan Tannenbaum "John and Yoko Kimonos Bed Laugh, NYC, 1980" Inkjet print Paper size: 13 x 19 Inches Image Size: 8.5 x 12 7/8 Edition Number: From the s...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Inkjet

Friends - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Friends is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famili...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Pantz Pool 1985 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pantz Pool' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz' Marbella home, September 1985...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Desert House Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Desert House Party 1970 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. T...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Faithful Couple 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Faithful Couple Singer Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones stand in front of a gilt framed portrait in Castletown Mansion, Eire, August 1968. 40x30” / 76x101 c...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Chains of Love, Gelatin Silver Print, Hand Tinted, Portrait by Jan Saudek 1980s
Located in New york, NY


"Chains of love" is in a series of portraits by Jan Saudek, depicting two figures – either male or female chained together. In this work, the two models...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

I29 from The Last Photos, George Barris, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sundowners at the Carlton, Cannes
Located in New York, NY
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from th...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Produced from the original tran...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Tennis in the Bahamas' ( Estate Edition)
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 Tennis in the Ba...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Mel Fellini
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print, studio stamp (verso), 20cm x 23cm, (45cm x 46cm framed). The photographed behind museum quality, UV and non-reflective glass. A titan of American 20th century photography, Platt Lynes took his first photographs as a young artist living in New York and Paris in the 1920s. He maintained an interest in the male figure throughout his career and was part of a close-knit group of artists, including Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Margaret French...
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American Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ayatollah Khomeini - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norman Parkinson 'Golfing at Le Toque'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Golfing at Le Toque 1939 printed later Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and numbered on verso A woman in a white suit hitting a golf ball in a sa...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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C Print

Jon Gould Montauk Rock
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
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Pop Art 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison  - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Landscape with Ruins - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Ruins s a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in the 1960...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Racing at Baden-Baden - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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American Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Moulin Rouge Mermaid by Alain Le Garsmeur - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Moulin Rouge Mermaid by Alain Le Garsmeur A performer at the Moulin Rouge Cabaret swims underwater with a dolphin in a tank, Clichy, Paris, France, 1979. Paper size 60 x 40 inches ...
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20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Romantic Couple- Paris, Signed limited edition art print, Sepia, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Romantic Couple - Signed limited edition archival pigment print 1988, Edition of 10 Paris,Montmartre This image was captured on film in Paris in...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...

Queen Elizabeth Back in London - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth Back in London is a photograph realized in the 1965s. Good conditions. Stamped on the rear, with description paper.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Vintage Photo of Painting by Arturo Noci - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Arturo Noci is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Horse Silhouette' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Horse Silhouette' 1984 by Alaine Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Silhouette of horses in the evening on a horse farm in Bluegras...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Sun Worship' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sun Worship' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Produced from t...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Saks Fifth Avenue
Located in London, GB
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. photo by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waiters' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waiters 1960 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Queen Farah Diba and Shah of Iran - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Farah Diba and Shah of Iran is a photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions and aged margins. Stamped on the rear.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

O.A.S. Member Arrested by French Police - Historical Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
O.A.S. Member Arrested by French Police is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Top People's Eatery, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glass roofed Garden Court of the...
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Realist 20th Century Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Vintage Photo of Painting - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured. Good...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Homeless Families - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Homeless Families is  a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s. The photo depicts the homeless families who have found accommodation in the school. Good conditions an...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Christopher Lambert - Vintage Photograph - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Christopher Lambert (Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan) - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984. Good conditions.
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #6 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #6 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #6 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
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Post-War 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fresco of Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Fresco of  Cathedral is a black and white photograph realized by Zuecca Uno in the early 20th century. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old Days Photo - Mountain - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mountain is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Zermatt Skiing
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Gorgeous print measuring 72 x 48" inches / ca 182.8 x 121.9 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sex with a Smile - Aldo Maccione and Sidney Rome - Vintage Photo - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Sex with a Smile - Aldo Maccione and Sidney Rome is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1976. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Sheeps in Tuscan Maremma - vintage photo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Sheeps in Tuscan Maremma - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to a historical album including historical momen...
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Woman with Dog - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Woman with Dog is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal famil...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall is a photograph realized in 1980s. Very good condition.
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Parlor Wrestling I
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Stamped and numbered, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet 5 x 7 inches, image (Edition of 15) 16 x 20 inches, sheet 12 x 15.75 inches, image (Edition of 10) From the ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Poolside In Sotogrande' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Sotogrande' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. Produced from the original transparency Certificate...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Color

Exhibition of Book Rome - Vintage Photo - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Book Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1989. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau-  Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Carmen Alv...
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Modern 20th Century Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

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