Silver Gelatin Photography
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Medium: Silver Gelatin
Robert Redford, 1964 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Robert Redford, 1964 - Jerry Schatzberg (Portrait Photography)
Signed on reverse
Silver Gelatin Print
Printed on 16 x 20 inch paper
from an edition of 20
Jerry Schatzberg’s portrait...
Category
1960s Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Weir Dam, Sullivan County, Tennessee (#2312)
Located in New York, NY
8 x 10 inch (image size) gelatin silver contact print, on an 11 x 14 inch sheet
Edition 10. Signed and stamped on verso.
Framing additional.
Larger sizes available - please inqui...
Category
1990s Contemporary Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Susan Sontag and Gloria Vanderbilt
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Defense, Paris, France, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
Located in London, GB
La Defense, Paris, France, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
Signed and stamped with photographer's blind stamp
Silver gelatin print, printed 1980s
11 x 14 inches
Henri...
Category
1970s Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait" is a gelatin silver print by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL116.
Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Jumping
Located in New York, NY
1954
Gelatin silver Print, vintage
14 x 11 in.
Stamped on verso
Category
1950s Other Art Style Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sudden Thoughts silver gelatin print by photographer Ion Zupcu. Edition 6 of 15.
By Ion Zupcu
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Black and white photograph. Gelatin silver print of rolled paper. Framed under glass in black frame. Framed dimensions: 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches. Image dimensions: 15 x 15 inches.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, New York City, 1971 - Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, New York City, 1971 - Elliott Erwitt
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin prin...
Category
Late 20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Managua, Nicaragua, 1957 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
Ava...
Category
20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Pasadena, California, 1963 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin print, printed later
A...
Category
Late 20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photograph of a Marilyn Monroe Drag Impersonator
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JFK, London
Located in New York, NY
Larry Burrows Collection and copyright stamps on verso.
Printed 2004
Category
1960s Other Art Style Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Storm, Portugal 1999 /Gelatin Silver Print/ Signed
Located in Coimbra, PT
Street Photography /1999. Portugal / Analog camera photo / B&W 35 mm film. 400 iso / Gelatin Silver Print,
Signed, titled, negative date & print date on verso.
Ana Maria is visual artist. She had a formal education in Fine Arts. Since 2000 she also is interested in photography and she started by doing theater photography...
Category
1990s Contemporary Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Kaufmann Desert House (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up by the Pool (Kaufmann Desert House)
1970
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress L...
Category
1970s Modern Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Spada and partygoer
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stamped on verso by Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
Provenance: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Anthony D'Offay, London.
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cat
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1970s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring in Park with Friends
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor at Halston's
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the most popular classic Hollywood movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor starred in such films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for which she w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Mrs Daisy Fellows, c.1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Mrs Daisy Fellows, c.1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Mrs Reginald Fellowes' in unknown hand and stamped with Sotheby's Cecil Beat...
Category
20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Corinne Griffith, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Corinne Griffith, 1930 - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
Red inkwash signature on mount
Inscribed 'Corinne Griffith' in unknown hand and stamped with Sotheby's Cecil Bea...
Category
20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring's Pop Shop
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Keith Haring opened his Pop Shop in the Soho district of New York in 1986, selling t-shirts and novelty items at affordable prices. "I wanted to continue this same sort of communicat...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Bather
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 13.625 x 16.25 in.
Dated 'JUN 14 1982' on the reverse.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Wa...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Meraud Guinness, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Meraud Guinness, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Fashion Portrait Photography)
Inkwash signature on mount
Stamped with Sotheby's Cecil Beaton studio ink stamp on reverse
Silver gelatin print m...
Category
20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Britt Ekland and Patrick Lichfield, Silver Gelatin Print by Terry O'Neill, 1970
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland and Patrick Lichfield, Silver Gelatin Print by Terry O'Neill, 1970
Terry O'Neill is one of the world's most famous collected photographers with work hanging in national...
Category
20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver gelatin photo booth strip of four images of Jim McLaughlin by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin silver photobooth strip.
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for...
Category
1960s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Torso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bathroom
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol with Tony Shafrazi and Ronnie Cutrone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tony Shafrazi had represented Keith Haring until the artist’s death in 1990. Shafrazi said of his first time ever entering The Factory in 1965, “I remember putting down my suitcase and looking out the window and seeing some people on the fire escape across the street. I realized that it was Andy Warhol’s Factory. So I went up to the Factory, and I remember Andy coming to the elevator and seeing me dressed up in this little mod, shiny, mohair suit...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Photograph of a Sign (We Reported You to the Police...)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
The work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
Stamped on th...
Category
1980s Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gelatin silver print of a Man Wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundatio...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bryan Ferry and Bob Feiden
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number.
The work comes wi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Byrne
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated "SEP 21 1982" on the verso.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation i...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Form Worm"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique silver gelatin print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame.
Betsy Kenyon’s work is a merging of different processes; using darkroom technique...
Category
2010s Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Toilet/Fountain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simon Le Bon
By Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Gelatin Silver Print
Paper size: 10 x 8 inches
Framed size: 26.5 x 22.5 inches
Dated 'Apr 29 1982' on the reverse
Provenance: Private collection, New York
This work originates fr...
Category
20th Century Modern Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halston Holding American Flag at Warhol's Montauk Estate
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jul 6 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The And...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol and a Male Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in.
Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in.
Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York.
This is a unique work.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt (“T.J.H.”).
The work comes with either a Certificate of Provenance or Certificate of Authenticity from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Hedges Projects...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Telephone
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Dated 'SEP 07 1982'.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ozzy Osbourne and Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Unique Gelatin Silver Print
Paper size: 8 x 10 inches
Framed size: 23.75 x 25.25 inches
Provenance: Private collection, New York
This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warho...
Category
20th Century Modern Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Caroline in the Entrance Hall, Villa Victoria, MONTE-CARLO, B&W photography
Located in Cody, WY
UNIQUE PRINT SILVER GELATIN - silver gelatin print mounted on diebond and framed in black frame.
THE MONTE-CARLO SERIES (1980), Early works from 1980, Executed in 2011. Shot in abandoned 19th century villas in and around Monaco and Monte-Carlo between 1980 and 1982, the photographs feature young women in the artist's intimate circle of friends playfully posing in eccentric vintage attire...
Category
1980s Contemporary Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jodie Foster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jerry Hall and Pele
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Hall is a model and the former partner of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, with whom she has four children. “Even Andy, who was known for knowing sl...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kentucky Mansion
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'May 03 1982' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dividing Street, Black Country, Winter, 1960-1961 - John Bulmer (Photography)
By John Bulmer
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
13 x 20 inches
Edition of 50
Primarily known for his social documentary photography of the north of England, John Bulmer (born 1938) was th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Larry Rivers
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lady with Washing, Greenoch, c. 1960s - John Bulmer (Photography)
By John Bulmer
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Edition of 50
Primarily known for his social documentary photography of the north of England, John Bulmer (born 1938) was th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ocker Hill Power Station, Black Country, Winter, 1960-1961 - John Bulmer (Photog
By John Bulmer
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
20 x 24 inches
Edition of 50
Primarily known for his social documentary photography of the north of England, John Bulmer (born 1938) was th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Juan Dubose and Keith Haring
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shoe Closet
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
City Skyline in Spain
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse).
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Artist and Three Girls by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halston in a Limo
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991.
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fa...
Category
1970s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Andy Warhol Skiing
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sam Bolton
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in.
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundati...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol on Commercial Set
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Four stitched gelatin silver prints Marisa Berenson and Richard Golub
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Silver Gelatin Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver Gelatin photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Silver Gelatin photography available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add photography created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Jack Mitchell, Richard Heeps, Michael Kenna, and Andy Warhol. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Silver Gelatin photography, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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