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Period: 1950s
Acqua e fantasia, 1956 - Limited Edition Photorealist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
An impressive flood of the Tiber had already battered the pontoons of the few ...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe behind the curtain, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
This captivating black-and-white photograph offers a rare glimpse into the backstage life of Marilyn Monroe. Taken in the 1950s, the image shows Monroe adjusting her attire in front ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marietine Birnie, Blue Lagoon, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959.
This ...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Che Guevara
Located in Cologne, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ernest Borgnine - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Borgnine-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
BRUCE BELLAS Vintage 1950s Photo of Male Physique Model JOHN HACKETT
Located in Glenford, NY
BRUCE OF L.A. - classic 1950s gelatin silver photograph of physique model JOHN HACKETT by celebrated 20th Century photographer BRUCE BELLAS also known as Bruce of Los Angeles. This is an original photograph, circa 1950s, from the beefcake "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
Category
Post-War 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cary Grant, Jane Wyman, and William Holden
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid portrait of Cary Grant, Jane Wyman, and William Holden sitting at the table, 1951.
Cary Grant was an English-American actor. Known for his mid-Atlantic acce...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn "Roman Holiday"
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
"Audrey Hepburn in a classic headshot from the 1953 film "Roman Holiday"
Film and fashion icon Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Reg Lancaster 'Francoise Hardy' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
1969: French singer, Francoise Hardy sitting on a motorbike. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we offer premium quality pr...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Paris 1952 , Arc de Triomphe
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This is a black-and-white photograph of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, taken in 1952. The image shows the monumental arch, a symbol of French national pride and history, locat...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 1 - New York - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 1 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nikita Khrushchev & Richard Nixon, Moscow, 1959 - Elliott Erwitt
Located in London, GB
Nikita Khrushchev & Richard Nixon, Moscow, 1959 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label
Silver gelatin p...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Hanging on Rope - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Merce Cunningham" Saul Leiter, 2 Contact Sheets, Fluxus Movement, Ballet
By Saul Leiter
Located in New York, NY
Saul Leiter
2 Merce Cunningham Contact Sheets, 1954
Dated and inscribed by Carolyn Brown on verso
Kodak safety film
10 x 8 inches
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was born in Pittsburgh to a father who was a well-respected Talmudic scholar. His passion for the arts ignited during his late teenage years, and despite being urged to follow in his father's footsteps to become a Rabbi, he chose to forgo theological studies, moving to New York at the age of 23 to delve into painting. In the city, he formed a friendship with Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart, who was exploring photography. This connection, along with a subsequent friendship with W. Eugene Smith, deepened his fascination with photography. Leiter's initial black and white images reveal a remarkable talent for the art form. By the 1950s, he also began to explore color, producing a substantial and noteworthy collection during the early stages of this medium. His uniquely muted color palette often imparts a painterly essence that distinguishes his work from that of others in his era.
Leiter's inaugural showcase of color photography took place in the 1950s at the Artist's Club, a gathering spot for many Abstract Expressionists of that period. Edward Steichen included twenty-three of his black and white works in the influential 1953 exhibition "Always the Young Stranger" at the Museum of Modern Art and also showcased twenty of Leiter's color photographs during the 1957 MoMA event "Experimental Photography in Color. " In the late 1950s, art director Henry Wolf featured Leiter's color fashion photography...
Category
Conceptual 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Fulham Football Fan's Fashion silver gelatin limited edition print
Located in London, GB
5th January 1957: Two young Fulham football fans Freda and Frank Hearn dressed in their club's colours of black and white, wait to board an 'Ipswich Sp...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Haywood Magee, Louis Armstrong on Stage Limited Edition Photographic Print 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong (1900 - 1971), shouts after clarinettist Edmund Hall's solo, on stage during the band's British tour, May 19, 1956. An unidentified bassist stands in the foreground. (Photo by Haywood Magee...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jackie Kennedy (1956)
Located in London, GB
Jackie Kennedy (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
29th August 1959.
Jackie Kennedy at Hyannis Port.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12''
Printed Later
About the Image:
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis was an American writer, literature editor, photographer, and socialite who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. During her lifetime, Jacqueline Kennedy was regarded as an international fashion icon.
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
La Sentinella, 1956 - Contemporary Photorealist Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork sold in perfect condition # 3 on 5
In an alleyway in Rome, a kid is playing with his plastic Winchester. But it seems just as much to protect the splendid Fiat 500 Belvedere, under the benevolent gaze of Doris Day, the face of Lux soap...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$1,573 Sale Price
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Marilyn Monroe with Lauren Bacall and Clifton Webb Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Candid shot of Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Clifton Webb at How to Marry A Millionaire Premiere, circa 1953.
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"The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
View from Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral 1950, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph. A view of Paris and the River Seine from the Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1950.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Ph...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Painting - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Painting- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim A...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'North Conway Sleigh
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
North Conway Sleigh
1955 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
1955, An open sleigh taking skiers to Cran...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
Elvis Presley and Sweetheart on Motorcycle
By Bob Williams
Located in Austin, TX
A Vintage 1957 image depicting music's new sensation Elvis Presley on his brand new Harley Davidson FLH in front of his new mansion home, Graceland. With him is his girlfriend actres...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr in "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This exuberant shot of Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining Marilyn Monroe was taken on the backlot of 20th Century Fox where Marilyn was filming How to Marry a Millionairecirca 1953.
The ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
"Florentine Fashion" by Kurt Hutton
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Fashion" by Kurt Hutton
The Third Italian High Fashion Show in Florence, Italy, 1952. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5685 - Paris has a Rival - pub. 1st March 195...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
30 x 40 inches/ 76 x 101 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framing and size options availabl...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Alan Ladd Playing with Dog in Pool
By Bert Six
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Hollywood actor Alan Ladd smiling while playing with his dog by the pool, circa 1953.
Alan Ladd was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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.
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face"
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
Full-length portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in all black against a white background for her role in "Funny Face".
Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directe...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni arriving in Rapallo to meet Michele Morgan.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tornando con le spese, New York, 1955 Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Tornando con le spese, November 1955
Coming home with the groceries. once again, Fabrizio La Torre captures a little moment in life that says a lot a...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Walking the Great Wall - Vintage Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Walking the Great Wall of China - Vintage Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego
A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956.
48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper siz...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra Candid in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of famed singer and musician Frank Sinatra getting out of a car.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board"...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
King Baldovino - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
King. Baldovino- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Andreas Feininger Monumental B&W Photograph, 1951
Located in Washington, DC
Large and wonderful B & W photograph by American photographer Andreas Feininger (1906-1999). Photograph is of a gorilla rib cage. Printed in 1951, it measures 8ft. 10 in. x 10ft. Photograph is attached to linen and can be rolled for easy storage and shipping.
Feininger was born in Paris, France, the eldest son of Julia Berg, a German Jew, and the American painter and art educator Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956). His paternal grandparents were the German violinist Karl Feininger (1844–1922) and the American singer Elizabeth Feininger, (née Lutz), who was also of German descent. His younger brother was the painter and photographer T. Lux Feininger (1910–2011)
In 1908 the Feininger family moved to Berlin, and in 1919 to Weimar, where Lyonel Feininger took up the post of Master of the Printing Workshop at the newly formed Bauhaus art school.[2]
Andreas left school at 16, in 1922, to study at the Bauhaus; he graduated as a cabinetmaker in April 1925. Afterwards he studied architecture, initially at the Staatliche Bauschule Weimar (State Architectural College, Weimar) and later at the Staatliche Bauschule Zerbst. (Zerbst is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, about 20 km from Dessau, where the Bauhaus moved to in 1926.) The Feininger family moved to Dessau with the Bauhaus. In addition to continuing his architectural studies in Zerbst, Andreas developed an interest in photography and was given guidance by neighbour and Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy.
In 1936, he gave up architecture and moved to Sweden, where he focused on photography. In advance of World War II, in 1939, Feininger immigrated to the U.S. where he established himself as a freelance photographer. In 1943 he joined the staff of Life magazine, an association that lasted until 1962.
Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Linen, Photographic Paper
Backgammon By The Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photogram, Digital, Black and White, ABS, Photographic Paper
The Super Constellation Lockheed
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1953, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (framing, contrast, light, etc.) was approved by him. This is a very high quality fine art prints on 310 gr/m² Fine Art paper with museum quality pigment inks.
The TWA (Trans World Airlines) Super Constellation...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,183 Sale Price
20% Off
Un religioso ascolto, 1965 - Roma - Framed Contemporary Black & White Photograph
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On Broadway, New York, 1955 Framed Edition Contemporary Black & White Photograph
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork #1 / 5 sold in perfect condition printed on baryta heavyweight paper & framed (black metal border)
From the collection called "Art 2014", format 30x42 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork printed later on fine art papers later (2014) from black & white negatives processed in 1962
During the 15 year period in which Fabrizio La Torre...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Gina Lollobrigida" by Haywood Magee
Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5952 - St...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Kenya'
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong
1959
A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(fr...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cannes Cannes Girls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Cannes Girls
1958
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958....
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Dean and Ursula Andress at Oscar Dinner
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Hollywood stars Ursula Andress and James Dean at the Oscars dinner.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bermuda Style Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Style
A swimming pool in the grounds of a house in Bermuda, 1957
16×16 inches - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Beach Backgammon Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach Backgammon
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957.
16 × 16 inches - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
New England Skiing Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
unframed
Silver gelatin print
printed 2023
20×20″ - p...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released. ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly: Classic Portrait of Elegance
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant full-length studio portrait features the 'Princess of Grace', Grace Kelly. This image captures the star in a tulle skirt, sitting on steps inside of a photo studio.
Gra...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Candid Moment
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book ‘To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting’ by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta.
This is an estate stamped and h...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
"Carolyn at the Stevensons" Remy Charlip, 4 Portraits of Carolyn Brown, Nature
Located in New York, NY
Remy Charlip
4 Photos of Carolyn at the Stevensons, 1955
Inscribed by Carolyn Brown on verso
Photograph
10 x 8 1/4, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Remy Charlip was born in January 1929 and raised by his Lithuanian Jewish parents in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. He showed a natural talent for the visual arts and became known as the “official” school artist, decorating the classrooms for his favorite holidays, Valentine’s Day and Thanksgiving. Although he had aspirations to become both a farmer and a clown, his mother recognized his artistic talent and thought it was more practical for him to attend Strabenmuller Textile High School where learned to design fabrics. This led him to being accepted into The Cooper Union School of Fine Arts where he received his BFA in 1949. After graduating and feeling he had nothing to say as a painter, he decided to become a dancer because he saw them as free spirits. He accepted a fellowship at Reed College to work with choreographer Bonnie Bird designing sets and costumes for The Marriage at the Eiffel Tower by Jean Cocteau. It was during that summer at Reed College he met and fell in love with composer Lou Harrison who composed music for the summer productions that were Remy’s first dance performances. After traveling across the country with Harrison, they settled back in New York where Remy began taking classes from The New Dance Group. This led to him dancing in Donald McKayle’s first piece, Games, at the Ziegfield Theater, for which he also designed costumes.
Remy met John Cage and Merce Cunningham through Harrison and, due to his masterful calligraphy skills, was asked to design a flyer for an upcoming program. Cunningham then invited him to take dance classes with him and it wasn’t long before Remy began dancing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. He became a founding member of the company and did publicity and designed flyers as well as danced with them. For the first eight years with the company he also designed costumes and collaborated with Robert Rauschenberg on the productions of Springweather and People and Minutiae. As a member of the company he was also an artist-in-residence at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina, where he met many influential artists and thinkers of the time. He joined the extended family and befriended some of the most brilliant culture makers of the 20th Century including artists Josef and Annie Albers, Franz Klein, Cy Twombly, Willem and Elaine DeKooning, Jacob Lawrence, Arthur Penn, Ben Shahn, Ruth Asawa, Norman Soloman, Ray Johnson and Nicolas Cernovich; poets Charles Olsen, Robert Creely and M.C. Richards; musicians John Cage, Morton Feldman, David Tudor, and Earl Brown; architect Buckminster Fuller and children’s book author Vera Williams.
Working as a dancer, director, choreographer, illustrator, author, costume and set designer provided opportunities to work with many notable artists and venues in New York’s avant-garde. Judith Malina and Julian Beck...
Category
Academic 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 14.5x14.5 in
Paper Size: 22x17 in
Edition: Unique
Sig...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,998 Sale Price
70% Off
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s.
Located in Cologne, DE
Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s.
Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic Republic; East Germany; couple; living room; 1950s; average life; domestic circumstances; household; ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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From toddlers playing to fires blazing, the Japanese lenswoman poetically captures fleeting dramas on planet Earth.
Photographer Jerry Schatzberg Remembers a Legendary Shoot with Bob Dylan
The acclaimed lensman and the folk-rock phenomenon clicked, and a captivating portrait followed.