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Period: 1950s
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego.
This is an estate stamp...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Caribe Hilton Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1956.
Gorgeous print measuring ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Sitting at Table
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe sitting at a dining table, smiling with a fork in her hand.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
BRUCE BELLAS Vintage 1950s Photo of Male Physique Model James Pappa
Located in Glenford, NY
BRUCE OF L.A. - classic 1950s gelatin silver photograph of physique model JAMES PAPPA by celebrated 20th Century photographer BRUCE BELLAS also known as Bruce of Los Angeles. This is an original photograph from the beefcake "posing strap" era when nude photography was illegal. 'Bruce Los Angeles...
Category
Post-War 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins.
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Digital
Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins.
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Iconic White Dress Blowing Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Star actress Marilyn Monroe posed in THE Iconic white dress from The Seven Year Itch, posed with it blowing back.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity V...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Lounging gracefully on the wing, 1972
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph from 1972 captures a stylish, vibrant scene featuring two people on a small airplane. A young woman, wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, lounges gracefully on...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
James Garner Playing Golf on the Beach
Located in Austin, TX
Actor James Garner playing golf on a bach in Malibu, circa 1958.
James Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, which included The Gre...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sammy Davis Jr. Singing Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Rat Pack member and legendary jazz singer Sammy Davis Jr. singing at a nightclub.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault a...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Dean Sitting at Car Rally
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actor and racer James Dean sitting with his back turned to the camera at a car rally.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cult...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white still of Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in "The Seven Year Itch", circa 1955.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a pi...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Zsa Zsa Gabor Applying Makeup
By Peter Martin
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features Zsa Zsa Gabor in her dressing room applying makeup. Zsa Zsa Gabor as a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. Gabor began her stage...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis.
Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience.
"Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention.
"I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957.
unfra...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Debbie Reynolds Talking on Telephone
Located in Austin, TX
This black candid black and white portrait features Debbie Reynolds sitting at home in her kitchen, smiling as she talks on the telephone.
Debbie Reynolds was an American actress, s...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
In the Blazing Sun at George Airfield, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
Sophia Loren Shooting Pool
Located in Austin, TX
A Vintage 1958 Photograph featuring Italian actress Sophia Loren showing her skills in billiards as captured by the Italian photo agency Liverani of Rome during a private shoot.
Sop...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's Feather Hat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in a feather hat for her role in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed b...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
On Broadway, New York City (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1955, 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.
“ On Broadway, near Trinity Church”, New York December 1955. A rainy Sunday morning, a solitary pedestrian seems to be falling over on the slippery surface. As is always the case with Fabrizio La Torre’s photographs, quite apart from the artistic merit, this picture invites us to speculate what is the story behind it: why this deserted avenue at 11:10 on that particular morning, what was the man in the rain doing, why is that car defiantly parked right underneath a no parking sign...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield in Pink Lingerie
Located in Austin, TX
Colorized portrait of actress Jayne Mansfield posed in pink lingerie on a red chair.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and earl...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black & White Monochrome of a Female Nude by Contemporary American Photographer
Located in Preston, GB
Black & White Monochrome Photograph of a Female Nude by Contemporary by legendary American Photographer, Larry Colwell (1911-1972).
Photo Size 9.5 x 6 inches - Signed on the rear
Unmounted & Unframed
Larry Colwell
American, 1911-1972
Born 1911, Detroit, Michigan
Died 1972, New Canaan...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Ink, Printer's Ink, Photographic Paper, Monoprint
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images Archive)
8th August 1953: Judy Dunlop, a participant in the Holiday Girl...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe in Shadows and Fur Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Visually gripping black and white vintage original photograph of Marilyn Monroe, posed in dramatic shadow surrounded by a fur stole.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print f...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
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
James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised)
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Note other si...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley: The Kiss
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage 1956 photograph featuring the King, Elvis Presley puckering his lips as he kisses the lens in this fantastic shot. This rare photo is a second-generation example made after...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool'
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the oc...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised)
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Note other si...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 6-10) - 30"x40"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
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
James Dean Covered in Mud
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of actor James Dean on the set of Giant, covered in mud, and laughing.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film directed by George Stevens, from ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
La Coquille Club Car Park Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
La Coquille Club, Florida Car Park
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available please enquire)
Limited Signature...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor: Elephant Walk
Located in Austin, TX
The ever-stunning Elizabeth Taylor descending a staircase for her role in "Elephant Walk", circa 1954.
Elephant Walk is a 1954 American drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, di...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Elizabeth Taylor On The Set Of Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955
by Frank Worth
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in the Sunshine
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth was on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire" when he took this classic shot of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a new Singer SM 1500C Roadster. A candid capture of Marily...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New York City, Documentary Photography on Businessmen 1950s, Wall Street
Located in New york, NY
Wall Street, 1955-56 is a 19" x 13" limited edition print (8 of Ed 9) by photographer Leonard Freed. The work is signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photograp...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Marilyn Monroe Smiling in a Fedora Vintage Press Print
By Bert Stern
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe smiling close up, wearing a fedora.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a pie...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958.
A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bruce Bellas Vintage 1950 Photo Set Male Physique Robert Kendall & Jerry Debry
Located in Glenford, NY
Bruce of LA - Set of 2 Authentic Vintage 1950s Silver Gelatin Male Physique Photographs by famed 20th Century photographer Bruce Bellas also known as Bruce of Los Angeles of models R...
Category
Post-War 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (191...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel'
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Gorgeous print measuring a very large 30 x 30" inches / approx 76 ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"A Cheeky Little Wine" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"A Cheeky Little Wine" by Thurston Hopkins
16th August 1952: A workman savours a glass of red wine in a Paris bistro. Original Publication: Picture Post ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Christmas Swim Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1956. Two ch...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Marilyn Monroe in Bed - 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
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 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, Pigment
Paeseggio Urbano, New York City (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
This photo was made in 1956, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 in...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield Casino - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Jayne Mansfield Casino 1955
by Frank Worth
This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas circa 1955
Captured by celebrity photographer Fr...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Soho Waiters’ Race Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters’ Race
1955
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters’ race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Trip'
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
A fabulous scene picturing four young woman canoeing and pedalling on...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War in Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Politician - Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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