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Period: 1950s
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome closeup publicity still of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in their roles for the Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief.
To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Marlon Brando posed on a bike for the film "The Wild One".
The Wild One is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Laszlo Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is mos...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Snorkelling In The Shallows
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Snorkelling In The Shallows - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Jayne Mansfield in Coat
By Bert Six
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Jayne Mansfield posed in coat, circa 1955.
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansf...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Dark Hat Vintage Press Print
By Bert Stern
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe close up, wearing a dark hat.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson and ostriches, fashion by...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
Hollywood Christmas Swim, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in the background.
Slim Aarons
Christmas Swim...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe Pinup - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
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Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, USA, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, USA, 1956
1956/2023
Signature stamp, verso
Archival pigment print
6 x 6 inches, sheet
3.75 x 5.5 inches, image
This work is offered by CLAMP in New...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Salita scivolosa a Trinità dei Monti Roma - # 3 on 5 - Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 3 on 5 sold in perfect condition
Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Snowstorm over Rome. The photographer grabs his camera and walks the ...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Riding Elephant Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white capture of film actress Marilyn Monroe smiling while riding an elephant.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Ow...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Brigitte Bardot and Her Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Candid image of French actress Brigette Bardot playing with her 2 dogs.
Brigitte Bardot is a French animal rights activist and former actress, singer, and model. Famous for portrayi...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe Riding Elephant Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white capture of film actress Marilyn Monroe smiling while riding an elephant.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Ow...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in th...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Walking The Dog" by Erich Auerbach
Located in London, GB
"Walking The Dog" by Erich Auerbach
1959: Deep in thought a barefoot young boy takes his dog for a walk across Camber sands.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30" ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Marilyn Monroe at the Savoy Hotel" by Popperfoto
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn Monroe at the Savoy Hotel" by Popperfoto
London, England, 1956, American actress Marilyn Monroe is pictured at a press reception at the Savoy Hot...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Audrey Hepburn Applying Makeup Glamour Shot
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn applying make-up during the filming of the made for TV movie "Mayerling".
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Smiling in a Garden
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful black and white 1950s capture of star actress Brigitte Bardot posed smiling in a garden.
Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina during her childhood. S...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue - Oversize
A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white architecture skyscraper skyscrapers new york...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Paris, Seine, Fisher in the morning, 1955
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955.
Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy,
1962.
Additional Informati...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
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
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Marilyn Monroe, "Beverly Glen Party"
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 6/20, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat.
Milton H. Greene, famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Mar...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)
17th July 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Beauty and the Beast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast
1959
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at social...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed for her role in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault ar...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe Candid Artistic Portrait in White Dress Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white artistic and candid portrait of Marilyn Monroe in front of stores wearing a white dress.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archi...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
11 x 14 inches, sheet size
9.75 x 12.5 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Lillian Bassm...
Category
American Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, World Series Win, Black and White Baseball Photography 1950s
Located in New york, NY
World Series Win, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
New York City, Harlem, Photograph of African American Life 1950s
Located in New york, NY
Harlem, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is a 14” x 11” photograph from the photographer's Black in White America book (p. 91). The gelatin silver print from the estate is stamped verso (back ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White Portrait Photography of Hollywood Actor 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn photographed the Hollywood star in conversation with Mike Todd and film director John Huston for a “Stop Arthritis” event which took place in New Yor...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Blackpool Railings
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Grace Kelly - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
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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
"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown
Located in London, GB
"Chic Shoes" by Joseph McKeown
18th September 1954: A poodle adds a touch of chic to an array of footwear designed by 26-year-old Jean Matthew to follow current American and Italian...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Natalie Wood Classic Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth captured this classic image of Natalie Wood in 1952. At this point, Wood was already a star having starred in films including Miracle on 34th Street as a child but had no...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly - 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
Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx.
Slim Aarons
Eden Hartford
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Est...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Alfred Hithcock with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of famed director Alfred Hitchcock walking his dog.
Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influentia...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City, Two American Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Painter Helen Frankenthaler and sculptor David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio in New York City, 1957 is a gelatin silver print, 20” x 16”, signed and stamped by the Glinn estate. Th...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Helen Frankenthaler, Painter New York City, Photograph of Woman Artist in 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York in the 1950s. Frankenthaler has remained a major American woman artist and female force of nature ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Marilyn In Grand Central Station" by Ed Feingersh
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn In Grand Central Station" by Ed Feingersh
NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Actress Marilyn Monroe takes the subway in Grand Central Station on March 24, 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe in Sheer Dress
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant color capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe posed outdoors in a sheer black dress, looking down to the camera.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for p...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe - The Iconic Andy Warhol
Located in Austin, TX
In 2022 Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Marilyn was sold for $195 million, making this iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction.
Warh...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Togni Circus - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Togni Circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, f...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Madison Square Garden (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Madison Square Garden (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Madison Square Garden marquee night,
west 49th street, Manhattan, New York, USA, circa 1953
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 40x60''
Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
40 x 60''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
H. Armstrong ROBERTS (1883-1947) is an artist born in 1883 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a photography sold in 2012.
ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Norman Parkinson Limited Estate Print Anne Gunning for Vogue
Located in London, GB
Anne Gunning for Vogue Estate Print
by Norman Parkinson
Fashion model Anne Gunning in a pink mohair coat outside the City Palace with an elephant, Jaipur, India, photographed for V...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Hysteria (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
May 27, 1956
Fans Reacting to Elvis Presley Performing at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later
About the Image:
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".
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
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, and Ralph Steiner. Harrington studied under Clarence White, Jr., who described Harrington as being among the school’s best students.
Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley2, LEADING MEN, Phillip Harrington Retro Vintage Black and white Photography...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Elizabeth Taylor on 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
Marilyn Monroe Full Body Pinup Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit for a full-length full-body pinup portrait.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Va...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons 'Joan Collins Relaxes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
La sorella maggiore, Thailand (1959) - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
« La sorella maggiore », In a Méo village, Thaïland
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The F...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Naples, Italy, Black and White Photography 1950s, Bride by Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Bride, Naples, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph, cinematic in nature. This is a gelatin silver, signed by the photographer, lifetime print, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive.
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van Sinderen, Worldview, Leonard Freed, Steidl, 2007, p. 73 and back cover.
Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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
Brooklyn Bridge Tugboat (1953) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brooklyn Bridge Tug Boat (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts)
Downtown skyline manhattan seen through cables of Brooklyn Bridge tug boat i...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
New York City, World Series Parade, Black and White Baseball Photography
Located in New york, NY
World Series Parade, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed, is an 11" x 14" gelatin silver later ("lifetime") print, signed on verso (back of print) by the photographer and stamped (magnum). The photograph was handprinted by Leonard Freed.
Parade by Freed captures the joy of two majorettes en route in the streets of the city for the celebration of the New York Giants...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film
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
Marilyn Monroe Reading Reference Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color photo depicting starlet Marilyn Monroe reading Dun & Bradstreet Reference and The Wall Street Journal.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press p...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Jack Kerouac, Black and White Photograph of Beat Generation Author with Friend
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara.
Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jean Patchett, Vogue - Norman Parkinson (Colour Photography)
Located in London, GB
Stamped with photographer's estate ink stamp, inscribed with title and numbered on reverse
C-type print
Available in two sizes:
20 x 16 inches, from an edition of 21 + 3 PPs
24 x 20...
Category
1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Monroe Singing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe singing in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives....
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
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This Twiggy and David Bowie Photo Has an Unusual Backstory
The photo shoot for an ill-fated British 'Vogue' cover brought the two British icons together.
Marianne Faithfull in Photos
The late ’60s it girl was beloved for her personal style as well as her artistic talents.
This Week-Old Calf Named Bug Is One of Randal Ford’s Most Adorable Models
In a recent collection of animal portraits, he brings fashion photography to the farm.
Elton John Is a Fan of this Richard Caldicott Tupperware Photo
Using a creative analog process, the British artist transformed the plastic containers into gleaming, minimalist abstractions and developed an illustrious fan base along the way.
Some of the Best Beatles Photos Were Taken by Paul McCartney
A trove of recently unearthed personal photos adds another dimension to the abundance of press images of the Fab Four.
Photographer to Know: Rinko Kawauchi
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.
Photographer to Know: Jeannette Montgomery Barron
Her stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.