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Period: 1950s
Kennedy, Jackie Swings Caroline with a Young Kennedy Cousin Looking On, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Swings Caroline with a Young Kennedy Cousin Looking on, nb_089b -- The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size)...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Giclée
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow
Black and Whit...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In New Hampshire'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New England Skiing
1955 (printed later)
C-print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Re...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Paris Corner Kids from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Corner Kids from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
large oversize 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framing and...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Steve McQueen in His Study
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture by Larry Barbier Jr. of actor Steve McQueen at home, chatting on the phone in his study.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- L...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning closeup capture of Marilyn Monroe talking on the phone for her role in Some Like it Hot
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American black-and-white romantic comedy film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney, and Nehemiah Persoff. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and Oleg Cassini at the Premier of Rear Window
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and Oleg Cassini at the premiere of "Rear Window" in 1954.
Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and writ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Portofino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Marilyn On The Roof" by Ed Feingersh
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
"Marilyn On The Roof" by Ed Feingersh
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) leans over the balcony of the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 i...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Lipstick Check" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Lipstick Check" by Thurston Hopkins
7th November 1953: A contestant in a 'Miss World' beauty competition sponsored by Mecca Dancing applying her lipstick using a shiny car as a mirror. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6785 - The Beauty Contest...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Masked Dancers - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Masked dancers 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,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Graziella Venturi and the Juggling Doves - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Graziella Venturi and the juggling doves is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
The photo depicts the trainer, Graziella Venturi, at the show of the Orfei National C...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eve Arnold - Charlotte Stribling (also known as Fabulous), 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold, born in 1912 to Russian-immigrant parents in Ph...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Eve Arnold - Two young models check their make-up, 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Two young models check their make-up backstage at a local fashion show at the Abyssinian Church in Harlem, New York City in 1950.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Editio...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, Photography 1955, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses by
James Joyce, New York, Long Island, 1955."
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 +...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe in Long Island, Photography 1955, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe in Long Island, New York in 1955
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs
"Eve Arnold,...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and George Jessel
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1952 in Los Angeles, California: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with George Jessel in suits with old West sheriff star badges.
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo c...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor Up Close in "Giant"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome capture of starlet Elizabeth Taylor up close behind the scenes while filming 'Giant', 1955.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, about sprawling epic covering...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Jayne Mansfield: A Game of Chance
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth, this image features Mansfield looking down eag...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Carlton Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons E...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow
Black and Whit...
Category
American Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Joan Miro photographed for LIFE magazine in his tiny studio in Barcelona by Mark Shaw in 1955 -- Miro's "in progress" work sits around him. Image size is 16" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A portrait in color of Joan Miro. He sits on a wooden stool in his studio. He is wearing a green long-sleeve shirt with grey pants and grey shoes...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Giclée
Table Hopping
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1959: Senator Jack Kennedy (President John F Kennedy) greeting old friends at an 'April in Paris' ball held in the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom, New York.
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing in Stowe, Vermont
C print
30 x 30 inches
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bert Hardy 'Mountain Stage' Tour de France Limited Edition Photograph 20x24
By Bert Hardy
Located in San Rafael, CA
August 18, 1951: Cyclists competing in the Tour de France riding through the French Alps. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5381 - The Greatest Show On Earth...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Skiing at Sugarbush'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing at Sugarbush
1960 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
Gerry Cranham 'Sundial Hat' Limited Edition Photograph 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Image...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joseph McKeown 'Need for Speed' Grand Prix Limited Edition Photograph 40x60
Located in San Rafael, CA
July 17, 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up a win for the Mercedes team at the French Grand Prix in Reims. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7209 -...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joseph McKeown 'Need for Speed' Grand Prix Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
July 17, 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up a win for the Mercedes team at the French Grand Prix in Reims. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7209 -...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marlon Brando and Mary Murphy in "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Legendary film still capture of Marlon Brando and Mary Murphy posed for their roles in the 1953 film "The Wild One".
The Wild One is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed b...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marlon Brando on Bike for "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome capture of Marlon Brando posed on his bike for his role in "The Wild One", 1953.
Marlon Brando was an American actor and film director with a career spanning 60 years, duri...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra in Portland
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of the famous jazz singer and musician Frank Sinatra while in Portland, 1957. This portrait features the star sitting on a bench on a dock, leaning b...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn on Set of "The Nun's Story"
By Leo L. Fuchs
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full-length image features actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn on the set of "A Nun's Story" in 1959.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart at the Oscars
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall standing side by side at the 1954 Oscar Wards.
Humphrey Bogart, nicknamed Bogie, was an Amer...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Stunning Clark Gable at Academy Awards
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid black and white artistic capture of star actor Clark Gable smiling at the Academy Awards.
Clark Gable was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hol...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda, Photographic Paper
Acapulco Rocks
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Architect Arturo Pani and his wife by their swimming pool at home in Acapulco, Mexico.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is proud to o...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
New England Skiing
1955 (printed later)
C-print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A skier carrying his boots in Cran...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
Category
Realist 1950s Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waitress
1955 (printed later)
C-print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress a...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
C Print
"Guggenheim Museum" by Keystone
Located in London, GB
"Guggenheim Museum" by Keystone
A night time view of The Guggenheim Museum, New York, circa 1959, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Unframed
Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (inches)
Printed 2...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"It's The Pits" by Ronald Startup
Located in London, GB
"It's The Pits" by Ronald Startup
13th September 1953: Mechanics in the pitstop at the Monza Grand Prix in Italy. Original Publication: Picture Post ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951.
Original publication: Picture Po...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Drive-In Coffee Shop" by Kurt Hutton
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
"Drive-In Coffee Shop" by Kurt Hutton
April 1951: Cars parked outside Simons Drive-In Coffee Shop in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Or...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Terry Thomas" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Terry Thomas" by Bert Hardy
25th September 1954: English actor-comedian Terry Thomas (1911 - 1990), real name Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens, demonstrates ho...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Falaise Collection" by John Chillingworth
Located in London, GB
"Falaise Collection" by John Chillingworth
An outfit designed for the English market by Maxime de la Falaise. The model wears a pale tangerine sweater and tie with apricot red taper...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Fred Astaire" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Fred Astaire" by Bert Hardy
7th July 1956: Actor and dancer Fred Astaire (1899-1987) poses in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where h...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Maserati Bumper" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Maserati Bumper" by Thurston Hopkins
The bumper of an Italian Maserati sports car at the Paris Motor Show. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8703 - Fashion Kings Of The Car Worl...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Pacific Diver" by Evans
Located in London, GB
"Pacific Diver" by Evans
circa 1950: Swimmer diving into rough water lashing against rocky cliffs at Acapulco, the Riviera of Mexico.
Unframed
Paper Size: ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Louis Armstrong On Stage" by Haywood Magee
Located in London, GB
"Louis Armstrong On Stage" by Haywood Magee
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong (1900 - 1971), shouts after clarinettist Ed...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Big Ben From The South Bank" by Nat Norman
Located in London, GB
"Big Ben From The South Bank" by Nat Norman
A woman looking across the Thames towards the Palace of Westminster, London, circa 1955.
Unframed
Paper Size: 16"x 12'' (inches)
Printe...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Taylor, Todd And Family" by Stanley Sherman
Located in London, GB
"Taylor, Todd And Family" by Stanley Sherman
A young woman modelling an outfit consisting of a three-quarter-length dress, high heeled shoes, hat and ...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Elegant Daywear" by Popperfoto
Located in London, GB
"Elegant Daywear" by Popperfoto
A young woman modelling an outfit consisting of a three-quarter-length dress, high heeled shoes, hat and gloves, 1957.
Unframed
Paper Size: 40" x 30'...
Category
Modern 1950s Photography
Materials
Black and White
Hugh Marlowe Classical Studio Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actor Hugh Marlowe by Frank Worth.
Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, stage and radio actor. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Debra Paget in Dramatic Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Debra Paget in a high contrast dramatic head-and-shoulders portrait.
Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best kno...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly at the Premiere of Rear Window
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features actress Grace Kellythe "Princess of Grace"attending Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window premier in 1954. She is captured here looking at th...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe with Classic Roadster for "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular image of Marilyn Monroe leaning on a classic car on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire", 1953.
In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in sev...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
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