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Period: Mid-20th Century
"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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's.
Esta...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gooseneck, Grand Canyon, Utah, Black and White, USA 1960s, 17, 8 x 23, 3 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Lambda
Salon Dior, Christian Dior Adjusts Victoire, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior Adjusts Victoire, 1954 -- Outtake from a photo shoot for the Sept. 6, 1954 issue of Life, Mark Shaw’s camera captures a moment of adjustment at the Dior Salon. Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 44" 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.
Fashion photography of Victoire de Castellane getting her jewelry adjusted by Christian Dior. She is standing in the middle of the salon. She is wearing a red Dior strapless dress...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Giclée
New York Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New York Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline.
1952
Additional Info...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Snowy Mountain - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Snowy Mountain is a color vintage photo, realized in 1930s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album includ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rhode Island Surfers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Rhode Island Surfers
1965
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
16×20 inches - paper siz...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shulman, Albert Frey Frey House, Palm Springs, CA, Black & White Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American photographer Julius Shulman’s images of Californian architecture have burned themselves into the retina of the 20th century. A book on modern architecture without Shulman is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andres: Arches Nationalpark, Utah, 1966
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The photograph depicts the Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, taken in the 1960s. The image captures this iconic natural rock formation in a black-and-white style, emphasizin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Lake Tahoe Ladies 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trafic jam in Bangkok -Thailand 1957 - Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition
Trafic Jam in Bangkok
This is a Minimalist framing & presentation of the artwork :
The Fine Art print on Baryta paper i...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Las Brisas Hotel' Acapulco (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel'
Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968.
Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color, 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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$952 Sale Price
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'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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Eagle Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eagle Club
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30" inches / ca 101.6 x 76.2 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped C...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Calvary - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, Hand Signed - c. 1940
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek
Calvary
Original gelatin silver photography
Hand signed in pencil on the back (see picture)
Printed in the 1940s
28.5 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 8.6 in)
PROVENANCE : The Jan St...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
U...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
"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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Queen Elizabeth II Wears a Tassel - Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth II wears a tassel is a vintage b/w photograph realized in the 1958.
Good conditions.
Stamped on the rear.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Hyde Park (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cafe De Flore (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)
Horse riding on Rotten Row, in London's Hyde Park, circa 1965.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 3-5) - 40"x50"
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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Verticalità, New York (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 (fram...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Carlton Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel
The Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France, 1963.
20 × 16 inches - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
"Paris Still Life" from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Still Life from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
large oversize 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framing and s...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color, 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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
'Blonde Beauties' Oversize C Type
By George Freston
Located in London, GB
'Blonde Beauties' by George Freston
From left to right, actresses Julie Christie, Ursula Andress and Catherine Deneuve attend a Royal Film Performance of 'Born Free' at the Odeon, L...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn, Vogue''
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
'Audrey Hepburn, Vogue'
1952
Silver gelatin print
36 x 36 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
“The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Bermuda Street Scene Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Street Scene
1967
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bicycles, motorcycles, and cars on a street in Bermuda, June 1967.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mexico - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Mexico is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the second half 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Snowmass Village Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
two fashionably attired women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woodstock, Visitors
Located in Cologne, DE
From Wikipedia: Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.
Over the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. Rolling Stone listed it as number 19 of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary film Woodstock, an accompanying soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shulman, Frank Lloyd Wright, Freeman House, LA, Black & White Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American photographer Julius Shulman’s images of Californian architecture have burned themselves into the retina of the 20th century. A book on modern architecture without Shulman is inconceivable. Some of his architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright’s or Pierre Koenig’s remarkable structures, have been published countless times. The brilliance of buildings like those by Charles Eames, as well as those of his close friend, Richard Neutra, was first brought to light by Shulman’s photography. The clarity of his work demanded that architectural photography had to be considered as an independent art form. Each Shulman image unites perception and understanding for the buildings and their place in the landscape. The precise compositions reveal not just the architectural ideas behind a building’s surface, but also the visions and hopes of an entire age. A sense of humanity is always present in his work, even when the human figure is absent from the actual photographs. Today, a great many of the buildings documented by Shulman have disappeared or been crudely converted, but the thirst...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Elegant Ankle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Customers sitting on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23rd June ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Teeing Off - silver gelatine print Oversize Golf
Located in London, GB
Golfer teeing off circa 1939. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts)
Beautiful large silver gelatine print of an elegant looking golfer
fashionably dressed teeing off during the late 1930...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Stairs, Street Photography, Black and White, France 1950s, 17, 9 x 13 cm
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950.
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 photogr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Coretta Scott King - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Coretta Scott King- Vintage Photo is a historical photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Coretta Scott King shared notes from her husband, Martin Luther King J...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Labor in the Fields, Port-au-Prince, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures a scene of agricultural labor in the hills surrounding Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The image shows a worker using a traditional hand hoe to till t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White
Halfdome, Yosemite
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Alternative sizes and media available:
16 x 16
16 x 20
16 x 24
20 x 20
20 x 30
28 x 28
28 x 35
30 x 45
40 x 40
40 x 50
40 x 60
Matte photo paper or canvas available on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Monica Vitti - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Monica Vitti (Associated Press Photo) is a vintage b/w photo of the Italian actress on a boat at sea realized in the 1960s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the Academy of Dramatic Art (where she will return in 1986 as a teacher), and graduated in 1953, she immediately tackles the scenes in L'avaro di Molière (1954), The island of the parrots of S. Tofano (1954), They founded a city of C. Meano (1954), Mother Courage and her children of B. Brecht (1954). Between 1956 and 1959 she also participated in television broadcasts and acted in numerous adaptations of famous theatrical texts. She made her film debut playing secondary parts in Laugh, Laugh, Laugh! by E. Anton, 1955; A mink coat by G. Pellegrini, 1956; Le dritte di M. Amendola, 1958. Dubbing actress of Il scido di M. Antonioni (1957), she meets the director who, after having directed her to the theater in I am a camera by J. Van Druten (1957) and in Secret Scandals by Antonioni and E. Bartolini (1957), he calls her as the protagonist in L'avventura (1960), a film with which V. is a leading actress. Always led by Antonioni, from now on she will play suffering characters who embody a profound crisis of feelings. Apart from a brief television parenthesis (a transposition of the short story The White Nights by F. Dostoevskij, directed by V. Cottafavi), La notte (1961), L'eclisse (1962) and Deserto rosso (1963) belong to a happy partnership with Antonioni (who will be revived episodically for the production of The Mystery of Oberwald [1980], a courageous experiment of intertwining cinema and electronic techniques, propitiated by the exhumation of a play by J. Cocteau, L'aigle à deux têtes). In the second half of the Sixties, however, the producers showed that they preferred her as an actress endowed with caricatural flair, fine humor, vitalistic exuberance, communicative immediacy; and audiences pay her a growing success, not always corresponding to the quality of her filmography or the variety of her interpretations, among which are the very convincing ones in Modesty Blaise...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
King George 6th and Mother Queen - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
King George 6th and Mother Queen is a photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe, 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 without flash in available light.
The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia)
This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,047 Sale Price
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New York, NY
By Vivian Maier
Located in White Plains, NY
Vivian Maier, 'New York, NY' printed 2018. Digital print on paper, Ed. 9 of 15, Image: 12 x 12 in / Paper: 20 x 16 in. Unknown during her lifetime, Vivian Maier worked as a full-time...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Digital
$7,000
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting (Biting Lip), Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bert Stern, American (1929 - 2013)
Title: Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting
Year: 1962
Medium: Chromogenic C-Print Photograph, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 209/250
...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
C Print
Swimming In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In The Bahamas
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Batman and Robin, Batman TV Series- Vintage Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Batman and Robin on the set of the famous TV series of the 60s.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roger Jackson 'Park Stones" Rolling Stones Limited Edition Photograph 16x12
Located in San Rafael, CA
January 11, 1967: Top British pop group the Rolling Stones taking a stroll through London's Green Park, from left to right, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones (1942 ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #6 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #6 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is #6 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nice Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool
1955
by Slim Aarons
(printed 2023)
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Doug...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Louis Armstrong, Berlin 1965
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photo captures jazz legend Louis Armstrong playing his trumpet during a performance in Berlin in 1965. Armstrong, with intense focus, holds the trumpet close to his lips, his cheeks slightly puffed as he blows into the instrument. The lighting creates a dramatic effect, highlighting the shine of the trumpet and his facial expression, which conveys his passion and dedication to the music. Dressed in formal attire, Armstrong stands in the spotlight, embodying his iconic status as one of jazz music's greatest figures. The background is blurred, keeping the focus on Armstrong and his trumpet.
The print is new, Highest Quality on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta. More sizes up to 150x150 cm available on request.
About Tassilo Leher:
Born in the dark years of World War II, Tassilo Leher became an icon of photographic art in divided Germany. As the son of war correspondent Karl Leher, whose lens captured moments of contemporary history, he was born in 1940 in the heart of Berlin.
He shared not only the studio in the picturesque Prenzlauer Berg with his father, but also the mysterious world of the darkroom. While Karl Leher, an early riser, made use of the morning hours, Tassilo found his creative flow only by midday, often working late into the night.
His camera knew no bounds: from the dazzling stars of East German show business like Phudys, Karat, Hildegard Kneef, Manfred Krug, Bubi Scholz, to international greats such as Dean Reed, Karel Gott, Jiri Korn, and Costa Cordalis – all found themselves in front of his lens.
The Friedrichstadt-Palast and numerous film sets became his stages, where he played with light and shadow to perfectly frame famous...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
'Luxury Dining' Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Dining At The Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dining At The Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969.
Paper Size 24x20 i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abaco Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Holiday
1986
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alpine Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alpine Skiing
Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964
20 x 20" - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
On the Sugarbush Slopes Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On the Sugarbush Slopes
1960
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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