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Portrait Photography For Sale
Milton Greene, "Portrait of Marilyn", original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative taken by Milton Greene in 1954. This image depicts Hollywood Icon, Marilyn Monroe, and bears the Milton H. Gre...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Weed + Grub 2"- Archival Pigment Ink Photography
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink

Skiing Waiter, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Estate Edition, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons is a vibrant testa...
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1980s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in The Mid-20th. Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paola Borboni and Anna Perino - Vintage Photo -1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Paola Borboni and Anna Perino during the show "Savannah Bay" by Ennio de Dominicis. photo by Massimo Finzi. Lightly Blurry.
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Self Portrait in Black Leather I
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print Signed in black ink, l.r. 14 x 11 inches, sheet size 13 x 9 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Born in ...
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

0946 and 0971, Diptych. From The ONE Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
0946 and 0971, Diptych, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series 0946: Photography, pencil, ink and acrylic on fabric 0971: Photography, pencil, ink and pastel on fabric Overall ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Harry Benson 'Ali in Training' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 30 x 30
Located in San Rafael, CA
American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Lightly damaged (Folds on the angles).
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

“Tramp Stamp 1” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Tramp Stamp 1” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Playboy" series. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Untitled (Boy Making Gesture) [Michael and Christopher]
Located in New York, NY
From a portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints from original Meatyard negatives (1959-71) Printed April 1974 Edition of 130 Credit stamp, verso 7 x 7 inches, image 15 x 12 inches, mount This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “In the 1950s few photographers, particularly men, chose their models from their own families. Meatyard, however, found inspiration in his three offspring. This was perhaps due to his interest in Ben Shahn’s postwar paintings of Italian children playing among the ruins of war; the dolls, puppets, and children in Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nothing to Lose (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nothing to Lose (Sidewinder) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory No. 3142...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Sammy Davis Jr. Smiling in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Sammy Davis Jr. posed smiling in the studio. Sammy Davis Jr. was an American singer, actor, musician, comedian and dancer. At age two, Davis began his c...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Follow the white rabbit - Contemporary Photography, Vintage, Alice in wonderland
Located in Warsaw, PL
She finished her studies at the Art Institute of the Pedagogical University in Cracow, obtaining a diploma at a drawing atelier of professor Piotr Jargusz; she currently is a lecture...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Paper, Color

Hilton Hotel Pool Bar - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print, Lambda

Paola Borboni and Diana Dei - Vintage Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Paola Borboni and Diana Dei during the show "Three Owls on the Dresser" written by Fabio Battistini. Photo by Tommaso Le Pera
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-up 1976 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-up for the Filming of ‘valentino’, London, 1976 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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.
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jacqueline Bouvier - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline Bouvier is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mussolini Meeting - Vintage Photo - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
'Mussolini Meeting' is a b/w photographic print on glazed paper. Stamp of agency Trampus, Paris and cliché applied on the back. Meeting between Benito Mussolini and Kurt Alois von Schuschnigg, realized in Venice on 23 April of 1937. Very good conditions. In the photo, Mussolini meets the Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg outside the station of Santa Lucia...
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1930s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tina Chow
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Polaroid

Ancient Portrait of Japanese Gymnasts - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Portrait of Japanese gymnasts is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm. Realized between the 1880s and the 1890s. Image 21 x 26 cm. Caption in I...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

As seen in Apple TV series "Dark Matter" Screaming Mike by Jack Perno
Located in Chicago, IL
As seen in Apple TV+ series "Dark Matter" Screaming Mike "This is the only image where Photoshop has been implemented. I had an illustrator friend who, for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Treasure II (Stage of Consciousness) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Treasure II (Stage of Consciousness) 29 Palms, CA - 2007 75x93cm, Edition of 5. analog C-Print printed on Fuji Archive Paper, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Eve Arnold - Marylin Monroe Casino, Photography 1960, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960. All available sizes and editions: 24" x 20", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 34" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Cotton, Paper

Nightmare (Suburbia) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photography, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nightmare (Suburbia) 2004, 40x40cm each, installed 40x130cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. 3 archival C-Prints based on the 3 Polaroids. Signature label and Certificate. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Marilyn Monroe Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Still Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of actress Marilyn Monroe in her role for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault a...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Marilyn Posed for "Bus Stop" Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of a Marilyn Monroe posed for her role in "Bus Stop", circa 1956. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piec...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Skaal House, Estate Edition (Snowscape in Vintage Stowe, Vermont)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. A pair of skis lean against the wall b...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

David Bowie "Keep Your 'Lectric Eye" by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "Keep Your 'Lectric Eye" by Masayoshi Sukita. This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition print....
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Portrait of Franco Battiato - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph of the very original Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato at his debut, in the Eighties, when he returns to Pop music after...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max turning (Long Way Home) - Last
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max and Radha sitting on Rock (Long Way Home), 1999 sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 2/2, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory Nr. ...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Pin Ups (Framed)
Located in London, GB
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his Pin Ups album, 1973. TITLE: PIN UPS PHOTO: Justine De Villeneuve SIGNED LIMITED EDIT...
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1970s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones is a musician and former model. A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s. Andre Leon Talley...
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in a scene from the famous movie "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock. Vintage Photo. Damaged on the right side.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Queen Live Aid
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm Edition of 10 + 2 AP
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

The Circus
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 20 x 16 inches so frame-ready. Provenance: Camera Obscura Galle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

"Embedded Worth" - contemporary digitally manipulated portraiture, Kehinde Wiley
Located in Atlanta, GA
This listing is for an unframed print. Tokie Rome-Taylor is inspired by the works of Harmonia Rosales, Kehinde Wiley, Tawny Chatmon, Ayana V. Jackson, Omar Victor Diop, Deborah Roberts...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Pigment

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Estate Edition, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons is a vibrant testa...
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1980s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane at the airport - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane leaving the plane. By Associated Press Photo
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Jack Nicholson- Vintage Photo -1976
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Jack Nicholson accepts his Oscar as Best Actor for his part in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marilyn Monroe . Marilyn Monroe sexy back . The last sitting
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern Marilyn Monroe sexy back Mythical photo of the last session (1962) inkjet printing by bert stern 2011 signed on both sides certificate signed by the artist during his lif...
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2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage b/w Photo - End of 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized at the end of 1970s. Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the Academy o...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cary Grant Dramatic Profile Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Cary Grant was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of Sophia Loren
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Sophia Loren What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - Numbered Certificate of Authenticity More About Globe Photos: Globe Photos hous...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
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...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

John Minihan 'Yves Saint Laurent' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20 x 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer John Minihan, Yves Saint Laurent, French designer with two fashion models, Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou de la Falaise, outside his 'Riv...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Screen Test Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a a cloak for her role in "Monkey BusinessGentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Noble Woman - Silver Salt Photograph - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Noble Woman, Silver Salt Photograph is a vintage portrait photograph on paper realized in 1890s. Included a Passepartout:60 x 40cm Good ...
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1890s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Donald Trump, Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985 Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000 36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000 24 x 24 inches, edition of 25, $5,000 14 x 14 inch...
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1980s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Nowhere (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Nowhere (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019 48x47cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature lab...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

New England Skiing
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...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob ...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Silver Gelatin Photograph Hand Signed Photo Pablo Picasso w Baby Lucien Clergue
Located in Surfside, FL
Lucien Clergue (FRENCH, 1934 - 2014) Gelatin silver photographic print depicting Pablo Picasso holding a baby. Picasso et sa filleule Olivia (Picasso et bébé) Mougins, 1967 Hand signed by the artist with hand written description. Titled and dated lower left. Mounted in a silver painted wooden frame with mat behind acrylic screen. Paper measures approx. 11 3/4" height x 9" width to sight. Framed measures approx. 17 1/4" height x 14 3/4" width. Lucien Clergue (French: 1934 – 2014) was a French photographer. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts, Paris for 2013. Lucien Clergue was born in Arles, France. At the age of 7 he began learning to play the violin, and after several years of study his teacher admitted that he had nothing more to teach him. Clergue was from a family of shopkeepers and could not afford to pursue further studies in a college or university school of music, such as a conservatory. In 1949, he learned the basics of photography. Four years later, at a corrida in Arles, he showed his photographs to Spanish painter Pablo Picasso who, though subdued, asked to see more of his work. Within a year and a half, young Clergue worked on his photography with the goal of sending more images to Picasso. During this period, he worked on a series of photographs of travelling entertainers, acrobats and harlequins, the Saltimbanques. He also worked on a series whose subject was carrion. On 4 November 1955 Lucien Clergue visited Picasso in Cannes, France. Their friendship lasted nearly 30 years until Picasso's death. Clergue's autobiographical book, Picasso My Friend, looks back on important moments of their relationship. In 1968, and with his friend Michel Tournier, Clergue founded the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival which is held annually in July in Arles. He exhibited his work at the festival during the years 1971–1973, 1975, 1979, 1982–1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2003 and 2007. Clergue also illustrated books, among them a book by writer Yves Navarre. Clergue took many photographs of the gypsies of southern France, and was instrumental in propelling the guitarist Manitas de Plata to fame. Clergue is perhaps most remembered and respected for his black-and-white studies of light, shadow, and form, featuring sinuous nude female bodies, zebra stripes of light, dynamic sand dunes, and seascapes extracted from the coast of the Camargue. Clergue's photographs are in the collections of numerous well-known museums and private collectors. His vintage photographs have been exhibited in over 100 solo exhibitions worldwide, with noted exhibitions such as in 1961, at the Museum of Modern Art New York, the last exhibition organized by Edward Steichen with Lucien Clergue, Bill Brandt and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Museums with large collections of his work include The Fogg Museum at Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work, Fontaines du Grand Palais (Fountains of the Grand Palais), is in Museo cantonale d'arte [de] of Lugano. His vintage photographs of Jean Cocteau are on permanent display at the Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton, France. In the U.S., an exhibition of the Cocteau photographs was premiered at Westwood Gallery, New York City. In 2007, the city of Arles honored Lucien Clergue and dedicated a retrospective collection of 360 of his photographs dating from 1953 to 2007. He also received the 2007 Lucie Award. He was named Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 2003 and elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France on 31 May 2006, at the same time as a new section dedicated to photography was created. Clergue was the first photographer to enter the Academy to a position devoted specifically to photography. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts for 2013. Lucien Clergue was married to the art curator Yolande Clergue, founder of The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles. He was the father of two daughters: Anne Clergue, a curator of contemporary art who has worked at Leo Castelli Gallery, and Olivia Clergue, a handbag fashion designer whose godfather was Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso (1881 –1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramic artist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. After 1906, the Fauvist work of the slightly older artist Henri Matisse motivated Picasso to explore more radical styles, beginning a fruitful rivalry between the two artists, who subsequently were often paired by critics as the leaders of modern art. In 1897, his realism began to show a Symbolist influence, for example, in a series of landscape...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Stephen Hawking - Vintage Photograph -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stephen Hawking is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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