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Portrait Photography For Sale
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Audrey Hepburn in Gown with Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of actress Audrey Hepburn posed smiling in a gown, walking poodles on leashes. Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Africa, Little Surma Boy, Tribal Child Ethiopia, Photography on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Little Surma Boy, 1996 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph of a child from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Oscar'
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles 1977, Printed Later Silver Gelatin Print 30 x 30 inches Edition of 50 Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50 with certific...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Strange Math (The Princess and her Lover)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Strange Math (The Princess and her Lover) - 2007 part of the 29 Palms, CA project. Edition of 10, 20x24cm. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certif...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lovers, San Francisco.
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fisher Ross. Untitled, ca. 1975-80. Gelatin Silver print, sheet measures 8 x 10 inches; 17 x 21 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on verso. Excellent cond...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 65x60cm, Edition 4/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection with white '...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Edward, My Son (with Deborah Kerr) (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Spencer Tracy & Deborah Kerr Edward, My Son Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper Year: 1949 Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (16.51 x 20.32 cm) Stamped verso Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Chignon Japonais, Paris
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7 Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request A beautiful naked woman and sculptor is sitting on a chair and embraces her sculpture. T...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Raquel Welch on the Beach - Terry O'Neill Lost Photoshoot
Located in Austin, TX
About the Collection Terry O’Neill’s “lost photoshoot”. Terry shot these for Globe Photos almost half a century ago, but they remained lost until recently uncovered in our archives....
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Donkey Basketball
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Stamped and numbered, verso 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 10) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 5) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please n...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Artist: Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940) Artwork: Photographoary: Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17 (set of four pieces) Medium: Gelatin silver print Size: 11.1 × 16.7 cm. × 4 4 3/8 ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled (City of Industry)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (City of Industry) - 2004 38x36cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signatur...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Occasion
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Clyde
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP) Signed and numbered, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes mounting and ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Steve McQueen Racing Porsche
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning color action shot features American actor Steve McQueen. Often called "The King of Cool", whose "anti-hero" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Kate Moss 1993, For Pirelli '94, Paradise Island Bahamas, Framed Vintage Print
Located in London, GB
For the 1994 Pirelli Calendar shot on the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, photographer Herb Ritts set out to capture in a series of nudes what he called “the gentle innocence” of Kat...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Wood, Glass

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Haley and the Birds' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Haley and the Birds' - 2013 - signed in front, not mounted. 1 Digital Color Photographs based on a Polaroid. Polaroid sized ope...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Led Zeppelin: Yellow Zeppelin
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome capture of the members of Led Zeppelin captured standing behind a yellow wall, smiling as their heads poke above. Awesome capture of the members of Led Zeppelin captured standing behind a yellow wall, smiling as their heads poke above. Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, although their style drew from a variety of influences, including blues and folk music...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Analog, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do Us part) - 2005 128 x 125 cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

In Voluptate Mors, Salvador Dali's portrait, 1951
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) In Voluptate Mors, portrait of Salvador Dali, 1951 Silver print, 1981 Stamp "Halsman/Dali copyright Philippe Halsman © 81", numbered 66/250 Dimensions of the work : 31 x 25,7 cm Dimensions of the frame : 50 x 40 cm Born in Riga in 1906, Philippe Halsman moved to Paris in the 1930s, where he set up as a photographer in the Montparnasse district. He produced portraits of artists and intellectuals of the day, including Le Corbusier, André Malraux and André Gide. In the 1930s, Philippe Halsman exhibited at the avant-garde Galerie de la Pléiade...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

James Dean Standing with Porsche at Car Rally
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of actor James Dean unloading his Porsche at a car rally. James Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionme...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'A Friendly Chat, Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967, Printed Later Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat Bahamas Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967. Vintage Diving, Vintage Sport, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Bahamas...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Otto Fenn 1956 Andy Warhol photograph
By Otto Fenn
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Otto Fenn (1913-1983). Andy Warhol, 1956. Gelatin silver print, 9 7/8 x 10 inches; 11 x 14 sheet. Studio stamp, verso. Biography: Otto Fenn photographed fashions, decorations and food for Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, House Beautiful and House and Garden magazines. Among the celebrities he photographed were Tallulah Bankhead, Jackie Gleason, Sid Caesar, Bette Davis, Yves Montand and Rosalind Russell. He also did Lord & Taylor’s advertising photography. Mr. Fenn served as chairman of the Sag Harbor Historic Landmarks District. He lived in the Nathan P. Hand house, which dates to the 1600′s and is named for a whaling captain who once owned it. Since 1964 Mr. Fenn and Mr. Krug operated the 1964 Sag Harbor Antiques Shop. Born in Manhattan, Mr. Fenn grew up in Lincoln Park, N.J. He studied at the New York School of Design and taught painting there. Early in his career he made sets for summer theater and backgrounds for fashion sittings and painted murals for the 1939 World’s Fair and the passenger ship America...
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1950s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 16 x 12
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Emilio Lussu - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Emilio Lussu is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969. As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Car Crash at Woodhead - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Car crash at Woodhead is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962. The photo depicts a car that falls into a ravine at Woodhead, Cheshire. Mr. John Henry Jones, Labour Memb...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Beaton, Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Untitled (Kate #15)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #15) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25 + Proofs; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 2...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Digital Pigment

Elvis Presley 1960 portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of Elvis Presley from the collection of acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith, taken in 1960 These prints are open edition and come with full certification. Availab...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Beaton, Marlon Brando, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Kate Moss Photo (Kate Moss Supreme New York)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kate Moss Supreme New York: In 2012, Moss was chosen as the face for Supreme’s spring campaign. Kate’s cold stare down British photographer Alasda...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Photography

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C Print

Marilyn Monroe Iconic White Dress Blowing Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Star actress Marilyn Monroe posed in THE Iconic white dress from The Seven Year Itch, posed with it blowing back. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity V...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Julian Assange
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Julian Assange 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature Label and Certificate. Not mounted.
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project, 2007, Edition of 1/10, 20x24cm. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Not mounted. Signature label and Certifica...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

The Cure 1979 by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of The Cure taken in the snow, London 1979. Signed and numbered by Jill Furmanovsky in pencil and featuring Jill’s official embossed studio sta...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Michael Jackson
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, Lenticular In this image Michael Jackson is doing the moonwalk and is x-rayed. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Lenticular

Long Way Home, triptych
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 3 x 38x36cm, Edition of 30, Archival C-Prints, based on the 3 Polaroids Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory Nr. 250.51 ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print, Color, Polaroid

Unique Polaroid of Roy Lichtenstein, Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Portrait of Roy Lichtenstein, 1975 Polaroid dye-diffusion print Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, bears the Foundation stamp verso Also acc...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Polaroid

Surfer with White Board
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed, verso 24 x 20 inches, sheet 22 x 17 inches, image This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev at Copenhagen Royal Theater - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev - Copenhagen Royal Theater, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Willie Nelson running a marathon, Austin TX 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Willie Nelson, taken in 1977 during a running race in Austin Texas. Taken by photographer, Scott Newton Scott Newton recalls, "Willie Running Race (For Stehlin Foundation Cancer Benefit-Run For Your Life) outside the Austin Opry House entrance on Academy Drive, Austin TX...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1932 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1932 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

Marilyn Monroe Biting Her Finger
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe biting her finger. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" chara...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

" Sa Marguerite ". Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT
By Ghislain Dussart
Located in CANNES, FR
Ghislain Dussart ( 1924 - 1996 ) BB " Sa Marguerite ". Don de BRIGITTE BARDOT photo originale : 31 x 21 cm encadrement : 49 x 39 cm . Ghislain Dussart a travaillé comme photog...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Al Pacino smoking LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Scarface, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Al Pacino is smoking a cigar, a s...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie 1973 by Lynn Goldsmith
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art print of David Bowie by acclaimed photographer. Lynn Goldsmith. Taken in 1973 during the Spiders from Mars tour, and now available for the first time in black and white. Ly...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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C Print

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Playboy Bunny doing her make-up b/w archival photograph 17 x25 inch
Located in Norwich, GB
The first Playboy Club in London opened in 1965, following legalisation of gambling in the United Kingdom. Herrmann was dispatched by the Sunday Times to take fly-on-the-wall documen...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hugh Pendleton
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print 10 x 8 inches, sheet size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. One of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas (1909–1974)—best known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles—is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in the 1970s, Bruce of LA photographed...
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1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Dolly Parton
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Dolly Parton, taken by photographer Charlyn Zlotnik in 1975. Charlyn Zlotnik's prints are available in four sizes 11” x 14” - Open edition ...
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Late 20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

A Scene from "Ferris Buellers Day Off"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and di...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - B/w Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi during "Canzonissima '72". Lightly damaged.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alaverdi, Georgia (Groom carrying Bride, spotted dog watching)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This print is currently featured in our exhibition, Warm Regards, and will be available to ship after the show closes June 24th, 2017. Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in co...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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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