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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
John Lennon and Paul McCartney The Beatles by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, TX
Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles pictured during the recording of their annual Christmas message to the groups’ fan club at the Marquee St...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

David Bowie and William Burroughs, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Ready to ship immediately. Free domestic US shipping. David Bowie and William Burroughs in Los Angeles, February 1974, signed Terry O'Neill, 8x10" print, custom framed with non-glar...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1987 (printed later) Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dolly Parton in a Cadillac by Jim Herrington
Located in Austin, TX
Dolly Parton in Joelton, Tennessee, 1997. 17x22" Archival pigment print on baryta 315 gsm, acid-free, 100% cotton-fiber paper. Edition 75 Signed on recto by photographer Jim Herrin...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Long Way Home III, analog, 128x125cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Long Way Home III' (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 128x125cm, Edition 1/10, analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Not mo...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

East River Drive
Located in Austin, TX
East River Drive by Norman Parkinson. Robin Miller and Pippa Diggle photographed on the South Street Viaduct beneath Manhattan Bridge for Go Magazine, 1960 ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Stevie Wonder V1, Los Angeles, California - Black and White, Musician, Piano
Located in Denton, TX
Stevie Wonder V1 by Al Satterwhite is a black and white portrait of the famous American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Archival Pigment Print 20 x 24 in. Ed. of 2...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully colored image features a pinup of actress and Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit with her leg uppoolside. Marilyn Monroe was one of the mo...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Jackie Kennedy
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Mick and Bianca in Paris
By Michael Norcia
Located in Austin, TX
Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez posed candid in doorway during a visit to Paris, September 1971. Mick Jagger is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer who has achiev...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

The Cure 1980 by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of The Cure on the road in Holland and Belgium during their 1980 'Seventeen Seconds' tour. Signed and numbered by Jill Furmanovsky in pencil an...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie Diamond Dogs by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Rare, signed silver gelatin print of David Bowie with a large barking dog for publicity shots for his 1974 album ‘Diamond Dogs’ in London. 12x16" silver gelatin darkroom print, sign...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dr. Albert Einstein Lectures
Located in Austin, TX
Albert Einstein giving a lecture at a podium, 1946. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern ...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dee Dee Ramone on Balcony with Guitar
Located in East Hampton, NY
Iconic photo of DeeDee Ramone at the Chelsea Hotel in NYC Dee Dee Ramone on the Balcony 1993 by Keith Green Chelsea Hotel Silver Gelatin Print Rock n Roll Photography 50 and 4 pr...
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1990s 85 New Wave Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of famous singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. From personality portraits and adverti...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1987 (printed later) Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pat Cleveland
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy. Nine 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print of Pat Cleveland...
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1970s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Polaroid

Michael Jackson - Photo- 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Michael Jackson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marilyn Monroe Posed for Life Magazine Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed for Life Magazine with other women, circa 1949. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. ...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Star Wars, Imperial Guard, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Marlene Dietrich Glamour Portrait in Fur Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio capture of Marlene Dietrich posed in a long fur coat. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Jo...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rare David Bowie "Diamond Dogs" contact sheet by Terry O'Neill signed and framed
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie "Diamond Dogs" contact sheet print by Terry O'Neill, hand signed and hand numbered by Terry O'Neill from his Lifetime Edition, obtained direct from the Terry O'Neill arch...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Grace Jones Close-up
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of actress and singer Grace Jones wearing a fur cap. From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth this sexy image features the actress se...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

An Unknown Kate Moss At 16 Close Up III
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16 by Jake Chessum 1990 Oversize limited edition edition size 7 only this size printed 2021 Archival pigment print numbered and signed by the artist unframed ships securely from London England Framing options available Jake Chessum British-born, New York-based photographer Jake Chessum’s portfolio includes Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Six Sons and Daughters of John Wayne - Vintage Photo - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Dedication of the John Wayne Elementary School. New York
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Comics Heroes in London painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SGARRA Robert (1959) Mix Acrylic paint and photograph Collage Mount : Wood panel Dimensions : (H) 150cm x (L)150 cm x (T) 10 cm SGARRA Robert (1959) French Painter and Scul...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Acrylic

Meryl Streep, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of famous actress Meryl Streep. From personality portrait...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunflower (Musica Poetica) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunflower (Musica Poetica) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 4/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate ...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

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

Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Madonna - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Early photograph of Madonna, 1980 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition si...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Brian Ferry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, 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 Portrait of British singer and songwriter Brian...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter Michael Jackson with lace in front of his face. From personali...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, 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 Portrait of Actor, Bodybuilder an...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Max and Radha sitting on Rock (Long Way Home) - featuring Radha Mitchell, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max and Radha sitting on Rock (Long Way Home) - 1999 featuring Radha Mitchell 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate an...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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

Ann Miller as a Witch
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Ann Miller posed in a witch costume, circa 1946. Ann Miller was an American actress and dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the classi...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dance by John Kane - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
By John Kane
Located in Roma, IT
Dance - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph by John Kane- Alfieri Theatre, Turin realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

David Bowie Starman by Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie, titled "Starman" by Masayoshi Sukita. This print is also available as a 30x40" signed limited edition print. “It’s very ha...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Debbie Harry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, 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 Portrait of American singer, son...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Africa, Nomad Princesses, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Printed on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Nomad Princesses, 1996 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 19" x 13" of two bare-breasted women with painted faces, enlarged ears, and tribal jewelry from th...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 inch digital C-print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this photograph features a you...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Digital

The Observer, Portrait of Jackson Nash by Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous archival digital photograph, limited edition giclee by Graham Nash (American, b. 1942) of a Nash's first born son Jackson, age five, looking into an aquarium in his San Francisco house...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Laid Paper

David Bowie Smoking Clown contact sheet by Duffy, with silver frame
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality contact sheet print of David Bowie smoking a cigarette in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive. Taken from the original negatives, these o...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Debbie Harry 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition 16x20" print of Debbie Harry, lead singer of US band Blondie, photographed in London in 1977 by Brian Aris. Limited edition number 10...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

RICHARD HARRIS, MALTA, OCTOBER, 1973 - Portrait, Black & White Photo
Located in Brighton, GB
Edition of 50. Born in 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, Harris made his screen debut in the 1958 film Alive and Kicking. This was followed by solid supporting roles in films such as Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), The Guns of Navarone...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper

Grace Jones, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of the singer and actress Grace Jones. From personality portraits and advertising cam...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Black and White

The Observer and The Observed
Located in New York, NY
This is a newly released platinum print of "The Observer and Observed" by Susan Derges. Printed in 2022. Listing includes framing, a label of authentici...
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1990s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Platinum

Dolly Parton
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed and numbered, verso 10 x 8 inches, sheet (Open Edition, Unsigned) $1400.00 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 25) $3500.00 30 x 30 inches, sheet (Edition of 5) $12,000.00 This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Forty years after he began documenting the country-music scene in and around Nashville, Henry Horenstein’s deep love for the music and its people continues. Having spent a lifetime around performers and fans, he has been granted access to the high-glamour backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in its heyday, as well as the rough-and-tumble dive bars...
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Composer Michael Tilson Thomas & Joshua Mark Robison, signed by Jack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Conductor, Pianist & Composer Michael Tilson Thomas, and his partner/manager (now husband) Joshua Mark Robis...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler, and Flip Wilson
Located in Austin, TX
Elton John, Bette Midler, Cher, and Flip Wilson in a group portrait, 1978. What's included: - Limited Edition Archival Print - Numbered Certificate of Aut...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Debbie Harry Blondie 1977
Located in Austin, TX
Debbie Harry of Blondie - London 1977 limited edition print by Brian Duffy. Debbie Harry of “Blondie” wearing a Patti Smith Group T-shirt shot...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth vintage silver gelatin print by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, 8”x10” Hand-printed darkroom print, made at the time of the shoot in 1994, and stored flat in a temperature-controlled environment. The print is in perfec...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943 Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

David Bowie and William Burroughs, framed signed print by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Framed, 20x24" signed lifetime edition print by Terry O'Neill of David Bowie with William Burroughs, taken for an interview published at Rolling Stone magazine in February 28, 1974. ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist 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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