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Portrait Photography For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise) 40x30cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory N...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Autumn
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Autumn - 2001, 20x29cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide. Signature label and Certifi...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Day Worker (American Depression) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999 Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1. 10.7 x 8.7 cm. Artist inventory 20663.00. Signed on back. Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situa...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Polaroid

'Ronald' from the movie Immaculate Springs
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Ronald' from the movie Immaculate Springs - 1998 Edition of 5, 58x56cm, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Norman Parkinson 'Angele Delanghe and Mattli dresses for Vogue, October 1948'
Located in New York, NY
Orange star-dotted net dress from Fortnum & Mason by Angele Delanghe and a teal blue off-the-shoulder strapless dress by Mattli. British Vogue, October 1948 Angele Delanghe and Matt...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Apollonia on Bird Island, Seychelles. Vogue, 1971'
Located in New York, NY
Apollonia van Ravenstein on Bird Island, Seychelles wearing a dress by Mrs Caswell for Angela at Rosie Nice, Kensington Antique Market with a Herbert Johnson straw hat and jewelry by...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Nicky Samuel Waymouth at home in Chelsea, 1972'
Located in New York, NY
Fashion model Nicola Samuel Waymouth at home in Chelsea wearing a tulip-print chiffon dress by Ossie Clark. British Vogue, December 1972. Nicky Samuel Waymouth at home in Chelsea, 1...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - mounted, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kirsten Red Lips 114x142 cm, Edition 1/3, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artists, based on a Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. Certificate and Signat...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

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Metal

Norman Parkinson 'Terri May for Town & Country magazine, 1987'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Terri May for Town & Country magazine, 1987 Terri May for Town & Country magazine, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Skylark open trunk (Stranger than Paradise), analog, vintage
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Skylark open trunk (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 Edition of 10, 60x80cm, Analog C-Print, printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Not mount...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Norman Parkinson 'Jan de Villeneuve at Monument Valley, Vogue January 1971'
Located in New York, NY
Jan Ward, now Jan de Villeneuve, wearing a dress by Jean Muir, photographed in Monument Valley between Arizona and Utah. British Vogue, January 1971. Jan de Villeneuve at Monument V...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Katherine Pastrie in Mexico for Vogue, July 1966'
Located in New York, NY
Katherine Pastrie wearing Ken Scott pyjamas from Fortnum & Mason with tissue flowers handmade by the family firm Jesus Tamayo. Photographed in Mexico for British Vogue, January 1966....
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Actress Maud Adams, Vogue, August 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Actress Maud Adams, Vogue, August, 1964 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate of authenticity Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Oscar De La Renta (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
February 1985: Dress designer Oscar De La Renta relaxes in the living room of his apartment the Casa de Madera in the resort of Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. Estate st...
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - A quiet Town
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - A quiet Town - 2001, 20x29cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide. Signature label and C...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu II
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My own private Travel Diary - Bishop, CA - Walking Lulu III - 2001, 20x55cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Slide. Signature label a...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Located in New York, NY
David Byrne (Talking Heads) Archival pigment print image size: 24 x 24 inches Signed and numbered edition of 25 William Coupon is an American ph...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Breaking the Waves - mounted, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Breaking the Waves 114x142 cm, Edition 1/3. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artists, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 133.08. Moun...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Max in front of Motel (29 Palms, CA) - diptych, analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max in front of Motel (29 Palms, CA) - diptych Edition of 10, 67x60 each, 67x125cm installed with white 'Polaroid' frame. 2 analog C-Prints, based on 2 Polaroids. Mounted on Alu...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

White Trash Beautiful I from the 29 Palms, CA series with Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
White Trash Beautiful II (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 38x36cm, Edition of 30, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 598. Not mounte...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Oscar', Co-Signed
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway Oscar Outtake (Stare) Los Angeles 1977, Printed Later Silver Gelatin Print 30 x 30 inches (unframed) Co-Signed by Terry O'Neill and Faye Dunaway, hand numbered edition o...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Raquel Welch on Shore
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Raquel Welch on the shore, wearing a fur coat she is clothing around her. Through her portrayal of strong female characters, helping her break th...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

David Nightingale Hicks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 1970—Interior designer David Nightingale Hicks (1929 - 1998) on Windermere Island in the Bahamas. David Nightingale Hicks Slim Aarons Es...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Hunter S. Thompson - Black and White Portrait, Photography, Cigarette, Beach
Located in Denton, TX
Hunter S. Thompson by Al Satterwhite presents a portrait of Hunter S. Thompson sitting on a beach with a cigarette in his hand and a drink off to his side. 14 x 11 in. Edition of 2...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 20x20
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Radha Pink - 130x130cm LAST EDITION - Contemporary, 20th Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 130x128cm, sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 2/2 (last), analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this portrait features a young Afghan girl with piercing green eyes wearing a red head scarf. Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 i...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Digital

THE MOTHER OF US ALL
Located in Portland, ME
Thomson, Virgil (American, 1896-1989. THE MOTHER OF US ALL. Music Press, NY, 1947. Quarto, cloth, 157pp. The limited edition of 55 copies on special paper, signed on the colophon pag...
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1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry photograph East Village 1977 (The Foreigner)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cooler than cool... Debbie Harry, New York, 1977, photographed on the set of "The Foreigner" by celebrated New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici. The Foreigner (direct...
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital

Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Oscar', Co-Signed
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 Co-Signed and numbered edition of 50 And also available as posth...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) in a characteristic pose with his trademark walking-stick in vibrant purple dress. In the background, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix, with white and sepia-toned curtains and classic photographs on display. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Salvador Dali: Take It, 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 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: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Salvador...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Nadja Auermann, Seville
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 The young Supermodel Nadja Auerman with a bicycle in Seville. Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the miseen...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Terry O'Neill, Brigitte Bardot, Les Novices
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot with dog, on set of Les Novices (Co-signed) 1970 (printed later) Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 inches Signed and dated by the artists and comes with certificate of au...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour by Denis O'Regan
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art 20x24" print of David Bowie performing on stage during the Serious Moonlight tour, Milton Keynes Bowl, July, 1983 by acclaimed photographer, Denis O'Regan, when he was the o...
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1980s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Inch, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Landscape ocean and cliffs)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. His works depict nature eroded and broken down by civilization, but h...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Helen Dzo Dzo, Palm Springs (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur, 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, Ca...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Frida Kahlo Portrait, Photograph by Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portrait of Frida Kahlo taken in 1945 by Leo Matiz. The photograph was printed in 1991 and hand-signed and numbered on the reverse. Unframed. Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Las Brisas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastline near Warren Avis' villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this v...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1988
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Chiang Mai, Thailand - 1988 20x30cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print based on a 35mm negative. Signed on back with Certificate. Not mounted.
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Slim Aarons, "Flintstone Home, " Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Hovgard's home, Bouldereign in Carefree, Arizona, built around the boulders on a desert site, January 1973. Slim Aarons Flintstone Home, Arizona Lambda Print 4 sizes available ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sunday, Late Afternoon, Ojai building rooftop (California Blue Screen) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunday, Late Afternoon, Ojai building rooftop, 1997 (California Blue Screen) Edition 3/3, 114x142cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, Certificate ...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

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

Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) - analog hand-print, Contemporary, Portrait, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Spare Parts (29 Palms, CA) -1999 48x46cm, Edition of 5/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, Artist inventory 320. Signature label and Certificate. ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Capote's House, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Capote's House Slim Aarons Estate Edition American writer Truman Capote's house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30 inches $3000 10 x 12 inches $1350 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency 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 * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Internal: Vintage Literary photography, vintage writers, vintage glamour, vintage breakfast...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Joe Namath, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York, November 24, 1974
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 350 Signed and numbered. Print size: 24 x 20 Image size: 21 x 14 Neil Leifer is an American photojournalist and filmmaker, mostly known for his sports photographs...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Cortina D'Ampezzo (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. Slim Aarons Cortina D'Ampezzo Estate Edition Purchaser will get the next number in the ed...
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1980s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Belvedere Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estat...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 40x40cm, Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1935. ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Slim Aarons 'Villa In Sotogrande'
Located in New York, NY
Villa at Sotogrande 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Alfonso Zobel De Ayala at a villa in Sotogrande, Andalusia, Spain, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pool at Las Brisas, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An underwater view of the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Seaside Baptists (California Badlands) - analog, mounted, polaroid, contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seaside Baptists (California Badlands) - 2010 44 x 59cm, Edition 2/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist. based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

Materials

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

'Tiger Lady' Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images 16 X 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
Category

1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Long Way Home II with Radha Mitchell and Max Sharam
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Long Way Home II' (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition 6/10 digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signature label and Certificate, Not mounted. Models: Radha Mitchell and Max Sharam Stefanie Schneider enlarges expired Polaroid stock into burned-out C-prints. The glossy images almost completely dissolve into lurid color abstractions. The shiny pink of a sex kitten's glittery body suit becomes an electrified, free-floating color field. The vivid, flame-orange hair of a 70's sexploitation film star vibrates against the dusty gray of the sky above an LA desert. Skin tones and facial details in the figures are completely lost. They are refugees from Faster Pussycat...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Christy Turlington, New York City – Albert Watson, Fashion, Model, Art, Woman
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Christy Turlington, New York City 1990 C-print Sheet 243 x 183 cm (95 5/8 x 72 in.) Edition of 5, plus 2 AP; AP1 print only Albert Watson (*1942, ...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - 1999, 58x56cm, Edition 2/10, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, Not mounted, Signature label and Certificate, artist inven...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Slim Aarons 'A Relaxing Read (Cheryl Tiegs and Peter Beard)'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons A Relaxing Read, 1982 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Cheryl Tiegs...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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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