Carl Van Vechten

THE MOTHER OF US ALL

(Mitchell, Gen. Billy). GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTO DATED JANUARY, 1926 by an unknown photographer. A portrait photograph of the General in full uniform, insc...

Van Vechten, Carl. PAUL BOWLES. Gelatin Silver photograph, 1958. With the photographer's blind stamp, recto and his stamp and annotations, verso. 10 x 7 3/4 inches. In excellent condition. Paul Bowles (American, 1910-1999) was an author, composer and translator, who lived most of his life, and did most of his work in Tangier, Morocco. He is best known for the novel "The Sheltering Sky."

Unknown Photographer. ROBERT PEARY, THE LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AND OTHERS. Gelatin silver print, 1910. The image shows Commander Peary with Cha...

(Van Vechten, Carl). TRUMAN CAPOTE. Original photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1948. Photographer's rubber stamp with ink annotations on verso. 9 3/4 x 7 3...

Walker, James Perry (American, born 1945). MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, HELENA, AR 1991. Gelatin Silver print, 1991. A beautiful and haunting portrait o...

Greenhaus, Ben (American, 1908-1951). WENDELL WILLKIE STEPPING OUT OF A CAR. Mounted gelatin silver photograph of Willkie, presumably during the campaign of 1940. c. 12 x 10 inches. ...

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida in her Studio Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph Edition Size: 11/25 Year of Work: 1943 Signerd: Estate Stamped on Verso Dimensions: 14 x 14"...

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida Kahlo Holding Her Shawl Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph Edition Size: 25 Signature: Estate Stamped on Back Year of Work: 1936 Dimensions: ...

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida Kahlo in her Studio Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph, (produced from film) Edition Size: 7/25 Year of Work: 1936 Dimensions: 14 x 14" Frame...

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida Kahlo at the Pond Medium: Silver Gelatin Film Photograph Edition Size: 12/25 Year of Work: 1936 Dimensions: Framed 14 x 14, Unframed 9.5 x 9.5

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Nievis Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from film Edition: 19/25 Year: 1943 Size: 14" x 14" Framed, 9.5" x 9.5" Unframed Provenance: Direct from the Henle Fa...

Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy. Lizzie Nichols and Perkins, 1913 15 x 15 inch gelatin silver print Image Size: 10.75 x 11 inches Frame size: 18 x 18 x 2 inches Edition of 15 Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us. At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...