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Frida with Granizo - Black and White Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity, Animal
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo. Frida crouches down to place her hand on the small deer ...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Signed on front of mount
Stamped with photographer's ink stamp on reverse
Silver gelatin prin...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ann Sheridan
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph, shot by George Hurrell in 1939 and printed at a later date. It depicts American actress and singer, Ann Sheridan, who had a 30 year long career...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prosperity on the Corner
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print.
Title, date and signature on mat margin
1980 stamp in black ink twice on mount verso
Category
American Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, Picasso 1930-1935, Cahiers d'Art (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Stamp-signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Picasso 1930-1935, 1936. Published and printed by Éditions des Cahiers d'Art...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Merle Oberon, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed 'Merle Oberon' and stamped with Sotheby's Cecil Beaton studio ink stamp on reverse
Sil...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida at the Border - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Woman Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida at the Border by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo standing amongst others in a city street scene.
Mount size: 20 x 16 in.
Image s...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida on White Bench - Portrait, Celebrity, Frida Kahlo, Painter, Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida on White Bench, New York, by Nickolas Muray is a colorful portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image features the woman artist sitting on a white bench in fron...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man Ray -- Femmes #9, 1930S
By Man Ray
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Man Ray
Femmes # 9, 1930S
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1981 by Paolo Vandrasch with the supervision of Juliette Man Ray
Photo size 30 x 22 cm
Frame size 51.3 x 41.2 x 2.5 cm
Edition 17 of 35
Caption label signed in black ink by Paolo Vandrasch and Juliette Man Ray on the verso
Framed
This beautiful female portraits by Man Ray have an interesting story to tell. The printing technique - the so-called pseudosolarisation – is obtained by illuminating the paper for a fraction of time during the development phase, which gives the faces a mysterious and intriguing quality. This image was made in 1981 under the direction of his wife Juliet from the original negatives in an operation involving three other important Milanese figures: the photographer Mario Carrieri...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Clarence Sinclair Bull was one of the great masters of the Hollywood portrait. As head of the stills department at MGM for over thirty years, he helped to pioneer the art and craft o...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Juliet with One Peacock Feather Eye, Chicago
By György Kepes
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, dated and numbered.
Portfolio Twelve Photographs, No. 13
György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 193...
Category
Bauhaus 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Harlem
By Harold L. Harvey
Located in Denton, TX
Titled, dated and artist stamp.
Category
American Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Ray -- Femmes #10, 1930S
By Man Ray
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Man Ray
Femmes # 10, 1930S
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1981 by Paolo Vandrasch with the supervision of Juliette Man Ray
Photo size 30 x 22 cm
Frame size 51.3 x 41.2 x 2.5 cm
Edition 17 of 35
Caption label signed in black ink by Paolo Vandrasch and Juliette Man Ray on the verso
Framed
This beautiful female portraits by Man Ray have an interesting story to tell. The printing technique - the so-called pseudosolarisation – is obtained by illuminating the paper for a fraction of time during the development phase, which gives the faces a mysterious and intriguing quality. This image was made in 1981 under the direction of his wife Juliet from the original negatives in an operation involving three other important Milanese figures: the photographer Mario Carrieri...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Harlem (Three Cowboys)
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
John Albok
Harlem (Three Cowboys), 1938
Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Titled in pencil on mount margin.
Signed and dated by John Albok in pencil, artist stamp in bl...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Taylor
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 46/250
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'For ballerinas on the beach and in the swim, 1939'
Located in New York, NY
Fashion model Pamela Minchin photographed on the Isle of Wight wearing Fortnum and Mason’s dark burgundy Lastex satin swimsuit with ballet skirt, Harper’s Bazaar, July 1939.
'For ba...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Fashion by Dilkusha and Paquin, for Harper’s Bazaar, 1937'
Located in New York, NY
Early in Parkinson's fashion career shooting designs by Dilkusha and Paquin, for Harper’s Bazaar, August, 1937
Fashion by Dilkusha and Paquin, for Harper’s Bazaar, 1937
Silver gelat...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Ray -- Femmes #13, 1930S
By Man Ray
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Man Ray
Femmes # 13, 1930S
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1981 by Paolo Vandrasch with the supervision of Juliette Man Ray
Photo size 30 x 22 cm
Frame size 51.3 x 41.2 x 2.5 cm
Edition 17 of 35
Caption label signed in black ink by Paolo Vandrasch and Juliette Man Ray on the verso
Framed
This beautiful female portraits by Man Ray have an interesting story to tell. The printing technique - the so-called pseudosolarisation – is obtained by illuminating the paper for a fraction of time during the development phase, which gives the faces a mysterious and intriguing quality. This image was made in 1981 under the direction of his wife Juliet from the original negatives in an operation involving three other important Milanese figures: the photographer Mario Carrieri...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon Sitting in Car
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features smiling Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon sitting in car while embracing from the film scene "Hell's Angels", circa 1930.
Hell's Angels is a 1930 Americ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
National Museum of Rome-Faun - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
National Museum of Rome-Faun is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Alabama, Iconic Black and White Portrait Photography, Burroughs Family
By Walker Evans
Located in New york, NY
Burroughs Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936 is paper size: 11" x 11.25" and image size: 7.5" x 9.4" A silver gelatin print c.1978 in an edition 44/75. Inscribed in ink on front of p...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Portrait of Francis Picabia - Original Photograph by Man Ray - 1935
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Original Vintage hand signed Photograph, 1935.
Dimensions : 27x22 cm.
This wonderful photograph by Man Ray shows an intense portrait of Franci...
Category
Dada 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Christian Bérard, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Christian Bérard, 1930s - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Signed
Silver gelatin print, printed c. 1970s
9 x 6 1/2 inches
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) had a brilliant aes...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Rita Hayworth in Burbank
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and producer. She achieved fame dur...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Marx Brothers - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Marx Brothers in a scene from the movie "Horse Feathers" by Norman Z.Mc Leod.
Good condition.
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bette Davis Smoking
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning artistically colored image of Bette Davis posed on an armchair in the studio, smoking a cigarette.
Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Dukes of Windsor, Wedding - Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Dukes of Winsor, Wedding is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1937.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Cagney: The Oklahoma Kid
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American actor and dancer James Cagney. Cagney is best known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Joan Crawford
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by George Hurrell in 1932, and printed at a later date. It depicts American film and television actress, Joan Crawford...
Category
Other Art Style 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ted Allan , "Groucho Marx, " photolithograph, hand signed
By Ted Allan
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Ted Allan, originally shot in 1935 and printed at a later date. It depicts Julius Henry Marx, known professionally as Groucho Marx, who was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. He was known as a master of quick wit and is widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. Allan took this image of Marx on set of "A Day at the Races...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Fred Astaire Sitting in Window
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "As You Desire Me"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "As You Desire Me".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 19...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire in Formal Attire III
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Arnold Palmer in Yellow
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Arnold Palmer in yellow collared shirt holding golf club.
Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic player...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Rita Hayworth in Burbank 20" x 16" Edition of 125
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and producer. She achieved fame duri...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Fred Astaire in Mid-Jump with Tophat
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Ex Lady (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
The Ex Lady (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by United Archives/ Alamy Archives)
Directed by Robert Florey in 1933, BETTE DAVIS and GENE RAYMOND star in Ex Lady.
Although ...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Carole Lombard (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Carole Lombard (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by ScreenProd / Alamy Archives)
1932,
Actress and fashion model Carole Lombard
Additional I...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Golddiggers of 1933
Located in Austin, TX
Scene from Gold Diggers of 1933, a grand Busby Berkley musical. This is a master print from the original large-format camera negative.
Gold Diggers of 1933 is a pre-Code Warner Bros...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis (1935) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1935,
Portrait of actress Bette Davis circa....
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Located in Carmel, CA
A remarkable portrait of the famous Frida Kahlo taken by another woman artist, Imogen Cunningham in San Francisco.
This is a hand printed photograph by the son of Imogen, Ron Partr...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carole Lombard Dramatic Portrait in Hat
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features Carole Lombard in a dramatically lit portrait, posed profile in a large brimmed hat.
Carole Lombard was an American film actress. She wa...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Anna Wong Sitting with Dragon Shadow
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome black and white capture features Anna Wong sitting, posed against a large shadow of a dragon.
Anna Wong was an American actress, considered to be the first Toisonese (T...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colette, Paris
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Swing Time"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dancing for their roles in "Swing Time", 1936.
Swing Time is a 1936 American RKO musical comedy film set ma...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse. Gee's Bend Alabama
Located in Carmel, CA
Historical important photograph by one of the greatest woman photographers.
In great condition. Matted to 16x20.
Marion Post Wolcott
Jorena Pettway sorting peas inside her smokehouse...
Category
1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st December 1938.
Spectators watching a tennis match at a country club.
Addi...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Clark Gable Posed on Sound Stage
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Clark Gable pose on a sound stage, circa 1931.
Clark Gable was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire Planning Dance Moves
By Fred Hendrickson
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis Smoking
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Bette Davis in a silk gown, reclining while smoking a cigarette.
Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat
Located in Austin, TX
Great black and white action shot of Babe Ruth on the field, bats thrown over his shoulder and smiling.
was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Bas...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Vivien Leigh
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Laszlo Willinger, original shot in 1937 and printed at a later date. It depicts English actress, Vivien Leigh...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Bette Davis Eyes (1932) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1932,
Portrait of actress Bette Davis.
Addi...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by Glasshouse Archive / Alamy Archives)
Actress Bette Davis,
Portrait by Jack Freilich,
1931.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12...
Category
Modern 1930s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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