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Period: 1940s
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

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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American Realist 1940s 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...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card: A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lord Keynes - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Keynes is  a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s., by Walter Stoneman. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the British Economist, Lord John Maynard Keynes. ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lord Beaverbrook - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Beaverbrook is a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of William Max Aitken, Baron of Beaverbrook, Minister of State. Good...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Historical Photo - Royal Family of England - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A rare photo of the Royal Family of England in 1940s, with George VI, Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Early George Bowes-Lyon, a young Queen Elizab...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The German Novelist Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the German novelist and essayist Thomas Mann (1875-1955).
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marlene Dietrich
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Laszlo Willinger, originally taken in 1942 and printed at a later date. It depicts German actress, Marlene Dietrich...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s. Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on t...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s. Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on t...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph Realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a  Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Photogram, Emulsion, Digital

Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower - Vintage Photograph - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower 1957 is a vintage photograph. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in a scene from the 1943 movie "Jane Eyre". Good condition.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

E.G. Robinson, M. O'Sullivan, H. Courtright - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. On the back " Edward G. Robinson, Maureen O'Sullivan...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons Dinner Jazz Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome Black and White Pho...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Emulsion, Digital

Mrs. Red Skelton Poses - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Red Skelton Poses is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod in the 1940s, realized by De Wan Studios. On the back "Mrs. Red Skelton poses for her ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mother Queen - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mother Queen is a photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

French poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau with actress Ricki Soma
Located in New York, NY
French poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau with actress Ricki Soma and dancer Leo Coleman New York City, 1949/printed later Estate stamp in black ink, verso Archival pigment p...
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The American Actor Humphrey Bogart - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart is a black and white photograph realized in 1940s Vintage Photo depicting Humphrey Bogart on the set of one of his...
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jane Russell and Gloria Green - Original b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard p...
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper. Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - Vintage b/w Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper. Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Laszlo Willinger, "Katharine Hepburn, " orig. photograph from orig.negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative taken by Laszlo Willinger circa 1940 and printed in 1989. It depicts the iconic actress Katharine Hepburn during the p...
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Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #23
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #23
Norma Jeane #23
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
Category

Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
Category

Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category

Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Emulsion, Digital

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

New Year at Romanoff's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Bill Carroll , Norma Jeane #15 (Marilyn Monroe), hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948. Slim Aarons Handball in Central Park Chromogenic Lambda print Slim...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

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...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Emulsion, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. Slim Aarons St Tropez Pool Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x ...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Laszlo Willinger, "Crochet Top", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1949. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe wearing a crochet top. Hand signed by ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Picasso in Paris Studio, Gelatin Silver Print Photograph by Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition: 50 Size: 20 in. x...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

Picasso in Paris Studio, Gelatin Silver Print Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso with Tam (Feb 7th, 1945) Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print on Fiber Paper, sig...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

Laszlo Willinger, Greer Garson, photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, shot by Laszlo Willinger in the 1940's. It depicts English actress Greer Garson, a major star at Metro-Goldw...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Picasso Standing with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Standing with Painting Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Norma Jeane #13
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
Category

Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #13
Norma Jeane #13
$1,024 Sale Price
41% Off
The King of Jazz: Louis Armstrong in Rome (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons The Ki...
Category

American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Black and White, Emulsion

Bill Carroll/George Barris, "First and Last Diptych, " original photographs
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is comprised of two original photographs, from the original negatives, by George Barris and Bill Carroll, framed side by side. These photographs represent the first and l...
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Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

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