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Period: 1940s
Chaim Weizmann
By Lotte Jacobi
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi
Chaim Weizmann
Photograph
Year: 1948
Size: 13.9x10.8in
Signed in the print
Lotte Jacobi Copyright Annotation lower left, recto
Ref.: 924802-1355
Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century.
Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way:
"I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best."
Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, and May Sarton; philosopher Martin Buber; writer J.D. Salinger; writer and activist W. E. B. Du Bois; scientist Max Planck; artist Käthe Kollwitz; the actress and singer Lotte Lenya; the singer and activist Paul Robeson...
Category
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.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Leonardo Cortese - Vintage Photograph - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Leonardo Cortese is a vintage photograph realized in 1942, with a signature.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
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.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Picasso Standing with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
By Richard Ham
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 ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
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.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York - Vintage Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York is a vintage photograph realized in 25/09/1956.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Duke of Windsor in London - Vintage B/W photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The Duke of Windsor in London is an original photograph realized in 1940-1941 by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description typing script on ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Arleen Dahl - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arleen Dahl is an original b/w photograph about Hollywood '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Beautiful Arleen Dahl is assisted with her w...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner shown in th...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autograph and Photo by C. Orff - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A B/W Photo-Postcard in a smoking pipe pose with Autograph by Carl Orff, the inventor of Orff-Schulwerk musical teaching method and the famous Bavarian composer of “Carmina Burana” a...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Katharine Hepburn Walking Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Katharine Hepburn walking her dogs in a pantsuit.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanne...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bing Crosby and Friends - b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Bing Crosby and Friends is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "From left: Edward J. Crowley, Mrs. Crowl...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Jared French
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Jared French
Embossed “Carl Van Vechten,” l.r.; Also stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson,” verso; Also stamped “Photograph by Carl Van Vechten,” verso
Pair of gelatin si...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
'James Cagney Make Up' 1941
Located in London, GB
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, James Cagney, having black eye applied by makeup artist Perc Westmore, on-set, 1941/ Everett Collection.
20x16 " inches paper siz...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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
Lord Hector McNeil - Vintage Photograph - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Hector McNeil is a black and white vintage photo, realized in March 1947.
The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of Hector McNeil , the new Minister of State.
Good conditions ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laszlo Willinger, Susan Hayward, original vintage photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's, and printed at a later date. This photograph depicts American actress, Susan Hayward...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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
Nievis
By Fritz Henle
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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...
Category
Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
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
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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
Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"..Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
By Slim Aarons
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
Elizabeth Taylor Washing Face
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
A great candid capture of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor at home washing her face in the bathroom.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanita...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism.
Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil, Board
Model Boat Sailing in Central Park NYC, Estate Edition Photograph, Children Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young boys sailing model sailboats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York City, New York, 1948. Crouching on rocks at the side of the lake, three children enjoy a pleasant afternoon with their vintage toy...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Orson Welles in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Orson Welles posed seated on a chair in the studio.
Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, ...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Ingrid Bergman with Fan
Located in Austin, TX
Glamorous capture of actress Ingrid Bergman posed in the studio with a fan.
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films and won thr...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
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
Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenpla...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera.
Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-pictur...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
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
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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
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).
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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 ...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
"Get the Party Started" ~ Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Florida
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Picnicking Beside Car on Beach, Near Sarasota, Florida “Get the Party Started” is a gelatin silver print, signed by the artist on the front ...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
William Carroll, Norma Jeane Triptych, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This triptych is three original photographs printed from the original camera negatives, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. These images depict a young Norma Jeane at ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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