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Period: 1950s
Wenda and Ostriches
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches, 1951
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson and ostriches, fashion by...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Che Guevara
Located in Nümbrecht, DE
Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havana with his parents and immigr...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Big Jay McNeely, 1951 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 25
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob ...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition. Vintage 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955
Printed later
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentar...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Marilyn Monroe' 1953 - Silver Gelatin Print (Signed Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
1953: A portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) surrounded by reporters and fans outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
A completely stunning photograp...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn On The Roof (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Marilyn On The Roof (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) leans over the bal...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition. Vintage 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955
Printed later
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentar...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Beauty and the Beast
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast, 1959
Open edition
60 x 40 inches
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cary Grant In Rain (1957) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cary In Rain (1957) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Express/Getty Images Archive)
British-born American actor Cary Grant (1904 - 1986) sheltering in a hotel porch as he wait...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
James Galanos at the MET, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
James Galanos at the MET, 1954 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Nov. 22, 1954 issue of LIFE. The 29 year old fashion designer James Galanos is pictured in the Costume Institute o...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Smoking, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Under the Dryer Smoking, c10_13 – While working on the film Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn was shampooed every night -- She often conducted business with her agents while und...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons - Esther Williams - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Esther Williams - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, r...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Red Classic Charcoal Roses
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exceptional picture of Marilyn Monroe during the last session by Bert Stern.
"Marilyn Monroe - Marilyn Red Classic Charcoal Roses".
Unique print with roses adorned with silver sequi...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Joan Collins Relaxes
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaron...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Grace Kelly, Head Resting in Hands, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Grace Kelly, Head Resting in Hands -- Grace Kelly as photographed by Mark Shaw in December of 1954. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 25
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob Wi...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Immigrants Shaving the Beard - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Immigrants shaving the beard is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Dufoto.
With the stamp of Agency and the notes on the rear.
Good conditions, ag...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Katharine Hepburn, Black and White Photography of Hollywood Actress 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Katharine Hepburn, 1959 by Burt Glinn is a black and white celebrity photograph. A classic black and white portrait of the legendary American actress on the set, Glinn photographed t...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dress by Jean Desses, 1952
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fashion in Colour - Dress by Jean Dresses, 1952 by Horst P. Horst
Archival Pigment Print
Image size 53.1 x 40.6 inches
Sheet size 63.4 in. H x 50 in. W
Edition of 10
Other editions ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Salvador Dali 4 47 in x 70 in (Black and White)
Located in San Juan, PR
Salvador Dali 4, 1950
Black and white photograph.
Size as seen on preview:
47 in x 70 in
Available Sizes:
36 in x 48 in, 24 in x 36 in, 36 in x 36 in.
This art work is part of an...
Category
Photorealist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Bunny with Lori Shea (Interior)
By Bunny Yeager
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager began her career as a model, and he...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Esther Williams' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
Esther Williams
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Legendary American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a white trampoline in a green swimsuit, circa...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Designer's Homes, Sophie Malgat wears Dior in Dior's Passy Home, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Sophie Malgat wears Dior in Dior's Passy Home, 1953 -- Sophie Malgat in Gray Chiffon Dior in Dior’s Paris Home. Outtake from a shoot for Life Nov. 9, 1953 issue. Mark Shaw’s camera c...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Arm Back, Glances Right, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r23_9 -- Audrey Hepburn looked incredible no matter what she was doing. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 internation...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st March 1956.
A man swan diving from the high diving board.
Additional Informatio...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills with Hand on Shoulder, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills with Hand on Shoulder -- Mark Shaw photographed Elizabeth Taylor for the October 15, 1956 cover of LIFE magazine. Taylor was starring in the academy award ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment - 20th century black and white photography
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book ‘To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting’ by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Beauty and the Beast' Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Beauty and the Beast
1959 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Ca...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_23 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out take from the photo essay shot for the December 7, 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" pape...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959.
Additional Informatio...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Lunch With Audrey Hepburn (1958) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lunch With Audrey Hepburn (1958) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press/Alamy Archives)
Film actress and fashion model Audrey Hepburn during a visit to E...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches, 1951
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British fashion model Wenda Parkinson and ostriches, fashion by...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marlon Brando, Libertyville, Illinois, 1950 - Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
On assignment for Life Magazine in 1950, Art Shay photographed Marlon Brando at his family farm in Libertyville, Illinois, just north of Chicago. Looking straight into Art's lens, B...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Majestic pine trees frame the turquoise pool, where vintage holidaymakesr are shaded by fringed pa...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Tahoe Tavern, Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Majestic pine trees frame the turquoise pool, where vintage holidaymakers are shaded by fringed pa...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15,8 21,5 cm
Located in Nümbrecht, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Autographed Postcard by Gerd Böttcher - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Postcard by Gerd Böttcher is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German Schlager singer Gerd Böttcher (Berlin, 1936 - Dortmund, 1985). Around the ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
Category
American Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Bettie Page
By Bunny Yeager
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by Bunny Yeager and Bettie Page in black ink on print margin.
Bunny Yeager was one of the most celebrated pin-up photographers in the 1950's and 60's. Model turned photograph...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (New Year's 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
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Queen Elizabeth's Visit to America, New York 1950s, Gelatin Silver Photograph
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Queen Elizabeth on her trip to America in the 1950s. In this black-and-white photograph Burt Glinn captures Queen Elizabeth II as a young elegant member of ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Make Up Mirror (1953) - Silver Gelatin Print
(Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images Archive)
8th August 1953: Judy Dunlop, a participant in the Holiday Girl Beauty Co...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
V&A Museum London 'Princess Elizabeth With The Prince of Wales' by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'HRH Princess Elizabeth With HRH The Prince of Wales' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80)
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, with Prince Charles. Clarence House, London, England, 19...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
V&A Museum London 'Margot Fonteyn' by Houston Rogers
Located in London, GB
'Margot Fonteyn' by Houston Rogers (1901-70)
Margot Fonteyn (1919-91) in the title role of Frederick Ashton’s ‘La Péri’ at The Royal Ballet, London, 1956.
© Victoria and Albert Museu...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A Museum London 'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80)
Queen Elizabeth II wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and a diamond and pearl diadem made for King George IV, Buckingham Palac...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
V&A Museum London 'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80)
Queen Elizabeth II in full formal regalia of sash, ballgown, and tiara, England, 1955.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Paper size...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
V&A Museum London 'Swan Lake' by Houston Rogers
Located in London, GB
'Swan Lake' by Houston Rogers (1901-70)
Margot Fonteyn (1919-91) as Odette in Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre. London, 1954.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, Lon...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nikita Krushchev, Black and White Photography 1950s of Cold War Russian Leader
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Nikita Khrushchev in front of Lincoln Memorial, 1959, Washington DC by Burt Glinn is one of the photographer's iconic works of historic importance. The photograph is a gelatin silver...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
S...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn, Portrait Photography of Hollywood Icon 1950s
By Ernst Haas
Located in New york, NY
Ernst Haas captures the gamine beauty of Audrey Hepburn at her wedding to Mel Ferrer in Switzerland. Audrey Hepburn by Ernst Haas, 1954 is a 14” x 11” gelatin silver print. The print...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Bowler Hat II from the Black Sitting
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph by Milton Greene in 1956. This photograph depicts Hollywood Icon Marilyn Monroe, who was a close friend and business partner of the artis...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe and Princess Margaret - Vintage Photograph by Paul Popper - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Marilyn Monroe and Princess Margaret is a vintage photographic print on single coated paper.
Photograph realized by Paul Popper.
Handwritten notes on back.
Dim: cm 24.5 x 19
Exce...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chet Baker, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Chet Baker, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 25
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob Willo...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frank Sinatra at a Capital Records Recording Session in Los Angeles
By Sid Avery
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Though he captured many of golden-age Hollywood’s greatest stars as the public had never seen them before—Marlon Brando taking out the trash, Elizabeth Taylor sunbathing, Anthony Per...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor, Black and White Portrait Photography of Hollywood Star 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Elizabeth Taylor, 1959 by Burt Glinn is a black and white photograph of Elizabeth Taylor during the filming of the adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. This is a 1...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
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