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Period: 1950s
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Capucine'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957
Fiber print
30 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainl...
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 sequins / red and colored charcoal with red garnets.
Signed by the famous photographer Bert Stern, 1929-2013.
Signed by hand by the artist on the bottom of the image.
Signed on the front and back.
A pleasure investment. Our gallery has the exclusive and unique private collection of Bert Stern photos...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Dali's Party'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Dali's Party
1959
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity.
circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dal...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Decked in Finery
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Decked in Finery, 1956
Fiber Print
Estate edition of 150
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Taken on t...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Looks Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Turns, audrey_07 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw in 1953, this image is an outtake from the photo essay on Audrey Hepburn for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been rele...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Bond Girl to Be
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bond Girl to Be, 1955
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Sultry sex...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn in White Blouse with Phone, Head on Right Hand, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r19_3 -- Waiting for a call? Shot for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Audrey Hepburn allowed Mark Shaw a visit to her apartment for "up close and natural" photos ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stampe...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Patsy Pulitzer, Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer, Seaplane At Palm Beach
Chromogenic print, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity...
Category
American Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dior, Model Kouka wears Novia while Standing, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Photographed by Mark Shaw for McCall's November 1962 issue, socialite Lee Radziwill, younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy, is considered a great style icon. Radziwill continues to be...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Marian Anderson, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Elegance On The Beach (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman in a full length, white dress on a rocky beach in San Diego, California, October 1956.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Peggy Bancroft (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs Thomas Bancroft Jnr (Peggy Bancroft) in the foyer of her Manhattan duplex, circa 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Truman Capote at Home (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with c...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Worker Drinking (Thirst), 1950's black and white photograph by Yakov Khalip
By Yakov Khalip
Located in New York, NY
Worker Drinking (Thirst), 1950's black and white photograph by Yakov Khalip
Worker Drinking (Thirst)
1950
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
Other various inscriptions and...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Carmen Sevilla, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish actress and singer Carmen Sevilla. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons
Carmen Sevilla
Chromogenic Lambda print
1957, Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Com...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Mara Lane - Estate Stamped
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing costume.
Gorgeous print mea...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Bond Girl To Be - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Bond Girl To Be - Estate Stamped
Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome, circa 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Bianca Volpato - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bianca Volpato poses in front of the Temple of Love on the island of Capri, Italy, 1958.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Antonio Ruiz Soler, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A flamenco dancer raises his hat in front of a poster advertising the virtuoso dancer Antonio (Antonio Ruiz Soler) in the national premiere of 'Ballet ...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Antonio Ruiz Soler, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A flamenco dancer raises his hat in front of a poster advertising the virtuoso dancer Antonio (Antonio Ruiz Soler) in the national premiere of 'Ballet ...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Pussyfooting, Dee Hartford
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot - a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150.
Slim Aarons ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Truman Capote at Home
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with c...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool , 1955
Fiber print
Patsy Pulitzer (Patsy Bartlett) relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pussyfooting, Dee Hartford (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot - a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifica...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Front, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Front, c8_13 – Photographed for Life in 1953, part of Audrey Hepburn's nightly ritual was a shampoo given at the studio. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy.
This...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island.
Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is shampooed on the set of Sabrina. Aged 24, Audrey was alre...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kennedys, Jackie in Straw Hat, JFK Reading, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy nb_120 -- A Portrait of Jackie by Mark Shaw. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle phot...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Decked in Finery
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Decked in Finery, 1956
Fiber Print
Estate edition of 150
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Taken...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jane Fonda Portrait, Unpublished, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Mark Shaw’s file of “test shots” was full of budding stars -- these December 1958 head shots of Jane Fonda were never published. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). A...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Jane Fonda Portrait, Unpublished, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Mark Shaw’s file of “test shots” was full of budding stars -- these December 1958 head shots of Jane Fonda were never published. Image size is 32" X 32" (for 36" X 36" paper size). A...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Staring, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn 54_0309a_e – Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle. Her dress is a Claire McCardell creation. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 40" x 40" (for 44" x 44" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Brigitte Bardot Hands in Lap, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot Hands in Lap, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of Bardot s...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Chagall, “Il Sogno" and Ivy Nicholson wearing McCardell, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Chagall’s “Il Sogno” with Ivy in McCardell, 1955 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for LIFE magazine in 1955. This story featured artists and their designs for fabrics for US firm Fuller Fabrics which were used by American Designer Claire McCardell. The Model here is Ivy Nicholson...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Leans Forward Writing, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
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 international issue of Life magazine...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Head Resting on Hand, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_b -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle. Her dress is a Claire McCardell creation. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Riding, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_24 -- 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 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" pape...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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
Audrey Hepburn on Striped Sofa, Applies Lipstick, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r16_4 -- 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
Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Glances, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r18_6 -- 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 internati...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder -- Mark Shaw photographed Elizabeth Taylor for the October 15, 1956 cover of LIFE ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Elizabeth Taylor Black Suit, Sits to the Side, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor Black Suit, Sits to the Side -- Mark Shaw photographed Elizabeth Taylor for the October 15, 1956 cover of LIFE magazine. Taylor was starring in the academy award winning film, Giant, as Leslie Benedict, the matriarch of a Texas ranching family. The film also starred Rock Hudson and James Dean. Elizabeth Taylor is number seven on the American Film Institute’s list of top 25 female legends. Image size is 40" x 50" (for 44" x 54" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A photograph in color of Elizabeth Taylor wearing a black pantsuit...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Looks Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Turns, audrey_07 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw in 1953, this image is an outtake from the photo essay on Audrey Hepburn for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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