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Period: 1950s
Marie Maud McKim, Central Park (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Marie Maud ('Memsie') McKim
1958 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Marie Maud ('...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
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 mainly f...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast
1959
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a ti...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)
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
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
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model Gr...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Self Portrait with Acropolis'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait with Acropolis, 1955
C print
estate edition of 150
Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece, 1955 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)
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
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
Slim Aarons '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 '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
Slim Aarons Style 'Eden Hartford'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Eden Hartford
1954 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, i...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fifth Ave'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman mod...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
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 authe...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Model Friend (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Model Friend, 1952
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
New York model, Jean Adams and friend share a drink on the beach at Acapulco, 1952
Estat...
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
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
Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Audrey Hepburn, 1953 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Audrey Hepburn, 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 W...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Emille Griffiths
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ORMOND GIGLI was born in New York City in 1925. He became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appea...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl on the Merry-Go-Round, Coney Island
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 3/200
Signed, dated and numbered by Harold Feinstein
Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island, New York, in 1931. He began photographing in 1946 at the age of 15 and joine...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Willie
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$6,000
Fidel Castro, Havana, Cuba, 1959
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
11 x 14 inches, edition of 25
16 x 20 inches, edition of 25
20 x 24 inches, edition of 20
30 x 40 inches, edition of 20
40 x 60 inches, edit...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Gitta Kränge, New York, 1959
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
11 x 14 inches, edition of 25
16 x 20 inches, edition of 25
20 x 24 inches, edition of 20
30 x 40 inches, edition of 20
40 x 60 inches, edit...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Anne St. Marie, Charles’ Dress, New York, 1956
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
11 x 14 inches, edition of 25
16 x 20 inches, edition of 25
20 x 24 inches, edition of 20
30 x 40 inches, edition of 20
40 x 60 inches, edit...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
LaVern Baker, Button Up, New York, 1957
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered
Silver gelatin print
11 x 14 inches, edition of 25
16 x 20 inches, edition of 25
20 x 24 inches, edition of 20
30 x 40 inches, edition of 20
40 x 60 inches, edit...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
James Dean Beneath Exit Sign - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
By Roy Schatt
Located in New York, NY
James Dean Beneath Exit Sign - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
Artwork details:
Roy Schatt (1909-2002)
James Dean Beneath Exit Sign
1954/printed later
Signed in pencil, l...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Dean Smoking - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
By Roy Schatt
Located in New York, NY
James Dean Smoking - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
Artwork Details:
Roy Schatt (1909-2002)
James Dean Smoking
1954/printed later
Signed in pencil, l.r.
Gelatin silver ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Dean and Juke Box - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
By Roy Schatt
Located in New York, NY
James Dean and Juke Box - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
Artwork details:
Roy Schatt (1909-2002)
James Dean and Juke Box
c. 1954/printed later
...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
James Dean at ABC Studios - black and white photograph by Roy Schatt
By Roy Schatt
Located in New York, NY
A black and white photograph of James Dean standing at ABC Studios in 1954 taken by Roy Schatt.
Artwork details:
Roy Schatt (1909-2002)
James Dean at ABC Studios
1954/printed late...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wenda And Ostriches, South Africa, 1951 - Norman Parkinson (Photography)
Located in London, GB
Stamped with photographer’s estate ink stamp, inscribed with title and numbered on reverse
C-type print
Available in multiple sizes:
20 x 24 inches, edition of 21 + 3 PPs
30 x 40 in...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Brigitte Bardot, Madrid, Spain, 1957
By Peter Basch
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Jean Patchett, Granada, Spain, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
One of less than 20 prints made in this size and signed
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Marilyn Monroe, California, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Stamped by the photographer
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Marilyn Monroe (Icon), Hollywood, 1953
By Ben Ross
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
One of less than 30 prints made in this size and signed
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco...
Category
Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Chuck Howard in a Body Suit
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Howard in a Body Suit
1950
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.5 x 7.4375 inches (24.1 x 18.9 cm)
Contact gallery fo...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Audrey Hepburn Flowers - the movie star and icon dressed in pink haute couture
Located in Vienna, AT
Fine art and fashion portrait of Audrey Hepburn wearing a Givenchy dress (1955, Villa Rolli, Italy), Haute Couture Vintage. The artwork is made and signed in a strictly limited editi...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris
By Irving Penn
Located in New York, NY
Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris, 1950/June 1979
Signed, titled, dated, numbered, and inscribed in pencil, verso
Platinum-pallad...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
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Price Upon Request
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, 1962
Located in London, GB
Archival pigment print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
From an edition of 15
Also available in alternative sizes
Bob Willoughby is best-loved for his photojournalistic motion pictu...
Category
Realist 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Adele Collins, Vogue 1959
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 21
Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch artist Kees van Dongen entitled The Corn Poppy.
Adele Collins wearing an Otto Lucas velvet toque. Br...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Smoke and Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Stöffie, Magda, and Evi with Popcorn, Berlin, Germany
By Will McBride
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Will McBride was born in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Glenn Bishop II
Located in New York, NY
This gelatin silver print is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Mel Fillini #2
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Mel Fillini #1
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Marlon Brando, on set of “Julius Caesar"
By Ruth Orkin
Located in New York, NY
Full Title:
Marlon Brando, photographed through dressing room mirrors on set of “Julius Caesar” at MGM Studios, Culver City, California
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, and date...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Marilyn-Mao
Located in New York, NY
All editions stamped by the photographers estate.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Coco Chanel Leaning on Chair in her Apartment, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Louise Dahl-Wolfe was born in California. After her first photograph published appeared in Vanity Fair in 1933, she moved to New York and opened her photography studio. Her early documentary portraits of rural America gave way to an established career as a staff fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar. Dahl-Wolfe was at the forefront of early color fashion photography...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colette in her apartment in the Palais Royale, Paris, Harper's Bazaar
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black - With One White Glove: Barbara Mullen, Dress by Christian Dior, New York
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is an edition of 25 and is signed by the photographer.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recording the album “Ella and Louis”
By Phil Stern
Located in New York, NY
All editions signed by the photographer.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
James Dean
By Phil Stern
Located in New York, NY
All editions signed by the photographer.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Price Upon Request
Prince Philip Receives Windsor Cup at Ascot Polo Tournament
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Royal Winner, 1955: Prince Philip Receives Windsor Cup at Ascot Polo Tournament with Queen Elizabeth II.
Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints fr...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Park Avenue Party, New York
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Park Avenue Party, 1952: Slim Hawks, Diana Vreeland, and her husband Reed Vreeland at Kitty Miller's New Year's Eve party in her home on Park Avenue in Ne...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Howard Hughes at Howard Hawks’ East/West Croquet Match
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Get...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Elbowing Out of Town, News Stand, New York
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Elbowing Out of Town, News Stand, New York
1954
Gelatin Silver print
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso. Embossed artist stamp on recto.
16 x 2...
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising Campaign
Located in New York, NY
All editions are signed by the photographer. Availability is subject to change without notice.
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Adhesive, Silver Gelatin
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