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Period: Mid-20th Century
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer With Her T-Bird
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white 1956 vintage capture of star actress Audrey Hepburn posed with Mel Ferrer and her Ford Thunderbird in the driveway of their home.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actres...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kennedys, Hyannis Port, Jackie, Magazine Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy, nb_100 -- Published on the cover of the Ladies Home Journal in 1961, this photo was actually taken in Hyannis Port in 1959 before JFK became president. THE 24” x 36” SIZE OF...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Sammy Davis Junior, New York City, Portrait of African American Celebrity
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Image of Sammy Davis Junior, 1959 by American photographer Burt Glinn was shot on Madison Avenue in New York after Sammy Davis Jr.'s last performance at the Copacabana nightclub in T...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Digital
Johnny Carson Smiling in Car
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1961 in Hollywood, California: American TV show host Johny Carson gets into a convertible sports car in Hollywood.
Johnny Carson was an American television host, comedian, and...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jack Nicklaus Candid and Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of golf legend Jack Nicklaus candid and smiling.
Jack Nicklaus , nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and golf cour...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955. 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 photo rag paper. Eac...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta.
This is an estat...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Norman Parkinson 'Three Little Black Dresses, Capucci, Florence, 1961'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson The Italian Collections, Three Little Black Dresses, Fashions by Capucci, Florence for Queen Magazine, 1961
Three Little Black Dresses, Florence 1961
Silver gelatin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
40 x 30" inches / 101...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA.
This is an estate stamp...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dior, Alla Gloved Hand, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
The Eurasian-born Alla was one of Dior's divas. When bathed in attention, she was charismatic and wore her clothes with graceful aplomb. Croque-mitaine model, Autumn-Winter 1953 Haut...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Picasso and Skull with Bettina wearing McCardell, Wide, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Picasso with Soft Bettina, Wide, 1955 -- Picasso with model Bettina, photographed for LIFE in 1955 in his new Cannes Villa, La Californie. Top French Model, Bettina Graziani wears an outfit by American Fashion Designer Claire McCardell. The shirt's pattern is in the style of a Picasso still life. All the Picasso paintings pictured had been completed within the past few months. Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" 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 Picasso and Bettina. Picasso is wearing a blue collared shirt and brown shorts. He is standing in his villa. To his right, Bettina stands. She is wearing orange pants...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Rita Hayworth
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful vintage portrait features Rita Hayworth posed in a Hawaiian outfit, posed amongst palm trees.Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Californian Party, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco.
This is an estate stamp...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Nude Portrait - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Nude Portrait - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
A woman poses for a nude studio portrait.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Si...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American screwball comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Elizabeth Taylor with Vintage Camera
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Elizabeth Taylor takes a photo with a Rollieflex twin lens medium format reflex camera wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses and smoking a cigarette on the set of the movie 'Gi...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Surfers Kids and Cop
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated, print date and misc. notations in pencil on print verso
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Rudi Gernreich in tights, Vogue, February 1969'
Located in New York, NY
“The New Emphatics: for feet and legs – drama from the ground up”, fashion story photographed at El Conquistador Hotel in Puerto Rico for American Vogue, 15 February 1969. The fantas...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marlon Brando: The Chase
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white scene from The Chase starring Marlon Brando and Angie Dickinson, circa 1966.
The Chase is a 1966 American drama film, directed by Arthur Penn, written by Lillian Hel...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn in the Black and White Scarf
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn in the black and white scarf
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 43 X 25.4
10...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Pop Artists - Andy Warhol with Portraits
Located in Toronto, ON
In 1964, Heyman was invited by Basic Books Publishing to collaborate on the subject of Pop art. In the fall of 1964, Heyman spent three days photographing such artists as Andy Warhol...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Red Scarf in Profile
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn red scarf in profile
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 25.4 X 25.4
72 copies
Photo of 1...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (22-2) Three Quarters Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas.
Joan Didion by Julian Wasser
Silver gelatin print
Image Size: 11 x 8 inches
Frame Size: 17 x 14 x 2 inches
Edition 11 of 15
Signed on verso by Julian Wasser
Please note the frame is in good condition. The print is in mint condition.
Artist Biography -
Julian Wasser started his career in photography in the Washington DC bureau of the Associated Press where he met and accompanied the famous news photographer Weegee – who would become a lasting influence on him. In the mid-60s Wasser moved to Los Angeles as a contract photographer for TIME, LIFE, and FORTUNE magazines and becoming internationally known as the go to guy for getting candid but memorably composed photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
The Young Callas - Vintage Original Photograph of Maria Callas - End of 1950-51
By Maria Callas
Located in Roma, IT
The Young Callas is a beautiful black-white photographic portrait of the nascent opera star realized by an unknown artist around the 1950-51.
On the verso the black ink stamp on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Steve McQueen, Baja California
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 7, estate-stamped. Includes frame.
Milton H. Greene was one of the earliest and best photographers working in the early days of color photography. Aside from his outstanding Marilyn Monroe images...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Juliet with One Peacock Feather Eye, Chicago
By György Kepes
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, dated and numbered.
Portfolio Twelve Photographs, No. 13
György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 193...
Category
Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali In London - Oversize Pigment Fine Art Baryta Print
By Len Trievnor
Located in London, GB
Muhammad Ali In London - Oversize Pigment Fine Art Baryta Print
American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali, 1942 - 2016), relaxing his hotel room, London, 27th Ma...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Brighton, Street Photographer, United Kingdom 1956
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in Brighton in 1952, depicts a street photographer labeled "Official Beach Photographer," standing confidently with his vintage camera on a tri...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Children in Mexico Village
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rodeo (Cowgirl)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 60
Signed and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Harold “Doc” Edgerton was born in 1903, in Fremont, Nebraska. During his summers as a teenager, he worked in his uncle’s ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lolita
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 38 X 25.4cms
50 copies
Photo of 19...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Lucille Ball Smoking
By Jay Thompson
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white vintage image features American actress and slapstick comedian Lucille Ball sitting outdoors in the sunlight, smoking a cigarette.
Lucille Ball was best known...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Kirk Douglas and Dan Dailey
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Kirk Douglas and Dan Dailey singing and playing instruments on couch, circa 1958.
Kirk Douglas was an American actor and filmmaker.Douglas developed int...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit for her role in "Monkey Business", circa 1952.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Photograph of Brigitte Bardot - Marc Allegret 1956
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Photograph of Brigitte Bardot - Marc Allegret
Silver print
On the set of "En effleurant la marguerite
Circa 1956
24,8x15
1200 euros
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Pinup Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full body vintage original photograph features Marilyn Monroe posed in a bathing suit and heels.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebri...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Joan Didion, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Joan Didion photographed by Julian Wasser for TIME magazine in 1968. This is a 20 x 24 inch platinum print made in 2022 at Weldon Labs in Los An...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Self-Portrait
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop American artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00130 and AWL203.
Andy Warhol — who famously sa...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Natalie Wood in Coat for "The Great Race"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white portrait features Natalie Wood smiling in a heavy coat for her role in "The Great Race".
Natalie Wood was an American-Russian actress. She began her ca...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Modelling For Saks Fifth Avenue, 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 young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot.
This is an estate stamped a...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
3 Matadors, Seville (1952)
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Gelatin Silver Print
22.5" x 16"
Unique: $5225
Provenance: From the artist's studio, Printed by artist
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born New York City, 192...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kids with Circus Poster, NYC
By Morris Engel
Located in Denton, TX
Signed in black ink on print margin.
Signed in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
Morris Engel was an American street photographer and ci...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl with Oxen, Portugal
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Silver Gelatin Print
27.25" x 23.5"
Unique: $5400
Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born New York Cit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self-Portrait with Skull
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait with Skull" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. The work is numbered FA01.00123 and AWL095.
Andy Warhol — who famously sai...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Neff
By Ormond Gigli
Located in Lenox, MA
Ormond Gigli
Neff, 1954
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5" x 10.5"
Unique: $6500
Provenance: Printed by the artist, from the artist's studio
Signature: Signed en verso
ORMOND GIGLI
Born Ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black Hippie with Blond Afro, Washington Square Park - Henri Ghent Black Curator
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, weekends at Bethesda Fountain were a gathering place for the radical, glamorous, and hip people of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regular speakers there. Po...
Category
Street Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brigitte Bardot Sitting on Car
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white image features French actress, singer, dancer, and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist, Brigitte Bardot. She was one of the best-k...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Carole Lombard, 1931 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Signed on front of mount
Stamped with photographer's ink stamp on reverse
Silver gelatin prin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon Sitting in Car
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features smiling Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon sitting in car while embracing from the film scene "Hell's Angels", circa 1930.
Hell's Angels is a 1930 Americ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, and Their Children in the Snow
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Prince Rainer, Grace Kelly, and their children playing in the snow in Switzerland, circa 1959.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Visiting Las Vegas, 1962
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photograph titled Visiting Las Vegas, 1962 offers a snapshot of the vibrant atmosphere in a casino during the early 1960s. The scene captures a row of vintage slo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
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