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Period: Mid-20th Century
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Model Barbara...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
St. James's Park, London, 1962
Located in Middletown, NY
1962
Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in (296 × 246 mm); archivally matted and framed. The dark areas with some oxidation mirroring (only discernible in counterlight), t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised)
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Note other si...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe in Black Swimsuit Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white full length vintage original photograph features starlet Marilyn Monroe posed smiling in a black bathing suit.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print fr...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Silvana Mangano In Pose - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Silvana Mangano in Pose is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Audrey (1953)
Located in London, GB
Princess Audrey (1953)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
Audrey Hepburn preparing for a scene in the 1953 film “Roman Holiday” by William Wyler.
Assisting Hepburn is dresser Sally G...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Packing in Her Apartment
Located in Austin, TX
Retro 1960s image featuring Audrey Hepburn opening up her luggage in an apartment. One of the most admired movie stars in history of cinema, Hepburn personified timeless elegance. Th...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr in "How to Marry a Millionaire"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This exuberant shot of Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining Marilyn Monroe was taken on the backlot of 20th Century Fox where Marilyn was filming How to Marry a Millionairecirca 1953.
The ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Steve McQueen at the Time of "The Reivers"
Located in Austin, TX
Steve McQueen at the time of "The Reivers", pictured smiling and looking left, hand in mouth.
Steve McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ronald Reagan "Tropic Zone"
By Bud Fraker
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American politician and actor Ronald Reagan who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to the presidency, h...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Diptych. From the Frida Khalo Series
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Digital Pigment
John Lennon Skiing
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of John Lennon skiing at St. Moritz, circa 1965.
John Lennon was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. He gained worldwide fame ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Ancient Charm of the Via Appia Antica in the 1950s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
The black-and-white photograph presents a serene view along the Via Appia Antica, captured in 1954 by Erich Andres. This iconic ancient road, lined with cypress trees and remnants of...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in his Paris studio with poster for Non-Abstractions exhibition opening (1956) and Peinture féminine (1954)
Slim Aarons
Man Ray in Paris
1956 printed later
C-Print
Estate si...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white still of Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in "The Seven Year Itch", circa 1955.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a pi...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
New York, NY
By Vivian Maier
Located in White Plains, NY
Vivian Maier, 'New York, NY' printed 2018. Digital print on paper, Ed. 9 of 15, Image: 12 x 12 in / Paper: 20 x 16 in. Unknown during her lifetime, Vivian Maier worked as a full-time...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart at Premiere Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white photo of Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacall sitting at a table at the premiere of "How to Marry a Millionaire" on November 4, 1953 in Los Angeles, Cal...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson photographed in New York City in 1969, the year he starred in "E...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15, 8 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, 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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Ravishing Rampling (1966) Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Ravishing Rampling (1966)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
'60s icon Charlotte Rampling at The Pair of Shoes, a casino in London, 7th September 1966.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later from Archive Source
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Edition of 100
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Paris, April 1972 - Vintage Photograph by Lemoine François - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Paris, april 1972 is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1972 by the photographer Lemoine François.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic alb...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor in Fur Coat for "Butterfield 8"
Located in Austin, TX
The black and white portrait of Elizabeth Taylor features the star actress in a long fur coat for her role in "Butterfield 8", circa 1960.
Butterfield 8 is a 1960 American drama fil...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Players of Christmas - play of Marchesi - Vintage Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Players of Christmas - play of Marchesi, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in 1964.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Rachel Fitzgerald on BBC, 1953'
Located in New York, NY
Model Rachel Fitzgerald for Vogue’s ‘Export Book’ story featuring BBC, June 1953.
Rachel Fitzgerald on BBC, 1953
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on ve...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Performing in Bruxelles
David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fred Astaire - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo, realized in 1868.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Love Nest Production Still Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed for her role in "Love Nest", circa 1951.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a p...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Norman Parkinson 'Fiona Campbell-Walter for Vogue, July 1951'
Located in New York, NY
Fiona Campbell-Walter (later Baroness Thyssen) on an English beach wearing an Estrava coat with a raffia hat from Eaton. British Vogue, July 1951
Fiona Campbell-Walter for Vogue, Ju...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sophia Loren: Those Eyes
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white outdoors portrait features Italian film actress and singer Sophia Loren posed with a sultry expression and piercing eyes for her role in "Legend of the Lost"
Kn...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley in Colors
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
Awesome black and white portrait of star actor, musician, and army man Elvis Presley.
On March...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Norma Jean Baker Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of actress Marilyn Monroe in her younger years, during the times of brown hair and being known as "Norma Jean Baker".
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print fro...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe A Ticket to Tomahawk Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe posed in a screen test for her role in "A Ticket to Tomahawk", circa 1950.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the C...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton,
in southeastern France, 1957.
Additional Information:
Unfr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Guatemala, Man, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 23, 1 x 17, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Ballet Papa Chrysantheme - Vintage photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Ballet Papa Chrysantheme is a modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored lithograph after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Original title: Ballet de Papa Chrysanthe...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Park Stones (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)
11th January 1967: Top British pop group the Rolling Stones taking a stroll th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe,
Vermont, USA, 1962.
Additional Information:
Unframed
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
James Dean and Ursula Andress at Oscar Dinner
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Hollywood stars Ursula Andress and James Dean at the Oscars dinner.
James Dean was an American actor. He is remembere...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Rolling Stones "Smokey Stones On Grass" London 1968
Located in Austin, TX
“Swarkestone Contact Sheet” by Michael Joesph from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featu...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Prince Charles III Skying - Vintage Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Charles III Skying- Vintage Photo realized in 1964.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
Limited edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Certificate of authe...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in the 1960s
Good conditions.
Anna Magn...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean Behind Fence in "Giant"
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
James Dean posed sated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an American actor remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusio...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe with Tommy Retting Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
River of No Return is a 1954 American Western musical film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a sto...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Janis Joplin Drinking Backstage
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of musician and singer Janis Joplin smiling and holding up a glass backstage.
Janis Joplin was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey,
Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultu...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jean Patchett 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 American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett w...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jayne Mansfield: Modern Pinup
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful modern pinup features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed on barstools with modern art on the walls.
Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actre...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Young Prince Charles III - Vintage Photo - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Young Prince Charles III- Vintage Photo realized in 1965.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Snowmass Picnic' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Picnic (1967) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty mile...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Raquel Welch Reclining on Sailboat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of Raquel Welch posed reclining on a sailboat in a white bikini.
Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fanta...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sherwood Forrester (Above) and Jerry Stevens (Below)
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
Western Photography Guild studio stamp in purple ink, verso
Stamped "Wrestling Poses" and numbered "Series 37 No. 5" in purpl...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Elizabeth Taylor in Window Light
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features actress Elizabeth Taylor in full costume, posed elegantly in window light.
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Acrobats - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Acrobats is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, f...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hugh Hefner, Black and White Photograph of Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By American photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 14" x 11" photograph on fiber paper (gelatin silver print) of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who wrote for the magazine he founded,...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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 direct...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
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