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Art Subject: Portrait
"Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34" Lisa Jack, President Photography
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Jack Barack Obama, Occidental College, No. 34, 1980 Signed, dated, and numbered on the reverse Gelatin silver print 12 x 17 3/4 inches Edition 4/75 Provenance: M&B, Los Angeles...
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1980s Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Franco Battiato - Original b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph by the eclectic Italian singer-songwriter, Franco Battiato, who, after experimental beginnings in the Seventies, passes through ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tom Kelley 'Dorothy Dandridge'
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 28 x 22 inches Edition of 50 Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

George Hurrell, "Robert Taylor", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph from the original negative shot by George Hurrell in 1936 and printed at a later date. It depicts the late iconic actor, Robert Taylor...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cary Grant on the set of "The Eagle and the Hawk" - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Cary Grant, Fredric March and Carole Lombard during the movie " The Eagle and the Hawk , di rected by Stuart Walker . 18/5/1933
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Helena Christensen, New Orleans, 1991 – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Helena Christensen, New Orleans, 1991 1991 Silver gelatin print Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP Print Only Albert Watson...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Silver Gelatin Photograph Hand Signed Photo Pablo Picasso w Baby Lucien Clergue
Located in Surfside, FL
Lucien Clergue (FRENCH, 1934 - 2014) Gelatin silver photographic print depicting Pablo Picasso holding a baby. Picasso et sa filleule Olivia (Picasso et bébé) Mougins, 1967 Hand signed by the artist with hand written description. Titled and dated lower left. Mounted in a silver painted wooden frame with mat behind acrylic screen. Paper measures approx. 11 3/4" height x 9" width to sight. Framed measures approx. 17 1/4" height x 14 3/4" width. Lucien Clergue (French: 1934 – 2014) was a French photographer. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts, Paris for 2013. Lucien Clergue was born in Arles, France. At the age of 7 he began learning to play the violin, and after several years of study his teacher admitted that he had nothing more to teach him. Clergue was from a family of shopkeepers and could not afford to pursue further studies in a college or university school of music, such as a conservatory. In 1949, he learned the basics of photography. Four years later, at a corrida in Arles, he showed his photographs to Spanish painter Pablo Picasso who, though subdued, asked to see more of his work. Within a year and a half, young Clergue worked on his photography with the goal of sending more images to Picasso. During this period, he worked on a series of photographs of travelling entertainers, acrobats and harlequins, the Saltimbanques. He also worked on a series whose subject was carrion. On 4 November 1955 Lucien Clergue visited Picasso in Cannes, France. Their friendship lasted nearly 30 years until Picasso's death. Clergue's autobiographical book, Picasso My Friend, looks back on important moments of their relationship. In 1968, and with his friend Michel Tournier, Clergue founded the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival which is held annually in July in Arles. He exhibited his work at the festival during the years 1971–1973, 1975, 1979, 1982–1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2003 and 2007. Clergue also illustrated books, among them a book by writer Yves Navarre. Clergue took many photographs of the gypsies of southern France, and was instrumental in propelling the guitarist Manitas de Plata to fame. Clergue is perhaps most remembered and respected for his black-and-white studies of light, shadow, and form, featuring sinuous nude female bodies, zebra stripes of light, dynamic sand dunes, and seascapes extracted from the coast of the Camargue. Clergue's photographs are in the collections of numerous well-known museums and private collectors. His vintage photographs have been exhibited in over 100 solo exhibitions worldwide, with noted exhibitions such as in 1961, at the Museum of Modern Art New York, the last exhibition organized by Edward Steichen with Lucien Clergue, Bill Brandt and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Museums with large collections of his work include The Fogg Museum at Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work, Fontaines du Grand Palais (Fountains of the Grand Palais), is in Museo cantonale d'arte [de] of Lugano. His vintage photographs of Jean Cocteau are on permanent display at the Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton, France. In the U.S., an exhibition of the Cocteau photographs was premiered at Westwood Gallery, New York City. In 2007, the city of Arles honored Lucien Clergue and dedicated a retrospective collection of 360 of his photographs dating from 1953 to 2007. He also received the 2007 Lucie Award. He was named Knight of the Légion d'honneur in 2003 and elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France on 31 May 2006, at the same time as a new section dedicated to photography was created. Clergue was the first photographer to enter the Academy to a position devoted specifically to photography. He was Chairman of the Academy of Fine Arts for 2013. Lucien Clergue was married to the art curator Yolande Clergue, founder of The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles. He was the father of two daughters: Anne Clergue, a curator of contemporary art who has worked at Leo Castelli Gallery, and Olivia Clergue, a handbag fashion designer whose godfather was Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso (1881 –1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramic artist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. After 1906, the Fauvist work of the slightly older artist Henri Matisse motivated Picasso to explore more radical styles, beginning a fruitful rivalry between the two artists, who subsequently were often paired by critics as the leaders of modern art. In 1897, his realism began to show a Symbolist influence, for example, in a series of landscape...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Queen Live Aid
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm Edition of 10 + 2 AP
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Fats Domino Portrait - Autographed Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fats Domino Portrait is an original photograph realized in the half of 20th Century. Black and white photograph depicting a portrait of Fats Domino. Hand...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Associated Press Photos. Good condition. Anna Magnani was born in Rome,...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled, Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph "untitled, Portrait of a Woman" c.1980 is an original gelatin silver print by famous German/American photographer and artist Michael Andreas Russ, born 1945. It is in...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Eagle and the Hawk - Vintage Photograph - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Cary Grant, Fredric March and Carole Lombard during the movie "The Eagle and the Hawk, directed by Stuart Walker. Reprint of 1950s.
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Christmas - Photograph by Plinio Martelli - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Christmas is a colored photographic print realized by Plinio Martelli in the 2012. Very good conditions. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin of the photograph. Original title: Pittrice Plinio Martelli (1945-2016) After scientific studies he graduated from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin with masters such as Enrico Paolucci and Mario Calandri...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995
Located in New York, NY
Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995 X Photographed by Jonathan Becker Contemporary 28" x 28.5" Archival Pigment Print Edition Nº 2 of 9 Certificate of Origin Signed and Titled...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Autographed Portrait of Lotte Koch - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Lotte Koch is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing a photographic portrait of the German actress. With the additional value of a blue ink autograph on the lo...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Untitled (Oilfields) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Desert, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Oilfields) 2004, 20x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 1218.01, unmounted. OILFIELDS, 2004 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Observer, Jackson Nash Portrait by Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous archival digital photograph, limited edition giclee by Graham Nash (American, b. 1942) of a Nash's first born son Jackson, age five, looking into an aquarium in his San Francisco house...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Laid Paper

Love You Actor Girl - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Love You Actor Girl' (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 40x50cm, Edition 1/10 Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory Nr. 6417, Not m...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 38x36cm, Edition of 30, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #616...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print by Gered Mankowitz Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Floaties - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Floaties (Beachshoot) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory # 1431. Not mounted. The Tooth of Time It is obvious that the photographer Stefanie Schneider has a background in film. All her pictures live from the dust-filled eroticism of American road movies. For Hitchhikers, the thirty-seven-year-old artist sent her protagonists into the desert. The air shimmers. Desert. A highway, massive autos, dusty kisses. One is familiar with these sorts of images from films, even if one hasn't yet seen this particular one. In any case, it seems to be older: The tooth of time has gnawed at the photos; they are discolored, strangely and incorrectly exposed, covered with white spots. False! The photographic series Hitchhikers was created this year; the photos got their patina because the photographer Stefanie Schneider only uses film which has passed its expiration date by up to five years, and which accordingly reacts to light in unpredictable ways. Where one's assumptions are correct is in the matter of the cinematic allusions: Schneider received a degree in film at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen and was a cutter for several years. In the USA, she was responsible for the scene photos in the feature-film debut (Everything put together) of Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) and out of tha collaboration developed her own photographic series Suburbia. Hitchhikers is similarly structured and actually consists of stills, in this case without the accompanying film: loosely staged pictures in which the protagonists have space for spontaneous improvisations. No plot, but moods which seem familiar to us. Schneider remarks that during the shooting she was thinking of Thelma and Louise. The series is marketed along with other works of Schneider by the Editions Galerie Lumas, the Galerie Caprice Horn in Berlin, and the Zurich gallery nd-projects. The Lumas branch in Munich is featuring Schneider in the exhibition Polaroid Movie through February 28, and starting on February 23 the feature film Stay runs, in which Schneider's pictures play a crucial role. And the thirty-seven-year-old artist, who lives alternately in Berlin and Los Angeles, continues to work on her filmography. At the moment she is developing along with Marc Forster a concept of transferring her typical photographic aesthetic into moving pictures...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Drowning the Noise - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Drowning the Noise', 2020 50x50cm, 
 Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory - PL20...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"Picasso Sitting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Sitting Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Harvey Keitel - Vintage Photo - 1988 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
An intense portrait of the actor Harvey Keitel, 1988 ca. Good conditions.
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1980s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Miguel Bose
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Miguel Bose" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA05.00904 and AWL036. Andy...
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20th Century Pop Art Color Photography

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Polaroid

Erotic Shooting by Walter Leonardi - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic shooting by Walter Leonardi is a lot of five photographic print on matt single coated paper. Prints realized during 1980's on quality dedicated...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dreaming Dali, #2270. Homage to Horst P. Horst collage color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreaming Dali #2270 by Natasha Zupan, 2018 -1 /5 Limited edition archival pigment print blow-up photograph from the original collage image. Size; 63 in. H x 63 in. W _______________...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Color

Frank Sinatra "Selfie" in the Medicine Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
An early Self Portrait of Frank Sinatra circa late 1930s. At home in Hoboken, NJ. One of the earliest photos found in the family archive and perhaps, lik...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

'Dali's Party' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
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 stick and wearing a mustache, and the woman smiles with mischief, wearing extraordinary mid-century dress and jewels. In Dali's work and life, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Dali's Party, 1959 (Salvador Dali in New York) Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Salvador...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 20 x 16
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Prince on stage, Earls Court, London, June 1992 by Denis O'Regan
Located in Austin, TX
Fine art 20x24" print of musician Prince on stage, Earls Court, London, June, 1992. Taken by acclaimed photographer, Denis O'Regan Printed to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm Fi...
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Late 20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

3C from The Last Photos
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 at the North Hollywood home of Barris' close friend. Taken only two weeks before her death, this p...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bette Davis - George Hurrell Hollywood Photograph Vintage 1940
Located in Glenford, NY
Bette Davis iconic portrait by famed Hollywood art photographer George Hurrell from 1940. It is stamped on the verso with authentic Hurrell identification. This is a original mint ...
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1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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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...
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

In it together (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In it together (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9371. Not mount...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ann Sheridan
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph, shot by George Hurrell in 1939 and printed at a later date. It depicts American actress and singer, Ann Sheridan, who had a 30 year long career...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

David Bowie
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm Edition of 10
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Janet, Black and White Photographic Portrait, Nude
Located in New york, NY
Janet, 1981 by Louis Stettner is a 20 x 16in gelatin silver print on fiber paper. In an edition of 5, the photograph Ed 2/5 is signed both recto (photo front) and verso (photo back)....
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Tales of Self-Illumination (self Portrait)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tales of Self-Illumination (Self Portrait), 2001 22x22cm (plus a 2cm white border) Fine art print based on a Polaroid on RAG ULTRA SMOOTH, 305gsm, 100% cotton by HAHNEMÜHLE Hand sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Polaroid

Dr Dre
Located in London, GB
David Bailey Dr Dre, 2001 Archival Inkjet on paper Image: 50.8 x 63.58 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 71.2 cm Edition of 10
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled - Stage of Consciousness (29 Palms, CA) - 2007 Edition 5/5, 75x93cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the original Polar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Bravo
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso 22.5 x 30 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) 45 x 60 inches (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, loc...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Kirsten Red Lips' (California Blue Screen) Edition 1/3, 114x142 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artists, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
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1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

James Franco, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of the American actor. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Embedded Worth" - contemporary digitally manipulated portraiture, Kehinde Wiley
Located in Atlanta, GA
This listing is for an unframed print. Tokie Rome-Taylor is inspired by the works of Harmonia Rosales, Kehinde Wiley, Tawny Chatmon, Ayana V. Jackson, Omar Victor Diop, Deborah Roberts...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Pigment

Vicky West Dancing the Cancan with My Daughters, Cori and Julia
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 15) Signed and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing the trans...
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1980s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dennis Hopper, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25 Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch and as combined Edition 10 in 76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch Portrait of famous American acto...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Halston, Dolly Parton & Andy Warhol at Studio 54
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Pat Hackett to Hedges Projects...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lovers
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed and numbered, verso 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 25) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Forty years after he began documenting the country-music scene in and around Nashville, Henry Horenstein’s deep love for the music and its people continues. Having spent a lifetime around performers and fans, he has been granted access to the high-glamour backstage at the Grand Ole Opry...
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1970s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sophia Loren in the Film 'The Pride and the Passion'
Located in Austin, TX
Film still featuring Sophia Loren in The Pride and the Passion 1957. The Pride and the Passion is a 1957 American Napoleonic-era war film in Technicolor and VistaVision from United ...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Fairytales) - analog, Contemporary, Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Fairytales) - 2006 48x59cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, matte finish, based on the original Polaroid. Certif...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Slim Aarons - Mara Lane 1954 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing cos...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Constance, Girlfriend Series, NYC. Black and White Portrait Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Constance (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 by Michael James O’Brien Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art photo rag paper Image size: 36 in. H x 24 in. W Edition of 7 + 2AP Unframed “Holly came f...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

High School Wrestlers
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso 13.5 x 11 inches, sheet 7 x 5 inches, image (Edition of 15) 24 x 20 inches, sheet 20 x 16 inches, image (Edition of 10) From the series, "Gymnasium" This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Luke Smalley was an American artist known for his photographic work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia. Images from his early in his career were inspired by fitness manuals and yearbooks c. 1910. This is not surprising since Smalley graduated with a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and worked for a number of years as a model and personal trainer. Smalley shot the bulk of his photographs in his home state of Pennsylvania. He used real high school...
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1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nectar Impérial, Nils
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed and numbered, verso 11 x 14 inches (Edition of 8) 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 8) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please not...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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C Print

'Princess Ruspoli' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Princess Ruspoli' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversized Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print, Color

Beaton, John Weissmuller, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Princess Ruspoli 1979 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Princess Ruspoli - Oversize Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, Feb...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

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Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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