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Art Subject: Portrait
Sardinia, Italy, Contemporary Color Fashion Photography 1960s by Ormond Gigli
Located in New york, NY
Ormond Gigli's Sardinia, Italy, 1969, is a limited edition archival pigment print. A 22.5" x 20" print in an edition of 8 is signed recto (front of photo). Provenance: the artist's...
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1960s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film

Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of Singer and Songwriter Michael Jackson with lace in front of his face. From personali...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Only Elvis Gold signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
Only Elvis Gold by B A T I K signed limited edition print pop art print of the infamous mock arrest mugshot of Elvis Presley. Archival pigment print paper size 40x30 inches / 1...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Color, Archival Pigment

Jacqueline Kennedy with Skis - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline  Kennedy is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.  The photo depicts the American First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John Fitzgerlad Kennedy, 35° Presi...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Man in Denim
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 12 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

MAN RAY (1890-1976), FEMALE NUDE, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: FEMALE NUDE Date Of Negative: 1930 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st E...
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1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Georgia O'Keeffe, Profile, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born in Long Island, Budnik studied painting at the Art Students’ League of New York. After being drafted, he started photographing the New York school of Abstracts Expressionist and Pop Artists in the mid-fifties, making it a primary focus for several decades. He completed major photo-essays on Willem de Kooning and David Smith, among many other artists. It was his teacher Charles Alston...
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1970s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Paul Saltzman (1943) Title: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India (Beatles), suite of four Year: 1968; printed circa 1993 Medium: Digital chromogenic prints on photographic paper Edition: 1/50, 3/50, 3/50, 3/50; editions of 50 Size: 24.75 x 24.75 inches, each Condition: Good Inscription: each signed, titled, and numbered by the photographer Notes: Taken when the photographer was 23 years old and studying meditation under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, these images were created at the time when the Beatles, Donovan and others were also pursuing their studies in meditation there. These closeups are rare, and may never have been fully editioned. PAUL SALTZMAN (1943) is a Canadian film and television producer, photographer, and director. A two-time Emmy Award-recipient, he has been credited on more than 300 films, both dramas and documentaries. In 1968, at the age of 23, he traveled to India for the first time as sound engineer on the National Film Board of Canada's Juggernaut documentary. He studied meditation to recover after his girlfriend had broken up with him, by mail. He learned meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in the holy city of Rishikesh, India, The Beatles were coincidentally also visiting the ashram. He saw them sitting at a table and asked to join them. Paul McCartney drew up a chair. While there, he spent time with and photographed the Beatles, Donovan, Mia and Prudence Farrow and Mike Love. His photos have been judged "some of the best intimate shots" ever taken of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and have been seen in galleries worldwide. A permanent exhibition of his The Beatles in India photographs...
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1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford in front of the Sand's Motel sign in Las Vegas, NV. This capture was taken as a promotion for the film "Ocean's Eleven". O...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mermaid's Daughter (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Mermaid's Daughter (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 70x85cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 483...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print by Gered Mankowitz Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is pho...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, Farm Aid
Located in Denton, TX
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 18 x 12.8 in. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso. Michael O’Brien is an American photographer noted for his compelling portraits of famous figures such as Willie Nelson, Larry McMurtry, George Strait...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Divine Nude No.20 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.20 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Nick Cave - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1998)
Located in London, GB
Nick Cave - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print NME Cover Shoot April 20, 1998 London (photo Kevin Westenberg) NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Unframed Signed and numbered by the artist. Edition limited to 10 only this size Printed 2020 This size image: 30 x 40" / 76 x 101 cm About the image: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Grace Jones at His Wedding
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer. An iconic book celebrating Warhol's most famous photogr...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

A Storm to Move Mountains_Brooke Shaden_Photo/FineArtPaper, ed 7/15_Figure
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
BROOKE SHADEN A Storm to Move Mountains, 2011 Photo on Velvet Fine Art Paper 10 × 10 in. Image 18.25 x 18.25 in. Framed Edition 7 of 15 Channeling the...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frida Holding Her Shawl
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida Kahlo Holding Her Shawl Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph Edition Size: 25 Signature: Estate Stamped on Back Year of Work: 1936 Dimensions: ...
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1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Narween (Saigon) -20x20cm, Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude, AP1/2
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Narween (Saigon) - 2003 sold out Edition of 5, this is Artist Proof 1/2, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Artist inventory Number 469.15. Signature label and Certificate. Not ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

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

Amelia Earhart Flight over Washington D.C.
Located in Austin, TX
After appearing before a Senate Committee on air safety, Amelia took off in the Department of Commerce's new safety plane for a flight over Washington D.C.. 1936. Amelia Earhart was...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

I see you (50x50cm) - 21st Century, Women, Nude, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
I see you, 2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs Based on an original Impossible film Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy W...
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1970s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Anthony Bourdain Katz's Deli NYC by Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Anthony Bourdain was famous for traveling the globe and exploring the local cuisine in No Reservations and Parts Unknown. As soon as he returned home t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Kate Moss at 16
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Kate Moss by Jake Chessum, taken when she was an unknown 16 year old model, just starting her career. Jake recalls, "I had heard of Kate as she was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

On the Run (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Run (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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

Frida Outside the Church
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida Kahlo in her Studio Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph, (produced from film) Edition Size: 7/25 Year of Work: 1936 Dimensions: 14 x 14" Frame...
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1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Christopher Reeve NYC, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
Located in München, BY
Printed later Combined Edition 10 Also available in 101 x 127 cm 40 x 50 inch and as combined Edition 25 in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch Black and white Portrait of American actor, writer and director Christopher Reeve...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Austen in front of Trailer (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid, Analog, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Austen in front of Trailer', (Till Death do Us part), 2005, 48 x 46 cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist , based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature labe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
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...
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1940s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Portrait of Monica Bellucci - Vintage Photo by Marton Schneider - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Monica Bellucci, b/w photo is a photograph realized by Marton Schneider in the 1990s. Very good conditions.
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jewish Diaspora 1950s, Yeshiva Students New York, Black-and-White Photography
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Students, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed is a black-and-white photograph of three young Jewish Youth, studying at a yeshiva. This is a gelatin silver lifetime print, 16...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Grace Jones for After Dark
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Grace Jones, 1975. Period print measures 8.5 x 11.25 inches; 10 x 13 inches framed. Artist studio stamp on ver...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Divine Nude No.13 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.13 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Elizabeth Taylor Sitting in Boat
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Elizabeth Taylor sitting with dog in a boat from the movie scene "Lassie Come Home", circa 1943. Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City, Two American Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith
Located in New york, NY
Painter Helen Frankenthaler and sculptor David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio in New York City, 1957 is a gelatin silver print, 20” x 16”, signed and stamped by the Glinn estate. Th...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

MAN RAY (1890-1976), SINCLAIR LEWIS, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: SINCLAIR LEWIS Date Of Negative: 1930 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1s...
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1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Joni Mitchell
Located in Memphis, TN
Joni Mitchell (b.1943) was born Roberta Joan Anderson in Alberta. She began playing guitar and singing in clubs in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewa...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984 poster, hand signed and numbered by Richard Corman
Located in New York, NY
Richard Corman Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984 (Red), 2020 Offset lithograph poster on color archival pigment paper Signed and numbered 2/100 by Richard Corman in silver sharpie on the fro...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Dr. Albert Einstein Lectures
Located in Austin, TX
Albert Einstein giving a lecture at a podium, 1946. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern ...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (photo via A.F. Archive/Alamy Archives) 1955 James Dean (1931 - 1955) Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 16x20'' Printed...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Black and white portrait of famous singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. From personality portraits and adverti...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe in Black Sequin Gown Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white pinup portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe in a black sequin gown. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities. -- "The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
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1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Katharine Hepburn in Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Katharine Hepburn in a coat for her role in "Stage Door", circa 1937. Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywoo...
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1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931 A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection. Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926. Bull was able to study with the great Western...
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1930s Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Deborah Kerr in Fur Hat
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features Deborah Kerr posed in a large white fur hat. Deborah Kerr was a Scottish-born film, theatre and television actress. During her international f...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a portrait of Frida Kahlo with her pet deer, Granizo. She places her hand lovingly on the deer while looking towards the viewer, with a cigare...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Priscilla, 1970' by Joseph Szabo from the SOLD OUT Edition
By Joseph Szabo
Located in Brighton, GB
'Priscilla, 1970' by Joseph Szabo Gelatin silver print, printed later Edition 68/75 from the 16" x 20" SOLD OUT edition Signed, titled, and numbered '68/75' in the margin, recto Sig...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

New York, Harlem, African American Children, Black and White Photo, Fire Hydrant
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver photograph signed by the photographer on verso (back). Provenance: Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe in Dark Hat Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe close up, wearing a dark hat. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...
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1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - framed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Her last Call II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013 80x80cm, Edition 2/5, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted and Shadow frame. Signed on back with Certificate. Artist Inventory # 16495.02. Featuring Heather Megan Christie. Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl behind the White Picket Fence A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of a newly orphaned girl after losing her parents who lived in the Californian desert in a vintage Spartan travel-trailer. -filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice-over monologue - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl's journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Caroline Ryder) Stefanie Schneider By Caroline Ryder Travel up a bumpy dirt road in Morongo Valley, the trail strewn with rocks, and you’ll come upon a gigantic 1950s trailer in pristine condition, ringed by a white picket fence, with cottontail rabbits hopping among neat little rose bushes that bloom in spite of the broiling desert heat. Inside the trailer are period accents—a vintage radio, vintage fridge...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Grace Jones Close-up
Located in München, BY
Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of actress and singer Grace Jones wearing a fur cap. From personality portraits and advertising campaig...
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Robert Plant 1993 - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print (1993)
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant - Signed Limited Edition Oversized Print Press Shoot April 24 1993 New York (photo Kevin Westenberg) NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Unframed...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Paul McCartney [Mirror]
Located in London, GB
David Bailey Paul McCartney [Mirror], 1967 Silver Gelatin Print Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 43.1 x 43.1 cm Sheet: 50.8 x 60.9 cm Edition of 25
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Meryl Streep, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
Located in München, BY
Edition 25 Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10 Black and white portrait of famous actress Meryl Streep. From personality portrait...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Spring Glamour
Located in Austin, TX
From a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese, Stoya and Aubrey O’Day This print is availabl...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

C Print

Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp photo by Terry O’Neill 1963 A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpt...
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elton John, 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 British singer and s...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Authentic Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

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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