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Baba and Nancy Beaton, circa 1926 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Baba and Nancy Beaton, circa 1926 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography) Silver gelatin print
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1920s Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

WARREN G. HARDING SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED PHOTOGRAPH
Located in Portland, ME
, who specialized in portrait photography. The note on the back is signed by Seth Shorey (1914-1986
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1920s Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Autographed Portrait and Dedication of Giuseppe Garibaldi - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait and Dedication of Giuseppe Garibaldi is a double historical document, that
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1880s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Victor Hugo - b/w Postcard - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Victor Hugo is a photografic albumen print in CDV size. The print was made around 1870
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1870s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Joy Riders by John Albok, 1938, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 1921 finding work almost
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of the Paint Carlo Ferrari - Vintage Photo - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original silver salt photo on yellowish paper realized in 1870 by an Anonymous
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19th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

MAN RAY (1890-1976), SIDE PORTRAIT, 1926 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: SIDE PORTRAIT Date Of Negative: 1926 Type Of
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

Portrait of John Ruskin - Photograph by Charles Philip McCarthy - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of John Ruskin by Charles Philip McCarthy is a Photogravure realized in 1890 circa. Print
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1890s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Early Signed Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Albumen Print 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Early Signed Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an albumen print signed on clichè and dated 26 June
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1860s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Paris France, Miss Tic, French Woman Artist, Black-and-White Portrait Photograph
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to
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1880s Contemporary Antique Portrait Photography

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Digital, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Early 20th Century Hand Colored Portraits of a Young Couple C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th Century Hand Colored Portraits of a Young Couple C.1900 Handsome young couple. Hand
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Early 20th Century Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Watercolor

Henri Duhem - Black & White Photo Portrait of Impressionist Painter Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A mounted black and white photo portrait of French impressionist painter, Henri Duhem circa 1915
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his Wife and Imperial Ulhans Regiment
By Karl Bulla
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his Wife and the Imperial Ulhans Regiment in Saint
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Early 1900s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Woman collecting sea shells
Located in Middletown, NY
pivotal figure in early Japanese photography. He adapted cutting-edge Western technology in photo-printing
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

The Poet's Son Billie 1898
By Arnold Genthe
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century portrait of a young boy by Arnold Genthe (German, 1869-1942). Signed "Arnold
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1890s Realist Antique Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Japan, Girls Playing on Konkonchiki Game, original photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), unmounted, numbered B 1085 and captioned in negative at lower right. Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. [Bennett GDG, p. 158; S...
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Japan, Girl with Samisen or Gozenobo, titled Beggar (Gozenobo)
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/4 inches x 7 3/4 (260 x 198 mm), unmounted, numbered B 1221 and captioned in negative at lower right. Yokohama, Japan: c 1880s. [Nagasaki University ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Turn of the Century Photograph -- The Poet's Son Billie, 1898
By Arnold Genthe
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century portrait of a young boy by Arnold Genthe (German/American, 19th-20th C), 1898
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1890s Realist Antique Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Cooly, drawing Jinrikisha (Rickshaw)
Located in Middletown, NY
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 inches (195 x 252 mm), pasted onto a gold-edged board with caption hand-written in black ink.
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Portrait Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Noble Woman - Silver Salt Photograph - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Noble Woman, Silver Salt Photograph is a vintage portrait photograph on paper realized in 1890s
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1890s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

WILLIAM MCKINLEY AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN POSTERS.
Located in Portland, ME
Prince, George WILLIAM MCKINLEY AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN POSTERS. Lithographs, 1900. With Prince's copyright, lower left, and Litho by Julius Bien NY, lower right. The McKinle...
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Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Lithograph

Prince, George WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AND jAMES S. SHERMAN CAMPAIGN POSTERS, 1908.
Located in Portland, ME
Prince, George WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AND JAMES S. SHERMAN CAMPAIGN POSTERS, 1908. The Taft with edge losses and a black line running from Taft's head to the right edge; the Sherman wit...
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Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Lithograph

Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for
Located in Portland, ME
Anonymous WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. ELECTION POSTER. Lithograph, 1900 . Poster for Bryan's candidacy for President in 1900. He ran, with Adlai E. Stevenson as Vice President, against W...
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Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Lithograph

Qahatika Girl, The North American Indian, Edward S. Curtis, Photogravure, 1907
By Edward Curtis
Located in Phoenix, AZ
QAHATIKA GIRL Portfolio 2, plate no. 56 THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BY EDWARD S. CURTIS Considered by art collectors as extremely desirable among all his his works! Image size 15.5...
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

The Eiffel Tower (1929) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
By H. Armstrong Roberts
Located in London, GB
photography sold in 2012. ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion, LEADING LADIES, Black and White
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1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister)
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 1921 finding work almost immediately as a tailor in
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Harlem (Girl with Dog in Baby Carriage) by John Albok, 1934
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
stamp on verso. Born in Munkacs, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

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Photogravure

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

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), VISAGES OF WOMAN, UNDATED, 1920 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: VISAGES OF WOMAN, UNDATED Date Of Negative: 1920 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Pri...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), PAUL ELUARD, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: PAUL ELUARD 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 Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), SINCLAIR LEWIS, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
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 Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), FEMALE NUDE, 1930 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
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 Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

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

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ROCK LINES ABSTRACT, 1920 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ROCK LINES ABSTRACT Date Of Negative: 1920 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

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

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), SURREAL DISTORTED HOUSE, 1920 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: SURREAL DISTORTED HOUSE REFLECTION Date Of Negative: 1920 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Da...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), SURREAL MODERNIST ABSTRAC, 1934 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: SURREAL MODERNIST ABSTRACT Date Of Negative: 1934 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Pr...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1923 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1927 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1927 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1932 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1932 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ANDRE DERAIN, 1926 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: Andre Derain Date Of Negative: 1926 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st ...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1927 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1927 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: RAYOGRAPH Date Of Negative: 1923 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), HENRI MATISSE, 1922 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: HENRI MATISSE Date Of Negative: 1922 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

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

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1922 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY Date Of Negative: 1922 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 19...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: RAYOGRAPH Date Of Negative: 1923 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
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1920s Photorealist Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

Lethal Losch (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
1892 in Edinburgh, moved to London and launched his professional photography career in 1914. In 1920
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1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Grande Comico - Photograph By Ermete Novelli - Late 19th Century
By Ermete Novelli
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph of " Grande Comico" by Ermete Novelli is an original photograph/self portrait on
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Luzi Girl Papago The North American Indian, Edward S. Curtis, Photogravure, 190
By Edward Curtis
Located in Phoenix, AZ
LUZI GIRL PAPAGO, 1907 Portfolio 2, Plate 53 THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BY EDWARD S. CURTIS Image size 15.5 x 10 1/4 inches, Excellent condition. This is an original photogravur...
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Portrait Photography

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Photogravure

Jumping A Hurdle (1886) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Black and White, B and W, Photography, Horse, Collage.
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1880s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Derby Spectator (1923) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Fashion, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Photography, Black and White, B and W
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1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Royal Ulhans Regiment of Tsar Nicholas II - Original Photo by Karl Bulla
By Karl Bulla
Located in Roma, IT
a group portrait of Nicholas II and his wife, surrounded by the entire regiment of royal Ulhans
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Early 1900s Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

César, The sculptor
Located in PARIS, FR
This is the french sculptor Cesar.
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Early 20th Century Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Lambda

César, The sculptor
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
Greta Garbo, Hollywood
By Edward Steichen
Located in New York, NY
In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting
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1920s Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Greta Garbo, Hollywood
By Edward Steichen
Located in New York, NY
In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting
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1920s Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

ROBERT PEARY, THE LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AND OTHERS.
Located in Portland, ME
group portrait. Peary had claimed discovery of the North Pole in 1909; the photo likely commemorates a
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1910s Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The Kiss
By Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Chatsworth, CA
. John Kobal was a film historian and collector of old Hollywood film photography. Kobal has been
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1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Students of Harrow School (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Students of Harrow School (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Students of Harrow School are returning to school after Christmas vacations, England, P...
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1920s Modern Antique Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

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