Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, c27_19 -- Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Sabrina. Image
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, c27_19 -- Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Sabrina. Image
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Stands in Ballgown, c27_19 -- Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Sabrina. Image
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Striped Sweater, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r28_5 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner alone on the floor
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Bicycle, Smiling, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c19_4, 1953 -- Audrey Hepburn regularly bicycled from the movie studio's make up
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Left Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_d -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Smoking, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Smoking, c8_9 – Photographed for Life in 1953, part of Audrey
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Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Smoking, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Smoking, c8_9 – Photographed for Life in 1953, part of Audrey
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Being Towel Dried, c7_26, 1953 – Photographed for LIFE in 1953, Audrey Hepburn is
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_23 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out take from the photo essay shot
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_23 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out take from the photo essay shot
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Bicycle, Looks Left, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c20_23 -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out take from the photo essay shot
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Striped Sweater, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r28_5 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner alone on the floor
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Striped Sweater, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r28_5 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner alone on the floor
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn on Bicycle, Smiling, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c19_4, 1953 -- Audrey Hepburn regularly bicycled from the movie studio's make up
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Left Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_d -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Left Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_d -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Staring, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn 54_0309a_e – Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_c -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from
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Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_c -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Staring, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn 54_0309a_e – Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_c -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Staring, Center Frame, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn 54_0309a_e – Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of Mademoiselle
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from
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Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, c26_8 -- Audrey Hepburn enjoyed designing clothes as a hobby
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, c26_8 -- Audrey Hepburn enjoyed designing clothes as a hobby
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Consults with Costumer, c26_8 -- Audrey Hepburn enjoyed designing clothes as a hobby
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, c3_23 -- Audrey Hepburn was respected on the set of Sabrina for
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, c3_23 -- Audrey Hepburn was respected on the set of Sabrina for
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Exits Studio Car, c3_23 -- Audrey Hepburn was respected on the set of Sabrina for
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Converses with Man, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Converses, c27_11 -- Audrey Hepburn chats with an unidentified man on the set of
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Audrey Hepburn Converses with Man, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Converses, c27_11 -- Audrey Hepburn chats with an unidentified man on the set of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Converses with Man, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Converses, c27_11 -- Audrey Hepburn chats with an unidentified man on the set of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, c8_5 – While working on the Paramount film Sabrina Fair
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast, Looking Up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Breakfasts, c15_42 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is
Giclée
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast, Looking Up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Breakfasts, c15_42 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast, Looking Up, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Breakfasts, c15_42 -- Photographed for LIFE's December 1953 issue. Audrey Hepburn is
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, c8_5 – While working on the Paramount film Sabrina Fair
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn with Curlers, Telephone, c8_5 – While working on the Paramount film Sabrina Fair
Giclée
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner
Giclée
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey in Striped Sweater Reads, 1953 -- Shot for Life in 1953. Audrey Hepburn often ate dinner
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953, c22_34 -- An out take from photos taken for the December 7
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953, c22_34 -- An out take from photos taken for the December 7
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Seated, 1953, c22_34 -- An out take from photos taken for the December 7
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing c7_18 -- Published in LIFE in 1953, Mark Shaw’s photo
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing c7_18 -- Published in LIFE in 1953, Mark Shaw’s photo
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed and Laughing c7_18 -- Published in LIFE in 1953, Mark Shaw’s photo
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading on Couch, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading, r7_6 -- Audrey Hepburn loved to read the classics, especially works
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading on Couch, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading, r7_6 -- Audrey Hepburn loved to read the classics, especially works
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading on Couch, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Supine Reading, r7_6 -- Audrey Hepburn loved to read the classics, especially works
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, c7_22 -- Photographed for Life in 1953, part of
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Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, c7_22 -- Photographed for Life in 1953, part of
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Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Getting Shampooed Purses Lips, c7_22 -- Photographed for Life in 1953, part of
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Smiling with Head Back, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, 54_0309a_a -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for the June 1954 issue of
Giclée
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
There’s a lot to love about black and white photography.
The unique and timeless quality of a black and white photograph accentuates any room. Some might argue that we’re naturally drawn to color photography because it’s the world we know best. This is a shared belief, particularly in the era of camera-phone photography, editing apps and the frenetic immediacy of sharing photos on social media. But when we look at black and white photography, we experience deep, rich shadows and tonal properties in a way that transfixes us. Composition and textures are crisp and engaging. We’re immediately drawn to the subjects of vintage street photography and continue to feel the emotional impact of decades-old photojournalism. The silhouettes of mountains in black and white landscape photography are particularly pronounced, while portrait photography and the skylines of urban cityscapes come to life in monochrome prints.
When decorating with fine photography, keep in mind that some color photographs may not be suitable for every space. However, you can be more daring with black and white photos. The gray tones are classic, sophisticated and generally introduce elegance to any corner of your home, which renders black and white prints amazingly versatile.
Black and white photography adapts to its surroundings like a chameleon might. A single large-scale black and white photograph above the sofa in your living room is going to work with any furniture style, and as some homeowners and designers today are working to introduce more muted tones and neutral palettes to dining rooms and bedrooms, the integration of black and white photography — a hallmark of minimalist decor — is a particularly natural choice for such a setting.
Another advantage to bringing black and white photography into your home is that you can style walls and add depth and character without worrying about disrupting an existing color scheme. Black and white photographs actually harmonize well with accent colors such as yellow, red and green. Your provocative Memphis Group lighting and bold Pierre Paulin seating will pair nicely with the black and white fine nude photography you’ve curated over the years.
Black and white photography also complements a variety of other art. Black and white photos pair well with drawings and etchings in monochromatic hues. They can also form part of specific color schemes. For example, you can place black and white prints in colored picture frames for a pop of color. And while there are no hard and fast rules, it’s best to keep black and white prints separate from color photographs. Color prints stand out in a room more than black and white prints do. Pairing them may detract attention from your black and white photography. Instead, dedicate separate walls or spaces to each.
Once you’ve selected the photography that best fits your space, you’ll need to decide how to hang the images. If you want to hang multiple photos, it’s essential to know how to arrange wall art. A proper arrangement can significantly enhance a living space.
On 1stDibs, explore a vast collection of compelling black and white photography by artists such as Mark Shaw, Jack Mitchell (a photographer you should know), Berenice Abbott and David Yarrow.