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North American
By Art Shay
Located in Saint Louis, MO
North American, 1951
Silver gelatin print
Framed Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (51.4 x 41.3
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman in Sheer Dress, Silver Gelatin Black & White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kid Boxing, 1952, Black and White Photograph by Art Shay, Signed and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Street Photography was a true love of Art Shay's and is completely evident in this black and white
Category
20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 13 in W 19 in D 0.5 in
Maxwell Street Dog, Black & White Street Photography, Chicago, 1953 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blues Great Howlin' Wolf, Chicago 1966, Framed Black and White Photo by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
. Photographed here in 1966 by Art Shay, this black and white image is signed on the bottom right corner. It is
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Killers For Hire, JFK, South Dakota 1960, Black and White Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Killers for Hire, JFK, 1960
silver gelatin
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 11 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Young Pool Shark, Chicago 1949, Black & White Photograph, Framed, Signed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blues Guitarist, Buddy Guy, 1966, Playing Guitar, Framed Photograph by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vegas, Hotel Signs, Homage to Mondrian, Color Street Photography by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hugh Hefner in His Bedroom Office, Chicago 1961, Black and White Photography
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.25 in
Lombardi Huddle, Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi 1966 by Art Shay
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"American Buffalo" 50x60 Black & White Photography Bison Buffalo Photograph Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison.
50x60 Edition of 10. Signed by Shane
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"American Buffalo" 36x24 Black & White Photography Bison Buffalo Photograph Art
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison.
36x24 Edition of 50. Signed by Shane
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market
By American Colony Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
American Colony Jerusalem.
I am not sure if these are hand colored but they are from the period. Old City
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Mt Zion Trees
By American Colony Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
American Colony Jerusalem.
I am not sure if these are hand colored but they are from the period. Old City
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market
By American Colony Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
American Colony Jerusalem.
I am not sure if these are hand colored but they are from the period. Old City
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market
By American Colony Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
American Colony Jerusalem.
I am not sure if these are hand colored but they are from the period.
The
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Car Reflection, 1958, Black and White Photograph Appeared in LIFE Magazine
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Caitlyn Bruce Jenner, Montreal Olympics, 1976, Black and White Photograph Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tracks to War, New Jersey, 1943, Black and White Photograph, Signed, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large Panoramic Black & White Photograph Signed American Ruins Maxwell Mackenzie
By Maxwell Mackenzie
Located in Surfside, FL
solo shows at The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; The American Institute of
Category
1990s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Jessica Lange at her Minnesota Cottage, 1976, Black and White Photograph, Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Welcome, Las Vegas - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
known as a color photographer Richard Heeps was commissioned to create this black and white edition as
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
4FT, Las Vegas - Black and White Square American Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
' Series.
Primarily known as a color photographer Richard Heeps was commissioned to create this black and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Sun 45, Bisbee, Arizona - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heeps was commissioned to create this black and white edition as part of an interior design project
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, C Print, Black and White
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
Telephone, Palm Springs California - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heeps was commissioned to create this black and white edition as part of an interior design project
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, C Print, Black and White
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
American Rancher
By Anouk Krantz
Located in Fairfield, CT
In "WEST The American Cowboy", Anouk revisits this enduring iconic symbol of America's pioneering
Category
2010s Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment
American Rancher
By Anouk Krantz
Located in Denver, CO
Cartier's corporate office in New York that oversees the Americas.
Anouk later studied at the
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Muscle Boy, Harlem, Black and White Photography 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
archive.
This is the cover of "Black in White America." It is also illustrated in "Leonard Freed
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Arc...
Palmer Ready to Win His 2nd Masters, Augusta, Georgia 1960, Vintage Photograph
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
heavy mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Arnold Palmer About to Win His 2nd Masters
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 19.75 in W 15.75 in D 1 in
Eyeball Freak, Circus Side Show Curiosity, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed, 1952
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America’s Cartier-Bresson
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twins, Lovejoy AKA Brooklyn, Illinois, for Ebony Magazine, 1952, Silver Gelatin
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Beauty Contest, Harlem, Black and White Photography of African American Fashion
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
back) by the Freed estate. The image appears in American photographer Freed's seminal photo book Black
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Panoramic View of San Francisco 1939, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph was distributed by American Information
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, Black and White Photograph African American Children 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Deerfield Protestors, 1963, Activists at Rally at Dusk, Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
America's Choice
By Joshua Lutz
Located in New York, NY
travel between black-and-white and color photographs, the audience is confronted with a sensation of
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
A Farm Grandma Waiting for Kids, 1951
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Leopards Spotted, Chicago 1974, Brookfield Zoo, Signed and Framed.
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
white mat and framed in a simple black metal frame.
Art Shay
Two Leopards Spotted, 1974
silver gelatin
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
American Hustle
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
black ash frame, white archival matting and protective UV acrylic. For unframed, $1,500 will be
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, 1961, The Rat Pack
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Beauty
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
American Beauty
Santa Clarita, California - 2021
Archival Pigment Print on 315gsm Hahnemühle Photo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Waterfall in the American West, Iconic, Vertical, Black and White Photography
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
white photography by One Eyeland.
Related tags: Black and White, North America, Landscape, National
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Poolside, California - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
photographer Richard Heeps was commissioned to create this black and white edition as part of an interior
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, C Print, Silver Gelatin
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
"American Buffalo" 50x40 Black & White Photography Bison Photograph Unsigned
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison.
Printed on archival paper and using
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 50 in W 40 in D 0.5 in
Street Transaction, 1949 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, Matted and Framed
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
past fifty years has artfully captured the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 8.5 in W 11.25 in D 0.5 in
Building of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1963, Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I know. I’ve been
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Liz Taylor Smelling Smell-O-Vision, Chicago, 1960
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
beauty, humor, and pathos of America.”
Studs Terkel
“Art Shay is one of the best photojournalists I
Category
1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Griffith on Train in Nashville, 1961
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
gave us a voice. Art Shay gave us a face.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Artist
“Art Shay is America
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Southern State, Black and White Civil Rights Photography African Americans 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed, is an 11” x 14” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Black in White America
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Observant Father, 1949, Chicago, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
the beauty, humor, and pathos of America.” Studs Terkel “Art Shay is one of the best
Category
1940s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
appears in the photographer's seminal Black in White America book (p. 104). The photograph is stamped on
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Arizona - Abstract Landscape Photograph of American Southwest (Black+White)
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
internationally and has had an illustrious career as a commercial and fine art photographer.
Print is shipped
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
American Realist Artist Janet Fish
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black Heritage postage
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Limited Edition Black and White Photograph - "American Barn", 2022 20 x 24
By Howard Lewis
Located in White Plains, NY
Limited Edition Black and White Photograph - "American Barn", 2022 20 x 24. The American flag has
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage American Silver Gelatin Photo
By Shirley Carter Burden
Located in Houston, TX
his niece Shim.
Original vintage work of art on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border and
Category
1950s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Shadow Lines, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Black and White Square Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
was commissioned to create this black and white edition as part of an interior design project.
This
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, C Print, Black and White
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 1.97 in
"American Buffalo" 50x60 Black & White Photography Bison Buffalo Unsigned Print
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an American Bison.
50x60 Unsigned Print
Printed on archival
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
American Homes Grid
By Ion Zupcu
Located in New York, NY
prints
11 x 11 inches, mounted (each)
7.5 x 7.5 inches, image (each)
From the series, "American Homes
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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