$8,350
H 16 in W 20 in
Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963 - Julian Wasser
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963, TIME Walter Hopps, the curator of Duchamp's landmark
Silver Gelatin
$5,000
H 11 in W 14 in
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's Pasadena Art Museum
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
policy. Julian Wasser Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's 1963 11 x 14 inch
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$10,900
H 243 in W 30 in D 1 in
Julian Wasser's Iconic Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
*Only a few lifetime prints available* Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963, TIME Walter Hopps
Silver Gelatin
$6,000
H 17 in W 14 in D 2 in
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (22-2) Three Quarters Portrait
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 11a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
composed photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan and Quintana Roo (Frame 27a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
photographs. (His iconic images of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 33a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
of Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz
By Julian Wasser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz" was originally photographed by Julian Wasser in 1963
Satin Paper, Archival Pigment
Unavailable
H 20 in W 24 in
Marcel Duchamp And Eve Babitz playing Chess at the Pasadena Art Museum 1963
By Julian Wasser
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marcel Duchamp And Eve Babitz - Pasadena Art Museum 1963 Color Babitz and a black-suited Duchamp
Archival Pigment
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H 16 in W 20 in
Marcel Duchamp And Eve Babitz playing. Chess at the Pasadena Art Museum 1963
By Julian Wasser
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marcel Duchamp And Eve Babitz - Pasadena Art Museum 1963 Color Archival Pigment Print Edition of
Archival Pigment
Joan Didion. Hollywood. (22-1)
By Michael Light
Located in New York, NY
and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics.) In 1968 TIME Magazine assigned
Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 33a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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H 11 in W 14 in
Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's Pasadena Art Museum
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
Wasser Eve Babitz and Marcel Duchamp playing chess during Duchamp's 1963 11 x 14 inch gelatin silver
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 11a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
Nicholson and Anjelica Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (22-2) Three Quarters Portrait
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics.) In 1968 TIME
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968 (Frame 33a.)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
Huston; Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics.) In 1968 TIME
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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H 16 in W 20 in
Marilyn Monroe at the Golden Globes in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 1962
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a naked Eve Babitz in 1963 at the Pasadena Museum of Art during
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie at The Forum - mid 1970's
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
session was of groundbreaking artist Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a naked Eve Babitz in 1963 at the
Silver Gelatin
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H 16 in W 20 in
Robert F. Kennedy, Ambassador Hotel, 1968 - silver gelatin print
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
session was of groundbreaking artist Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a naked Eve Babitz in 1963 at the
Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion in front of her Stingray Corvette, 1968
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
playing chess with a naked Eve Babitz in 1963 at the Pasadena Museum of Art during Duchamp's first
Silver Gelatin
Marcel Duchamp And Eve Babitz (1963)
By Julian Wasser
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Bachelor, Even (1915-1923). Writer Eve Babitz was having an affair with Walter Hopp’s at the time. Julian
Silver Gelatin
Joan Didion. Hollywood. (11A)
By Julian Wasser
Located in New York, NY
and Eve Babitz; and a young Jodie Foster are already classics.) In 1968 TIME Magazine assigned
Silver Gelatin
$4,400
H 48 in W 71 in
Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley 48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm signed edition of 7 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$389
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph A couple relaxes and laughs on a spacious sofa on the terrace of a villa. The party is still in full swin...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.75 in
Diane Arbus, Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1979 (after)
By Diane Arbus
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Diane Arbus (1923–1971), titled Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., originates from the 1979 folio Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice P...
Lithograph
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Les Terrains" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux, there will ...
Paper
Bloody Oscar II (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating the Academy in this original and limited Oscar art series by Mauro Oliveira. Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on CANVAS, signed and numbered by the ar...
Giclée
$2,500
H 50 in W 40 in
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 4-5) - 40"x50"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield with "Seagram's Dogs. It w...
Archival Pigment
$380
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Nothing to hide - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nothing to Hide' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label and c...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$2,950
H 47.25 in W 35.44 in D 0.04 in
"The Courage of Beauty" Nude Photography 47" x 35" in Ed. of 3 by Lukas Dvorak
By Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Courage of Beauty" Nude Photography 47" x 35" in Ed. of 3 by Lukas Dvorak Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2024 The photo is signed on verso Comes with COA issued by the A...
Archival Paper, Pigment
$3,278Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 40 in
Blondes (Limited Edition of 25) - Nude Photography, 30x40 In Fine Art Print
Located in New York, NY
This 2007 photograph features six beautiful blondes posing on a bed. The photograph is from John Stoddart’s, “Risqué” series, where he explored a form of photography that seeks to sh...
Archival Paper
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal
By Müller Möbelfabrikation
Located in Tilburg, NL
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal. Germany. Design 1998, current production. Available in every RAL-color. A highlight for your office or your home: The cleverly designed bar cabinet KB 3...
Metal
$2,796Sale Price|35% Off
H 14 in W 11 in
Shalom Harlow; Topless in army outfit - Pirelli session (1997) for 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber. Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed. “Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment
Kate Moss at the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden, London
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 25, unframed print with framing options available. Additional sizes available upon request. As one of Britain’s longest standing press photographers, Greg Brennan has captu...
Silver Gelatin
Slyvie's Lounge, Nude with Sofa
By Kim Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Retired negative!! Framed beautifully in wood & museum glass frame.
Silver Gelatin
$6,830
H 40 in W 30 in
Actress Gina Bellman (Limited Edition of 25) - 30x40 In - Celebrity Photography
Located in New York, NY
This iconic 1989 photograph features actress Gina Bellman posing on top of a column, accompanied by two monkeys. It was shot by celebrity and fashion photographer John Stoddart. Joh...
Silver Gelatin
Keith Haring, 1986
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Annie Leibovitz Title: Keith Haring, 1986 Year: 1986-2023 Medium: Dye-sublimation Chroma Luxe aluminum print with floating frame Dimensions: 19 7/10 x 24 1/10 x 1 in (50 x 61...
Dye Transfer
$7,500
H 16 in W 24 in
Joan Didion with her Stingray Corvette, 1968 by Julian Wasser-Lifetime Signature
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
Joan Didion in front of her Daytona Yellow Stingray Corvette, 1968, Time magazine TIME commissioned this portrait of author Joan Didion photographed at her rented home on Franklin A...
Silver Gelatin, Platinum
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.