$2,250
H 11.5 in W 9.5 in
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, African Americans 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photo, Signed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 11.5" x 9.5" gelatin silver signed by the
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Harlem New York Beauty Contest Photo, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, 16x20 Inches
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Beauty Contest, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 16" x 20" gelatin silver print, signed verso (on
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
James Brown in Harlem - 1975 Colorized Photo
By Richard E. Aaron
Located in Marina del Rey, CA
James Brown in Harlem - 1975 Colorized Photo, a Photographic Print on Hahnemuehle Paper. In a
Archival Paper
Harlem Rain
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
'Harlem Rain' 1978 (photo Alain Le Garsmeur) USA, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY- APRIL 1978. Streets of
C Print
Sold
H 14 in W 11 in
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, NYC, Black and White Photo 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver signed by the
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 40 in W 60 in
Harlem 1978 (Oversize C Type print) Limited Edition
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
USA, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY- APRIL 1978. Street in Harlem, New York City, (Photo by Alain Le
C Print
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.75 in
Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Audrey Hepburn, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...
Lithograph
$7,800
H 24 in W 48 in
Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's "Hero" is a 24 x 48 inches mixed media work on canvas with collage. The work is partitioned in two distinct images. On the left side the artist depicted a baseball p...
Canvas, Mixed Media
$3,500
H 16 in W 20 in
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 16x20, Signed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed, is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Police Work series and book. The photograph from the e...
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
$34,692
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$4,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Office Party, New York, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 1966, 16x20 Inches
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Office Party, New York City, 1966 by Leonard Freed is a gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20in, signed verso (on back) by the photographer. Photographer Freed enjoyed storytelling, i...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$5,400
H 18 in W 24 in
Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's Harlem 125 is a 18 x 24 inches mixed media work . The medium is acrylic and silkscreen on paper. It depicts an African American couple standing at a street crossing,...
Mixed Media, Paper, Acrylic
she
By Sigurd Rosenhain
Located in Cologne, DE
Beautiful vintage nude photo created by the East German Photographer Sigurd Rosenhain, who lived and worked in Leipzig.
Silver Gelatin
$2,300
H 19 in W 13 in D 0.01 in
Frida Painting "Two Fridas" - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Frida Kahlo
By Nickolas Muray
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Painting "Two Fridas" by Nickolas Muray is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in her studio, sitting in front of her famous painting, The...
Archival Pigment
$95,669Sale Price|31% Off
H 40 in W 43 in D 2.5 in
Blue Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting by British Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Blue, Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting, entitled 'Tropical City #1', an extremely rare early work from leading British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This colo...
Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...
$1,800
H 10 in W 8 in
Naples, Italy, Cats, Gelatin Silver Photographt, Signed, 1956, 10x8
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
American Photographer Leonard Freed travelled extensively and enjoyed Italy - a country he returned to often and photographed throughout his long photographic career. Cats, Naples,...
Film, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
$4,500
H 24 in W 20 in
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem, New York series. Two children enjoy a blissf...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$8,800
H 12 in W 9 in
Le Petit Parisien, Iconic Black and White Gelatin Silver Print, 1952, Signed
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
A much sought after photograph Le Petit Parisien, 1952 by French photographer Willy Ronis is a black and white image, a gelatin silver print, measuring 30 x 23,5 cm - 12 x 9in. The ...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$4,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.25 in W 27.5 in
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
Lithograph
$1,500
H 15 in W 11 in D 0.25 in
Ornetta, Portrait, Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Etching Paper, 15x11 by Bai
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
The earthy tones, rich in texture in an acrylic and oil pastel by African American artist Bai is a portrait of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornetta, is an enigmatic p...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
$2,500
H 13 in W 19 in
1979 Black and White Photo of Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York, Ed. 1/10
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York City, USA 1979 by Leonard Freed is a black and white limited edition photograph from Freed's Policework series. The photograph, 13" x 19", is...
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
$2,500
H 12 in W 16 in
Black and White Photograph of Soldiers on Arno River, Italy, Signed Print, 12x16
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph of three soldiers seated on a bridge, above the Arno River, Florence, Italy 1958 by Leonard Freed. Arno River is a 12" x 16" gelatin silver print signed ...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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