Larry Ellis Art

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...

French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer (1969). Newly framed, the poster announces an exhibition of the works of Yves Brayer at the Galerie de Paris which, at that time, was...

Couple Sharing a Chair at Party - Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph An amorous couple embraces intensely at a party, almost catching the attention of nearby partygoers... Th...

Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...

A view of the vast and extensive film set of the James Bond film 'You Only Live Twice' (1966). The set was designed by Ken Adam and structured to represent the inside secret base o...

James Dean - American Cultural Icon Hollywood Actor Silver Gelatin Photograph The iconic American actor James Dean poses for a photograph at a dinner. He wears a tuxedo and has a so...

Artist: Rene Genis, French (1922 - 2004) Title: Nature Morte avec Fleurs Year: circa 1970 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 26/100 Size: 20.5 in. x 30 i...

Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Fl...

Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Red Bouquet with Lovers, Medium: Giclee on paper, facsimile signed in plate, Edition: P/P, Image Size: 19 x 13 inches, Size: 24 x 18 ...

Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998) Vintage gelatin silver print (Television) TV Head A surrealist image of a window mannequin man with a TV head. Hand signed, titled and dated 1987 verso image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow. Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model. Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries including, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anaïs Nin and more. In 1978 Cratsley contributed the photo sequences for the musical The Class, performed by The New Ballet School at the New York City Center. In 1980, Cratsley showed his work, Atlantic City, 1977, an August beach scene, at the 11th Anniversary show at the Witkin Gallery. In 1989 Cratsley was awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship for Photography, US & Canada. Cratsley documented gay life in NYC including his life with David Waine, who died in 1991. "I'd been photographing David since long before he became sick [...] at some point I realized that this was an extraordinary thing that was happening, and that I had an intimate relationship to it. I photographed David just a few hours before he died, not knowing what was about to happen [...] David was very spiritual [...] My pictures are a poetic, spiritualized look at AIDS". In 1995 Cratsley was included together with Barbara Norfleet, Olivia Parker and John Sturges in the list of bestselling photographer at Robert Klein Gallery...

American actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on the sofa of her suite at the Ambassador Hotel in New York whilst reading 'To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting', the classic guide to a...

Black and white silver gelatin print of President John F. Kennedy in a motorcade, driving on 7th avenue in New York City. Artist: Unknown Title: John F. K...