Lee Friedlander is best known for his street photographs that came to define a new style of documentary photography in the 1960s. He was equally committed to his Nudes series which he photographed over twelve years, beginning in the late 1970s. While the nude is the most classical of subjects, Friedlander’s depictions are anything but, presenting us with figures not from the canon of art history but contemporary culture. These women are not idealized nor glamorized but are the real bodies of everyday people. Indeed, after finding models through his network of friends, photographers and even ad postings, he visited them at their homes and photographed them in their beds, among their possessions. This heightened their sense of comfort and ultimately the viewers’ sense of intimacy with the subjects. One such model was Madonna, who posed for Friedlander from 1979–80, just a few years before the release of her first album in 1983. At the time, Madonna was a dancer in New York City, struggling to make ends meet through modeling and small roles in low-budget films. It is believed that she was paid $25 for the sittings. As her fame skyrocketed over the years, these images remain emblematic of her early career, before she would hone the public image for which she is known.
Lake Louise, Silver Gelatin Photograph by Lee Friedlander
By Lee Friedlander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lee Friedlander, American (1934 - ) Title: Lake Louise Year: 2001, Printed 2002 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print, Signed in pencil verso Size: 20 x 16 ...
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Tarrytown, Silver Gelatin Photograph by Lee Friedlander
By Lee Friedlander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lee Friedlander, American (1934 - ) Title: Tarrytown Year: 2001, Printed 2002 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print, Signed in pencil verso Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame S...
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$1,150
H 20.15 in W 23.75 in D 1 in
Mission San Xavier Del Bac, Tucson Arizona
By Huntington Witherill
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Photograph titled "Mission San Xavier Del Bac, Tucson Arizona" is a gelatin silver print by noted American photographer Huntington Witherill, born ...
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Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (square hole)
By Edward Weston
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico (square hole) Gelatin silver print, 1933, printed 1953 A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward Edition of 5 or 6 examples Provena...
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New York at Night
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in New York, NY
13.5 x 10.5 inch gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980 Framed to 26.5 x 22.5 inches Signed on verso Berenice Abbott's "New York at Night" is one ...
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$1,100
H 14 in W 11 in
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Stanley Twardowicz Venice Italy Gondola Photo
By Stanley Twardowicz
Located in Surfside, FL
Black & white vintage photo of Venice Italy in 1952 by American Abstract Expressionism artist Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008). It depicts a reflection of the buildings on the water of the canal with a gondola. Sheet is 14 x 11. Photo image measures 7.5" by 8.5" Stanley Twardowicz (1917 – 2008) was an American abstract painter and photographer. Twardowicz was born in Detroit, and studied at the Meinzinger Art School during World War II as well as working in a tank factory. Twardowicz began practicing photography on a 1948 trip to Mexico, and during the 1950s and 1960s he developed his painting style, related to color field paintings and abstract expressionism. He achieved some national recognition during the years he moved to Plainfield, New Jersey and became a regular at the famous Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village, the meeting place of fellow abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and others. The Cedar Tavern (or Cedar Street Tavern) was a bar and restaurant at the eastern edge of Greenwich Village, New York City. Known as a gathering place for avant garde writers and artists, it was located at 24 University Place, near 8th Street. It was famous in its day as a hangout of many prominent Abstract Expressionist painters and Beat writers and poets. Robert Motherwell had a studio nearby in the early 1950s, and he held a weekly salon for artists there. Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Michael Goldberg, Lynne Drexler, Philip Guston, Ted Joans...
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Juniper, Lake Tenaya
By Edward Weston
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Juniper, Lake Tenaya Gelatin silver print, 1937 Unsigned Edward Weston Estate stamp verso (see photo) A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward, printed in...
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$950
H 8 in W 10 in
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural Underwood and Underwood 1939 World’s Fair Photographs 8 x 10 inches each All five prints are stamped...
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$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.5 in W 53 in
Modern Classic Chevrolet Corvette Mid Century, Limited Edition Photograph
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The latest and final release in Australian photographer Tom Blachford’s long-running project, Midnight Modern, will be exhibited for the first time at TOTH Gallery in New York. Loos...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.5 in W 35.5 in
Tom Blachford Porsche Targa Mid Century Modern Palm Springs
By Tom Blachford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition series of Classic a couple Porsche Targa within Palm Springs California. Mid Century Modern Design Architecture. Photography by Tom Blach...
Archival Pigment
Dante's View, Death Valley, printed later
By Edward Weston
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dante's View, Death Valley Gelatin silver print, (1938), printed in 1981 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo) A lifetime printing by Brett Weston (1953-1954), supe...
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$1,500
H 11.5 in W 13.5 in D 1 in
Early American modernist photograph by a well-known artist
By Lloyd Ullberg
Located in Colfax, CA
A great little modernist image of a forgotten town. Lloyd Ullberg was a highly talented self-taught American modernist photographer whose works were published in major American peri...
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Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925
By Edward Weston
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925 Toned silver print Negative by Edward Weston Print by Cole Weston (1919-2003) From: Edward Weston Portfolio, 1971 Published by Witkin-Berley Ltd., Ne...
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$12,000
H 16 in W 24 in
"Wave 2 (After the Storm)" Silver Gelatin Print, American Modern, Hamptons 2009
By Michael Dweck
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Michael Dweck is an American photographer based in New York, NY. His work has become synonymous with the aesthetic of the Hamptons, as he has taken local surfers and beauties on as ...
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