Ted Allan Figurative Photography

Cy Twombly Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster, 1955 Identified and inscribed on the reverse by the sitter Carolyn Brown Photograph on paper 8 x 8 inches Provenance Gift of the artist Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025. Cy Twombly gained fame for his art that combined cultural, historical, and poetic elements—particularly those from classical antiquity—with abstract shapes and his distinctive script. Born Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr. on April 25, 1928, in Lexington, Virginia, he began his artistic journey under the guidance of Pierre Daura and Marion Junkin at Washington and Lee University. This initial training was complemented by his formative experiences at the Arts Students League of New York and Black Mountain College, where he established enduring friendships with influential figures like Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. A pivotal moment for Twombly was his 1952 trip to Italy and North Africa with Rauschenberg, funded by a grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This journey allowed Twombly to engage deeply with the rich cultural history that would inform his future artistic endeavors, leading to the creation of significant early pieces. Twombly made his way back to Italy in 1957 and 1958, during which he presented his first solo exhibition in Italy at Galleria La Tartaruga, owned by Plinio De Martiis. In 1959, he married Luisa Tatiana...

Céline - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Woman in black evening dress with bare back in a wild creek with rocks, grainy photograph. This image was cap...

This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...

Neil Folberg (b. 1950) Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, Lin Arison and Neil Folberg Pigment print on rag paper Ultrachrome K3 inks on Crane Museo Silver Rag archival fin...

This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...

Man Walking Past Parking Lot is a Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 10 in this size of 24" x 34". States of America is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photographic talents whose untimely death in 1991 ended prematurely the highly promising career of a distinctive and powerful photographic voice. Michael Ormerod was born in Cheshire in 1947. He lived in Newcastle, but spent many years travelling America. Fascinated by the American image, and following in the footsteps of Robert Frank, Ormerod took to the American West to find a washed out dream of capitalism. His images capture a strange juxtaposition of an American beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption. The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised. A teenager cycles through her neighbourhood wearing a Halloween-style hockey mask, a Native American man stands in a graveyard, their expressions are unreadable. The work subverts traditional American icons. A white picket fence is staved in, a huge billboard for Miss Teen Dakota USA stands next to an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign...

Neil Folberg (b. 1950) Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists, Lin Arison and Neil Folberg Pigment print on rag paper Ultrachrome K3 inks on Crane Museo Silver Rag archival fin...

This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...

This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, J...

This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...

This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...

This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate stamped ...