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Ted Williams Art

American, 1925-2009

Ted Williams first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway broadcast from Chicago's legendary Grand Terrace Ballroom inspired him. In the late 1940s, Williams merged his love of music and photography and moved to Chicago where he captured unguarded photographic studies of some of the era's greatest jazz musicians.

Williams’s work appeared in major international publications, including Time, Newsweek, Look, Playboy and Ebony. His coverage of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival landed him a spectacular 21-page layout in DownBeat magazine. Williams was active on the jazz scene from the late 1940s until the late 1970s. He photographed many of the greats in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong.

Williams’s historic archive runs to more than 100,000 images and comprises perhaps the most intimate and complete collection of jazz’s greatest musicians at work, rest and play.

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(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium – IFAC Arts)

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Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity ...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Count Basie 1950's (printed later) Silver gelatin print 30 x 40 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Count Basie at the Trian...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Duke Ellington'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Duke Ellington 1960 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Duke Ellington on stage...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Louis Armstrong'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Louis Armstrong 1962 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Louis Armstrong on-sta...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Billie Holiday 1948 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 30 x 40 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Billie Holiday on-stage...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Billie Holiday (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Billie Holiday (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse. E...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Louis Armstrong, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Louis Armstrong, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on rev...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King waves to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King makes a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. The same day of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Duke Ellington'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Duke Ellington 1960 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authent...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Sarah Vaughan'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Sarah Vaughan 1948 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authentic...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Billie Holiday 1948 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Billie Holiday on-stage...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Louis Armstrong'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Louis Armstrong 1962 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticity Louis Armstrong on-sta...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Count Basie 1950's (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authenticit...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Miles Davis (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Miles Davis (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse. Edit...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ella Fitzgerald, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Ella Fitzgerald, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Est...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Tony Bennett, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Tony Bennett, 1961 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse. Edition of 25 per size. Amer...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Paul Desmond, 1959 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Paul Desmond, 1959 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on revers...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Paul Desmond, 1965 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Paul Desmond, 1965 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on revers...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Count Basie (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Count Basie (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped an...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Count Basie, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Count Basie, 1962 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x30: £3,960 48x48: £6,000 Estate-stamped ...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dizzy Gillespie, 1960 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Dizzy Gillespie, 1960 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x30: £3,960 48x48: £6,000 Estate-stamped and numbered on rev...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ray Charles, 1972 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography)
By Ted Williams
Located in London, GB
Ray Charles, 1972 (Ted Williams - Black and White Photography) Silver Gelatin Print 16x20: £1,200 20x24: £2,640 30x40: £3,960 40x60: £7,500 Estate-stamped and numbered on reverse. Edition of 25 per size. American singer, songwriter, composer and pianist, Ray Charles performing during a recording for The Carol Burnett...
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Late 20th Century Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Odetta Holmes, Photography 1961
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Move...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Man reading Billboard Magazine, Chicago, Photography 1958
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Portrait of a man reading Billboard Magazine at a newstand, 1950s, Chicago, USA. Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 25 ...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Carmen McRae Chicago Hotel Room, Photography 1956
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American jazz singer Carmen McRae smoking and applying make-up in her Chicago Hotel Room, 1956. Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24"...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Two Members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation Chicago 1958
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Two young members of The Almighty Vice Lord Nation photographed on the streets of Chicago. Best known as ‘Vice Lords’, they were one of the olde...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dr. Martin Luther King at Chicago Rally at Soldier Field, 1964
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Crowds at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964 Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dr. Martin Luther King at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, 1964
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Dr. Martin Luther King at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964 Available sizes: 16”x20" Ed...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dr. Martin Luther King at Soldier Field Chicago, Photography 1964
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Dr. Martin Luther King at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964 Available sizes: 20”x16" Ed...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams -Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field, Chicago, 1964
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Crowds at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964 Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Benny Golson DownBeat Magazine, Photography 1960
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 25 30”x30" Edition of 25 48”x48” Edition of 25 This photograph will be printed once ...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Sarah Vaughan Chicago, IL, Photography 1948
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver A portrait of American jazz singer and Grammy Award winner, Sarah Vaughan in her dressing room at the Chicago theatre, IL, 1948. Available size...
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1940s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Gene Lees playing chess with Dizzy Gillespie, Photography 1960
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist and former journalist Gene Lees playing chess with American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, Dizzy Gil...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Charles Mingus Rhode Island, Photography 1959
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Charles Mingus On-stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 1959 Available sizes: 20”x16" Edition of 25 24”x20" Edition of 25 40”x30" ...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Miles Davis Dressing Room, Photography 1960
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American jazz musician, bandleader and composer Miles Davis playing the trumpet in a dressing room before a performance. Available sizes: 20”x...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dizzy Gillespie DownBeat Magazine, Photography 1960
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Dizzy Gillespie. Outtake from a cover shoot for DownBeat magazine, June 23, 1960 Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 25 ...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chicago, Photography 1961
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago, April 1961 Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 2...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Dinah Washington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 1956
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American singer and pianist, Dinah Washington on stage at Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, US, 1956. Available sizes: 20”x16" Edition of 25 24”...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Sam Jones playing the double bass smoking a cigarette, 1958
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Close-up of jazz double bassist, cellist and composer, Sam Jones playing the double bass whilst smoking a cigarette. Available sizes: 20”x16" ...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Louis Armstrong, Photography 1962
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Louis Armstrong At the University of Chicago Theater in the Round, IL Available sizes: 16”x20" Edition of 25 20”x24" Edition of 25 30”x40" Edi...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Eleanora Fagan aka Billie Holiday, Photography 1958
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver American jazz musician and singer-songwriter Eleanora Fagan, professionally known as Billie Holiday, performing on stage. Available sizes: 16”...
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1950s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams - Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin, Photography 1960
By Ted Williams
Located in Greenwich, CT
Estate-stamped, gelatin-print silver Left to Right: Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter and Johnny Griffin on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Chicago Avenue...
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1960s Contemporary Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Civil Rights'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Civil Rights, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Crowds line the stands to observe a speech ...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Civil Rights'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Civil Rights, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Crowds line the...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King, Chicago'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King makes a sp...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dr. Martin Luther King
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity ...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Civil Rights
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Civil Rights, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Crowds line the...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
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1960s Modern Ted Williams Art

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Silver Gelatin

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