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Artist: Unknown
David Bowie and Cher: Fashion Icons of the Age
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white full-length capture of David Bowie and Cher posed on stage.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music indu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Star Trio (Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe) - Black & White Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Brigitte Bardot: Many Reflections
Located in Austin, TX
Brigitte Bardot wearing glamorous white dress, reflections in mirror.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous for ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in Car for “To Catch a Thief”
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant posed in car for the film “To Catch a Thief”, circa 1955.
To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directe...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome capture features jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong posed smiling for the camera, circa 1956.
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalis...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Pinup - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~
Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Holding Puppies
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of actress Brigitte Bardot holding two puppies.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Fa...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley Petting Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Elvis Presley sitting in a living room, petting a dog.
Elvis Presley, known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn on the Set of "Sabrina"
Located in Austin, TX
This candid black and white capture features Audrey Hepburn, star of "Sabrina", candid on the set, posed against a large studio light.
Film and fashion icon Audrey Hepburn was a Bri...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Arnold Palmer: King of Golf
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular retro 1960's black and white capture featuring legendary golfer Arnold Palmer in his prime.
Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Holding Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Audrey Hepburn posed in the sutdio, holding a Yorkie in her arms.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Backstage Faithfull (1974) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Backstage Faithfull (1974) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hoare/Express/Getty Images)
15th February 1974:
English singer and actress Marianne Faithfull sitting in a dressi...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Baron/Getty Images)
circa 1954: Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), the most famous of Hollywood's female film stars, relaxes...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe Biting Her Finger
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of star actress Marilyn Monroe biting her finger.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" chara...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Billie Holiday Singing
Located in Austin, TX
This capture features Billie Holiday at Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa June 1946
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "L...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Casablanca Iconic Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband (Henreid), a Czech resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Germans. The screenplay is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's, an unproduced stage play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Boxing legend Muhammad Ali smiling with Malcolm X at an event.
In 1962, Ali met Malcolm X, who soon became his spiritual and political mentor. Ali first met Malcol...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Candid with Newspaper
Located in Austin, TX
This candid capture features a young Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, sitting with a newspaper circa 1967.
The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the Briti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn in Gown with Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour portrait of actress Audrey Hepburn posed smiling in a gown, walking poodles on leashes.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Grace Kelly in a Swimming Pool
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Grace Kelly smiling in a swimming pool.
Grace Kelly, also known as Grace of Monaco, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Commissionaire's Dog - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning and sexy capture of Sophia Loren in her role for the 1963 film "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian di...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Woodstock, Visitors
Located in Cologne, DE
From Wikipedia: Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.
Over the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. Rolling Stone listed it as number 19 of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary film Woodstock, an accompanying soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot - Fashion Icon with Vintage Car
Located in Austin, TX
Brigitte Bardot Hollywood starlet posed with a vintage car, circa 1970.
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist. Famous fo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren Holding a Flower
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren holding a flower in Karlsruhe, Germany circa 1961.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered C...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Final Judgment by Giotto - Padua - Original photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The final judgment of Giotto- Padua is an original vintage photograph realized in "Cappella degli Scrovegni all'Arena" in Padua.
With the description on the lower.
Good conditions....
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Classic Comedian and Film Stars of the 30s
Located in Austin, TX
This black-and-white group portrait features some of the greatest stars of the 1920s and 30s all standing together and chatting. From left to right: Bela Lugosi...
Category
1930s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa Sept. 1947.
Ella Fit...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eartha Kitt Stunning Smile
Located in Austin, TX
This elegant and glamorous black and white studio portrait features Eartha Kitt smiling to the camera with her back turned.
Eartha Kitt was an American singer, actress, dancer, act...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
James Dean - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Portrait of Sophia Loren
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actress Sophia Loren
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
More About Globe Photos:
Globe Photos hous...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Sophia Loren' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'Sophia Loren' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Italian sex symbol and actress, Sophia Loren, 1966 / Everett Collection.
Large silver gelatin fibre print -
limited gallery e...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woodstock, Visitors
Located in Cologne, DE
From Wikipedia: Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15–18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near White Lake in Bethel, New York, 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Woodstock.
Over the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. Rolling Stone listed it as number 19 of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary film Woodstock, an accompanying soundtrack album, and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Feminist Movement, Divorce Right - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Feminist movement, Divorce Right is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s.
Good conditions.
With the stamp of copyright on the rear.
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$114 Sale Price
20% Off
Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee
Located in Austin, TX
Martin Luther King Jr.. in Memphis, Tennessee - (4-15-67).
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most promi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Sitting with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Audrey Hpeburn posed sitting with a Yorkie.
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was rec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Billie Holiday at the Downbeat
Located in Austin, TX
This capture features Billie Holiday at Downbeat, New York, N.Y., circa June 1946
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twiggy Getting into Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of model Twiggy getting into a car with a man holding an umbrella overhead.
Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultur...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren Showering in "Judith"
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren smiling in shower scene for her role in "Judith", 1966.
Judith is a 1966 drama film about a beautiful woman who survived a concentration camp goes to Israel in 1948 to ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
James Dean Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean candid and smiling.
James Dean was an American actor with a career that lasted five years. His roles typified the teenage disillusio...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eva Gabor Glamour Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white glamour portrait features Hungarian-American actress, singer, and socialite, Eva Gabor. She was widely known for her role on the television sitcom Green Acres as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character, Oliver Wendell Douglas. She voiced "Duchess" in the Disney film The Aristocats, and Miss Bianca in Disney's The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. Gabor was successful as an actress in film, on Broadway and on television. She was also a successful businessperson, marketing wigs, clothing and beauty products. Her elder sisters, Zsa Zsa and Magda Gabor...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Steve McQueen Washing Car at Home
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of Steve McQueen washing his Porsche at home with his son.
Steve McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the co...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Candid Martin Luther King Jr.
Located in Austin, TX
A classic 1960's Photograph depicting the Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King. One of the most famous and influential men of the 20th Century, the Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize wi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
John F. Kennedy on an Airplane
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of President John F. Kennedy on an airplane.
John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the Un...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Vintage Manhattan Skyline' with River', by Unknown, Black & White Photograph
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This vintage black and white photograph of Manhattan with bridge and river measures 12.5" x 15.5". The water is in the foreground and covers over half of the composition from the bot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Photorealist Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Brigitte Bardot in "A Very Private Affair"
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Brigitte Bardot posed in a sun hat for her role in "A Very Private Affair"
Brigitte Bardot is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an ani...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor in Leopard Print Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Elizabeth Taylor standing candid in leopard pringt, leaning on doorway and her dog beside her.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited Edit...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe Relaxed and Smiling
Located in Austin, TX
Young and beautiful Marilyn Monroe flashing that beautiful smile that lit up the silver screens during the 50's. The offered photo is a second-generation example and was issued in th...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn Applying Makeup Glamour Shot
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey Hepburn applying make-up during the filming of the made for TV movie "Mayerling".
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dr. Albert Einstein Lectures
Located in Austin, TX
Albert Einstein giving a lecture at a podium, 1946.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Couple at Party - Black and White Monochrome Print, Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photo realized in 1970s by Agenzia ANSA. Good condition.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rita Hayworth Posed on Bed
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white glamour shot of Rita Hayworth posed smiling on bed.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twiggy Posed in Doorway
Located in Austin, TX
This mod portrait features Twiggy posed full-length in a doorway, smiling with arms extended.
Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. Sh...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brigitte Bardot Lying in Grass
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage 1950's capture featuring a young Brigitte Bardot early in her career.
The French fashion model and actress was one of the best-known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s. Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in early life. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 routine comedy films, with a limited international release, became world-famous in 1957, with the controversial film And God Created Woman...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in the Film 'The Pride and the Passion'
Located in Austin, TX
Film still featuring Sophia Loren in The Pride and the Passion 1957.
The Pride and the Passion is a 1957 American Napoleonic-era war film in Technicolor and VistaVision from United ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lunch on Fifth Avenue, 1960 - Black and White Portrait of Audrey Hepburn
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Thunderball, 1965 - Sean Connery as James Bond during filming of Thunderball
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Bette Davis in front of the Queen Mary
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Bette Davis posed in front of the Queen Mary, circa 1967.
Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
James Dean: The Rebel Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actor James Dean in a cowboy hat. A stunning vintage press print acquired by Globe Photos from London Features.
--
One-of-a-kind original vintage pre...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
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