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Artist: Unknown
Ancient Portraits of Women from Nagasaki - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Women in Nagasaki is a lot of four hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on a single cardboard.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 9 x 13.5
Y...
Category
1880s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Detail of St Mark's Cathedral - B/W photographic - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses Vintage Photo Detail of St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents The culture of horses.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dutch Actress Maruschka Detmers - Vintage Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Dutch Actress Maruschka Detmers in a scene from the movie "Devil in the body" a movie by Marco Bellocchio.
Category
1980s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Joan Crawford in Above Suspicion
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film and television actress Joan Crawford. Known best for her roles in films such as Possessed, Sudden Fear, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane...
Category
1940s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Somewhere on the Moon...
Located in Austin, TX
Carly Anne Amos, in collaboration with Globe Photos, brings you a new collection of gorgeous twists to classic icons from our archives.
Carly Anne is a streetwear designer (The Colo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
'Ava Gardner Portrait' Oversize Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Ava Gardner Portrait' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
ca 1950
Portrait of the actress Ava Gardner circa 1950. (photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
(photo by Pictorial...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joséphine Baker - Vintage Photography - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo B / W of Josephine Baker in Italy in 1960s.
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View of Honganji Temple in Kyoto - Ancient Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
View of Honganji Temple in Kyoto is an hand-inked Albumen print with aniline applied on hardcover.
Very good conditions. Cardboard cm 26 x 34; Print cm 22x 27
Yokohama School print...
Category
1880s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Downpour in Rome 1989 - Photograph - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Downpour in Rome 1989 Vintage photograph is in black and white on paper realized by Ansa Agency of Rome in the 1989.
Good condition, with some folding and foxing.
With the copyrigh...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
''James Dean Liz Taylor Round Up' 1956 GALERIE Limited Edition silver gelatin print
A gorgeous candid shot of the movie and style icons James Dean with Elizabeth Taylor on the set ...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph
Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card:
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Avro Lancaster Bombers in Factory original 1942 silver gelatin press photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "...
Category
1940s Realist Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Katharine Houghton - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Katharine Houghton is a black and white photograph realized in 1968.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in The Mid-20th.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Raoul Salan - Portrait - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Raoul Salan is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal", directed by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe - 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
Frank Sinatra - For the love of vinyl
Located in Chicago, IL
For the love of vinyl – circa 1945. Frank Sinatra relaxing at home in Toluca Lake, CA preparing to listen to some music. Note daughter Nancy in the edge of the right frame.
From Sin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a Historical Photo in black and white. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulously captured, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rome - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rome in the Early 20th Century is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all meticulo...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Japanese State cabinet Hiranuma - Vintage Photo 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese State cabinet Hiranuma is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken on March 12, 1939 by Wide World Photos (England).
Stamp and stereotype in German on the back...
Category
1930s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of John the Baptist by Bellini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Up to the Calvary (Painting by Ercol dé Roberti) is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork belongs t...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, Decorative Art Exhibition 1925 Art Deco Sculpture - B and W Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional and singular silver gelatin black-and-white photograph, taken by Press Agency in Paris in 1925, captures a defining moment from the International Exhibition of Moder...
Category
1920s Art Deco Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Charlie Chaplin - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Charlie Chaplin is a vintage black and white photograph realized during the 1930s.
Includes a wood frame.
This pretty photograph represents the actor Charlie Chaplin with a woman, probably during one of his famous sketches...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Rainy Embankment' London (Limited Edition) Oversize
Located in London, GB
A man standing alone on a rain-drenched pavement on the River Thames Embankment, London. August 1929.
(Photo By Fox Photos/ The Getty Images Photographic Archives London, England)
...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Pictorialist Photograph Nude Wood Nymph by Charles Cook Circa 1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Pictorialist photograph of nude woman in a forest interior by Charles Cook. Silver print. Circa 1910.
Charles J. Cook was a painter and photo...
Category
1910s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The British Actor James Mason - Original Vintage Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The British Actor James Mason.
Category
1960s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Fighting Police, Historical Photograph - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
The fighting Police, Historical Photograph is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frank Sinatra - Live at The Sands
Located in Chicago, IL
Live at The Sands – Frank Sinatra circa mid 1950s. Performing at the Copa Room, Sands Hotel. Las Vegas, NV.
Giclee 300gsm smooth archival rag paper and arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
A historical moment of the past through the art of photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Darkro...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photo by Agenzia ANSA - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Anna Magnani (ANSA) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Agenzia ANSA.
Good condition.
Dimension: 18x13
Anna Magnani was born in Rome...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranier-B/W photo-Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani and Massimo Ranieri (Rai) is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by RAI prints.
Good condition.
Anna Magnan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti - Vintage B/W photo by ANSA - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Monica Vitti is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Agenzia ANSA in 1960s.
Monica Vitti is born in Rome on November 3, 1931. Admitted in 1950 to the...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
30 x 40" p...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
16 x 20" p...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Olivetti Factory in Scarmagno - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Olivetti Scarmagno is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on the rear.
Automatic high temperature, testing of high integration circuits
Good ...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani with Alberto Sordi -B/W photo- Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (AP) with Alberto Sordi is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by Associated Press Photos.
Good condition.
Anna Magnan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Akira Kurosawa - Vintage Photo - 1980 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the japanese Director Akira Kurosawa. Vintage b/w photo 1980 ca.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Huston, Paola Borboni and Eva Bartok - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The actors John Huston, Paola Borboni and Eva Bartok.
Not Good conditions. damaged.
Category
1970s Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rhonda Fleming Posing With Dog
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features portrait of Rhonda Fleming sitting beside dog on bed at home.Rhonda Fleming was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Douglas Fairbanks Jr with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. posed sitting on a film set petting a dog.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of Wor...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Carney with Cat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of comedian and actor Art Carney posed holding his cat.
Art Carney was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jane Fonda Laughing in Fur Hat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Jane Fonda posed in a fur hat, circa 1972.
Jane Fonda is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon, Fonda's work spans se...
Category
1970s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
'Rogers & Hepburn Chat On Set' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Rogers & Hepburn Chat On Set'
Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers on the set of 'Stage Door,'1937.
The iconic film movie star Hepburn chats with dancer, ...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe – CHANEL #5 - 8 x 10 Original Negative, 30x40 1/1 Print and NFT
Located in Austin, TX
Marilyn Monroe – CHANEL #5From the famous Movie Star News Collection this is a vintage, large format (10” by 8”) camera negative of Marilyn Monro...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1963 - Black and 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
'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger'
Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936.
A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer.
(photo The Everett Collection )
A beautiful silver gelatin...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sammy Davis Jr. Smiling in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Sammy Davis Jr. posed smiling in the studio.
Sammy Davis Jr. was an American singer, actor, musician, comedian and dancer.
At age two, Davis began his c...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
John F. Kennedy Motorcade, Vintage Black and White Photograph
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spanish Dancer - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Sailors
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
Cary Grant Dramatic Profile Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Cary Grant was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks", Grant...
Category
1950s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Who in Flower Garden
Located in Austin, TX
The Who members John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, and Roger Daltry standing in flower garden.
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Martin Luther King Jr: I Have a Dream
Located in Austin, TX
Martin Luther King Jr giving his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, circa 1963.
What's included:
- Limited Edition Archival Print
- Numbered Certifica...
Category
1960s Contemporary Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black And White Photograph Of Marc Chagall 1978
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Chagall (born Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov; 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was assoc...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Parliament By Night (1973) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Parliament By Night (1973) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Peter King/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament by night, 31st ...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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