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Period: 1930s
Kurt Hutton Fair Fun 1938 Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
Fair Fun (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images)
Two young women enjoying themselves on the 'Caterpillar' ride at Southend Fair, Essex, October 1938...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Thames Divers (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Thames Divers (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by H F Davis/Getty Images Archive)
Two divers jumping off the Embankment into the River Thames in London, near Westminster...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1st December 1938.
Spectators watching a tennis match at a country club.
Addi...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire Planning Dance Moves
By Fred Hendrickson
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
The Graf Zeppelin, Framed Black and White Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Repairing the hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934 by Alfred Eisenstaedt"
The Graf Zeppelin
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German (1898–1995)
Date: 1934 (Printe...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fred Astaire: The Gay Divorcee
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
James Cagney: The Oklahoma Kid
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American actor and dancer James Cagney. Cagney is best known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the wall.
Im...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Bette Davis Smoking
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Bette Davis in a silk gown, reclining while smoking a cigarette.
Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
"Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station" by Hal Morey
Located in London, GB
"Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station" by Hal Morey
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows at Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1930.
Un...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Yosemite Falls
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This incredibly rare photograph, attributed to Ansel Adams due to the Best's Studio stamp on the print verso, was likely printed in the 1930s. This print was originally included in a...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$4,500
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
Located in London, GB
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
20th June 1937: Three competitors for the 'Scrutton' Medals carrying their model sailing boats to the starting point...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Paris, circa 1930, Canal St Martin, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
By Press Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic original silver gelatin black-and-white photograph capturing a timeless view of the Canal Saint-Martin at 82 Quai de Jemmapes, Paris, circa 1930. This historical image s...
Category
Art Deco 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Her Rise And Fall #2" - 1931 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Lumberjack (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Lumberjack (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Dorothea Lange/Alamy)
An unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp for the bean harvest,
Marion County, Oregon, circa 1939.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 30x40''
Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion, LEADING LADIES, Black and White, Photography, BnW, Vintage, Retro, Classic, Wood Cutter...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Located in Carmel, CA
A remarkable portrait of the famous Frida Kahlo taken by another woman artist, Imogen Cunningham in San Francisco.
This is a hand printed photograph by the son of Imogen, Ron Partr...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Hyde Park, London, 1934
Located in Middletown, NY
An atmospheric and magical photo by master of the lens, photographic and cinematic, that captures a tranquil corner of Hyde Park. As Suschitzky himself said ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire Leaning Outdoors
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford (1933) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
1933
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
U...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Charis Nude, 1934
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by Edward Weston's son Cole Weston. Stamped and signed on verso.
Framed with a grey mat and black wood frame. I have inspected the photograph and it is in pristine cond...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,500 Sale Price
30% Off
'Commissionaire’s Dog' (Limited Edition)
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
'Commissionaire’s Dog' by Kurt Hutton
A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938.
A beautiful imag...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo "Mata Hari" Film Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931
A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Frida Painting "Two Fridas" - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Frida Kahlo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Painting "Two Fridas" by Nickolas Muray is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in her studio, sitting in front of her famous painting, The...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo "Inspiration"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "Inspiration".
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Old bridge over river Neckar at Heidelberg, Germany 1938, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
Located in London, GB
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-yea...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Rita Hayworth Posed with Dog
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio capture of Rita Hayworth posed smiling while petting a dog, circa 1939.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flooded Mall (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Mall (1934) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images)
A man crossing a stretch of floodwater with the help of two chairs after a storm caused floodi...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Front of Wilhelmshoehe castle at Kassel, Germany 1937 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Bette Davis: Captivating Eyes
By Elmer Fryer
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white head and shoudlers portrait of actress Bette Davis looking upward with captivating eyes.
Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regard...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
6th April 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car.
Additional Info...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
' Betty Grable ' c. 1930
Located in London, GB
Betty Grable, 1930s / Everett Collection.
stunning and vivid photograph of classic Hollywood film star Betty Grable.
"With the man the world is his hea...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vernal Fall from Lady Franklin Rock, Yosemite
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early silver gelatin print on semi-matte paper with margins was likely printed in the 1930s. This is an extremely rare variant of an image published in "The Four Seasons of Yose...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cotton Club Marquee In NY (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Cotton Club Marquee In NY (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by George Karger/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Archive London England)
Taxis ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Barbara Stanwyck in Fur Stole
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Barbara Stanwyck in fur stole.
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eroded Rock, Point Lobos
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage or early silver gelatin print is signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on the back of the print. This unmounted print was likely made in the 1930s.
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pennsylvania Station (1930) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Pennsylvania Station (1930) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
Sun rays streaming through the windows...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) - Photograph by Clarence Sinclair
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo in Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) - Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
A black and white photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979), matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) on the set of the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall And Rise) directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo poses in a hat, her hand resting on her face, while gazing into the camera. Printed decades later from the original negative, penciled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," on verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp and with "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Katharine Hepburn in Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Katharine Hepburn in a coat for her role in "Stage Door", circa 1937.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywoo...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tee Off - silver gelatine print Oversize Golf
Located in London, GB
Golfer teeing off circa 1939. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts)
Beautiful large silver gelatine print of an elegant looking golfer
fashionably dressed teeing off during the late 1930...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rita Hayworth Sunbathing
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene.
This listing is for a limited edition archival print.
What's included:
- Limited ...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nude ~ 237N
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number and signed in pencil by Cole Weston with Edward Weston's facsimile signature on back of mount. Printed later by Edward's son Cole Weston. The We...
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Adhesive, Silver Gelatin
Teeing Off - silver gelatine print Oversize Golf
Located in London, GB
Golfer teeing off circa 1939. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts)
Beautiful large silver gelatine print of an elegant looking golfer
fashionably dressed teeing off during the late 1930...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Joan Crawford - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives)
Joan Crawford (1905-1977) US film actress.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Pa...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Penny Farthing Bugle" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Penny Farthing Bugle" by Fox Photos
17th October 1932: Edwin Davey, riding a penny farthing bicycle over Lambeth bridge in London, and blowing...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
George Hurrell, Anna May Wong, 1938, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
George Hurrell
Anna May Wong
Taken in 1938, printed at a later date
Silver Gelatin print
Hand signed by Hurrell in ink
Edition: 184/190 from the edition of 190
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Flooded Road (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive)
A pedestrian attempts to leap across a flooded road near Hyde Park in London, ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fred Astaire in Mid-Jump with Tophat
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Claudette Colbert in Nature Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here in a dramatic nature sc...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Teeing Off (1930) - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Times Square by Night (1953) - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
1930,
Golfer teeing off circa
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 40x60''
Printed Later
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
40 x 60''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
H. Armstrong ROBERTS (1883-1947) is an artist born in 1883 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a photography sold in 2012.
ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Katharine Hepburn with Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
"Black and white candid capture of actress Katharine Hepburn smiling outdoors with her dogs, circa 1938.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leadin...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Three Volkswagen beetle on street, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Nolte. His work is an unparalleled and intriguing insight into the working and everyday life of the time. Impressive images of industry and products from this time.
The print is new, a Premium-FineArt-Print ( Hahnemühle 308g ), it comes in a secure role without passpartout and frame to reduce shipping cost. This sizes are limited to 25 copies per size.
Description: Drei Modelle des Volkswagen Käfer, oder KdF Wagen, mit offenem und geschlossenem Dach und als Cabrio auf der Reichsautobahn bei Wolfsburg, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. Three models of the Volkswagen beetle...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Fred Astaire Sitting in Window
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
Category
Contemporary 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Greta Garbo - Black and White Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1930
1930 Black and white portrait photograph of Swedish/American actress Greta Garbo (Swedish, 1905-1990) by Clarence Sinclair Bull (American, 1896-1979). Greta Garbo poses in a top hat and collard shirt while gazing away from the camera. Printed by the artist circa 1970's. A black and white photograph, matte finish, double-weight paper, depicting a 1931 shot of the star titled 'Mata Hari,' printed decades later from the original negative, pencilled in the lower left corner "A.P.," Estate stamped and blind embossed in the lower right corner "Clarence Sinclair Bull," further blind embossed in same corner "The Kobal / Collection," verso with the photographer's black ink credit stamp, verso further with two "Edward Weston" black ink credit stamps dated "1981" and "1992," originally from the John Kobal Collection.
Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in Sun River, Montana, in 1896. His career began when Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film Flesh and the Devil in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter...
Category
Photorealist 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Skating Waiter by Horace Abrahams
Located in London, GB
"Skating Waiter" by Horace Abrahams
8th January 1938: A waiter skates across the ice at St. Moritz carrying a tray of drinks for his customers.
Unframed
Paper Size: 60" x 40'' (in...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Bette (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(photo by Glasshouse Archive / Alamy Archives)
Actress Bette Davis,
Portrait by Jack Freilich,
1931.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 10x12...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images)
Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...
Category
Modern 1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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Crowley Vintage
Dali Skeleton
David Hockney A Bigger Book
Del Bourree Bach
Dennis Miller Bunker
Derek Gardner
Dolly Dingle Doll
Dorset Poster
Earl Of Coventry