1920s Photography

László Moholy-Nagy photography 3/6 from a set of 6 photographies. Single edition of 'Light-Room Modulations' folder, original title 'Licht-Raum Modulationen.' Published by Edition ...

László Moholy-Nagy photography 4/6 from a set of six photographies. Single edition of 'Light-Room Modulations' folder, original title 'Licht-Raum Modulationen.' Published by Editio...

Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...

Vintage "Lake Tahoe Area Photograph", circa 1920, of a large group of people, (mostly women) practicing their tennis on what is likely being promoted as a brand new cement tennis court at a Lake Tahoe resort, with the line "Do you ever indulge in this sport" written in script at the bottom of the photograph. In addition to the lady's formal tennis attire of the day, what is of particular interest are the very fancy luxury touring cars off to the side; obviously "summer tennis camp for wealthy adults". Just another lovely day at Lake Tahoe. This is a wonderful image for those who collect Tahoe area images; in addition to those who are tennis and sports collecting...

Man Ray photography of Gigi, 1927. Hand signed in pencil. Stamped by Man Ray Paris. Born (Philadelphia, 1890-Paris, 1976) Emmanuel Radnitzky, Man Ray adopted his pseudonym in ...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: Reuben Taylor (Istofhuts) – Cheyenne Plate: 670 Portfolio: Volume 19 Printer: Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Date: 1927 Dime...

Five original photographs from live Broadway performances at the historic Strand Theater. The Strand Theatre was originally an early movie palace locate...

A bubble glass portrait photograph, circa 1920. 15 by 23 inches

Presented is a beautiful photogravure showing a Klamath man hunting from a dugout canoe. This image is Plate 458 from Volume 13 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The photogravure was published in 1923 by Suffolk Engr. Co., in Cambridge, MA. The Klamath people are from the inland region of Northern California and Southern Oregon. Their oral history records the volcanic eruption that created Crater Lake over 7000 years ago Edward S. Curtis created one of the most enduring and iconic visual records in the history of the photographic medium. He was an award-winning artist, a consummate craftsman, a visionary, an intrepid entrepreneur, and was highly regarded as a respected ethnographer and publisher. Curtis began photographing Native Americans in the mid-1890s and selling these images in his successful downtown Seattle studio. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of chief Sealth, the Suquamish Indian after whom Seattle is named. At the National Photographic Convention of 1899 Curtis was awarded the grand prize for three of his soft-focused, sepia-toned images of Puget Sound Native Americans: Evening on the Sound, The Clam Digger, and The Mussel Gatherer. Curtis spent the summer of 1900 with George Bird Grinnell observing the Sun Dance at an encampment of Blood, Blackfeet, and Algonquin in Montana. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis, confirming his desire to study and photograph the Native tribes of North America. A trip to visit the Hopi reservation in Arizona a few months later further fueled his enthusiasm. Curtis envisioned a plan to create a massive scholarly and artistic work that would document the tribes west of the Mississippi, their ceremonies, beliefs, daily life, and landscapes. In 1906, Curtis approached railroad tycoon J.P. Morgan to request financial assistance for his project. Morgan agreed to pay him a total of $75,000, or $15,000 a year for five years. Morgan and Curtis decided that Curtis' masterwork, The North American Indian, would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photoengravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large size images, all sumptuously bound in Moroccan leather. The papers used for printing would also be of the best quality: a Dutch etching stock by Van Gelder, a Japanese vellum, and for the most discerning subscribers, a translucent Japanese tissue paper. To fund publication, Curtis would sell subscriptions at approximately $3,000 per set, with a total of 500 sets to be published. An ambitious and extensive project, Curtis spent much of his life documenting as many Native tribes as possible. The importance and the urgency of the task was clear to him, as he wrote in the introduction to his first volume of The North American Indians in 1907, "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1930, some 24 years after his initial request for funding, the last two volumes, Vol. 19 and Vol. 20, were published and The North American Indian project was finally completed. Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made over 10,000 wax cylinder...

Original vintage travel poster - El Escurial La Maravilla del Renacimiento Espanol Panteon de Reyes / Escurial Wonder of the Spanish Renaissance the Pantheon of Kings - featuring a s...

Enos A. Mills Photograph, "End of the Trail," c1921, Sepia Toned Silver Print. The print is blind stamped on the lower right "©, Enos A Mills, 1921." The horse was named 'Cricket,' h...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: As It Was In The Old Days Plate: 652 Portfolio: Volume 19 Printer: Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Date: 1927 Dimensions: S...

Portrait of Ellen Frank photographed by László Moholy-Nagy, 1929. A posthumous print from the original negative, circa 1973. Stamped by Galerie Khlim. In original good condition. ...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: An Isleta Man Plate: 549 Portfolio: Volume 16 Printer: Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Date: 1925 Dimensions: Sheet: W 17 ¾...

Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Title: Tuvahe – Jemez Plate: 553 Portfolio:Volume 16 Printer: : Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass Medium: Photogravure Dat...

Framed Black and White Portrait of Man Ray, Vintage Self-Portrait Photograph, Circa 1980 Striking black and white photographic portrait of Man Ray, one of the most influential artis...

A Man Ray vintage silver gelatin portrait photograph of Alice Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse), his lover and muse. The décolletage portrait is printed...

A wonderful image of Mary, Queen of England. Consort of King George V By W & D Downey, 61 Ebury St, London Signed and dated lower right Mounted on the original card. Unframed The...

Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin c1925, in the opera as Boris Godunov. Photo is by Herman Mishkin (March 1870 – February 6, 1948) a Russian-American photographer in Manhattan, New York Cit...

Exceptionally rare Japanese film poster for the 1924 adventure fantacy film The Thief of Bagdad This poster was created for the films first Japanese release in 1925. The film starred...

La´szlo´ Moholy-Nagy photography. Stamp: "Nachlass La´zlo´ Moholy-Nagy (1895 - 1946) (= Estate of La´zlo´ Moholy-Nagy" and "einmalige Auflage fu¨r die Griffelkunst 1994") (= singl...

Book Published by W. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD., London, Glasgow, Melbourne, Auckland 1922. E. O. (Emil Otto) Hoppé’s photographs bring English writer J. D. (John Davys) Beresford’s ...

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy photography. Stamp: "Nachlass La´zlo´ Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) (= Estate of La´zlo´ Moholy-Nagy" and "einmalige Auflage fu¨r die Griffelkunst 1994") (= single edition for German art society "Griffelkunst"). Excellent print. On verso monogrammed by the daughter of the photographer (Hatula Moholy-Nagy). La´szlo´ Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895-November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter...

László Moholy-Nagy photography. Stamp: "Nachlass Lázló Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) (= Estate of Lázló Moholy-Nagy" and "einmalige Auflage für die Griffelku...

In the Swiss canton Tessin black and white photography by László Moholy-Nagy, 1925. A posthumous print from the original negative in 1973. Stamped by Foto Moholy-Nagy and Galerie...

László Moholy-Nagy photography 5/6 from a set of 6 photographies. Single edition of 'Light-Room Modulations' folder, original title 'Licht-Raum Modulationen.' Published by Edition ...

Beautiful old photo, portrait of an older man, framed in a gold frame made of wood and resin, signed and dated bottom right, Bruges 1921, professionally framed by J & L Smalle in Bru...

From a photography collection are two items included in this listing, for the collector of photographic memorabelia. In it's original tapered brown leather carry case is a miniature ...

László Moholy-Nagy photography 6/6 from a set of 6 photographies. Single edition of 'Light-Room Modulations' folder, original title 'Licht-Raum Modulationen.' Published by Edition ...

Large black and white panorama photograph featuring forty-six members of the J.E. DuBois Hose Company pictured with their Bureau of Fire, DuBois, P...

László Moholy-Nagy photography 2/6 from a set of 6 photographies. Single edition of 'Light-Room Modulations' folder, original title 'Licht-Raum Modulationen.' Published by Edition Griffelkunst in Hamburg, 2005. On verso monogrammed and handwritten by the daughter of the photographer (Hatula Moholy-Nagy) and German Art Society Griffelkunst. In original good condition. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian painter...

László Moholy-Nagy photography. Stamp: "Nachlass László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) (= Estate of László Moholy-Nagy "and "einmalige Auflage fu¨r die Griffelkunst 1994") (= single edit...

László Moholy-Nagy photography. Stamped by Foto Moholy-Nagy and Galerie Khlim. In original good condition. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian painter and photogr...

Photography by Agusti Centellas, circa 1920 Gelatin silver print framed. Stamp in the back. Agustí Centelles Ossó (1909 in Valencia - 1 December 1985 in Barcelona) was a Catal...

Circa 1920s. framed antique picture taken of the Connecticut State Prison. The Prison was opened in 1827 and was closed 1962. It also shows the ...

Marlene Dietrich at the Reimann Arts School costume ball in Berlin, 1928, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995). One of Germany's best known art schools during the interwar ...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "Tranquility" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by Percy Murray (17.25x12.75...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "Lake Boats" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by P...

Early twentieth century photo by Edwin Levick of the Lawley Built Yacht “Caritas”. Caritas was a 112 foot private power yacht constructed at George Lawley and Son, Neponset Mass. Hom...

Eugene Atget (French, 1857-1927) Verrieres, vieux logis, 1922. Albumen silver print. printing out paper print from glass negative. verso right side sta...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "Golden Autumn" from circa the 1920's, and hand-sign...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "A Mountain Steam" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by Percy Murray (17.25 ...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "Sunlight and Shade" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by Percy Murray (17.2...

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "On Lake Erie Shores" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by Percy Murray (17....

For your consideration is gorgeous and rare antique hand-colored photo print (gelatin silver) titled "Approaching Time" from circa the 1920's, and hand-signed by Percy Murray (17.25x...