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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Place of Origin: American
A Bout de Souffle / Breathless
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for Jean-Luc Godard's classic 1960 French New Wave starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.
This still would have been shoot off set during...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
C. 1947 Photograph by Julius Shulman of Kaufmann House by Richard Neutra 8x10 in
By Julius Shulman, Richard Neutra
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is Julius Shulman's iconic photograph of the Kaufmann House, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 and photographed by Shulman in 1947. The house was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. who also commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Shulman is arguably the most famous architectural photographer in history and is known as an instrumental figure in communicating American modernism to the eyes of the public throughout the 20th century. This image along with the "Two Girls" variation of Case Study...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Out of the Past
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 8 for the 1947 Film Noir Out of the Past.
The film Starred Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas and was was directed Jacques Tourneur.
The piece ...
Category
1940s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vintage Coastal Framed William Stafford Photo
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Signed And Numbers Photo. Part of the William Stafford collection and titled “Paradise View”. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Other American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Coastal Original Allesandro Sarno Photo on Plexi
Located in west palm beach, FL
An extraordinary vintage Contemporary photograph on plexi. An original work by the famed photographer Allesandro Sarno. Author of the book Eleuthera. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century American Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
Ipcress File
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still for the 1965 film The Ipcress File.
The film Starred Michael Caine and was was directed Sidney J. Furie.
The piece is conservation framed w...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Blade Runner
Located in London, GB
Original US production still for Ridley Scott's 1980s sci-fi film has become a true cult classic. Thirty-five years on a sequel (Blade Runner 2049) was made, also starring Harrison F...
Category
1980s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Carl (Karl) Everton Moon (American, 1878-1948) Portrait of Hostin Nez. (Navajo)
By Carl Moon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl (Karl) Everton Moon (American, 1878 - 1948) A Portrait Photograph of 'Hostin Nez." or 'Hostin Nnāez or Nez - Diné' (Najavo), depicting the head and shoulders portrait of a young man in corduroy shirt, bead necklace, hoop earrings and headband, within its original walnut frame, behind glass. Circa: Pasadena, California 1914.
Stamped: 1914 Karl Moon...
Category
Early 20th Century Navajo American Photography
Materials
Linen, Glass, Walnut, Paper
Joseph Raffael, Surrealist Collage, c. 1965
By Joseph Raffaele
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joseph Raffael (NYC, 1933-2021), Surrealist Portrait of a Woman, collaged magazine photographs assembled on cardboard, pencil signed lower margins, matted and wood slat framed under ...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vertigo
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still from the film Vertigo, 1958. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This piece would be shipped flat in strong ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Photograph Cupid by M. B. Parkinson 19th Century
Located in Fulton, CA
Photograph titled "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep" by American photographer Morris Burke Parkinson. Dated 1897. Retains original tiger oak frame.
M. B. Parkinson (1847-1926)
Morris Burke Parkinson was an American photographer, best known for his "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep" photos, which were supplied in frames produced by the Ohio Art...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique American Photography
Materials
Oak, Paper
A Fistful of Dollars
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still from the film A Fistful of Dollars 1964.
This film was directed by Sergio Leone, and starred Clint Eastwood in the first of his Dollars tril...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Shelby Lee Adams, American B. 1950 'The Napier Brothers with Puppies' 1993 25/25
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Shelby Lee Adams (American, b. 1950).
The Napier brothers with Puppies
Silver gelatin print, 25/25.
Signed in pencil lower left, titled and dated 1993.
Dimensions: 16" x 20" paper si...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
A Fistful of Dollars
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still from the film A Fistful of Dollars 1964.
This film was directed by Sergio Leone, and starred Clint Eastwood in the first of his Dollars tril...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
"Photograph of a Grecian Bust" by John Dugdale
By John Dugdale
Located in NYC, NY
"Photograph of a Grecian bust" is a cyanotype print by John Dugdale, edition 2/6. The print is 16" x 20" matted and framed to 24" x 27.5".
Category
20th Century Classical Roman American Photography
Pictorialist Sepia Tone Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Male Nude, 1900-1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Original period pictorialist sepia tone gelatin silver print photograph of a theatrically posed partially clad muscular male nude by Ned Hungerford of Rochester NY, circa 1900-1910. ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
Pictorialist Sepia Tone Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Male Nude, 1900-1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Original early pictorialist sepia tone gelatin silver print photograph of a theatrically posed partially clad muscular male nude by Rochester NY photographer Ned Hungerford. Circa 19...
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vogue Magazine March 1963 Framed Cover
By Irving Penn
Located in Stamford, CT
Vogue March 1963 framed original cover. Featuring cover model Burke Amey and a Cartwheel Hat by Halston by Irving Penn. newly framed in blue glossy wood frame.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early Pictorialist Sepia Tone Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Sultry Woman
Located in Rochester, NY
Early original pictorialist sepia tone gelatin silver print photograph of a sultry young woman in a flowing gown by Rochester NY photographer Ned Hungerford, 1900-1910. Beautiful eth...
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
Pictorialist Sepia Tone Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Avant Garde Dance Troup
Located in Rochester, NY
Early original sepia tone gelatin silver print photograph reminiscent of a Merce Cunningham Avant Garde art dance performance. By Rochester NY photographer Ned Hungerford / pencil si...
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 U.S. Jumbo Color Photo
Located in New York, NY
Original 1968 U.S. jumbo color photo for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick with Keir Dullea / Gary Lockwood / William Sylvester / Daniel Richter. Fine condit...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
1910 Renouard Training School for Embalmers New York City Graduating Class Photo
Located in Garnerville, NY
A veritable who's who of turn of the 20th Century embalmers. These fine career men depicted in black and white photography, circa 1910. The photograph is signed lower right, E(?) Whi...
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage American Photography
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
Joseph Woodson “Pops” Whitesell Silver Gelatin Large Format Photograph Ca. 1930s
Located in Peabody, MA
Silver gelatin large format print by the New Orleans photographer Joseph Woodson “Pops” Whitesell. Entitled “Hoosier Pioneers” it depicts the matriarchs of his Indiana heritage, ca. ...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Michael Johnson Botanicals Photography Portfolio 1979
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Michael Johnson Botanicals Partial Portfolio. Set includes 8 prints all with their signed information on back. Images measure rougly 5 x 7" Set originally was 10 photographs. All ...
Category
1970s Organic Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Peter Hujar, "Diane B. in Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Monkey Dress", 1987
By Peter Hujar
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Peter Hujar (1934-1987), original bromoil silver print titled
"Diane B. in Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Monkey Dress", dated 1984, printed in 1987. Signed and...
Category
1980s Other Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Silver Gelatin Photo "Fosters Pond" by Arno Rafael Minkkinen, 1989
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print mounted on aluminium sheet with a suttle slanted metal black frame. Titled "Fosters Pond" by the Finish photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen. 1989, Edition 7/10. S...
Category
Late 19th Century Minimalist Antique American Photography
Materials
Metal
Polaroid Test Image #42 by Denise Tarantino for Dah Len Studios
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an original test Polaroid image. In the pre-digital age, a Polaroid test image would verify that the model, product, and lighting would translate well on film. The studio nee...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Framed Landscape Photograph by Don Hong Oai
By Don Hong Oai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed photograph by Chinese American photographer Don Hong-Oai (1929-2004) "The Intimate Shadow", a composed landscape photograph taken in Quilin, the world-famous scenic area in China. Signed with title, inscription of location and dated on the top -left, red sealed on the lower right corner and signed and dated 1982 lower left on the mat. The photograph depicts an idyllic scenery on Li-river with the karst peak in the misty background, where a fishing boat floats. The work was created with dark room manipulation to echo the traditional chines ink painting that showcase a surreal ambience. The photograph is housed in the original artist's archive metal frame with an old print of the artist's bio and copyright mark on the back. It was purchased directly from the artist's studio. Sight Approximately 13.625" w x 10.125" h.
Don Hong-Oai was born in Canton, China but raised and educated in Saigon, Vietnam. At age 13 he began an apprenticeship at a Chinese photo and portrait shop. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States and settled in the Chinatown of San Francisco.
Don began making a living by selling his landscape photographs in front of Macy’s and began to receive recognition for his craftsmanship. His style was heavily influenced by the legendary photographer Long Chin-San and his technique of layering negatives for ideal composition, by taking three negatives, foreground, middle ground, and far ground, and selecting a subject from each negative. The photographs of Don Hong-Oai are made in a unique style, which can be considered Asian pictorialism. This method of adapting a Western art for Eastern purposes probably originated in the 1940s in Hong Kong. One of its best-known practitioners was the great master Long Chin-San (who died in the 1990s at the age of 104) with whom Don Hong-Oai studied. With the delicate beauty and traditional motifs of Chinese painting (birds, boats, mountains, etc.) in mind, photographers of this school used more than one negative to create a beautiful picture, often using visual allegories. Realism was not a goal. Don Hong-Oai was one of the last photographers to work in this manner. He is also arguably the best. He has won hundreds...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Polaroid Test Image #52 by Denise Tarantino for Dah Len Studios
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an original test Polaroid image. In the pre-digital age, a Polaroid test image would verify that the model, product, and lighting would translate well on film. The studio nee...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
US Air Force Mercury Aurore 7 Launcher, 1962, Photograph
By Nasa
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Photographie Originale de l'US AIR FORCE pour la NASA
Mission Mercury- Atlas 7 capsule AURORA lancée depuis la base de cap Canaveral pilotée par l'astronaute Sc...
Category
1960s American Classical Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Ray Metzker Photograph with Picket Fence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ray Metzker Original Photo with Picket Fence. Image area is 10.5 wide and 7" tall. Metzker often photographed fences. Signed on back.
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Polaroid Test Image #37 by Denise Tarantino for Dah Len Studios
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
This is an original test Polaroid image. In the pre-digital age, a Polaroid test image would verify that the model, product, and lighting would translate well on film. The stu...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Polaroid Test Image #40 by Denise Tarantino for Dah Len Studios
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an original test Polaroid image. In the pre-digital age, a Polaroid test image would verify that the model, product, and lighting would translate well on film. The studio nee...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Horst P Horst, Noel Coward, Platinum Print
By Horst P. Horst
Located in London, GB
Title: Noel Coward
Print: Platinum palladium print, printed on strathmore cotton paper
Date: 1936, printed later
Signature: Signed Horst in Pencil on Re...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Photography
Materials
Paper
Nasa, Mission Gemini Charles Conrad & Gordon Cooper , 1965 lot de 5 photographie
By Nasa
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Gemini V est la troisième mission habitée du programme Gemini et la neuvième mission spatiale habitée américaine. L'objectif d'un vol d'une durée record de près...
Category
1960s Space Age Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1920s Glamourous Woman Portrait Photograph
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa 1920's sepia toned portrait photograph of woman. Signed Moffett lower right margin. Unframed, small corner creases.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Framed Photograph Japan Series by Susan Fenton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Susan Fenton (1949-2018; American)
Title: Figure with Folded Paper Hat. Japan series
Year of Creation: 1993
Edition: 1/10
Medium: Toned Gelatin Silver Print; hand painted with Oils
Image size: 16"x16"
Framed size: 20"x21".
Signed and titled verso as shown.
Originally purchased in Olga Dollar Gallery in San Francisco
Susan Fenton is an American photographer and a faculty member of St. Joseph’s University faculty. Fenton's work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums. The captivating Japan series was made in 1990s after her return from living in Japan. The mysterious series showing figures in geometrical hats was enhanced by oil pigments to create a classical painterly quality that could not be achieved with camera only otherwise.
“Fenton’s figures – silent, composed, aloof – represent aesthetic idealism,” Inquirer art critic Edward J. Sozanski wrote, “By avoiding eye contact...
Category
1990s Modern American Photography
Materials
Paper
Framed Photograph Japan Series by Susan Fenton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Susan Fenton (1949-2018; American)
Title: Figure with Pediment. Japan series
Year of Creation: 1993
Edition: 1/10
Medium: Toned Gelatin Silver Print; hand painted with Oils
Image size: 16"x16"
Framed size: 20"x21".
Signed and titled verso as shown.
Originally purchased in Olga Dollar Gallery in San Francisco
Susan Fenton is an American photographer and a faculty member of St. Joseph’s University faculty. Fenton's work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums. The captivating Japan series was made in 1990s after her return from living in Japan. The mysterious series showing figures in geometrical hats was enhanced by oil pigments to create a classical painterly quality that could not be achieved with camera only otherwise.
“Fenton’s figures – silent, composed, aloof – represent aesthetic idealism,” Inquirer art critic Edward J. Sozanski wrote, “By avoiding eye contact...
Category
1990s Modern American Photography
Materials
Paper
Framed Photograph Japan Series by Susan Fenton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Susan Fenton (1949-2018; American)
Title: Figure with Rectangle and Cone. Japan series
Year of Creation: 1993
Edition: 1/10
Medium: Toned Gelatin Silver Print; hand painted with Oils
Image size: 16"x16"
Framed size: 20"x21".
Signed and titled verso as shown.
Originally purchased in Olga Dollar Gallery in San Francisco
Susan Fenton is an American photographer and a faculty member of St. Joseph’s University faculty. Fenton's work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums. The captivating Japan series was made in 1990s after her return from living in Japan. The mysterious series showing figures in geometrical hats was enhanced by oil pigments to create a classical painterly quality that could not be achieved with camera only otherwise.
“Fenton’s figures – silent, composed, aloof – represent aesthetic idealism,” Inquirer art critic Edward J. Sozanski wrote, “By avoiding eye contact...
Category
1990s Modern American Photography
Materials
Paper
Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 17 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator: Unknown.
Date of manufacture: c.1940.
Materials ...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial American Photography
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1950s Original Male Physique Photograph by Bruce of Los Angeles
By Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An original iconic male physique photograph by legendary photographer Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of Los Angeles. Our collection (soon to be available on separate listings are all original (not copied from negative). This iconic image with a beach ball was one of the props that became synonymous with a Bruce Bellas photograph. Printed in the 1950s, the stamped images were printed when he was alive. They are the rare, sought after photographs prized by collectors of the genre. 8x 10 photograph, white matt, beautifully framed in classic black.
Bio:
An icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important figures in the world of physical culture; bodybuilders Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, and Brian Idol...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
The Godfather
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still for Francis Ford Coppola's gangster masterpiece starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. This piece is Framed in a Sapele wood f...
Category
1970s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
1930s Photograph of Art Deco Mural Semi Nude Female Figures
Located in Seguin, TX
Photograph taken of an Art Deco figural mural painting by Oswald Fell (20th Century) Germany/Texas in the 1930's. Single photograph with 2 images on it, from the artists estate. Unf...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
NASA Mission GEMINI XI Richard "Dick" Gordon, 20th Century, Photograph
By Nasa
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Gemini 11 Photo original tamponnée au dos World Book Encyclopedia Science Service,inc 516 Travis Street Houston Texas
Gemini 11 (officiellement Gemini XI) est la 9e mission habitée ...
Category
1960s Space Age Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
NASA Mission Gemini XI Charles Pete Conrad and Richard "Dick" Gordon, 1966, Phot
By Nasa
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Gemini 11 Photo original tamponnée au dos World Book Encyclopedia Science Service,inc 516 Travis Street Houston Texas
Gemini 11 (officiellement Gemini XI) est la 9e mission habitée ...
Category
1960s American Classical Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 1950s Studio Photograph Male Nude
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, an iconic image done by Bruce in the studio with model posing on the iconic black and white floor, showing off his masculine back.. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H.
Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s.
BIO:
Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles.
History and influence
Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire.
Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail.
An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Other
Billy Howard Vintage Dutch Slave Trading Fort in Elmina, Ghana Photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
Billy Howard Vintage Dutch Slave Trading Fort in Elmina, Ghana Photograph. Signed and authenticated by the artist.
Category
20th Century American Photography
Materials
Paper
Attributed: Irving Penn, N. Dahomey (Benin) "Hausa Man" C. 1968 Photograph
By Irving Penn
Located in Atlanta, GA
Attributed: Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009).
An original photograph of titled "Hausa Man" - N. Dahomey (Benin) Usis Photo.
While I am unable to certainly identify this piece as...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1990s Monteverde Angel Sculpture Color Photograph
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage color photograph on paper by Eric C. Weller (20th century) Texas. Monteverde Angel sculpture. Unsigned, glossy finish, Eric Weller was a professor of photography at Texas Sta...
Category
Late 20th Century French Provincial American Photography
Materials
Paper
Bruce of LA Original 1950s Male Physique Photo Model Barry Adkins
By Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From a important 25 plus years collection of Male Physique and Beefcake Photography, Image # 8 of male model Barry Adkins. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Other images from this L.A gallery show on separate listings... please check often while we list more every week. These photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s.
BIO:
Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles.
History and influence:
Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire.
Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail.
An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Other
Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 50s Male Nude Photograph Masculine Model
By Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, iconic image of masculine male model holding metal chain.. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H.
Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s.
BIO:
Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles.
History and influence
Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire.
Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail.
An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Other
Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 50s Male Nude Photograph Handsome Model
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, image # 7 of handsome male model Bill Gregory. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H.
Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s.
BIO:
Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles.
History and influence
Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire.
Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail.
An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Other
Cupid Awake and Cupid Asleep framed photographs
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This pair of "Cupid Awake" and "Cupid Asleep" framed photographs have been hand coloured, highlighting the hair, cheeks, lips and the arrows which is unusual as most of these photogr...
Category
Early 1900s High Victorian Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
Bullitt
Located in London, GB
Original US production still for the Steve McQueen's 1968 film Bullitt. This production features the Porsche 356C.
This piece is conservation framed with UV plexiglass in a Tulip wo...
Category
1960s Vintage American Photography
Materials
Paper
Vintage Photograph of Robert Mapplethorpe, 1987, NYC
By Jeannette Montgomery Barron
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original vintage photograph taken by Jeannette Montgomery Barron of American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in NYC, 1987. Vintage gelatin silver print. Framed.
Image: 13 × 13 in...
Category
Late 20th Century American Photography
Materials
Other
"Ogalala Woman" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of an Ogalala woman by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 94 from Supplementary Portfolio 3 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American...
Category
Early 1900s Antique American Photography
Materials
Paper
Luis Gallo (Cuba, B.1962) Set 10 Black & White Photographs, "Passengers" Series
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From Luis Gallos 1994-1995 Series .A set from his large series of black and white photographs of riders in the NYC subway. Each rider wears a coat and has hands in a different pose, ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Framed Editioned Photograph Homage to Cavafy Series by Duane Michals
By Duane Michals
Located in Atlanta, GA
An editioned gelatin silver print by American photographer Duane Michals (1932-). "I could read it clearly in his palm. There would be a terrible tragedy. My love could not protect h...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
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