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Antique Eastman Kodak "No. 1 Pocket Kodak" Folding Camera c.1909-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A "No. 1 Pocket Kodak" folding camera. The body of camera is all leather with a leather handle and it folds smoothly closed to 1.25 inches. This camera has retained its orig...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Chrome
László Moholy-Nagy "Licht-Raum Modulationen" Photography 4/6
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
László Moholy-Nagy "Licht-Raum Modulationen" Photography 3/6
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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 ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Lake George Vintage Photograph, circa 1910
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual photograph, circa 1910-1920 where the letters Lake George are made of cutout photographs. Original frame-really a unique object with character and timeless character.
Lak...
Category
North American Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century Photograph, Victorians in Tropics
Located in Riverdale, NY
Late 19th century Photograph, Victorians in Tropics, domed glass with trompe l'oiel wood grain frame. Period Black White image has been pasted onto board and inserted into frame, needs a matt as the photo does not cover entire backing. Interesting subject matter of a Victorian couple...
Category
American Victorian Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood
Ruhlmann Vintage Photograph Album (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A unique photograph album in original grey card wrappers with the Ruhlmann name embossed on the front and the name of the client Monsieur Molinie also...
Category
Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Antique Nautical Historical Picture of the Ship Virgen De Africa Cadiz, 1917
Located in Milan, IT
Large black and white historical picture depicting the ship Virgen de Africa Cadiz, dated 1917. Original frame, 112 x 79 - inches 44 x 31. Good condition.
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Pictorialist Photography, "Pensive Woman"
Located in Rochester, NY
Pictorialist photograph of a young woman. Silver print in the original oak frame. Inscribed on reverse R.S. Paddock, Early 20th century.
Pictorialism is the name given to an intern...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Shot in The Hand - Apsaroke, 1908
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Shot in The Hand - Apsaroke
Plate: 133
Portfolio: Volume IV
Printer: John Andrew & Son
Medium: Photogravure
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
Sheet: W 15 5/...
Category
American American Classical Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Framed Black and White Portrait of Man Ray, Vintage Self-Portrait Photograph
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis, Autumn - Apsoroke, 1908
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Autumn - Apsaroke
Plate: 130
Portfolio: Volume IV
Printer: John Andrew & Son
Medium: Photogravure
Date: 1908
Edwar...
Category
American American Classical Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Large Kodak No. 2C Folding Pocket Camera/Leather Case c.1914
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original large Eastman Kodak No. 2C folding pocket camera with red bellows. The body is wrapped in leather with chrome and brass accents. The camera folds to 2.25 inches. O...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Aleksandr Rodchenko Constructivist Photograph Gelatin silver print 1936
Located in Vorst, BE
The Pole Vault, 1936
Photography by Alexander Rodchenko
Gelatin silver print, on Agfa barite paper.
Printed in 1987 by Alexander Lavrentiev from the original negative from around 1936. Limited edition of the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung e.V., Hamburg.
Photographer’s Stamp A. M. Родченко (Cyrillic) on the backside
image/sheet: 18 x 23.8 cm
Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956) was a Russian avant-garde artist, photographer, and graphic designer, renowned for his contributions to the Constructivist movement. He studied painting at the Kazan School of Art before moving to Moscow, where he became a pivotal figure in the Russian avant-garde. Rodchenko embraced geometric abstraction and worked across various media, including painting, sculpture, and photomontage. He was a leading innovator in Soviet photography...
Category
Swedish Bauhaus Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S. Curtis Original Photogravure Mosa Mohave The North American Indian
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and very coveted original large-format photogravure by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis (1868-1952) titled "Mosa Mohave" Of this image Curtis noted “It would b...
Category
American Native American Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel
Located in Atlanta, GA
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'...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Kodak No. 2 Premo Folding Camera c.1916
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original Eastman Kodak No. 2 folding camera. The body of camera is all leather with that folds smoothly closed to 1.5 inches. This camera has retained its original finish...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Chrome
Original Vintage Photo; The Lake Tahoe Area "Early Tennis Image" Circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
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...
Category
American Other Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Gambler Piegan, 1900
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Gambler Piegan
Plate: 194
Portfolio: Volume 6
Printer: Proof print printed by John Andrew & Son
Medium: Photograv...
Category
American American Classical Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Photo of "Lake Tahoe with Snow and Trees" American, Dated 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage Lake Tahoe photograph, dated 1905, shows the lake as viewed through trees and winter snow. Typical of that era is a desirable slight sepia to...
Category
American Other Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Antique Photo Print Collage with Hunt Company and Game in the Forest
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Photo Print Collage with Hunt Company and Game in the Forest
An antique collage of several victorian hunters in a forest. Made with a pai...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Wood
Hand Colored Photograph of Nantucket Street Scene by Marshall Gardiner, Ca 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Hand Colored Photograph of Nantucket Street Scene by Marshall Gardiner (1884-1942), circa 1910, a period hand tinted photograph entitled "Nantucket Shearing Cart and Quakers" showing classic grey shingled houses on a cobblestone paved street, with a couple in horse drawn cart riding away from the viewer, and four women on doorstep and sidewalk, all dressed in period Quaker attire. It is interesting to note that the couple in cart are seated on antique Nantucket Bow Back Windsor chairs. The photograph was titled and hand signed in pencil across the bottom of the old acid foxed mat; the photograph is now mounted in new archival acid free matting, and a photocopy of the original pencil inscription has been preserved on the reverse. The photograph itself remains in excellent condition.
H. Marshall Gardiner (1884-1942) was born on September 18, 1884 in Windsor, Ontario, and immigrated to the United States circa 1890, where his father W.H. Gardiner opened two photographic studios, one in Detroit during the winter months and a second at Mackinac Island during the more tourist-oriented summer months. Recognizing the potential of Florida's rapidly growing tourist trade, around 1894-95 he moved with his family from Detroit to Daytona, Florida which proved much more accommodating to the family's photographic business during the colder winter months.
Marshall learned many of his photographic techniques from his father prior to going out on his own at a relatively early age. Whereas his father generally used wet collodian negatives, technology had advanced to where he was able to use gelatin dry plates in his earlier years, and later the less expensive and much more convenient roll film. Another very important lesson learned from his father was strategy of setting up shop in a tourist resort. Early in his career he traveled to Bermuda where he shot a series of beautiful Bermuda scenes that he hand-colored and successfully sold over a number of years to the local tourist trade.
Around 1910, at the age of around 24, he first traveled to the island of Nantucket. The year-round population of Nantucket was then just over 2500, not nearly enough to sustain a photographic business for the entire year, so he opened a joint Photography and Art Supplies Store. Working as Nantucket's exclusive agent for Eastman Kodak, his business expanded to include the island's only photo-finishing service. However, with such a small year-round population, even the addition of a Gift Shop to compliment the hand-painted photographs, general portrait...
Category
American Other Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Yacht Lone Star Photo by Edwin Levick of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare photo print of the private yacht Lone Star by famous marine photographer Edwin Levick of New York. The yacht is seen passing the New London Ledge Lighthouse. Lone Star was owned...
Category
North American Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed and Stamped Silver Toned Platinum Print, 1906
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "The Piki Maker"
The print is hand-signed in ink, blind-stamped with Curtis' embos...
Category
American Native American Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Photographs from The Strand Theatre in Times Square, Broadway, New York
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Five original photographs from live Broadway performances at the historic Strand Theater. The Strand Theatre was originally an early movie palace locate...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Bubble Glass Portrait Photograph, c.1920
Located in Savannah, GA
A bubble glass portrait photograph, circa 1920.
15 by 23 inches
Category
Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"The Scout - Apache" by Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
1906 Orotone photograph on glass plate. Signed in negative lower right. A beautiful example of Edward Sheriff Curtis's work, featuring muted colors and a stark silhouette of an Apach...
Category
American Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Glass
Original Signed Photograph of Queen Mary of England By W & D Downey. 1926
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
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...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Enos A. Mills Photograph, "End of the Trail", c1921, Sepia Toned Silver Print
Located in valatie, NY
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...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century 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
American Navajo Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Linen, Glass, Walnut, Paper
Vintage Sepia Tent Pegging Photograph, Colonial
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Colonial tent pegging photograph, Poona 1903.
Rare sepia toned late Victorian Colonial photograph showing a group of horsemen 'Tent Pegging' with the caption 'Poona 1903'. The photo has been embossed...
Category
Indian Sporting Art Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century French Erotica Nude Art Photographs
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Stunning example of French nude art photography dating to the turn of the 20th century. This unique collection consists of 23 original photographs. Th...
Category
French Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken, on an easterly course on starboard taking, passing Cowes., Inscribed in white ‘H. M. Y. Britannia, No. 10785, ...
Category
English Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Set of Beautiful Litographic Postcards from North Africa by Lehnert & Landrock
Located in Mexico, DF
A beautiful Set of 20 Postcards with original photos of Arab cultures of North Africa created and commercialized by Lehnert & Landrock and signed "Editeurs L&L". This was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Germany 1878-1948) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (Bohemia 1878-1966) active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images of North African people...
Category
Tunisian Moorish Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster El Escorial Wonder Of The Renaissance Spain
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
Spanish Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Ambrosio Martinez – San Juan, 1905
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Ambrosio Martinez – San Juan
Plate: 596
Portfolio: The North American Indians Volume 17, The Tewa, The Zuni
Printer: : Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge ...
Category
American American Classical Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Original Edward S. Curtis Photogravure, "The Klamath Hunter" 1923
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Antique Decorative Oak Framed Gentleman's Portrait
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Framed Portrait Of A Gentleman.
A large impressive framed photograph of a gentleman's portrait. The old photographic print has been produced on a board and is framed in a period oak ...
Category
British Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Oak, Paper
Photographic Plate Illustrating the Transportation of Cane by Kleynenberg, 1910
Located in Langweer, NL
No. 41 of the collection of plates published by Kleynenberg & Co. Each plate includes a title and number. This plate is titled ‘Riet-Transpo...
Category
Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) As It Was In The Old Days, 1927
Located in CA, CA
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...
Category
American American Colonial Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
"Bear's Teeth - Arikara" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of Bear’s Teeth of the Arikara tribe by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 154 from Supplementary Portfolio 5 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indian. The caption, written by Curtis, for this image is as follows: “A member of the Night order of the medicine fraternity.” This photogravure was published in 1908 and was printed by John Andrew & Son, in Boston.
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...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952), Reuben Taylor (Istofhuts) – Cheyenne, 1927
Located in CA, CA
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...
Category
American American Classical Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Large Gelatin Silver Print Photograph Sculptor w/ Sculpture, Circa 1930
Located in Rochester, NY
Large original gelatin silver print photograph of a sculptor w/ stone marble sculpture of mother and child. Set in a beautiful period silver gilt wood frame w/ mat and glass. Circa 1...
Category
American Art Deco Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Silver Leaf
Rare Man Ray Hand Signed Black and White Photography of Gigi, 1927
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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 ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Antique & Handcrafted Pair of Moorish Arabic Motifs Inlaid Picture Photo Frames
Located in Lisse, NL
All handcrafted and very stylish pair of photo frames with inlaid Islamic designs.
You don't necessary need to have an Arabic (inspired) interior to fall in love and decorate your home with these stunning Moorish picture frames. The workmanship is there for everyone to see and the combination of the warm colors of the wood and the inlaid shell simply is to die for. It is every antique sellers...
Category
Moorish Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Shell, Wood
"the Love Song" Gold Tone Photograph by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"The Love Song" gold tone photograph by Carl Moon - signed gold tone; 8" x 10". Taos - 1914 - the Indian's name is Geronimo Gomez. Published in "In Se...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Other
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Kutenai Girls, 1910
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Kutenai Girls
Plate: 253
Portfolio: Volume 16
Printer: John Andrew & Son
Medium: Photogravure
Date: 1910
Dimension...
Category
American American Classical Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Golf Engraving Douglas Adams, The Putting Green
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf engraving after Douglas Adams, 'The Putting Green'.
One of the three famous golfing scenes of Caernarvonshire Golf Club, Conwy, Wales, by Douglas Adams. 'The Putt', 'The Drive' ...
Category
British Sporting Art Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
Set of Three Framed Vintage Portraits of a Mime
Located in Stockton, NJ
A set of three vintage framed photograph portraits of a mime. With a black frame, matting, and UV filter glass.
Category
Unknown Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Ogalala Woman" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
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 Indian. The caption provided by Curtis for this image is “A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some Primitive people.” The photograph was taken in 1907 and the photogravure was published in 1908 by John Andrew & Son, in Boston.
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...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Paper
"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional.
S OF CARL MOON
1903 to 1914
MS 285
Collection Guide
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
Category
American Native American Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Other
Pair of Antique Portraits Oval Frames Gold Leaf ca 1900
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful pair of antique images, portraits behind glass in gilded oval wooden frames, ca 1900.
Very classic and beautiful frames covered with gold leaf, elaborately decorated with ...
Category
European Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
László Moholy-Nagy "Portrait of Ellen Frank" Framed Photography
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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.
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
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Paper
Historical B/W Photograph of Native American Navajo Pottery Makers
Located in Miami, FL
A Window into History: 1922 Portrait by Odile Bouligny
This captivating black and white photograph, captured in 1922 by renowned French photographer Odile Bouligny, offers a glimpse into a bygone era. The image portrays a mother and daughter, both Navajo pottery...
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American Art Deco Early 20th Century Photography
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Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) An Isleta Man, 1925
Located in CA, CA
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...
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American American Classical Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
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Paper
Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907
By Charles J. Kleingrothe
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Malay Peninsula
(Strait Settlements and Federated Malay States)
Original photos by C.J. Kleingrothe, Medan Deli
An extremely rare boxed Malay Peninsula portfolio containing a...
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Early 20th Century Photography
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Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Tuvahe – Jemez, 1925
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Tuvahe – Jemez
Plate: 553
Portfolio:Volume 16
Printer: : Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass
Medium: Photogravure
Dat...
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American American Classical Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
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Paper
Antique Floral Still Life Needlepoint of Peonies, Framed, C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Floral Still Life Needlepoint of Peonies, Framed, C1900
Measures - 25.5"H x 25.5"W x 1.75"D
This antique needlepoint features a detailed depiction of peonies, crafted with ...
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Early 20th Century Photography
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Canvas
"Wildflowers" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Signed Goldtone; 8" x 10"; Taos, 1914; also titled "Pueblo Belle, First Mesa"; published in "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 110. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book comes with; rare and exceptional.
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
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Vintage Early 20th Century Photography
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