Photograph of Acadia National Park, Maine, Color Gravure, 1972, Dennis Stock

Robert Frank Untitled from the Americans, 1958, Beats Culture, Black & White. Photogravure print, mid-century, France,wax tissue mounted on conservation matboard. Influenced by the work of Jakob Tuggener and Bill Brandt, as well as Walker Evans, Frank, a native of Switzerland, Frank was fascinated by documentary photography and the notion and image of "America." Frank secured a Guggenheim fellowship in 1955 to do something new and unconstrained by commercial diktats. "The Americans" was first published in 1958 in France, before its first run in the US in 1959. The photographs were shocking and notable for their distanced view of both high and low strata of American society, creating a complicated portrait of a period that was, then and now, considered to be a skeptical portrait of post-WWII American values but also deeply empathetic and profoundly evocative of ubiquitous loneliness. Frank found a tension in the gloss of American culture and wealth over race and class differences, which gave his photographs a clear contrast to those of most contemporary American photojournalists, as did his use of unusual focus, low lighting and cropping that deviated from accepted photographic techniques. Shortly before the book was published in France, Frank returned to the US (1957) and met Jack Kerouac on the sidewalk outside a party. They started chatting. Frank showed him some of his photographs. Kerouac immediately told Frank "Sure, I can write something about these pictures." Kerouac would write the introduction to the American edition of the book, published two years later. Sociologist Howard S...

Mid-Century Modern abstract "Arau Potter" painting by Xavier Gonzalez, 1969 Signed and titled bya artist. Measures: Painting: 28.5"x 36". Provenance: From the personal collectio...

Brunschwig & Fils x Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Cristaux Wallpaper, 1983. Listing is for one roll of “Crystals,” a gorgeous vintage print from Brunschwig & Fils and the Musée...

1968 Pop Art "The Marilyn Monroe Trip" #5 & 6 print by Bert Stern Bert Stern was the last man to photograph Marilyn Monroe. Stern made this image from one of the photographs of that ...

Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped...

Vintage Landscape Photograph circa mid 1980s: A brilliant large scale Cibachrome landscape photograph in the style of Ansel Adams. A highly decorative wall piece with lush colors & o...

Harbour Isle Beach 1973 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973. unframed c type print printed 202...

Americana Collection Digital C-Print on Archival Photographic Paper Available sizes: 37.5" x 30", Edition of 15 50" x 40", Edition of 10 60" x 48", Edition of 5 Few photographers i...