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Item Ships From: Continental US
Fred Herzog, Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog, Signed Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog. Signed Edition exhibition catalog (Vancouver Art Gallery January 25-May 13, 2007). 160 pages with numerous color photographs throughout. "Iconic and influential color images of Vancouver street life from a master photographer who has spent the past fifty years documenting the city, published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. His eye dwells on the raw urban underbelly of the city: second-hand shops, vacant lots, barber shops and greasy spoons, crowded with people and their stuttering dreams. Since he arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1953, Fred Herzog has roamed the city's back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while incorporating an outsider's sensitivity to a new environment. His color images of street life in the 1950s and '60s prefigure the "New Color" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. The text includes essays by Grant Arnold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Continental US - Photography
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Paper
Architectural Industrial Black and White Photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of a kind, never published, black and white photo of Industrial architectural construction site scaffolding, unsigned. Professionally matted and framed, American, early to mid-20...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Continental US - Photography
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Paper
Christopher Draghi, "Ercole e il Centauro" C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2007. Titled, "Ercole e il Centauro," Each print is signed and dated by the photographer.
Measure...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Continental US - Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Boho 70s Black and White Fashion Photograph
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage framed black and white photo. A chic 70s fashion shot of a girl with her chimney broom. Nothing says fashion like a good chimney broom....
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Late 20th Century North American Continental US - Photography
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Paper
Untitled nude polaroid portrait by Franco Fontana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled nude polaroid portrait by Franco Fontana (Italian, born 1933) Signed and dated.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Plastic
Pictorialist Photograph Nude Wood Nymph by Charles Cook Circa 1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Pictorialist photograph of nude woman in a forest interior by Charles Cook. Silver print. Circa 1910.
Charles J. Cook was a painter and pho...
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Early 20th Century North American Continental US - Photography
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Paper
Photograph of Male Nude by Greg Gorman
By Greg Gorman
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Greg Gorman (American, b. 1949)
Title: Rex and Gregory, 1988
Gelatin silver print
Image size: 18.75 x 14.75 inches
Paper size: 19.75 x 15.875 inches
Frame size: 24.8 x 1...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Bear's Teeth - Arikara" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
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
Early 1900s American Antique Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
3 B+W Vogue Decorative Garden Photographs in Gold Frames Castle Lion Statue
By Vogue
Located in Dayton, OH
3 Vogue framed photographs
A sculpture of a lion in a garden by Patrick Litchfield
The garden on a home in Meridian Hill Bath Towel BY Carola Rust
Gardens of Twickel Castle Art P...
Category
Late 20th Century Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
"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
1910s Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Other
Greatest of All Time 'GOAT' a Tribute to Muhammad Ali Promotional Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Greatest of All Time (GOAT) a Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali Greatest of All Time Promotional Limited Edition: TASCHEN Promotional book in a tube.
The publisher prospectus...
Category
20th Century German Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
"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 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
Early 1900s American Antique Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Jefferson Hayman "Flatiron Building" Signed Pigment Print Photograph
Located in Hudson, NY
Jefferson Hayman is an artist whose work explores the themes of nostalgia, common symbols, and memory. Each photograph is handcrafted as a silver gelatin, platinum or pigment print, ...
Category
2010s American Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) An Isleta Man, 1925
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
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...
Category
1920s American American Classical Vintage Continental US - 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
Early 20th Century Unknown Continental US - Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Luigi Ghirri It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It... by Luigi Ghirri, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Luigi Ghirri: It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It... by Luigi Ghirri. Published by Aperture, NY, 2008. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Ghirri was an extraordinary photographer, as well as a writer and curator whose career was so rich and varied that it seems like a lesson in the contemporary history of the medium. Although well known in his native Italy, Ghirri does not yet have the international audience his work merits--perhaps because he died so young. This is the first book published on Ghirri in the U.S. It will establish him as the seminal artist he was. Uncannily prescient, Ghirri shared the sensibility of what became known in the U.S. as the New Color and the New Topographics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Anna Condo, Two Poppies, Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminum, US, 2021
By Anna Condo
Located in New York, NY
Anna Condo, a filmmaker and a photographer born in Armenia and raised in France, has been photographing flowers, her "ultimate muse," since 2013. The medium became a creative outlet ...
Category
2010s American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Paloma Picasso In a Karl Lagerfeld Dress, Signed by Helmut Newton
By Helmut Newton
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed & Numbered in blue pencil verso
Along with copy right stamps and the negative number written in regular pencil
Sheet size: 15.8 x 12
Image size: 14.25 x...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Early Bruce of Los Angeles Male Model Physique Orig B&W Photograph
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
It is becoming very rare to find a desirable original Bruce of Los Angeles vintage photograph. Especially with the iconic black and white checkerboard ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Tuvahe – Jemez, 1925
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
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...
Category
1920s American American Classical Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Modern Times, The Age of Photography by Mattie Boom, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Modern Times - The Age of Photography by Mattie Boom. Published by Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2014. 1st Ed hardcover. The Rijksmuseum's Philips Wing is scheduled to reopen in November 2014 with Modern Times: The Age of Photography, a major survey of twentieth-century photography culled from the Rijksmuseum's collection (a first for the museum). Growing spectacularly since the decision was made in 1994 to collect photography beyond the nineteenth century, the collection now includes some 20,000 twentieth-century works, including masterpieces by photographers such as Andre Kertesz, Brassai, Robert Capa, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, William Klein, Eva Besnyo, Man Ray and Joel Meyerowitz. A wide-ranging overview published to accompany the exhibition, this catalog, designed by the renowned Irma Boom, traces key developments in photography over the course of the last century through more than 350 photographs, from Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Jean-Paul Goude and Grace Jones, Long Island NY, 10 Aug 1992 by Jonathan Becker
By Jonathan Becker
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Jean-Paul Goude and Grace Jones in the “Lionel Hamptons", Long Island, New York, 10
August 1992
"J.P. and I were working on a story he called the 'Lionel Hamptons’. Grace helped." ...
Category
2010s American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) Rare Sepia Photogravure Titled "Spotted Elk - Brule
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sepia photogravure titled "Spotted Elk - Brule" depicting a portrait of Spotted Elk from the Brule tribe.
The photogravure is titled lower left "Spotted Elk - Brule". Printed under t...
Category
20th Century American Native American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Time Exposed, Seascape #344, Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea, 1990
By Hiroshi Sugimoto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Time Exposed, Seascape #344, Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea, 1990
A mesmeric meditation on time through repetition and constancy, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Time Exposed portfo...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Anna Condo, Blossoms, Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminum, US, 2021
By Anna Condo
Located in New York, NY
Anna Condo, a filmmaker and a photographer born in Armenia and raised in France, has been photographing flowers, her "ultimate muse," since 2013. The medium became a creative outlet ...
Category
2010s American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Aluminum
"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
1910s American Native American Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Other
Contemporary Postmodern C-Print Photograph
By Ricardo Fasanello
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large format Contemporary Postmodern Chromogenic Photograph depicting a human heart stitched and bolted together. Verso signed, numbered, titled, and dated: "Ricardo Fasanello, (ed.)...
Category
Early 2000s Brazilian Post-Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Silver Leaf
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Continental US - Photography
Materials
Canvas
Salvador Dali, Signed by Helmut Newton
By Helmut Newton
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed & Numbered in blue pencil verso
Along with copy right stamps and the negative number written in regular pencil
Sheet size: 15.8 x 12
Image size: 14.63 x...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Collection of Vintage Sporting Photographs Including Yale Team
Located in Buchanan, MI
Collection of Vintage Sporting Photographs Including Yale Team
Category
19th Century Antique Continental US - Photography
Wonderful Time, an Intimate Portrait of the Good Life by Slim Aarons, 1st Ed
By Slim Aarons
Located in valatie, NY
"Wonderful Time, An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life by Slim Aarons." New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Stated first edition hardcover with no dust jacket, 1974. A photo essay do...
Category
20th Century American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Vik Muniz: Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer by Lesley Martin, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Vik Muniz: Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer by Lesley Martin. Published by Aperture, New York, 2005. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. An American artist of Brazilian origin, Vik Muniz stands out a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) Oyi – Tsa “Duck White” Summer Cacique of Santa Clara
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in CA, CA
Edward S Curtis (1868-1952)
Title: Oyi – Tsa (“Duck White”), Summer Cacique of Santa Clara
Plate: 601
Portfolio: The North American Indians Volume 17, The Tewa, The Zuni
Printer: ...
Category
Early 1900s American American Classical Antique Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones. Afred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. 1st Edition hardcover with original slip-case containing two Volumes with Stereoscopic Viewer...
Category
1970s American Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
"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...
Category
1910s Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Other
Signed Black & White Photo of 1960's Wedding Couple
Located in Ross, CA
Black and white photograph taken in the 1960's of a newly married couple titled "Apartment Complex Series" and signed by the photographer. Matted in white and framed in a brown wood...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Børge Mogensen - Framed Photograph G, 1960
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful framed photograph depicting Børge Mogensen's house at Soløsevej in Gentofte, Denmark. Picture frame by Børge Mogensen in solid oregon pine with brass corner details made in...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Wood, 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 American Classical Roman Continental US - Photography
Antique Photograph of Man in Military Uniform, Framed, C1860
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Photograph of Man In Military Uniform, Framed, C1860
Measures - 21"H x 19"W x 1"D
A vintage photograph depicting a man in a military uniform, dating to approximately 1860. ...
Category
19th Century Antique Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Sutures and Spirits The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sutures and Spirits: The Photographic Illustrations of Lejaren à Hiller by Doug Manchee. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2018. 1st Ed paperback. Lejaren a Hiller (1880-1969) pioneered ad...
Category
2010s American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Rare Bruce of LA Set Model Bobby Kennedy Male Orig Vintage Physique Photographs
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
It is very rare to find a desirable iconic two piece set of original Bruce of Los Angeles vintage photographs. Especially with the iconic Roman column,...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
At the Eden Roc, Cap d’Antibes, France, 17 May 2008, by Jonathan Becker
By Jonathan Becker
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
At the Eden Roc, Cap d’Antibes, France, 17 May 2008, Photographed by Jonathan Becker
Contemporary Color Landscape Photography
44" x 44.5" Archival Pigment Print
Edition Nº 1 of ...
Category
2010s American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Francesco Scavullo, Warhol Factory, Jay & Jed Johnson I, 1968
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Francesco Scavullo black & white photograph Jay & Jed Johnson. Large scale photo on board from Scavullo Studio. 1968-1969. 18.25 x 12.25 inches.
Minnesota twins, Jay and Jed Johnson...
Category
1960s American Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
"Tulips" Photograph by Paulette Tavormina
By Paulette Tavormina
Located in Greenwich, CT
Paulette Tavormina lives and works in New York City. Amidst the bustle that defines the city, she can often be found at one of the city’s many farmers markets searching for the perfe...
Category
2010s American Modern Continental US - Photography
Aerial Photographs of San Francisco, George R. Lawrence, 1906 Earthquake
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Comparison aerial photographs of San Francisco printed on glossy fine art paper. The first image is an aerial shot of the city taken in 1981 by an unknown photographer. It depicts the harbor and downtown all the way out to Ocean Beach and the Golden Gate Bridge. The second image is taken from the same vantage point. It is stamped, ‘Photograph of San Francisco is ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay. Overlooking waterfront, sunset over Golden Gate.’ There is also a copyright stamp for George R Lawrence. Lawrence used an aerial kite to photograph San Francisco after the devastating 1906 earthquake. His photographs appeared in newspapers around the world and generated more than $15,000 for the photographer.
CREATOR Unknown and George R. Lawrence and Co.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1906 and 1981.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Photograph on glossy fine art paper.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS Sheet: H 21.5 in. x W 23.5 in., Image: H 16 in. W 18.5 in.
HISTORY
George R. Lawrence (1868-1938)
After working briefly at a Chicago wagon factory in 1889, George Lawrence opened a studio for the production of crayon enlargements — large photographs, usually portraits, that have been enhanced by pastels or charcoal. Crayon enlargements were popular wall decorations in the late 1800s. In 1893, Lawrence's studio partner left Chicago permanently. Lawrence inherited the equipment and learned to develop negatives from a local photographer's apprentice. He formed the Geo. R. Lawrence Company and quickly became an innovator in the field, using the slogan "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty."
Lawrence designed his own large-format cameras and specialized in aerial views. He began by using ladders...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Continental US - 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
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Continental US - Photography
Materials
Silver Leaf
Bruce of Los Angeles Vintage Original Male Physique Photograph of Carl Venus
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of male physique and beefcake, printed in the 1960s, signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Other
Mid-Century Modern California Architecture Silver Gelatin Sepia Photograph
Located in Studio City, CA
An engaging sepia toned silver gelatin California Architecture photograph featuring a mid-century building framed by a cascading tree. A ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Diana: The Portrait, by Rosalind Coward, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Diana: The Portrait by Rosalind Coward, Foreward by Nelson Mandella. Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004. 1st US Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "The tragic death of Diana, Princess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Rare Pierre Salinger Signed Photo With JFK That Was Presented to Cornel Paul
Located in valatie, NY
Rare Pierre Salinger Boldly Signed Photo With JFK Presented to Colonel Michael Paul. Pierre Salinger (1925-2004) served as Press Secretary to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson from 1961...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Photographic Portrait Young Hasidic Boy w/ Mask in the style of Diane Arbus
By Diane Arbus
Located in Rochester, NY
A beautiful black and white photographic portrait of young hasidic boy wearing black fedora w/ ominous looking mask hanging from his neck. In the style of Diane Arbus. Photo was pro...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Continental US - Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Feodor Chaliapin, c1925 as Boris Godunov, Copyrighted Photo by H. Mishkin
Located in valatie, NY
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...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Set of 8 Botanical Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin, 1932
By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Stamford, CT
Karl Blossfeldt Photogravures Wundergarten der Natur, 1932.
Hung together, these make a very impressive and modern wall display. Available in smaller groups or individually at $595...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Film 18 pcs B/W Movie Lobby Photos
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 18 B/W Lobby Photos (8″ x 10″) from the cult film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” from 1975. Incredible campy movie that prompted the audience to participate during the sh...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Paper
1980s Maximalism Wall Art Picture With Diamonds and Gucci
Located in New York, NY
1980s indulgence captured in this custom art work image by photographer Jim Shick. Surrounded by a black lacquer frame, the photographer's definition of 1980s indulgence includes a beautiful diamond necklace, a Gucci handbag...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
Materials
Lacquer, Glass, Paper
B&W Photograph in the style of Avedon's "In the American West" - Artist Unknown
By Richard Avedon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black and White Photograph of "Middle Aged Man"
Artist, Subject and Date are Unknown
Photograph is in the style of
Richard Avedon's "In the American West"
image 10.75" x 13.5" -...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Continental US - Photography
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Douglas Kirkland "Golden Boy" Rare Male Nude Original Photograph
By Douglas Kirkland 1
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A very rare and highly collectible fine art original photo in original frame. A 1997 Iris nash edition 11" x 14" photograph, signed on front by Douglas Kirkland (1934-2022). From G Ray Hawkins Gallery, Sant Monica, CA. entitled "Golden Boy...
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1990s American Modern Continental US - Photography
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1991 Karen D. Abbott Cabo San Lucas Mexico Black & White Nude Photograph 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1991 photograph by Karen D. Abbott showing the figure of a nude woman with long dark hair and her back to the camera, perched against a stand of boulders capped with purple f...
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1990s Mexican Continental US - Photography
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