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Item Ships From: New York City
"Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster" Cy Twombly
By Cy Twombly
Located in New York, NY
Cy Twombly
Earle and Carolyn Brown at the Stevenson's in Brewster, 1955
Identified and inscribed on the reverse by the sitter Carolyn Brown
Photograph on paper
8 x 8 inches
Provenance
Gift of the artist
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York, 2025.
Cy Twombly gained fame for his art that combined cultural, historical, and poetic elements—particularly those from classical antiquity—with abstract shapes and his distinctive script. Born Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr. on April 25, 1928, in Lexington, Virginia, he began his artistic journey under the guidance of Pierre Daura and Marion Junkin at Washington and Lee University. This initial training was complemented by his formative experiences at the Arts Students League of New York and Black Mountain College, where he established enduring friendships with influential figures like Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham.
A pivotal moment for Twombly was his 1952 trip to Italy and North Africa with Rauschenberg, funded by a grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This journey allowed Twombly to engage deeply with the rich cultural history that would inform his future artistic endeavors, leading to the creation of significant early pieces.
Twombly made his way back to Italy in 1957 and 1958, during which he presented his first solo exhibition in Italy at Galleria La Tartaruga, owned by Plinio De Martiis. In 1959, he married Luisa Tatiana...
Category
1950s Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
Category
1950s Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions that suggest Greek sculptures. A feminine and statuesque su...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 6-10) - 30"x40"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iron Lady
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 10, includes white frame.
"Iron Lady" is part of Nathan Coe's Double Exposure series. Coe was inspired to create his double exposures while flying over Nantucket and seeing h...
Category
2010s New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, Documentary Photography on Businessmen 1950s, Wall Street
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Wall Street, 1955-56 is a 19" x 13" limited edition print (8 of Ed 9) by photographer Leonard Freed. The work is signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photograp...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigmen...
Subway 39 Small, Black & White, Photograph, NYC, 1970s, Subway, Nuts, Man
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
Subway 39 by John Conn was originally photographed in New York City between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed. Edition of 20. It is 13x19, unframed.
In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun...
Category
1980s American Realist New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City, Harlem, Muscle Boy, Black and White Photography of Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a signed and numbered archival Iris print. The edition 25/100 was in a planned edition of 100 and halted at 25 prints (as annotated on ve...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital...
Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion
By Lillian Bassman
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
11 x 14 inches, sheet size
9.75 x 12.5 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Lillian Bassm...
Category
1950s American Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled # 1 1 - 2008 - Expressionist Full Face Black and White Portrait of Man
By Jean-Luc Fievet
Located in New York, NY
This is a 39" x 39" black and white archival giclée print on archival exhibition paper. It is part of a limited edition of 6 plus 2 AP. Signed and numbered in the back.
It is an exp...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Martin Luther King, Black and White Limited Edition Photograph of MLK 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Martin Luther King (MLK), 1964 by Leonard Freed is an iconic black and white documentary photograph, a portrait of one of the most influential African American personalities and civi...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Triggered, New York City, Black-and-White Photography of a Female Nude
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
The subject, a nude, is shot from the female gaze. As a woman artist Roberta Fineberg enjoys working with life models for both her art and photography. The title of the photograph, Triggered, references both the cable release used to release the shutter of the camera to make the image and the volatility of human moods and emotions.
Triggered, 1994 by Roberta Fineberg is 14" x 11" a gelatin silver print in an edition of 5 with 2 artist's proofs. Signed, dated, titled by the artist. Available: 3/5
Provenance: RF Studio
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Artist's Bio:
As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary photography), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter.
RF, living in New York City, began her career as an editorial photographer while studying in Paris. In France she contributed both photography and writing to publications, landing a column (photos and text) with The Saturday Review while exhibiting photographs in public spaces. Roberta Fineberg’s freelance photography appeared in Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, Paris Match, L’Officiel Femme, Ms, Weltwoche, Vanguardia, among others with images licensed through stock agencies. Photographs were selected for cover art at W.W. Norton, St. Martin’s Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, Simon & Schuster, etc. Print Regional Design Annual New York (2003) awarded her for book jacket photography for If Wishes Were Horses. In 1997 Macmillan published City Riders: A Story of Riding and Friendship her first book of black-and-white photographs and a story about three teenage girls in the 1990s who rode horses at the now-defunct Claremont Riding Academy and oldest stable in New York City.
In 2023, RF created an interactive installation, works on paper on the female body, in a public space. In July 2022, Fineberg’s Double Helix was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York City and exhibited in the preview show Contemporary Discoveries. Selected exhibitions include Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art fair (2020), Gallery122 New York pop-up group...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Harlem NY, Black and White Photography African American Life 1960s, Fashion Show
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, 1963, Harlem, USA by Leonard Freed, is a 11” x 14” gelatin silver print, which appears in the photographer's seminal Black in White America book (p. 104). The photograp...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Subway 43, Black & White Photo, NYC, 1970s, Limited Edition, Train, Graffiti
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
Subway 43 by John Conn was originally photographed in New York City between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed and numbered. Edition of 15. It is a 20x30 ima...
Category
1980s American Realist New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Flower Outside CBGB OMFUG
By Meryl Meisler
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
From the series...
Category
1970s Other Art Style New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black and White Canals, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe, Cityscape Photography
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Roberta Fineberg’s Black and White Canals, Amsterdam, 2024 renders the Dutch urban landscape with the crispness of an etching.
In the artist's Cities series the photograph is 20" x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Black and White Civil Rights Photography African Americans 1960s, Southern State
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The photograph captures and translates the American South of the 1960s. Southern State, 1964 by Leonard Freed, is an 11” x 14” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Black...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Surfer with White Board
By Patrick Cariou
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, verso
24 x 20 inches, sheet
22 x 17 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Wall Street, Black and White Documentary Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Wall Street, 1956 by Leonard Freed is a modern print signed verso (on back) by the estate/widow of the photographer, Brigitte Freed. This is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver print. Leonard...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
$3,200 Sale Price
36% Off
"Robert Rauschenberg Gemini Editions advertisement" Hans Namuth
By Hans Namuth
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Hans Namuth
Robert Rauschenberg Gemini Editions advertisement
Photograph on paper
14 x 11
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Born in Essen, Germany, ...
Category
1960s American Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
NO. 7
By Melissa Mizrakli
Located in New York, NY
The photographs of the young Turkish artist Melissa Mizrakli focus on the human body, giving it a personal interpretation. In some of her black and white works she uses the human body only as a pictorial sign in order to create almost abstract works. First made anonymous, the female model is then cloned and circularly multiplied. The result is a kind of wheel in which the repeated human body gives birth to a new, seemingly vegetal or mineral structure. Thus, the human element seems to be transformed into different other natural species...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sonny & Cher, NYC 1973
By Bob Gruen
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints
Hand Signed by Bob Gruen
8" x 10" Unframed
Open Edition
11" x 14" Unframed
Open Edition
16" x 20" Unframed
Open Edition
20" x 24" U...
Category
1970s Other Art Style New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, Two American Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Smith
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Painter Helen Frankenthaler and sculptor David Smith in Frankenthaler's studio in New York City, 1957 is a gelatin silver print, 20” x 16”, signed and stamped by the Glinn estate. Th...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Recall from the Exit Art/1st World Portfolio Silkscreen on Felt, Pencil Signed/N
By Lorna Simpson
Located in New York, NY
LORNA SIMPSON
Recall, from the Exit Art/The First World Portfolio, 1998
Silkscreen on Felt
30 × 22 inches
Hand signed and numbered 17/50 on the front
Unframed
This impressive silkscr...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Felt, Screen
Untitled (Self Portrait), black and white photograph by Mark Morrisroe
By Mark Morrisroe
Located in New York, NY
A black and white self portrait of Mark Morrisroe masturbating,
Untitled (Self Portrait)
1984/1996
Editioned in pencil, verso
Photogravure (Edition of 46)
16 x 11 inches, sheet
3...
Category
1980s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Groom with the White Arabian, CA, Black and White Nude Male with Horse Tress
By Arthur Tress
Located in New York, NY
Groom with the White Arabian, CA, Black and White Nude Male with Horse Tress
1996
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in ink, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
14.75 x 1...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City, USA, Limited Edition Signed Iconic Street Photography 1950s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
New York City, USA, 1954 is a 13" x 9" archival pigment print (baryta) in a limited edition of 5. Signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer), with Leon...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
The Village People Stepping Out of the Grand Ballroom
By Meryl Meisler
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
From the series "A Tale of Two Cities...
Category
1970s Other Art Style New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Wrestler's Embrace
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 10.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jayne Mansfield with Seagrams Dogs (Limited Edition of 10, No 3-5) - 40"x50"
By Barry Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Shot by Barry Kramer (1921- 1984), one of the most prolific photographers of his time, captures the essence of 1950's Hollywood movie star, Jane Mansfield...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York, Jazz City, Musicians, Black and White Photography on Street Music
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Drawn to street photography for her early work, Roberta Fineberg shot black-and-white film with a held-held 35mm camera in natural lighting in New York, Paris, and Moscow.
Jazz City, New York, 1990 by Roberta Fineberg is a 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of musicians...
Category
1990s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Mapplethorpe Z Portfolio, Dan S 1980 Male Nude Unique Gelatin Silver Print Photo
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"Dan S" is a well-known photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, created in 1980 and part of the Z Portfolio. It is part of his body of work that explores themes of identity, sexuality, an...
Category
1980s Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Andy Warhol, Black and White Photography of Celebrity Artist
By Christopher Makos
Located in New york, NY
Portrait of Andy Warhol, 1986 by Christopher Makos is an 10 x 8in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper.
The photograph is stamped (in black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
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Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Guys at Christopher Street Pier
By Meryl Meisler
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
20 x 16 inches, sheet size
(Edition of 5 + 2 APs)
From the series "Purgatory & Paradise: Sassy '70s, Suburbia & The City"
A vintage print may also be available. Please inquire for details.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Meryl Meisler...
Category
1970s Other Art Style New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York, Policeman with Puppet and Gun, Black and White Limited Ed Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Policeman with Puppet and Gun, New York City, USA 1979 by Leonard Freed is a black and white limited edition photograph from Freed's Policework series.
The photograph, 13" x 19" is an archival pigment print with the photographer's copyright stamp and estate signature by the photographer's widow, Brigitte Freed. The print is in an edition of 10. Available: 1/10, 10/10.
Provenance: Freed Estate
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Artist’s Bio:
Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Category
1970s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Patty Smith - Live
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Bob Gruen
Patti Smith Live - Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, NYC, 1976
gelatin silver print
20 x 24 inches
Bob Gruen is one of the most well known and respected photographers...
Category
1970s Post-Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jewish Diaspora USA 1950s, School Bus New York, Black and White Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
This is a gelatin silver lifetime print, 16" x 20", signed (verso) by the photographer, School Bus, New York City, 1954.
The black-and-white photograph cap...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Yéyé en position
By Malick Sidibe
Located in New York, NY
Malick Sidibé (1935-2016) was renowned for his celebrated black-and-white photographs of the youth culture in his hometown of Bamako, Mali.
Category
20th Century New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Kneeling by Driftwood)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered, verso
11 x 16.5 inches
(Edition of 15)
24 x 36 inches
(Edition of 10)
40 x 60 inches
(Edition of 7)
This photograph is offered by Clamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Debbie Harry photograph (on the set of Unmade Beds), New York, 1976
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry Photograph: NYC, 1976:
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured...
Category
1970s Pop Art New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
"Robert Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown" Hans Namuth, Photograph of Artists
By Hans Namuth
Located in New York, NY
Hans Namuth
Robert Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown, circa 1960s
Stamped on verso
Photography
13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Provenance
Estate of Carolyn Brown, New York 2025.
Born in Essen, G...
Category
1960s Modern New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Female Nude, Kate Resting, Contemporary Portrait Photography by Leonard Freed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
This is a black and white contemporary portrait photograph of a female nude by Leonard Freed, Kate Resting, is in the photographer's series "Kate". A 20" x 16" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate (provenance).
The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Andy Warhol with Keith Haring, Black and White Photography of Famous Artists
By Christopher Makos
Located in New york, NY
Andy Warhol with Keith Haring, 1983 by Christopher Makos is an 8 x 10in vintage gelatin silver print on fiber paper of downtown New York celebrity artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring.
The photograph is stamped (black ink) on verso (photo back).
Provenance: Private Collector
***
Artist’s Bio:
Christopher Makos (1948- ) is an American photographer and visual artist. He studied architecture in Paris and was an apprentice to Man Ray. Andy Warhol was Makos' good friend and frequent portrait subject. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Tate Modern in London, Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, IVAM in Valencia (Spain), Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, among others. Makos’ pictures have appeared in publications, including Paris Match and the Wall Street Journal. The visual artist is the author of numerous books, such as Warhol/Makos In Context (2007), Andy Warhol China...
Category
1980s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe, Black and White Portrait Photography of Hollywood Actor 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Burt Glinn photographed the Hollywood star in conversation with Mike Todd and film director John Huston for a “Stop Arthritis” event which took place in New Yor...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Surfboard Rio 2 - Rio de Janeiro series
Located in New York City, NY
JOAQUIM NABUCO
Surfboard Rio 2, Rio de Janeiro series
70 x 20 x 2.5 inches
polyester resin; hand-shaped polyurethane foam; digital print
Swallowtail: 7...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Resin, Polyester, Archival Pigment
Ditch Plains 1
Located in New York, NY
Ditch Plains 1 was shot at Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, NY Summer 2023.
Category
2010s New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Helen Frankenthaler, Painter New York City, Photograph of Woman Artist in 1950s
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York in the 1950s. Frankenthaler has remained a major American woman artist and female force of nature ...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Jack Kerouac, Black and White Photograph of Beat Generation Author with Friend
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara.
Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
Category
1950s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
New York, Harlem, African American Children, Black and White Photo, Fire Hydrant
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver photograph signed by the photographer on verso (back). Provenance: Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
Category
1960s Contemporary New York City - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, unique acetate positive of British socialite provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, ca. 1976
Acetate positive, acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. Accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the representative of Chromacomp
Unique
Frame included:
Elegantly framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass:
Measurements:
Frame:
18 x 15.5 x 1.5 inches
Acetate:
11 x 8 inches
This is the original, unique photographic acetate positive taken by Andy Warhol as the basis for his portrait of Nicky Weymouth, that came from Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory to his printer. It was acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. It is accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the representative of Chromacomp. This is one of the images used by Andy Warhol to create his iconic portrait of the socialite Nicola Samuel Weymouth, also called Nicky Weymouth, Nicky Waymouth, Nicky Lane Weymouth or Nicky Samuel. Weymouth (nee Samuel) was a British socialite, who went on to briefly marry the jewelry designer Kenneth Lane, whom she met through Warhol. This acetate positive is unique, and was sent to Chromacomp because Warhol was considering making a silkscreen out of this portrait. As Bob Colacello, former Editor in Chief of Interview magazine (and right hand man to Andy Warhol), explained, "many hands were involved in the rather mechanical silkscreening process... but only Andy in all the years I knew him, worked on the acetates." An acetate is a photographic negative or positive transferred to a transparency, allowing an image to be magnified and projected onto a screen. As only Andy worked on the acetates, it was the last original step prior to the screenprinting of an image, and the most important element in Warhol's creative process for silkscreening. Warhol realized the value of his unique original acetates like this one, and is known to have traded the acetates for valuable services. This acetate was brought by Warhol to Eunice and Jackson Lowell, owners of Chromacomp, a fine art printing studio in NYC, and was acquired directly from the Lowell's private collection. During the 1970s and 80s, Chromacomp was the premier atelier for fine art limited edition silkscreen prints; indeed, Chromacomp was the largest studio producing fine art prints in the world for artists such as Andy Warhol, Leroy Neiman, Erte, Robert Natkin, Larry Zox, David Hockney and many more. All of the plates were done by hand and in some cases photographically. Famed printer Alexander Heinrici worked for Eunice & Jackson Lowell at Chromacomp and brought Andy Warhol in as an account. Shortly after, Warhol or his workers brought in several boxes of photographs, paper and/or acetates and asked Jackson Lowell to use his equipment to enlarge certain images or portions of images. Warhol made comments and or changes and asked the Lowells to print some editions; others were printed elsewhere. Chromacomp Inc. ended up printing Warhol's Mick Jagger Suite and the Ladies & Gentlemen Suite, as well as other works, based on the box of photographic acetates that Warhol brought to them. The Lowell's allowed the printer to be named as Alexander Heinrici rather than Chromacomp, since Heinrici was the one who brought the account in. Other images were never printed by Chromacomp- they were simply being considered by Warhol.
Warhol left the remaining acetates with Eunice and Jackson Lowell. After the Lowells closed the shop, the photographs were packed away where they remained for nearly a quarter of a century. This work is exactly as it was delivered from the factory. Unevenly cut by Warhol himself. This work is accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the representative of Chromacomp, Andy Warhol's printer for many of his works in the 1970s.
About Andy Warhol:
Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?
—Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol’s (1928–1987) art encapsulates the 1960s through the 1980s in New York. By imitating the familiar aesthetics of mass media, advertising, and celebrity culture, Warhol blurred the boundaries between his work and the world that inspired it, producing images that have become as pervasive as their sources.
Warhol grew up in a working-class suburb of Pittsburgh. His parents were Slovak immigrants, and he was the only member of his family to attend college. He entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1945, where he majored in pictorial design. After graduation, he moved to New York with fellow student Philip Pearlstein and found steady work as a commercial illustrator at several magazines, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and the New Yorker. Throughout the 1950s Warhol enjoyed a successful career as a commercial artist, winning several commendations from the Art Directors Club and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He had his first solo exhibition at the Hugo Gallery in 1952, showing drawings based on the writings of Truman Capote; three years later his work was included in a group show at the Museum of Modern Art for the first time.
The year 1960 marked a turning point in Warhol’s prolific career. He painted his first works based on comics and advertisements, enlarging and transferring the source images onto canvas using a projector. In 1961 Warhol showed these hand-painted works, including Little King (1961) and Saturday’s Popeye (1961), in a window display at the department store Bonwit Teller; in 1962 he painted his famous Campbell’s Soup Cans, thirty-two separate canvases, each depicting a canned soup of a different flavor. Soon after, Warhol began to borrow not only the subject matter of printed media, but the technology as well. Incorporating the silkscreen technique, he created grids of stamps, Coca-Cola bottles, shipping and handling labels, dollar bills, coffee labels...
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