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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 20th Century
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Wenda and Ostriches 1951 (printed later) C print 20 x 16 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Photo Tzitzko Abinun Jewish Cooking Budapest Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Edward Serotta
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta Tzitzko Abinun (Man cooking) . Judaica. silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs documenting Jewish life in Ea...
Category

1990s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hugh Hefner, Black and White Photograph of Playboy Magazine Founder and Editor
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
By American photographer Burt Glinn a black-and-white 14" x 11" photograph on fiber paper (gelatin silver print) of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner who wrote for the magazine he founded,...
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1960s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Facade, Santa Fe New Mexico
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph by the artist. Excellent condition. Beautiful depiction of the Santa Fe Church.
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1990s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - 2023 50x49cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
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1990s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race 1955 Silver gelatin print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Notre Dame Cathedral and Ile de la Cité, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
By Press Agency ROL
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL, Paris. February 1929, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Ile de la Cité. Features: Original silver gelatin print...
Category

1920s Art Deco USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920's Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of a Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Original gelatin silver print by Photographer Tina Modotti. Stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Archivally matted to 16” x 20”. The Patio in the Public Edu...
Category

1920s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry, Duncan Hannah (Unmade Beds), New York 1976
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry & Duncan Hannah on the set of 'Unmade Beds' 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. This vintage original photograph was captured on the set of "Unm...
Category

1970s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a fresco in the Agricultural School-Chapingo, Mexico by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Archivally matted to 16” x 20” Tina Modotti was born in Udine, Italy in 1896 and by the age of 14 she was supporting her entire family by working in a local silk factory. Modotti’s father emigrated to San Francisco, sending for his family in 1913. Modotti was hired in the sewing room at the I. Magnin department store, but her great beauty attracted the attention of her superiors who then employed her to model the store’s fashions. In 1915, Modotti attended San Francisco’s Pan-Pacific Exposition, where she got her first look at Modern art and photography. She also met her first husband at the Exposition, painter and poet Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey. At this time Modotti began acting in local Italian theatre and was discovered by a talent scout for the new silent film industry in Hollywood. She arrived in Los Angeles in 1918 and was cast in “The Tiger’s Coat” and “I Can Explain”. Through her Hollywood connections, Modotti met the married photographer Edward Weston, with whom she began an affair. Modotti was a favorite subject of Weston’s photographs, but moreover he taught her the art of photography. She actually ran Weston’s studio in exchange for photography lessons. Due to the on-going affair between Modotti and Weston, Modotti’s husband moved to Mexico where he died of smallpox. This tragedy and the death of her father made Modotti dissatisfied with Hollywood. Modotti and Weston arrived in Mexico in 1923 at a time when the country was in the midst of a social, political and cultural revolution. She photographed the Mexican...
Category

1920s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

In Voluptas Mors (Dalí)
By Philippe Halsman
Located in Dallas, TX
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone's favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photo...
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1950s Surrealist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin, 1951, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Dallas, TX
Jinx Staring, Florence by Ruth Orkin presents a woman staring up at a detailed sculpture of two men in the nude. Her facial expression reflects the sculpture's expression, creating a...
Category

1950s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wookie Hands
By Christophe von Hohenberg
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 2/5, includes white frame with white mat. A Long Island native, von Hohenberg has always been a world traveler and took an interest in photography at the young age of fourteen. ...
Category

1980s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of a Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a Diego Rivera fresco in the Secretariat of Education in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo is stamped “Photogra...
Category

1920s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a fresco in the Secretariat of Education in Mexico City by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped “Photog...
Category

1920s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Clemente Orozco Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a detail of an image of St. Francis in a fresco in a prep school in Mexico City by Clemente Orozco. Ar...
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1920s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Peter Beard - Elephant's Embryo, Uganda, Platinum Print- Unsigned
By Peter Beard
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elephant's Embryo, Uganda Peter Beard/Unsigned The original photograph "unsigned" but documented by its inclusion in "Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits, The End of the Game, Eye...
Category

1960s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Photo Student, Teacher Lander School Budapest Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Edward Serotta
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta Student and Teacher, The Lander School of Budapest. Judaica. silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs document...
Category

1990s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Photo Purim Pestalozzi Str Synagogue Berlin Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
By Edward Serotta
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Serotta Purim in the Pestalozzi Strasse Synagogue Berlin. silver gelatin print, matted, captioned by hand and hand signed and numbered. B/W photographs documenting Jewish li...
Category

1990s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953 Fiber print Estate edition of 150 Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tina Turner at hungry-i, San Francisco, 1967
By Baron Wolman
Located in Westwood, NJ
A very special Platinum Palladium artist proof (AP) print of Tina Turner performing at the Hungry-i in San Francisco on November 23rd 1967 which was to became the cover of Rolling S...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood 1957 Fiber print estate edition of 150 Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
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1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Carmel Valley From Halls Ridge, California Hills
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist Edition Print 13 Archival Frame Powerful landscape of Carmel
Category

1990s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Wenda and Ostriches 1951 (printed later) C print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Wenda and Ostriches 1951 (printed later) C print 24 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Steve McQueen, filming “The Sand Pebbles, ” Taiwan, 1966
By John R. Hamilton
Located in New York, NY
11x14” Premiere Limited Edition Print John R. Hamilton Estate Stamped Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes di...
Category

1970s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Top of the Chrysler in New York
By Tom Baril
Located in Greenwich, CT
Tom Baril, iconic Chrysler shot is fabulous for an urban setting. Shot in his classic style that makes the image look like a still from a film. He was born in Connecticut in 1952 an...
Category

1990s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Beatles
By Curt Gunther
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Beatles in the back of a Limo while on the 1964 Tour through the United States. Estate Stamped photograph. Part of a Edition of 75.
Category

20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Surf Club, Miami 1989
By Silvia Lareo-Vazquez
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 25. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 11th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: In the hazy, warm New York summer, little is more refreshing than reclining on the beach in the mist of the icy ocean waves or enjoying a family trip to the country house. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, the Summertime Salon, which reminds us of this exact seasonal sentiment. The two, long walls of the gallery become mosaicked, top to bottom, side to side, in photographs that evoke all the preeminent feelings and memories of summer. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rice’s annual masterpiece comes into fruition. This year is no exception. The show is a haven of what the Robin Rice Gallery stands for, a community of art and experience. As the largest annual exhibition, the Summertime Salon is carefully pieced together, the results are staggering. The works of the 53 gallery artists come together communally, reinforcing the overall sense of unity that the show creates as a whole. In knowing the photographs so fluently, Rice strategically places them together in a way that will enhance the individual stories contained in each. Details from one image flow from into the next, elevating every photograph in a distinctly unique way. This year’s invitational image, “Surf Club” by Silvia Lareo-Vasquez, features a woman in a vintage sun hat reclining in the pool with a drink. The black and white image evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia in its cinematic portraiture and supple texture. Though the figure of the woman is tauntingly beautiful, the drink is the darkest tone, nearing black, and is centered in the frame. With this, we are reminded of the refreshing notes of summer and the utter serenity of taking the day off to relax. The show’s imagery is evocative of all eras of summer, thus any viewer can relate or connect to one of the images. As Rice likes to say, “There’s something for everyone.” One image by Benjamin Heller details a strong owl flying...
Category

1980s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Young Lad ( haunting portrait of young boy on a crowded London street)
By Richard Sadler
Located in New Orleans, LA
Richard Sadler's "Young Boy" is a haunting portrait of a very serious young British lad amidst a crowd of other people. He is dressed very formally in hat, coat and tie. He clutche...
Category

1950s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film

Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph 1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ri...
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1950s Photorealist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Hammer & Sickle, acetate of iconic image, given by Warhol to Chromacomp Inc.
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Hammer & Sickle, 1976 Acetate negative acquired directly from Chromacomp, inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the r...
Category

1970s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1987, Silver Gelatin Print
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Dallas, TX
Feeling the Spirit by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. depicts a group of men and women standing outside, singing into a microphone. A woman dressed in white stands in front of the group, passion...
Category

1980s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Beastie Boys Adam Yauch MCA Vintage Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, know as MCA, playing double bass in the studio in 1994. Printed by Jake back in the d...
Category

1990s Photorealist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hurd Hatfield
By Carl Van Vechten
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Hurd Hatfield Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 inches
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20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tori Amos Vintage Print 12"x16" by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Original hand-printed vintage 12x16” darkroom print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot. Jake recalls the sessio...
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1990s Photorealist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warren Beatty, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Warren Beatty (b.1937) dropped out of Northwestern University to study acting with Stella Adler. He made his film debut in Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass...
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1960s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Haynes, Washington, DC
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 5, includes black frame with white mat. Vincent Ricardel is a photographic artist whose career has spanned the editorial, commercial and fine art worlds of photography. Throu...
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1980s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Self Portrait with Saguaro About My Same Age
By Mark Klett
Located in New York, NY
Platinum print (Edition of 100) Titled and dated in pencil, recto Signed and dated in pencil, verso 10 x 12 inches, sheet size 8 x 10 inches, image size This artwork is offered by...
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1990s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Platinum

Anthony Tudor
By Carl Van Vechten
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by Carl Van Vechten is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

China Cove, Point Lobos Carmel California
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin silver print on paper, a later printing by Cole Weston With the Edward Weston stamp verso, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil by Cole Weston verso: PL40-K-4 Comes ...
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1940s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lower Manhattan, 1910, Camera Work 36
By Alfred Stieglitz
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Alfred Stieglitz. Lower Manhattan, New York City, 1910 (printed 1911), vintage photogravure from Camera Work 36.
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1910s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Tori Amos 1994 Vintage 12"x16" Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, US
Oginal hand-printed 12x16” darkroom vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Tori Amos. Printed by Jake in the 90's, at the time of the photo shoot. Jake recalls the session...
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1990s Photorealist USA - Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine nude study, photographed in 1972. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium...
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1970s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980
By Myron Wood
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Myron Wood. Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1980. Image size: 10 x 12.5" dry mounted. Gelatin silver print. Signed and dated on mount recto. Printed by the artis...
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1980s USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., 1983
By Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Located in Dallas, TX
Flipping Boy, 4th Ward, Houston, TX by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. is a 14 x 11 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features a boy flipping in the street, with people watching from th...
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1980s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Keith Haring Subway Art photo c.1981 (Keith Haring subway drawings)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Subway Drawings Photograph: This photograph captures Keith Haring's epic conquest, producing public art across the New York City subw...
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1980s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars, Photograph by Howard Bingham
By Howard Bingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Howard Bingham, American (1939 - 2016) Title: Muhammad Ali Sitting on a Million Dollars Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Photograph, signed by Bin...
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1960s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bob Johnson (co-driver Dan Gurney) Shelby Cobra FIA 289/ Daytona
By Al Satterwhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 in., Edition of 25 36 x 54 in., Edition...
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1960s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Alfred Stieglitz
By Imogen Cunningham
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The image of Alfred Stieglitz standing in front of Black Iris III painted by Georgia O'Keeffe in 1926. When Imogen Cunningham took this picture in 1934, the painting was hanging in S...
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Mid-20th Century USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Monument Valley" Black and White Photograph Stunning photograph of Monument Valley, Utah, by an unknown artist (20th Century). A gnarled, ...
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1970s Photorealist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Grateful Dead
By Herb Greene
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Grateful Dead on the corner of Haight and Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA. 1967.
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20th Century Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood 1957 Fiber print estate edition of 150 Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
By Paul Strand, 1890-1976
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Strand – American (1890-1976) Title: Cristo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca Year: 1933, printed 1967, Da Capo Press, New York Medium: Photogravure hand-printed from the original plates on BFK Rives paper Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1967, New York Sight size: 10 ¼ x 7 7/8 in. (260 x 200 mm) Sheet size: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (402 x 313 mm) Framed size: 17 x 14 inches Edition:1000 Condition: Excellent This hand-pulled photogravure is from Paul Strand’s Mexican Portfolio, first published in 1933. This photogravure is from the 2nd edition, published in 1967. It is in excellent condition. It is enclosed in a simple metal frame and Plexiglas only for protection. A seminal work by a legendary figure in 20th century American photography, the photographs taken by the author on his travels through Mexico in 1932-33 show architecture, landscape, the indigenous people, and religious folk sculpture. Strand's work first made its appearance as "Photographs of Mexico" in a limited edition of 250 copies in 1940, with the printing of the steel-faced gravure plates by master platemaker Otto Wackernagel being supervised by Strand himself and executed by Charles Furth and the Photogravure and Color Company. The second edition used the original Wackernagel plates, printed by Albert Delong at the Andersen Lamb Company of Brooklyn. Strand was even more pleased with this version, stating "Delong has made these plates sing." The images are a celebration of the subjects' pride, dignity and endurance. Paul Strand (1890–1976) is considered one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. His breakthrough work in the 1910s heralded photography’s importance as a modern art form. Early in his career he broke from the soft, impressionistic Pictorialist style to produce among the first abstract images made with a camera. His questioning attitude led him to radically change his work multiple times in his career, always with the highest ambitions for the quality of his photographic prints. In 1932, Carlos Chavez, the director of the fine arts department at the Secretariat of Public Education in Mexico, invited Strand to Mexico. At this time, the Mexican government was concerned with demonstrating a national culture that was reflective of a burgeoning, modern, twentieth-century Mexico. In light of this, Chavez invited Strand to document the new social and physical environment. Over the next two years, Strand travelled around Mexico photographing...
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1930s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Paper, Photogravure

Feet, Brazil
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sebastiao Salgado – Brazilian (1944-) Title: Feet, Brazil Year: 1983 Medium: Gelatin silver print Sight size: 6 7/8 x 10.5 inches Signature: Signed and dated on reverse. Blin...
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1980s Realist USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry 'Unmade Beds' photograph New York, 1976 (Blondie)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was capture...
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1970s Pop Art USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Triangles, Houston by George Krause, 1988, Gelatin Silver Print
By George Krause
Located in Dallas, TX
White Triangles, Houston by George Krause features a nude woman, reclining on a patterned couch. She leans her head back and holds her white bra in her hand, which is draped over the...
Category

1980s Contemporary USA - Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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