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Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions. This artwork w...

Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50). Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily life of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming one of the well-known documentary photographers of 20th Century America. After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive when she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.” The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. Provenance: Freed archive. *** 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...

Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions. This artwork w...

Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate. Max Turner 1925 - 2019 Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author. Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II. There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California. Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author: Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events. Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class. During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas. Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it. Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios. Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90. Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin. In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces". In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression. Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018. Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after. When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...

ISABELLE VAN ZEIJL "For Me" (2019) C-Print Mounted on Dibond Perspex Face in Tray Frame, Ed 5 of 7 44.5 x 40.5 in. Framed ____________ Recognized f...

A black and white photograph from 1979 that captures Pope John Paul II in New York City at Saint Patrick's Cathedral where the pope held mass. The Pope a...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Roy Lichtenstein posing in his studio with new work in the background, extremely unusual image standing next to a mirror. This is ...

A black and white photograph from 1956 that captures John Huston, celebrated film director during the filming of The Misfits featuring Marilyn Monroe. John Huston, 1956 by Burt Glin...

Warhol superstar Candy Darling photographed as 'Donna Bella Beads' in the hit play "Vain Victory: the Vicissitudes of the Damned" in 1971. One of Mitchell'...

Felix and Dominique (California Blue Screen) - 1997 44x59cm, sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Mounted o...

A black and white photograph from 1963 that captures Brit author (1874-1965) Somerset Maugham, age 89, at his Villa Mauresque garden in Cap Ferrat, Fr...

Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illus...

ISABELLE VAN ZEIJL "Hydra Portrait" (2022) C-Print Mounted on Dibond Perspex Face in Tray Frame, Ed 2 of 6 44.5 x 40.5 in. Framed ____________ Reco...

The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures the famed cinema director Otto Preminger reading the publication Variety. Otto Preminger, 1959 by Burt Glinn is a gelatin silv...

Cooler than cool... Debbie Harry, New York, 1977, photographed on the set of "The Foreigner" by celebrated New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici. The Foreigner (direct...

Rare original autographed black and white photograph of Argentinian president Juan Perón, dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis (Bess Huggins Lewis), by an unkn...

This Autograph by Gerlinde Locker is reported on this b/w postcard reproducing a beautiful photographic portrait of Gerlinde Locker (Liz, 1938), the Austrian actress, active in Germa...

Kirsten smokes (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 58x56cm, Edition of 10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist invento...

Hillview Motel (Stranger than Paradise) - triptych, 2003 Edition 6/10, 183x56cm installed, 58x56cm each, 3 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on the 3 original Pol...

Edition of 1 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul...

Awesome black and white capture of Lucille Ball during the era of I Love Lucy. Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, studio executive, and producer. As one of Holly...

Actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Practicing ballet with a trainer, circa 1976. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, retired bodybui...

This Vintage Photo shows the American Singer and Actor Burl Ives. Good conditions.

Unique silver gelatin print, black and white, handmade print - from my multi-award-winning "Metamorphosis" series. Mixed process multiple exposure with flowers, glitter, sand and mo...

Grete Weiser's Memorabilia is a b/w postcard reproducing a beautiful photographic portrait of the German actress,Grete Weiser (hannover, 1903 - Bad Toldz, 1970) with her little dog....

To the Wonder (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) 70x90cm, Edition 1/5, 2013. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on an expired Polaroid. Certificate and Signat...

The Foreigner & Unmade Beds behind the scenes photographs by celebrated New York underground photographer Fernando Natalici: Director of both "The Foreigner'" and "Unmade Beds" Amos ...

'Sitting Bull' (Immaculate Springs), 1998, starring Udo Kier Edition of 5, 58x57cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Not mounted, signature Label and Certificate. from the movie never released movie 'Immaculate Springs' starring Udo Kier and Jacinda Barrett Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting paintings. I chose Polaroid film because it portrays color like candy making...

This blue ink Autograph Portrait of Marika Rökk is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actress. Photo: Deutsche Film hansa/ Haenchen Around the 1960...

Waltraut Haas' Memorabilia is a b/w postcard reproducing a beautiful photographic portrait of the Austrian actress and singer, Waltraut Hass (born in 1927). Photo: M. Marszalek/Weg...

Dandy, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge is a portrait of a colorfully painted boy with a feathered headdress from the Surma Tribe in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed by the artist on handmade Awagami Japanese paper. Signed on verso (back of photograph), and In an edition of 5. Available: 2/5. Provenance: JM Voge Archive *** Artist's Bio: Jean-Michel (JM) Voge (b. 1949) is a fine art photographer, formerly editorial freelancer for magazines, such as Madame Figaro (1982-2010), Le Figaro Magazine, Point of View, Marie France, Town and Country, European Travel and LIFE, Fortune Magazine, and AD Spain. The French photographer published a critically-acclaimed monograph on portraits of Europeans, "Figures of Europe," which include portraits of influential Europeans through 1990. Among JM's personal projects, he photographed the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley...

Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 78x77cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artis...

Boy with Calf, 1996 by Jean-Michell Voge, is a contemporary color print 19" x 13" of a nomadic tribal child from the Surma tribe, painted from head to toe, posing with a calf with mu...

Edition of 2 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a sou...

Edition of 1 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul...

Wonderful late 19th Century Hand painted photograph portrait of a Detroit, Michigan United States Mail Carrier "92 Detroit" hand painted using ...

Little Surma Boy, 1996 by Jean-Michel (JM) Voge, is a contemporary color photograph of a child from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed...

Photographing one of the most highly-paid actresses of the time, Glinn captures a candid portrait of Elizabeth Taylor, at 27 years old, who was a star from age 12. Elizabeth Taylor, ...

Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. Th...

Edition of 5 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul...

Carte postale Stamped on verso "Foto Martin Chambi, Cuzco"

Soraya, the foreign Princess (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007 20x24cm, Edition of 10. Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label a...

Edition of 1 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul...

Audrey Hepburn posed in a large-brimmed hat for a test shot for the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. Audrey Kathleen Ruston born on the 4th of May 1929 and passed on the 20th of Januar...

Debbie Harry photograph New York, 1976 by Fernando Natalici: Cooler than cool... Debbie Harry, New York, 1976, photographed on the set of "Unmade Beds" by celebrated New York underg...

The Princess and her Lover, 2007 Edition of 10, 20x24cm, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist I...

Irving Penn Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper Date: New York, circa 1949 Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Stamped ...

This elegant and glamorous black and white studio portrait features Eartha Kitt smiling to the camera with her back turned. Eartha Kitt was an American s...

BROOKE SHADEN Hung Out to Dry, 2021 Photo on Velvet Fine Art Paper 10 × 10 in. Image 18.25 x 18.25 in. Framed Edition 3 of 15 Channeling the light and darkness inherent in humanity...

'Spare Parts' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 3/5, 128x125 cm, Analog C-Print, based on a Polaroid, enlarged by the artist, Not mounted, Artist inventory 792.18 With Radha Mitchell and Max Sharam Living and working in Los Angeles and Berlin, Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters. Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dreamscapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction. Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen. “It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.” –Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010 (“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”) Exhibitions Selected (selected) 2017 BLICKFELD] Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)
 Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)

 2016 
Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin 

(S) 2015
 Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky 
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) 

 2014

 Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G) 6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G) 
Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others
 2013 
Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award 2013 (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis)
Images For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region,  Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding...

Stunning artistically colored image of Bette Davis posed on an armchair in the studio, smoking a cigarette. Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 ...

This black and white capture features Muhammad Ali in the ring holding a 5R Channel, Tokyo sign for his match with Antonio Inoki. Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, a...

Wonderful black and white capture of Pablo Picasso candid in a white sweater. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent m...

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...

BROOKE SHADEN The Painted Spirit, 2020 Photo on Velvet Fine Art Paper 10 × 10 in. Unframed 18.25 x 18.25 in. Framed Edition 1 of 15 Channeling the light and darkness inherent in hu...

The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 40x40cm, Edition of of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventory # 1929. ...

Sam, Interior Hospital - featuring Ewan McGregor (Stay) - 2006, 38x36cm, Edition 1/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Archive Crystal Paper, based on the ori...

Edition 1/2 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a soul,...