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Jerry Lewis Clown Face Cover of “Parade Magazine”
By Eddie Adams
Located in New York, NY
This photograph of Jerry Lewis by Eddie Adams is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

1980s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (...
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, NYC, Black and White Photo 1960s African American Children
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print signed by the photographer on verso (back of photo). Provenance: Freed estate LITERATURE: W. A. Ewin...
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Frozen (16 pieces) Contemporary, Landscape, USA, Polaroid, Figurative, Ice, Snow
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Frozen (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001 Edition of 5 16 pieces, 48 x 47 cm each, 2.20 x 2.20 cm installed. Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, based on 16 Polaroids. Signat...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Kate Moss Photo (Kate Moss Supreme New York)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kate Moss Supreme New York: In 2012, Moss was chosen as the face for Supreme’s spring campaign. Kate’s cold stare down British photographer Alasdair ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

C Print

VIP American in 1960s - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
VIP American in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. With the stamp of copyright on the rear.
Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Mark Rothko 1961 - Iconic Abstract Expressionist Artist Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Limited Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

“Icarus” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

“Icarus” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1 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 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

Untitled Portrait I (Black and White, Photography, Portrait, Model, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly Untitled Portrait I Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 7x5.5in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1710 Tags: B&W, Black and White, Photogra...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol & his beloved dachshund Archie, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin iconic photograph of Andy Warhol & Archie his beloved dachshund, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso in pencil and signed on the front in...
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jazz City, New York Street Photography 1990s
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 cities, notably 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 Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) analog, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 7/10, 67x60cm including the white 'Polaroid' frame. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, mounted on Al...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Long Way Home III - analog, 128x125cm, not mounted, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Long Way Home (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 128x125cm, Edition of 10, analog C-Print based on the Polaroid, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Not mount...
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Mariel Hemingway (Black and White, Photography, Hemingway, Portrait, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly Mariel Hemingway Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 10x7in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1712 Tags: B&W, Black and White, Photography,...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Kate #16, Black and White Photograph of Nude in Car, San Francisco Summer
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #16, is from the Kate series, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed. This is a signed, 16" x 20" black and white photograph (gelatin silver), stamped/authenticated modern print by the Freed estate. Printed: 2006. A photographer herself, model and yogini Kate remains complicit in striking a pose, nude, in a convertible with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Her body shape and form blend with the natural beauty of the California setting. Freed captures both playfulness and sensuality of a self-possessed woman. The Kate nude photo series...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

THE LAST SITTING: MARILYN MONROE IN JACKIE WIG
By Bert Stern
Located in Aventura, FL
C-print on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Bert Stern. Frame size approx 33 x 33 inches. AP edition of 6. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity include...
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Paper

Max in front of Motel (29 Palms, CA) - diptych, analog, not mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max in front of Motel (29 Palms, CA) - diptych Edition of 10, 70x60 each, 70x125cm installed with white 'Polaroid' frame. 2 analog C-Prints, based on 2 Polaroids. Signature labe...
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Alphabet Soup (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 128x127cm, Edition 2/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist. based on the Polaroid. Artist Inventory No. 9283.02. Mounted o...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Metal

Untitled Portrait II (Black and White, Photography, Portrait, Model, New York)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joe Kelly Untitled Portrait II Black and White Photograph Year: circa late 70s Image Size: 7x5.5in Sheet Size: 10x8in Unsigned Ref.: 924802-1711 * Slight soiling top left. Image int...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Vintage Bathing I
Located in Maplewood, NJ
HEIDI NIEMALA PHOTOGRAPHY Heidi Niemala is a New York-based fashion photographer best known for her timeless images. Her work has been described as “transcendent” and “creating tangi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

'Icarus' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1/5 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a so...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

“Icarus” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Color

Heartbreak, 1990s Black and White Figurative Photography in Paris, France
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
A young woman at a popular cafe-bar in the Marais in Paris is the subject of Heartbreak, 1990 by Roberta Fineberg. As most young women do in Paris, they lose their hearts at cafes, i...
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

'Icarus' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1/5 The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they have a so...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

Watercolour Photo Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Handcoloured portrait of nymph Daphne, immobilised in marble, as she is transformed into a laurel tree. Birthed in Greek Mythology, Daphne is associated with bodies of freshwater and is an unwilling object of the god Apollo’s desire. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: Daphne II...
Category

2010s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Spray Paint, Watercolor, Archival Pigment

Snap–15 Minutes of Fame (Wastelands) - analog, not mounted, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Snap–15 Minutes of Fame (Wastelands) - 4 pieces, 2003 Edition of 5, 105x100cm each, 220x220cm installed. Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Lollipop I (Beachshoot) starring Radha Mitchell - framed, analog, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lollipop (Beachshoot) - 2005 80x80cm, Edition 1/5. Analog C-Print, hand-Printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid. Under glass with a white wooden...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 128x125cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 128x125cm, Edition of 2/5. Analog C-Print based on the Polaroid, hand-printed by the artist. Artist inventory number: 614.23. Signature lab...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

''Betwixt & Between'' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 Of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of ONE of FIVE The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Rag Paper

Debbie Harry on the set of The Foreigner East Village, 1977 (Blondie)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 (director Amos Poe 1977) - a seminal cinematic work at the height of the 1970's American underground - a film which has been documented in virtually every publication pertaining to the history of the late 70's New York Downtown Art scene. Digital C-Print on Kodak Lustre. 11 x 14 inches. Hand Signed, titled & numbered from an edition of 25 (+ 10 A/P's) Obtained directly from artist. Lot 180 New York is authorized dealer rep of Fernando Natalici. Excellent condition. About The Artist: New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art...
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African-American Body Builder, New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s. Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is from the photographer's book Black in White Am...
Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film

''Jeton'' Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 Of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of ONE of FIVE The stunning fine art portraits by fine art photographer Laurentina Miksys have been described as opulent, timeless, and emotionally expressive. When they ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Rag Paper, Black and White

"Portrait of MiKyoung with Camera" - Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Portrait of MiKyoung with Camera" - Silver Gelatin Photograph - Edition (5) Dramatic black and white portrait of a woman by Dale Sparage (American, b. 1954). A woman named MiKyoung is standing, wearing a dark dress and furry hat. She is holding two bird of paradise flowers and looking directly at the camera. Off to the left, there is a vintage camera at the edge of the frame. Artist's information on verso. Presented in a white mat and a black aluminum frame. Frame size: 20.5"H x 16.25"W Image size: 9"H x 9"W Dale Sparage (American, b. 1954) is a photographer and artist from Detroit, Michigan. She completed her BFA with honors from York University in Canada, and an MFA in painting from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. She has taught at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, University of Michigan, and The School for Visual Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art. She is currently working on an MFA in Photography at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her ongoing work on photographing women...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

“Icarus” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

“Icarus” Fine Art Photography Limited Edition Print 1 of 5
By Laurentina Miksys
Located in Port Talbot, GB
Edition of 1 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Rag Paper

Portrait of Helmut Newton, Monte-Carlo 1995, ed. #4 of 5, B&W Photography
By Silas Shabelewska
Located in Cody, WY
This portrait of Helmut Newton was taken in 1995 during a TV Special on Helmut Newton with Télé Monte-Carlo (in the Principality of Monaco at...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chaim Weizmann
By Lotte Jacobi
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 13.9x10.8in Signed in the print Lotte Jacobi Copyright Annotation lower left, recto Ref.: 924802-1355 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, and May Sarton; philosopher Martin Buber; writer J.D. Salinger; writer and activist W. E. B. Du Bois; scientist Max Planck; artist Käthe Kollwitz; the actress and singer Lotte Lenya; the singer and activist Paul Robeson...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Beachshoot' - signed
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Mini 'Beachshoot' - 1999 signed in front, not mounted. 1 Digital Color Photograph based on a...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Daya
Located in PARIS, FR
Ce tirage fait partie de la série "Regards Croisés" « Nous allions passer l’un à coté de l’autre rapidement, sans que nos vies se croisent, quand ton regard a accroché mon objectif....
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Paper, Cotton

Debbie Harry on the set of The Foreigner (East Village 1970s Blondie photograph)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry photograph by Fernando Natalici: 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 (director Amos Poe 1977) - a seminal cinematic work at the height of the 1970's American underground - a film which has been documented in virtually every publication pertaining to the history of the late 70's New York Downtown Art scene. Digital C-Print on Kodak Lustre. 16 x 20 inches. Signed, titled & numbered from an edition of 20. Obtained directly from the artist. Excellent condition. About The Artist: New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria. Fernando’s photo archive and art design were most recently featured in two highly regarded New York shows: “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC (2014) & “Downtown New York Film” at The Museum of The Moving Image (2015). "The Foreigner" is a testament to the "punk" sensibility as manifested at CBGB during this time; the streets and lofts of SoHo and the Lower East Side art scene. Related Categories Deborah Harry...
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Other Desert Cities (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Other Desert Cities (Sidewinder) - 2005 Edition 1/5, 13 piece, 48x46cm each, 160x320cm installed with gaps. Analog C-Print, hand printed by the artist, based on 13 original Polaro...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Dreamgirl I (29 Palms, CA) - analog, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamgirl II (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 2/10, 58x56cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. Signe...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Flora and Fauna II
Located in Maplewood, NJ
HEIDI NIEMALA PHOTOGRAPHY Heidi Niemala is a New York-based fashion photographer best known for her timeless images. Her work has been described as “transcendent” and “creating tangi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Blue grey watercolour Print of Male as Daphne with Flowers as Marble Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Hand-coloured portrait of nymph Daphne, immobilised in marble, as she is transformed into a laurel tree. Birthed in Greek Mythology, Daphne is associated with bodies of freshwater and is an unwilling object of the god Apollo...
Category

2010s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Watercolor, Archival Pigment

An Island in the Air - Photograph by Urs Luthi - 1975
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Roma, IT
An Island in the Air is an Photograph realized by Urs Luthi in 1975. From the portfolio "Un'isola nell'aria", Vol. IV, edition of 75 copies. Hand signed, numbered and dated. Very ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait
By Rene Peña
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition Series. Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. His photography is characterized by stark contrasts, between black and white, subject and background, subject and object. His work often focuses on the duality between human inability to escape institutionalization and human desire for individualism. His interest in contrast is also reflected in his place of residence: Peña currently inhabits the Cerro neighborhood of Cuba which is home to a mostly poor African-Caribbean population, despite having been an enclave of Havana's richest families in the 19th century. René Peña graduated from the Higher pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Havana with a specialization in English in 1983. In the late 1980s he entered the national world of photography and since 1990 became leader of the new trends of Cuban photography...
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Archival Ink

Chaim Weizmann
By Lotte Jacobi
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 8.75x7.25in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1353 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Chaim Weizmann
By Lotte Jacobi
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lotte Jacobi Chaim Weizmann Photograph Year: 1948 Size: 11.5x9.5in Annotated by hand on verso in pencil Ref.: 924802-1354 Lotte Jacobi (August 17, 1896 – May 6, 1990) was a leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century. Jacobi's photographic style stressed informality, and sought to delve deeper into the traits of her subjects than traditional portraiture. She made a point of photographing subjects in their own environments, and talking to them while she worked. She explained the reasoning behind her approach this way: "I just try and get people to talk, to relax, to be themselves. I don't like a passive, bored subject. I do portraits because I like people, and I want to bring out their personalities. Many photographers today, I think, are bringing out the worst part of people. I try and bring out the best." Jacobi is perhaps best known for her "portrait of Albert Einstein (Princeton, 1938), whom she photographed candidly, seated at his desk, dishevelled and dressed in a leather jacket, a work that was refused by Life magazine for its simplicity." Other personality-driven portraits include "Eleanor Roosevelt sitting back, gesturing, and obviously speaking in midsentence; Marc Chagall depicted as a jovial family man; Thomas Mann appearing as thoughtful as his work; and more candid, gentle portraits of Einstein." Other celebrated subjects included poets W. H. Auden, Robert Frost...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Black and White Blue Bucket' Self Portrait photo by Cuban Photographer René Peña
By Rene Peña
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition Series by Cuban Photographer Rene Pena. Black and White. René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Havana, Cuba in 1957. His photography is characterized by stark contrasts, between black and white, subject and background, subject and object. His work often focuses on the duality between human inability to escape institutionalization and human desire for individualism. His interest in contrast is also reflected in his place of residence: Peña currently inhabits the Cerro neighborhood of Cuba which is home to a mostly poor African-Caribbean population, despite having been an enclave of Havana's richest families in the 19th century. René Peña graduated from the Higher pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Havana with a specialization in English in 1983. In the late 1980s he entered the national world of photography and since 1990 became leader of the new trends of Cuban photography, first by handling interiors and domestic situations in modern-day Cuba and later making studies of his own body in aspects such as negritude, sexual ambiguity and the influence of consumerism through self-portraits. He conceives his series on the basis of a conceptual, formal and structurally different analysis of all the parameters established up to the present, going from a brutal expressionism to a distinct homoeroticism, with strong mystic elements, trends from experimental painting, and a certain theatrical dramatization. He has had important solo shows and participated in group exhibitions in Cuba, the United States, Venezuela, Canada, France and Germany. His work is part of important collections, not only national but also at world level, such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba; the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba; Reinhard Schultz Collection, Germany; photographic archive Tuscany, Italy; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, USA; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA; collection of the province of Hainuat, Belgium; and Lehigh University Pennsylvania...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

The Rolling Stones "Between The Buttons" outtake by Gered Mankowitz framed
By Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones, taken in London back in 1965 by Gered Mankowitz. An outtake from the shoot for the front cover of the 1967 Rolling Stones album, Between The Buttons . The photog...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Salvador Dali 1963 Silver Gelatin Signed Limited Edition Photograph - Ben Martin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. 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 Illustrated for thirty-three years. He immortalized evocative images that defined the 1960’s. In this series of legendary photoshoots, Martin captured the unedited complexity of each artist's personality, art, and surroundings. This black-and-white photograph of Salvador Dali...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marisol Escobar 1963 (Ben Martin Estate Edition Photograph)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Special Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin, TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covered wars, fashion, politics, arts, b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Hand coloured print in blue Portrait of a devil creature immobilised in marble
Located in London, GB
Katie Eleanor, St Medard and the Devil, 2019 Handcoloured portrait of a devil creature, immobilised in marble, inspired by the tale of St Medard. Purchasing on his rock, he lovingly...
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2010s Gothic Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Co-signed Raquel Welch on the cross by Terry O'Neill
By Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, US
Co-signed by both Raquel Welch and photographer Terry O'Neill, 20x24" silver gelatin print. Actress Raquel Welch in a photo conceived by photographer Terry O'Neill after Welch noted that she was afraid that the press would "crucify" her for her film choices, taken on the Fox Lot in the late 1960s. Originally deemed too scandalous for promotional use at the time, the photo wasn't published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Larry Rivers 1962 Limited Edition Black and White Estate Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Limited Edition Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed and numbered archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate, Freed's widow Brigitte Freed, on back of photograph. Available: 3/10. Provenance: Freed Estate *** 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...
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1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Lonely Hearts DJ (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Lonely Hearts DJ (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2016 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 17050.01. Offered is a piece from the movie: The Girl behind the White Picket Fence - A tale told with blemished and expired Polaroid film about the hopes and dreams of an newly orphaned girl after loosing her parents who lived in Californian desert in an vintage Spartan travel-trailer . -filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voice over monoloque - this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girls journal (Palms Springs life magazine / Caroline Ryder) Stefanie Schneider By Caroline Ryder Travel up a bumpy dirt road in Morongo Valley, the trail strewn with rocks, and you’ll come upon a gigantic 1950s trailer in pristine condition, ringed by a white picket fence, with cottontail rabbits hopping among neat little rose bushes that bloom in spite of the broiling desert heat. Inside the trailer are period accents—a vintage radio, vintage fridge, little crocheted doilies and dusty gilt-framed photographs. It’s a surreal home-sweet-home, an Americana fantasy as imagined by German artist and experimental filmmaker Stefanie Schneider whose work is so inspired by the desert landscape, she made it her home in 2005. “There’s a completely different light here than in Germany, a beautiful light,” says Schneider, whose 10 acre property in Morongo is dotted with vintage trailers. They surround her midcentury home, and serve as sets for her photo shoots or as guest lodgings for her friends from Hollywood and Berlin. “But what I really love about the desert is the desolation,” she continues. “The sense of hope for something that might or might not come. It’s easy to see our dreams projected in the desert.” Famed for shooting trailer park chic fine art photographs exclusively on vintage Polaroid film, Schneider recently completed her most ambitious project to date—a feature film made entirely of Polaroid stills (4000 images in total), the story set around her magnificent 1950s trailer. The film, called “The Girl Behind The White Picket Fence” tells the story of a broken-hearted girl who lives in the trailer. Her name is Heather, and she is played by model Heather Megan Christie, girlfriend of actor Joaquin Phoenix, and former partner of Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, with whom she has a son. Heather stars opposite Kyle Larson (who plays ‘Hank’), a real-life gypsy fisherman who catches crab in Alaska when he’s not surfing in Southern California. Neither of the two had ever acted before, and never in the history of movie making has a director shot a film entirely on Polaroid film. “There was great difficulty shooting a film this way,” says Schneider, who, with her long straight hair, wide innocent eyes and thick-framed glasses, conjures an art-house Gretel. “If I had used a regular camera I would have had 36 exposures per minute, much faster and easier than using the old Polaroid camera which takes a long time to shoot one frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.” Individually, the Polaroid photographs that comprise 29 PALMS, CA stand alone, but together and in sequence, filmed with super 8 and 16mm film stock and overlaid with poetic voice-over monologues, they create a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick. Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl’s journal. The idea to shoot a movie in this way came about in 2004, when Schneider was working with leading German director Mark Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace) on his film Stay. She had met Forster at director Wim Wender’s birthday party in Hollywood. A few years later, Forster asked Schneider to shoot Polaroids of scenes from Stay as he filmed; he used those photographs for dream and memory sequences in the movie. For the first time, Schneider saw her Polaroids strung together in sequence, moving with rhythm like a flipbook, in the context of a story. When Forster urged her to consider making a feature film using that technique, the seed of 29 PALMS, CA was sown. She mentioned the idea to her good friend German actor Udo Kier, who also gave the idea a big thumbs up, and agreed to play the part of a mysterious shaman in the film. Thanks to her strong reputation in the art world and her Hollywood connections, getting talented people on board was the easy part (for a while, Charlotte Gainsbourg was pegged to play the starring role, although she pulled out two weeks before shooting commenced because she was pregnant and not fit to travel to the desert.) The hard part was finding the perfect trailer—and bringing it to the desert. “This trailer almost killed us,” says Schneider’s partner Lance Waterman, who lives and works with Schneider in Morongo Valley. After finding it on eBay, the couple drove to Utah to pick it up, the plan being to tow it all the way back to the high desert themselves. Bad idea. “We were driving down a hill with this enormous trailer behind us when we realized that if we wanted to stop, there would be no way to do so without the trailer crushing us,” says Waterman. Adds Schneider: “Lance was even giving me instructions on how to jump out of the truck, if we needed to.” Thankfully the road leveled and as soon as they were able to slow down and pull over, they called a professional towing company, which transported the trailer the remaining distance to Morongo Valley. Filming took place in Spring 2011 and 2012. Schneider recently submitted the film to major film festivals in Europe and the US, and it will be broadcast in 2013 by leading German television channel, Arte. While Schneider may come from a long tradition of photographers-turned-filmmakers—Stanley Kubrick started out as a photographer, as did Ken Russell...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

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

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