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Period: 20th Century
Second Nature: abstract photograph with nude on black from hand-etched photogram
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Second Nature" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) from a hand-etched photogram from artist Jenny Lynn's "Personal Myths" series Includes image of nude wit...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Kokar, Finland (Rock Formation)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. Sammallahti was surrounded by works from his grandmother, Hildur Larsson, who was a photographer in the early 1900s. Sammallahti has been photographing the world around him with a poetic eye since the age of eleven. At the age of nine, he visited "The Family of Man...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Entrance: framed abstract black white photograph collage w/ key, shoe, trees
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Entrance" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with forms of a key, shoe, trees, pyramid, hair, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's "Extrapol...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Car Abstraction - Abstraction 1 Portfolio Print
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed by artist. Signed and dated in lower right. Matted. Amazing powerful photograph by an incredible artist.
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20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, pro­duced a trove of pho­tographs which are cur­rently held in the col­lec­tion of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was com­mitted equally to sup­porting artists, notably by cre­ating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée. Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color mer­chant from whom he bought his plates and his pho­to­graphic equip­ment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of var­ious memo­rials who was looking for someone to pho­tographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neigh­bors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Surreal Blue Landscape - Photo Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of acutely dramatic, weird Sci-Fi landscapes defined by unnatural, bold colors set against surrealist vistas. Many of these landscapes were widely publish...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind, 1982, Photogravure
Located in Denton, TX
Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind presents an abstract image, a close up of a textured rock slab. Small dark square holes scatter across the rock. The subject is cropped, emphasizing the t...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photogravure

Doubleend: framed abstract black white photo collage w/ nude, clock, clouds
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Doubleend" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph in a surrealist style with images of nude, clock, clouds, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, pro­duced a trove of pho­tographs which are cur­rently held in the col­lec­tion of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was com­mitted equally to sup­porting artists, notably by cre­ating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée. Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color mer­chant from whom he bought his plates and his pho­to­graphic equip­ment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of var­ious memo­rials who was looking for someone to pho­tographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neigh­bors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

A part: abstract photograph w/ nudes text on black from hand-etched photogram
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"A part" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) from a hand-etched photogram from artist Jenny Lynn's "Personal Myths" series. Includes images of nudes, glove...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Kentucky 7, abstract black and white
Located in New York, NY
His famous series that mimicked the abstract expressionist painters movement - but in photography. A great image and a striking work for any sophisticated or rustic environment. Ima...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Statuary - Off-Print # 2 - 1976 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 2 (Florence 1976) from the portfolio Statuary (Coffret Prestige # 7) This image was captured on film (1976) The selected negative was...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Statuary - Off-Print # 3 - 1976 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 3 (Roma 1976) from the portfolio Statuary (Coffret Prestige # 7) This image was captured on film (1976) The selected negative was printed on Baryta paper by the author and then limited digital reproduction printed later (2021) on fine art paper Photo Rag Baryta 310 gsm for highest age resistance using pigment inks which are known for their longevity. It is undoubtedly in this portfolio that the artist's will is best seen. The dialogues and interactions are so powerful and numerous that the cacophony awaits us. To attempt an iconoclastic reference, it would be Shawn Levy's funny and crazy film, "Night at the Museum", rather than the wise alignment of a statuary at the British Museum. Whether they are warriors, scholars or politicians, these statuettes speak for themselves, speak to each other, and speak to us about ourselves: the polyphony is complete. Limited Edition 1/5 Unframed Please note this will include any custom sizes requested German photographer Jörg Krichbaum...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Echo: abstract photograph with leg heels on black from hand-etched photogram
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Echo" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) from a hand-etched photogram from artist Jenny Lynn's "Personal Myths" series Includes image of legs and heels.. ...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Rivages - Off-Print # 2 -Lisbon - 1982 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 2 (Lisbon 1982) from the portfolio Rivages (Coffret Prestige # 2) This image was captured on film (1982) The selected negative was printed on Baryta paper by the author and then limited digital reproduction printed later (2021) on fine art paper Photo Rag Baryta 310 gsm for highest age resistance using pigment inks which are known for their longevity. The sun, the sea, the waves, the spray, the bodies lying on the sand. Krichbaum's photos are like the antithesis of "postcard". No bather, no walker, not even a seagull, and yet everything is there. In his desire to leave the viewer free to imagine everything from his photos, the artist did not give titles to his photos, just an indication of date and place. Limited Edition 1/5 Unframed Please note this will include any custom sizes requested German photographer Jörg Krichbaum...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Statuary - Off-Print # 2 - 1976 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 2 (Florence 1976) from the portfolio Statuary (Coffret Prestige # 7) This image was captured on film (1976) The selected negative was...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Step by Step - Off-Print # 1 - 1973 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 1 (Donaustauf 1973) from the portfolio Step by Step (Coffret Prestige # 1) This image was captured on film (1973) The selected negati...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Au chic Parisien - Off-Print # 1 - 1981 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Off-Print # 1 from the portfolio Au Chic Parisien (Coffret Prestige # 8 on 1stdibs) This image was captured on film (1981) The selected negative ...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Pigment

Gardens (2) - Coffret Prestige # 9 , 1979 - Minimalist Black White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition - Portfolio Garden 2, 6 photos (Box 40x50cm included) From Germany to Portugal, from Portugal to Italy, the artist continues his research on light and its games, this time taking nature and trees as the theme. The black and white, the strong intensity of the contrasts, the immobility that seems to emerge from them, all combine to suggest that the vegetation has also mineralized, frozen, under the ascetic gaze of the artist. But put together, close together (which is the very principle of Jörg Krichbaum...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Garden 1 - Coffret Prestige # 5 - 1979, Minimalist Black and White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Portfolio Garden 1, 6 photos From Germany to Portugal, from Portugal to Italy, the artist continues his research on light and its games, this time taking nature and trees as the the...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Step by Step - Coffret Prestige # 1, 1973 Minimalist Black and White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Step by Step - Coffret Prestige # 1 - Portfolio of 6 photos, 21st Century, Minimalist Black and White Photography Artwork sold in perfect condition Portfolio Step by Step, 6 photos. Steps, a ladder, almost all from the bottom to the top, to show you are climbing. Or ? It's up to everyone to decide, to think about which metaphor they prefer. But it's still a personal matter. For some it will be happy, easy or joyful, while for others, Jörg says in a text written in 1982, the image will refer to a painful memory, a painful sensation, an ordeal. Because this image is "us", it is only us but it is all of us. 6 baryta prints 24 cm x 30 cm mounted under a white open-frame 2mm thick in 40 cm x 50 cm format with the artist's stamp on the back. From left to right and top to bottom: Munich 1979, Munich 1982, Munich 1979, Liège 1982, Donaustauf 1973, Anagni 1977. This constitutes a very exceptional offer. German photographer Jörg Krichbaum...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Roma - Coffret Prestige # 4 - 1967, Minimalist Black and White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition For those who need to be reassured, the upper corner of the first photo lets you guess the curvature of the Colosseum. But for all those who have h...
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Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Flora Fauna Series Vintage Color Photograph Abstract Flower Fuji Crystal Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
FLORA & FAUNA SERIES, c.1998, Fuji crystal archive paper. Unsigned. Photographer Jeffrey Rothstein focuses on different elements within Nature for his subject matter, ranging from f...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Untitled from the Dysmorphologies Series Abstract Large Color Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
This large montage of photographs (is not mounted onto aluminum) from Ken Gonzales-Day's dysmorphologies series. Fujifilm Fuji Color Crystal Archive paper color Photo paper. This is not signed or numbered. Ken Gonzales-Day's interdisciplinary and conceptually grounded projects consider the history of photography, the construction of race, and the limits of representational systems ranging from the lynching photograph to museum display. The Searching for California Hang Trees series offered a critical look at the legacies of landscape photography in the West while his most recent project considers the sculptural depiction of race. Profiled began as an exploration of the influence of eighteenth century "scientific" thought on twenty-first century institutions ranging from the museum to the prison and extended to the sculpture and portrait bust collections of several major museums including: The J. Paul Getty Museum; The Field Museum, Chicago; The Museum of Man, San Diego; L'École des beaux-arts,Paris. The Bode Museum, Berlin, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam; The National Museum of Natural History, Paris; The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; among others. Gonzales-Day lives in Los Angeles and is Chair of the Art Department at Scripps College. Much of Gonzales-Day's work considers the larger political and social representational histories of the Mexican-American experience. His early work draws on the constructed photo methods of artists like Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman, or Gregory Crewdson. For example, in Bone Grass Boy (1996), Gonzales-Day casts himself as all the central characters in a staged photonovella set during the Mexican American War...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Metal

Flora Fauna Series Vintage Color Photograph Abstract Flower Fuji Crystal Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
FLORA & FAUNA SERIES, c.1998, Fuji crystal archive paper. Unsigned. Photographer Jeffrey Rothstein focuses on different elements within Nature for his subject matter, ranging from f...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Untitled #63 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled #63 (Abstract Photography) C-print — Unframed. Edition: 2/5 + 2 A/P This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breathe life in...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

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C Print

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Human Desire", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Human Desire" (1954) featuring Gloria Grahame and Glenn Ford. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece ca...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a dramatic rooftop scen...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Desert Attack, aka Ice Cold in Alex", Lobby Card, USA 1958
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "Desert Attack" (1958) featuring John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, and Harry Andrews. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a dramati...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"I m All Right Jack", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "I'm All Right Jack" (1960) featuring Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a humorous domes...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"I m All Right Jack", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "I'm All Right Jack" (1960) featuring Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, and Marjorie Rhodes. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captu...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"I m All Right Jack", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "I'm All Right Jack" (1960) featuring Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a comedic scene with Peter Selle...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"I m All Right Jack", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "I'm All Right Jack" (1960) featuring Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, and Terry-Thomas. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases a scene with I...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"I m All Right Jack", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "I'm All Right Jack" (1960) featuring Peter Sellers. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a scene with Peter Sellers in a suit and a group ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Prince of Pirates", Lobby Card, USA 1953
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "Prince of Pirates" (1953) featuring John Derek, Barbara Rush, and Carla Balenda. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases an intense scene wi...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original scene photo from the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Jan Sterling and Gary Merrill. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a tense moment between Jan Sterli...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece depicts a dramatic struggle scene where Jan ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece shows a tense interaction between Jan Sterli...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Theresa Saldana, Keith Gordon, Lobby Card. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinem...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Kirk Douglas, Keith Gordon. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, pro­duced a trove of pho­tographs which are cur­rently held in the col­lec­tion of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was com­mitted equally to sup­porting artists, notably by cre­ating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée. Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color mer­chant from whom he bought his plates and his pho­to­graphic equip­ment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of var­ious memo­rials who was looking for someone to pho­tographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neigh­bors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Vaux, a figure of Montparnasse, pro­duced a trove of pho­tographs which are cur­rently held in the col­lec­tion of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Marc Vaux was com­mitted equally to sup­porting artists, notably by cre­ating the Foyer des Artistes (1946-70) and, in 1951, the first Musée du Montparnasse at 10, rue de l’Arrivée. Marc Vaux was born on February 19, 1895 in Crulai, Normandy Thanks to the color mer­chant from whom he bought his plates and his pho­to­graphic equip­ment, he met the sculptor Charles Desvergnes winner of Prix the Rome and author of var­ious memo­rials who was looking for someone to pho­tographs his works. Two of Marc Vaux’s first clients were his neigh­bors of 21 Avenue du Maine- Marie Vassilieff and Maria Blanchard...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido"
Located in Zurich, CH
DAIDO MORIYAMA (*1938, Japan) "How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" 1987 Silver gelatin print, printed later Sheet 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Headstone Japan, Japanese Tombstone
Located in Carmel, CA
A stunning example of Brett Weston's eye for the abstract. Mint Condition. Over matted Signed in pencil lower right. Titled on verso by artist.
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20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Love Me or Leave Me", Lobby Card, USA 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Love Me or Leave Me, USA 1955, Director: Charles Vidor, Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Doris Day. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's re...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"The Magic Voyage of Sinbad", Lobby Card, USA 1961
Located in Cologne, DE
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, USA 1961, Cast: Edward Stolar, Ann Larion. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release. The film was ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Color

"Imitation of Life", Lobby Card, USA 1959
Located in Cologne, DE
Imitation of Life, USA 1959, Director: Douglas Sirk, Cast: John Gavin, Lana Turner. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release. ...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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"Kissin Cousins ", Lobby Card, USA 1964
Located in Cologne, DE
Original Lobby Card, Kissin' Cousins, USA 1964, Director: Gene Nelson, Cast: Tony Farrel, Pamela Austin, Yvonne Craig, Elvis Presley The lobby cards would have been displayed inside...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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"The Pom Pom Girls", Lobby Card, USA 1976
Located in Cologne, DE
Original Lobby Card, The Pom Pom Girls, USA 1976, Director: Joseph Ruben, Cast: Jennifer Ashley, Lisa Reeves, Susan Player, Cheryl Smith, Diane Lee Hart, Crown International Pictures...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Brazilian Conceptual Modernist Photograph Jose Yalenti Architectural Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
José Yalenti, (1895-1967) Brazilian Photographer "Beiras" (Sides) Photo, numbered 5/15, circa 1950, (printed later) on premium luster photo paper with ultrachrome ink. Art: 15" H x 11" W; Frame: 20 1/4" H x 14 1/4" W. Provenance: Dickinson Roundell Gallery José Yalenti’s Architecture photos seem at first disorienting, abstract black & white and grey surfaces, cut through by startlingly straight lines and a variety of surface textures. Much of his work is of mid-century Latin American architecture, by the likes of Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx. José Yalenti was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1895. On April 28, 1939, a group of photography aficionados, including Yalenti, formed the Foto Clube Bandeirante, later changed to Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, or FCCB. Starting in the late 1940s, a contingent of FCCB photographers began creating photographs of abstracted architectural motifs (as in Architecture or Twilight), and eventually became known as the Escola Paulista, or “Paulista School.” Yalenti was among the members of the unofficial Paulista School. Between 1945 and 1960, the Paulista School photographers explored the rapidly changing formal qualities of São Paulo. By photographing skyscrapers and stairways at steep angles, creating closely cropped compositions from found geometric motifs, and capturing the flattening effects of shadows, Paulista School photographers investigated the new physical perspectives emerging in the urban environment. They created a distinctively Modern aesthetic that used strong contrasts of light and dark, geometric forms, linear compositions, and collapsed space to assert photography’s status as an artistic medium. As part of their pursuit of photographic Modernism, Yalenti and his fellow Brazilians adapted the stylistic innovations of U.S. and European photographers such as f.64, New Objectivity, Dada, Surrealism, and the Bauhaus, to the Brazilian context. Along with his FCCB compatriots—Thomaz Farkas, Geraldo de Barros, and German Lorca, among others—Yalenti explored the formal properties of black-and-white image-making. Yalenti and the Paulista’s School’s abstract photographs responded to the new trends in Brazilian Modernist architecture being developed by young architects in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1939, Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Affonso Reidy broke ground on the Ministry of Education and Health Building (MES), the building that would define Brazilian architectural modernism. The Rio-based team combined elements of Le Corbusier’s undecorated structural purity with Brazilian regional design to produce a more organic and “tropical” Modernism that responded to the local culture and climate. The sinuous and sensuous curves of Yalenti’s photograph are directly influenced by stylistic developments in architecture at the MES, including the building’s covered entry and its organically abstract contours. By 1957, when Yalenti created Architecture or Twilight, Brazil was globally recognized as an architectural leader. MoMA in New York City organized a popular exhibition of Brazilian architecture in 1943 (“Brazil Builds”), and highlighted the country again in its survey show "Latin American Architecture since 1945," that ran from 1955–56. Brazilian photography...
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Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bed
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Antony Zega (1962-2019). Bed, ca. 1985. Photographic print, 12 5/8 x 8.5 inches. Mounted to acid free matting board measuring 16 x 20 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso.
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20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

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