Modern Figurative Photography

'Poolside Promenade' A fashion show at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. Paper Size 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped ...

India Parade is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments...

Stone Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari. Good conditions and aged.

Roman Era Ivory-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari. Location, Brescia Italy. Titled in the Italian language on the lower....

Carmine Church is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari. Location, Brescia Italy. Titled in the Italian language on the lower. Alinari archive...

Japan - Der Gipfel des Fugjiama 13 August 1893 is a vintage black and white photograph. It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863...

'George Hamilton' American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...

Fori Imperiali, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histor...

The Souk  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1925. The photo depicts the chinese city, Wuchow. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 39x29cm. Good conditi...

Lord Edward Montagu di Beaulieu is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1958. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the Baron Montagu di Beaulieu and Belinda Crossley, t...

View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century as reprint of an image of the late 19th century. With the hand-note in pencil on the rear. Go...

Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau-  Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Vintage Photo. Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell in a scene from "Paris, Texas", a 1984 drama film directed by Wim Wenders. Good condition.

Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s. Quite good condition but diffused foxing

'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Gorgeous print measuring a large 30 x 20" inches / ca 76 x ...

Artist: Lucien Clergue, French (1934 - 2014) Title: Trio de Saltimbanques, Arles Year: 1955 (printed 1992) Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, Signed in ink Edition: I/V Image Size: 20.5 x...

this is a rare (possibly unique) vintage silver gelatin emulsion print of the artist's daughter, it is signed and dated 1980. Laurence Salzmann is a native of Philadelphia who has w...

El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967 This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...

Paola Borboni and Bruno Vilar is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1978. Good conditions.

Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Stay On Target! II Archival pigment pop art print of a Star Wars TIE fighter chasing actor Cary Grant from the infamous scene in Hitchcock’s North By North West...

Seven  Vintage Photo Portraits of Alberto Bevilacqua is a collection of seven black and white photographs realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.

"Marbella Club Bather," a 1976 Slim Aarons photograph, captures mid-century modern Mediterranean luxury. Limited C-print (1/150), estate-stamped, authenticated. Slim Aarons Marbella...

Kabul by Justin Creedy Smith Street scenes, Kabul Afghanistan, during a pre-christmas visit by French foreign minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, to the French soldiers based in Afghanistan. Photo December 2006 Exquisite large oversize 30 x 20 inches archival pigment print - Galerie Prints Limited...

Gas 1940 by Hopper, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Jean Kent- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Portrait of Ray Bradbury Vintage Photo by Mizuno, is a black and white photograph realized in 1996. Good conditions.

Lord Heathcoat-Amory  is  a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1958, by Aldo Durazzi . The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the the Chancellor of the Exchanger, Lord D...

Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in 1991. Good conditions.

John Gregory Dunne, Playbill-  Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized by Charles Bush in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.

Girl With Bird- Photo of Painting by Domenico Purificato realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.

Jean-Louis Tixier' Lawers Paris  is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and pol...

Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Individual Research - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Centu...

'Mennonite Family Belize' by Alain Le Garsmeur Mennonite brothers and sister from a Spanish Lookout settlement, Belize, Central America, June 1985. A gorgeously observed scene by ...

Modern newspaper Plant - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Ce...

The Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.

Cambodia Smiles by Justin Creedy Smith 2001 Boys after the Sunday’s football match on the floating island of Kompong Phluk on lake Tonle Sap (Cambodia). Photo, 02.12.2001 giant ...

Ancient views of Hong-Kong is a set of six vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. Five images on the front and two on the rear. They were realized in the 1890s. V...

'On The Beach' by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Holidaymakers crowd the beach with Blackpool Tower in the background, on an August Bank Holiday in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, 1981. Paper size : 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm Limited edition Edition Size 5 only this paper size Printed 2021 certificate of authenticity provided All prints are on archival photographic papers and limited edition per paper size offered. Total editions per image 100 only. 10x12 inches edition size 25 12x16 inches edition size 20 20x16 inches edition size 20 20x24 inches edition size 15 30x20 inches edition size 8 40x30 inches edition size 5 60x40 inches edition size 5 72x48 inches edition size 2 Alain Le Garsmeur was born in France in 1943 and after assisting the likes of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Donald Silverstein became a prolific editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Fiagaro Magazine, The Independent, Newsweek and the The Observer as well as The Sunday Times. See photo Bio for more details. 1980s 1980 80 crowded chaos busy hot beach shore sea side sunny day sun bathe swarm people kids children water...

Silver Gelatin Print Signed & Numbered in blue pencil verso Along with copy right stamps and the negative number written in regular pencil Sheet size: 15.8 x 12 Image size: 14.38 x...

Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...

Ancient Views of Johor and Singapore is a set of 9 original vintage Albumen prints on a single cardboard 25 x 34 cm. Size of photos: 4 of 10.5x15.5 and other five on the rear. Goo...

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Culinary Heights Jill Council relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inche...

This exquisite heliogravure after Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969), titled Juliette Greco, originates from the 1981 folio Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Grupp...

Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captu...

Natalia Ginzburg winning Premio Strega is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1963. Good conditions.

5th January 1957: Two young Fulham football fans Freda and Frank Hearn dressed in their club's colours of black and white, wait to board an 'Ipswich Sp...

Darling is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s, by the photographer and magazine publisher Gunnar Larsen (1930-1990).  Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a hist...

Zermatt Skiing Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Gorgeous print measuring 72 x 48" inches / ca 182.8 x 121.9 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...

Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Riccardo Moncalvo, Torino. Photo dimensions 24 x 18 cm. Includes passepartout. Good condition.

Vintage View on the city of Taiyuan-Fu is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin. Stereotype in German on the back. In very good...

The Old Days - Woman with Donkey is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families,...

Silvana Mangano in Pose is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Pope Giovanni Paolo II and General Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987. Good conditions.

'The Fullers' May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL. 30x30 inches / ...

'Eden-Roc Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Gorgeous print measuring a Huge 60 x 40" inc...

Dining In Gstaad Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons...