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Period: 1940s
Marilyn s Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19th 1942, 29, 8 x 20 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanage. She got married with only 16 years old and while working for a factory during WW II, she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and started a succesful modeling career. The rest of her life is history: In the 50s she was one of the most marketable actresses, had held leading roles in various movies and was known for her immense sex appeal. As a highly intelligent woman, she knew how to build a career, while, in her private life she struggled with addiction and mood disorder. At the age of 36 she died from an overdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home. With her breathy voice and hourglass figure, she is until today one of Hollywood's most famous actresses. Description: Marilyn's Wedding/The bridal Couple, June 19...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Bette Davis - George Hurrell Hollywood Photograph Vintage 1940
Located in Glenford, NY
Bette Davis iconic portrait by famed Hollywood art photographer George Hurrell from 1940. It is stamped on the verso with authentic Hurrell identification. This is a original mint ...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Norma Jeane #11
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #11
Norma Jeane #11
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Lord Beaverbrook - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Beaverbrook is a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of William Max Aitken, Baron of Beaverbrook, Minister of State. Good...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lord Keynes - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Keynes is  a black and white vintage photo, realized  in 1940s., by Walter Stoneman. The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the British Economist, Lord John Maynard Keynes. ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The German Novelist Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the German novelist and essayist Thomas Mann (1875-1955).
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons Dinner Jazz Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome Black and White Pho...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Historical Photo - Royal Family of England - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A rare photo of the Royal Family of England in 1940s, with George VI, Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Early George Bowes-Lyon, a young Queen Elizab...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s. Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on t...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

New Year at Romanoff s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York - Vintage Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York is a vintage photograph realized in 25/09/1956. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Junio Eskew, Houston Fat Stock Show
Located in Denton, TX
Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver print Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Autographed Portrait of Leonardo Cortese - Vintage Photograph - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Leonardo Cortese is a vintage photograph realized in 1942, with a signature. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in a scene from the 1943 movie "Jane Eyre". Good condition.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The American Actor Alan Ladd - Original Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The American Actor Alan Ladd. Fair conditions, with some Damage.
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

War Cemetary - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
War Cemetery is a photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Laszlo Willinger, "Crochet Top", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1949. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe wearing a crochet top. Hand signed by ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Silvana Mangano - Photograph by Robert Capa - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Robert Capa in 1948. Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto. Excellent condition.
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The American Actor Humphrey Bogart - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart is a black and white photograph realized in 1940s Vintage Photo depicting Humphrey Bogart on the set of one of his...
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Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

E.G. Robinson, M. O Sullivan, H. Courtright - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. On the back " Edward G. Robinson, Maureen O'Sullivan...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mrs. Red Skelton Poses - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Red Skelton Poses is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod in the 1940s, realized by De Wan Studios. On the back "Mrs. Red Skelton poses for her ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper. Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Picasso Sitting, Gelatin Silver Photograph by Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Sitting Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in ink Edition...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

New Year at Romanoff s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Mr. Everett Colborn of Dublin, Texas (mounted) and Flight Officer Gene Autry
Located in Denton, TX
Signed and titled. Vintage gelatin silver prints. Johm Stryker was born in Rockford, Illinois, September 1, 1883. He is most remembered for his body of photographs he took of the "Olympic of Western sport"*- the Rodeo. During his lifetime he crossed America, working rodeos as an announcer, a producer, promoter and sometimes a rider. He invented the chute that the animals come out of and he developed new ways of photographing action during an event. Dramatic shots were taken from the ground, propping his camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John Stryker was directly responsible for the growth and sophistication of the sport. His negatives are in the collection of the University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa. His photographs have been exhibited during his lifetime at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. His photographs have been published widely including Life, Look, The Cattleman, The Western Horseman, and The Quarter Horse Journal. In 1977, The Rodeo of John Addison Stryker...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Peter Lorre, Actor in The Maltese Falcon Casablanca. Smoking Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
After a successful acting career in Europe, Peter Lorre came to the United States and starred in such classic films as “The Maltese Falcon”, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, and “Casablanca”....
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. Slim Aarons St Tropez Pool Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x ...
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Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948. Slim Aarons Handball in Central Park Chromogenic Lambda print Slim...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Set of 4 photographs Frida Kahlo. From the Frida Khalo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Color, Digital Pigment

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948. Slim Aarons Handball in Central Park Chromogenic Lambda print Slim...
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American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Laszlo Willinger, Susan Hayward, original vintage photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's, and printed at a later date. This photograph depicts American actress, Susan Hayward...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Portrait Photograph - Depth
Located in Houston, TX
Silver gelatin photograph of a close up superimposed portraits by photographer Layet, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Paper, Silver Gelatin

Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London) Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Sundial Hat (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sundial Hat (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images Archive London) British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a s...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Picasso in Paris Studio, Gelatin Silver Print Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso with Tam (Feb 7th, 1945) Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print on Fiber Paper, sig...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bill Carroll/George Barris, "First and Last Diptych, " original photographs
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is comprised of two original photographs, from the original negatives, by George Barris and Bill Carroll, framed side by side. These photographs represent the first and l...
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Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bill Carroll , Norma Jeane #15 (Marilyn Monroe), hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

William Carroll, "Norma Jeane #27, " original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945 and printed at a later date. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe (then known as Norma Jean...
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #22
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #22
Norma Jeane #22
$1,260 Sale Price
64% Off
Norma Jeane #23
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #23
Norma Jeane #23
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
"Picasso Standing with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - ) Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Standing with Painting Year: 1945, Printed in 2009 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered ...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marlene Dietrich
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Laszlo Willinger, originally taken in 1942 and printed at a later date. It depicts German actress, Marlene Dietrich...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Henry Moore
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
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1940s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Laszlo Willinger, "Katharine Hepburn, " orig. photograph from orig.negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative taken by Laszlo Willinger circa 1940 and printed in 1989. It depicts the iconic actress Katharine Hepburn during the p...
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Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Laszlo Willinger, Greer Garson, photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, shot by Laszlo Willinger in the 1940's. It depicts English actress Greer Garson, a major star at Metro-Goldw...
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Modern 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #13
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph printed from the original camera negative, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. This image depicts a young Norma Jeane at the begin...
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Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norma Jeane #13
Norma Jeane #13
$1,024 Sale Price
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