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Period: Mid-20th Century
Kennedy, Jackie Rides White Horse, Looking Right, 1963
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Rides White Horse, 4027_0076 -- JBK on Horse at Merrywood, her mother's estate. This image looks best in the 11 x 17 size. The 17 x 22 size is soft. Image size is 13.75" x 20"...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Chagall, “Il Sogno" and Ivy Nicholson wearing McCardell, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Chagall’s “Il Sogno” with Ivy in McCardell, 1955 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for LIFE magazine in 1955. This story featured artists and their designs for fabrics for US firm Fuller Fabrics which were used by American Designer Claire McCardell. The Model here is Ivy Nicholson...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Kennedys, Hyannis Beach, John, Jackie and Caroline, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Kennedy Unpublished Beach -- The Kennedys at Hyannis Beach Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnem...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Giclée

The Crashed Cars - Vintage Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The crashed cars is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1956. On their way to an evening party in connection with the Paediatric  Congress in Copenhagen, three doctors coll...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lech Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960 photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Audrey Hepburn Applies Makeup in Two Mirrors, Backstage at Ondine, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn at Make Up Table in Two Mirrors, 1954 -- Audrey Hepburn photographed for Mademoiselle in 1954 in her dressing room backstage ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Gravestone Detail
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is initialed "AA" in felt-tip ink either by the artist or an unknown hand on the front of the mount. This print comes from the collection of the artist's da...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hugh Pendleton
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print 10 x 8 inches, sheet size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. One of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas (1909–1974)—best known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles—is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in the 1970s, Bruce of LA photographed...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Audrey Hepburn, Rockefeller Tower, New York
By George Douglas
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is all about the work of George Douglas, a brilliant photographer of the mid 20th Century. In the 1940s, 50s and 60s he worked for leading magazines of the day, both in Britain...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hungry Elephant Archival Photograph by Getty, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1959 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob Wi...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The duomo or cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1960. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok depicts a man selling chestnuts on the street. The man looks down at his hands as he cracks open the chestnut. To his left sits a bowl of ch...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing Essentials (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955. Additional Information: Unframe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Bob Johnson (co-driver Dan Gurney) Shelby Cobra FIA 289/ Daytona
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered. *Images show print in size 11 x 14 in. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 i...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph shot by Milton Greene circa 1950s. It depicts one of the most well known and influential musical artists of the 20th century, Frank Sinatra...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Beatles leaving for The United States, 1964
Located in New York, NY
The Beatles are photographed leaving Heathrow Airport for the US to perform at the Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964. The group would go on to be regarded as the most influential ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Laszlo Willinger, "Olivia de Havilland (Gone with the Wind), orig. photo, signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger circa 1939. It depicts one of the leading movie stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, Olivia de Havilland...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Milton Greene, "Cover Shot" from The Black Sitting, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Milton Greene in 1956, and printed at a later date. It was created for Greene's series entitled "The Black Sitting...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley), CA 1961. The festive mood is reflected in the colorful vintage skiwear, in red, yellow, blue, white and orange. In the background, snowy white and tree-topped mountains rise against a brilliant blue sky. This iconic image of casual glamour sets a tone for winter adventure. This site was the host for the 1960...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Autographed Portrait of Dieter Borsche - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Dieter Borsche is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the smoking German actor with big pier...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Juliet with One Peacock Feather Eye, Chicago
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, dated and numbered. Portfolio Twelve Photographs, No. 13 György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at the Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 193...
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Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of skiers standing next to snow covered trees in Vail, Colorado, USA. This is an estate sta...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Lambda

The Railsplitter, Nigeria, 1960
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bathing Beauties
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage gelatin silver print 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Titled, dated and artist stamp on verso. Born in Munkacs, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 192...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
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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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital Pigment

Skiing In Vail, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA. This is an estate ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Lech Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers enjoy a drink by the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria. This is an estate stampe...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Valentine
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 15 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) 22 x 22 inches, image (Edition of 15) 31 x 31 inches, image (Edition of 15) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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C Print

New England Skiing, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire. This is an estate stam...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

American Farmer and his Wife, Connecticut
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Surfing Florida Style by Al Satterwhite, 1969, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Denton, TX
Surfing Florida Style by Al Satterwhite depicts a young man surfing on the water. He holds a rope attached to a car, which tows him through the water a...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Marlboroughs (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 – 1972) and his wife Mary relax on...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Jacqueline Kennedy - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline  Kennedy is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.  The photo depicts the American First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John Fitzgerlad Kennedy, 35° Presi...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy dress at Villa Rolli"
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped, posthumous print. Includes black frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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C Print

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Lambda

James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955 by Frank Worth James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955. James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lolita
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lolita (Stanley Kubrick) Bern Stern Print on photo paper Inkjet technique Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms Photo dimension: 38 X 25.4cms 50 copies Photo of 19...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Inkjet

At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Guests sunbathing by the pool at the Lyford Cay Club in the Lyford Cay gated community on New Providence Islan...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Barbra Streisand (Fur Hat) - Black and White Portrait, 1969
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Barbra Streisand (fur hat)” is a figurative photograph, vintage silver gelatin photograph in black and white by American artist Lawrence Schiller....
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Lily Safra (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Lily Safra, 1991 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 July 1991: Lily Safra, wife of Lebanese born banker Edmond Safra, at home in La Leopolda, S...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Top People’s Eatery - Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Top People’s Eatery - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Photo By Slim Aarons, 1960 Journalist Lucius Beebe beside a gold place setting in the glas...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, C Print

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marilyn in the Wedding Veil
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn in the wedding veil Bern Stern print on photo paper inkjet technique paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms dimension photo: 26 X 38 50 copies photo of 19...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Drinks On The Beach (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Drinks On The Beach (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A waiter serves drinks on the beach at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Additio...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Kennedy And Friends (1953) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Kennedy And Friends (1953) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jama...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Bond Girl to Be (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Bond Girl to Be (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome, circa 1955. Abo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Actors Amedeo Nazzari and Irene Genna - Vintage b/w Photograph - Late 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari and his wife Irene Genna. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Britt Ekland (1969) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland (1969) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. 1969. .About this Image: Britt Ekland is ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

African-American Civil Rights Photography, Washington Protest, Woman on Bus
Located in New york, NY
Woman on Bus, from the March on Washington, 1963 (printed later) by Leonard Freed, is a 11" x 14" gelatin silver print, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is from Leonard Freed's series This Is the Day: The March on Washington and is on p. 81 of the book (Getty Museum, 2013). American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and was a "concerned photographer" whose work demonstrated humanitarian concerns. Provenance: Freed archive. *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Peter Ruck Shaken Not Stirred 007 Archival Photograph by Getty 20x20
Located in San Rafael, CA
An iconic image by the photographer Peter Ruck. Roger Moore, downs a Martini, July 17th, 1968. Moore had recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award for most popular television...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lake Tahoe Couple (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Couple (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks t...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Lech Ice Bar, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960 photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dining In Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. This is an estate stam...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski r...
Category

Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Martha Graham 2
Located in Carmel, CA
Rondal Partridge Silver Gelatin Estate Print Embossed Imogen Cunningham signature on mat, labeled on verso. Dry mounted outer dimensions 16x20"
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photo Booth Strip of Sandy Brant, circa 1967-1970
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique work created under the direction of Andy Warhol. In the early days, before he toted around a camera, he would have clients portraits taken at local photo booths. Image dimensions: 10 x 2 in Framed dimensions: 15 3/8 x 8 1/4 in Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso. Work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to current owner. Exhibition history -Fotografiska Berlin / Andy Warhol “After the Party...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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