Modern Photography

Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, on a lilo in a swimming pool decorated for Christmas, Hollywood, 1954. The Hollywood sign can be seen in the distance. Estate stamped...

This is a vintage Ted Spiegel photo of a Benedictine Nun, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Hand signed and editioned A/P. This is for one Photograph from the portfolio entitled "Jerusalem: City of Mankind," The mounting is 14 X 17 inches. the actual photo measurement is between 9.25 X 14 to 10.5 X 13.5 inches (22.9 X 35.6 to 26.7 X 34.3 cm.) This is hand signed and editioned in pencil, on print mount recto; and stamped on the reverse with photographers name and copyright info. In a folding jacket with a printed credit and title. The red title sheet is just here for provenance and reference and is not included in this sale. The first copy was awarded to the President of the United States, the second to the President of the State of Israel, the third to the Mayor of Jerusalem and the fourth to the Baron Edmond de Rothschild. Rare Cornell Capa and Baron Edmond De Rothschild “Jerusalem: City Of Mankind” Photo Album 1973. It has been produced by the international fund for concerned photography, INC, New York for the women’s division of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York. 15 copied were reserved for participating photographers. Color prints are made by dye transfer process from original transparencies and black and white enlargements are made from original negatives under the photographers supervision. Design and production – Arnold Skolnick / Bhupendra Karia. Color prints by Berkey K & L Custom Services INC, New York. Black and white prints by Igor Bakht Werner Braun – Moonrise over the Knesset Robert Burroughs – At the Western Wall. Cornell Capa – View from the Israel Museum sculpture garden. Leonard Freed – Reading from Sephardic Torah scrolls. Ernst Haas – In the Arab quarter, Old City. Charles Harbutt – Easter, Holy fire. Ron Havilio – Wallscape. Bhupendra Karia – Midday prayers, Al Aqsa grounds. Marc Riboud – Ecumenical landscape Billy rose garden, Israel museum. Ted Spiegel – Benedictine nun, Mount of Olives. Micha Bar-Am – Via Dolorosa on Friday. An accomplished photojournalist with more than 50 years of experience, Ted Spiegel has covered assignments across the globe, but like the 19th-century artists of the famed Hudson River School, he's made the Hudson River Valley the focus of much of his life's work. Spiegel's love of the landscape and positive attitude infuse all his images. His January 1978 assignment for National Geographic magazine was a color photo essay on the Hudson River Valley. He has produced 15 other photo essays for National Geographic magazine on a variety of subjects, and has also produced several picture books on such topics as the Hudson River Valley, Saratoga and West Point. He also did a celebrated series of photos of John F Kennedy one of which was selected for the JFK USA postal stamp. Speigel’s biography on the National Geographic website espouses his zest for his home: “He’s covered assignments across the globe, but like the 19th-century artists of the famed Hudson River School, he’s made the Hudson River Valley the focus of much of his life’s work.” It also notes that he uses photography as a medium to encourage appreciation and respect for the environment’s beauty: “Spiegel’s love of the landscape and positive attitude infuse all his images, [and he] sees his landscape photography as a way to make people aware of the beauty in nature and a way to, in turn, encourage people to help protect and save the environment.” Photographers, like seeds in a rich environment, take root, grow and prosper. For Ansel Adams, the place was the West Coast -- Carmel, Calif., and Yosemite National Park. For Ted Spiegel, it is the Hudson River Valley -- Bear Mountain...

'Nice Pool' 1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the oc...

With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...

The photographers note regarding this work is "Perfect customer service at the petrol station, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William T...

The photographers note regarding this work is "A girl at Samland in East Prussia hanging up flatfishes fro drying, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on ...

Picture done during a nostalgic evening. Could be also delivered framed, smaller size as well, price upon request, signed by the author. Limited to 5.

Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...

Ravello Campania Cathedral- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century by Alinari. Information is written on the lower in Italian. Good conditions, age...

Franci & Michelle - Platinum Palladium print over pure 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper - Edition 1 of 5 , plus 2 AP ( Small Size ) Photographic reproduction on handmade sens...

Sunset By The Pool 1962 People watch the sunset over the ocean while standing by a swimming pool, 1962 by Toni Frissell Giant 60 x 40" inches / 151 x 101 cm paper size Archival...

A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. Th...

Medieval Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.

Polaroid transfer drawing of a Classical column base on Rives BFK paper by Mark Beard 7 x 9.5 inch image size 22 x 15 inch paper size Ed. 1/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, u...

The church of Santa Maria in Solario- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.

"Late Afternoon" Nude Photography 40" x 56" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Avai...

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...

Born in Cologne in 1922, died in Hamburg in 2004. Apprenticeship as a machinist from 1937, then studied engineering (not completed due to the war). Served in the war and imprisoned....

A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972. Slim Aarons Aerial Miami Beach 1972 C print (Printed later) Estate signature...

Portrait is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Stay Gold Hand Signed Limited Edition Print Stuart Möller Beautiful Archival Pigment Print of a banana plant on a summer evening. 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size - signed and numbered by the artist - edition of 10 only at this size. Stuart Möller's background is in fine art, with his images being contemplative, meditative observations. Stuart Möller ALL EDITION SIZES & Prices 10x12 25 $325 12x16 25 $595 20x16 25 $885 20x24 20 $1,100 30x20 15 $1,250 40x30 10 $1,500 60x40 5 $2,500 plants foliage sun sunshine eve golds...

Dolores Guinness Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia. Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...

American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty ...

Bettie Page in Leopard by Irving Law Photographed by the legendary and infamous Irving Klaw, this 'Master Print' has been meticulously restored and then colorized and presented for the first time ever. Bettie Page was an American model...

Giacomo Montegazza Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. 30x40” / 76x101 cm - paper size Estate Stampe...

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...

Ravello Cathedral, Rome-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions, aged with foxing.

Virna Lisi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...

This exquisite halftone print after Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), titled The Steerage, originates from the 1947 folio Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio, 1864–1946. Published by Twice a Ye...

Vintage Photo - Skeleton is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  Good conditions.

'Tania Mallet' 1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in ...

Park Avenue A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation f...

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...

One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...

Soundgarden by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movi...

An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...

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...

Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 1978. Slim Aarons ...

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

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...

Ravello Cathedral, Rome-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions, aged with foxing.

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...

One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...

A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. Slim Aarons Crossing Snow Field, 1963 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certif...

' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print by Stuart Möller Beautiful large print of rain falling onto water. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size - signed and numbere...

Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...

Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulo...

A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. Slim Aarons Caleta Beach, Acapulco 1968 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edit...

A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984. Slim Aarons Tiziana 1984. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 wi...

A contemporary photograph of a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These i...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...

A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become mor...

Catherine Wilke - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. (Photo by Slim Aarons) 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size E...

Frida is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller i...

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen. Classic Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Series Architecture Palm Springs. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mi...

A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on top of peak KT-22, Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing ...

One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...