Mid-Century Modern Photography
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Ultrachrome Print
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Christo (1935, USA) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009, USA),
Documenta de Kassel, 1968,
Ultra-chrome print, 60 x 50 cm, N°4/12,
signed by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and the photographer Wolfang Volz.
On the occasion of the Documenta IV in 1968, in Kassel, Germany, Christo and Jeanne...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
Bunny Yeager Photograph, Bettie Page Pin-up Playboy Centerfold in January 1955
By Bunny Yeager
Located in Miami, FL
Bunny Yeager Photograph, Bettie Page Pin-up Playboy Centerfold in January 1955
Offered for sale is a 1954 silver gelatin photograph from an edition of 10 printed in 2013 from Bunny ...
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1950s Saint Pierre and Miquelon Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper, Glass, Wood, Paint
Marilyn Monroe Pop Art Neon Serigraph Print by Bert Stern, 1962, mid-century Art
By Bert Stern
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1968 Pop Art "The Marilyn Monroe Trip" #5 & 6 print by Bert Stern
Bert Stern was the last man to photograph Marilyn Monroe. Stern made this image from one of the photographs of that ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Marilyn Monroe The Last Sitting Photoshoot Limited Edition Print By Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Marilyn Monroe The Last Sitting Photoshoot Limited Edition Print By Bert Stern
On reverse of print "Seal of Excellence" label &
"Copyright 2000, Bert Stern produced by SASR Ent...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Brassai Black and White Photography of an Interior, circa 1936
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography made by Brassai in 1935 in Paris.
Untitled photography of an interior.
Gelatine silver bromide.
Stamped by Brassai.
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,603 Sale Price
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Cityscape Street Scene Black and White Photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of a kind, never published black and white photo of a cityscape scene (most likely of Los Angles), by anonymous photographer, unsigned. Professionally matted and framed, American...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Marilyn Monroe The Last Sitting Photoshoot Limited Edition Print By Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Marilyn Monroe The Last Sitting Photoshoot Limited Edition Print By Bert Stern
On reverse of print "Seal of Excellence" label &
"Copyright 2000, Bert Stern produced by SASR Ent...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Vintage Roman Chef Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Roman chef photograph. Midcentury black and white photo of an Italian chef smiling from a Roman palazzo balcony in period black and gold frame. Italy, 1960's
Approximate dim...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Giltwood, Paper, Wood
Vintage 1950s Original Male Physique Photograph by Bruce of Los Angeles
By Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An original iconic male physique photograph by legendary photographer Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of Los Angeles. Our collection (soon to be available on separate listings are all original (not copied from negative). This iconic image with a beach ball was one of the props that became synonymous with a Bruce Bellas photograph. Printed in the 1950s, the stamped images were printed when he was alive. They are the rare, sought after photographs prized by collectors of the genre. 8x 10 photograph, white matt, beautifully framed in classic black.
Bio:
An icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important figures in the world of physical culture; bodybuilders Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, and Brian Idol...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$600 Sale Price
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Julius Shulman styled Architectural Photo Set #2 by Joseph W Molitor
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A portfolio of 17 mounted architectural industrial Mid Century photographs by Joseph W. Molitor ( 1935- 1985 ) . Molitor who was a peer of leading 20th Century photographers such as Balthazar Korab , Ezra Stoller , Hedrich Blessing...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Arthur English, Hand Colored Photograph, Signed, South Africa, circa 1950
s
Located in Chatham, ON
Arthur English - Mid Century original hand colored landscape photograph - dry mounted to paper board - unframed - signed lower/right by the photographer/artist - South Africa - circa...
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Mid-20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paint, Paper
Bruce of LA Original 1950s Male Physique Photo Model Barry Adkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From a important 25 plus years collection of Male Physique and Beefcake Photography, Image # 8 of male model Barry Adkins. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Other images from this L.A gallery show on separate listings... please check often while we list more every week. These photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s.
BIO:
Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles.
History and influence:
Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire.
Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail.
An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Other
$600 Sale Price
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F.L. Kenett, Rare 1950s British B&W Photograph of African Queen Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924 -2012)
"Benin Head of Queen Mother"
Black
white gelatin silver print, circa 1950s, mounted on card, unframed
Stamped on reverse ‘F.L. Kenett, The Studio, 4 Eldon Road London W8’ with Negative No. 'AFR 133'
40.5 cm. wide x 50 cm. high (45.5 cm. x 56 cm. incl. mount)
“Unquestionably the greatest photographer of sculpting in the world who himself became a sculptor”. Tom Rosenthal, The Listener, 1960s
This highly decorative unframed vintage photograph is a fine example of Kenett's sculptural photography.
Frederick Leslie Kenett was born in Berlin in 1924 to a German doctor. Kennett was forced to flee the country in 1939 and came to England, joining the US Intelligence Corps during the war, where he developed an interest in photography. Kenett undertook important commissions for museums, publishers, governments and collections across the world, specialising in photographs of sculpture and works of art.
The present stamped and numbered photograph by Kenett shows a famous Benin bronze head...
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1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,074 Sale Price
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Brassai Black and White Framed Photography, circa 1936
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Step back in time with Brassai's captivating lens as he beautifully frames a dinner table in 1935 Paris. This black and white gelatin silver bromide photograph, stamped by the master...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,648 Sale Price
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Photography France “Brigitte Bardot Paris”, Jonathan Bermudes, Pop Art, 2015
Located in Valladolid, ES
“Bardot Paris,” Jonathan Bermudes, Pop Art, 2015 - France
Technique on support: Color gelatin silver print mounted under Diasec
Title of the work: “Bardo Paris”
Author: Jonathan B...
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Glass, Paper
Pair of Vintage 90s Male Physique Orig Photos of Masculine Model/Actor
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We have collected vintage Male Physique original photographs since the 80s. Many great photographers worked in the 80s and 90s and we loved colle...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Brassai Black and White Photography
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography made by Brassai in 1935 in Paris.
Gelatin silver bromide.
Stamped by Brassai.
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$1,974 Sale Price
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Richard Haas Photographs, Proposal: 720 North Michigan Avenue Chicago 1977
By Richard Haas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Proposal: 720 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, by Richard Haas, American, 1977. Gelatin silver print photographs framed under glass. Signed lower right.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Brassai Black and White Photography
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Brassai black and white photography
Stamped.
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,199 Sale Price
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Luigi Veronesi Photography, 1974
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography by Luigi Veronesi in 1940.
Gelatin silver bromide print from the original negative in 1974.
Hand signed in the lower left corner.
Limited edition of 30 copies, this is ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$1,705 Sale Price
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Ruth Bernhard Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph Print Perspective II, 1967
By Ruth Bernhard 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and timeless image/photographic print by famed German-American photographer/artist Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006). This classic feminine nude study is titled "Perspective II".
The gelatin silver photographic print is hand pencil signed by Bernhard in the lower right margin and hand pencil signed, titled, and dated (the original image was created in 1967. This is likely a later printing) with her photographer's stamp on the verso.
Provenance: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Los Angeles (please see image of the original gallery purchase receipt).
Ruth Bernard...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Mouth of Krishna Photography by Albarran
Cabrera, 2017
By Albarran
Cabrera
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography made by Albarran
Cabrera in Barcelona Spain.
Platinum palladium print
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on verso.
Framed.
Limited Edition.
Albarrán Cabrera...
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$6,193 Sale Price
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Steve Schapiro Signed Iconic Silver Gelatin Photograph Three Men, New York, 1961
Located in Studio City, CA
A historic and iconic, richly toned, silver gelatin photograph image by prolific and renowned photographer Steve Schapiro. Perhaps his most famous image.
Signed, stamped and titled ("Three Men, New York 1961") by the artist on the verso. The photo has been professionally matted and framed with museum glass.
Schapiro's photographs have appeared in such international magazines as Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, People and Paris Match...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Vintage Boho Original Yale Swim Team Photo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a distinguished touch of collegiate history to your walls with this captivating vintage photograph of the Yale University swim team. Dating back to the early 20th century, this s...
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Bruce of Los Angeles Matched Set Original B
W Male Photograph Set
Located in Palm Springs, CA
It is very rare to find a desirable iconic two piece set of original Bruce of Los Angeles vintage photographs. Especially with the iconic early work of...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$1,200 Sale Price / set
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Mid-Century Modern California Architecture Silver Gelatin Sepia Photograph
Located in Studio City, CA
An engaging sepia toned silver gelatin California Architecture photograph featuring a mid-century building framed by a cascading tree. A ver...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Wood, Paper
School Wall Charts, Tirana
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Tirana (Albania) was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Foto: A.T.A., Tirana; Herder Druck Freib...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Vintage Elizabeth Taylor Signed Photograph
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare vintage Elizabeth Taylor signed photograph with Actor Peter Lawford, circa 1952. The photo was taken when Lawford came to visit Taylor on the set of her movie "Ivanhoe" i...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$450 Sale Price
40% Off
Luigi Veronesi Black and White Photography, 1974
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography by Luigi Veronesi in 1937.
Gelatin silver bromide print from the original negative in 1974.
Measures: 23.5 x 18 cm without frame
65 x 92.5 x 1.5 framed
Handsigned in the ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$3,180 Sale Price
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Luigi Veronesi Rayograph Hand Signed Photography, 1974
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photography by Luigi Veronesi in 1937.
Gelatin silver bromide print from the original negative in 1974.
Measures: 21 x 23 cm without frame
65 x 92.5 x 1.5 framed
Handsigned in the lo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$4,039 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Nude Black and White Photograph by Josef Ehm
By Josef Ehm
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage black and white photograph, photography by Josef Ehm. "Resting Model II", circa 1960s, gelatin silver print.
Josef Ehm:
Czech, 1909-1989.
Born in Habartov.
Apprenticed i...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$950 Sale Price
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Vintage Photograph Tall Fashion by Horst P Horst
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage gelatin silver print photograph by Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) entitled Tall Fashion, N.Y., 1963.
The photo depicts a fashion model on high stilts in a pair of surrealistic...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Early 20th Century French Antique Machines Collage Composition
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century French antique collage composition.
Images of different machine's models. By unknown artist.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, p...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$596 Sale Price
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MCDONALD
S 1955 Vintage Large Matte Photograph Of Early Outdoors Restaurant
Located in Miami, FL
A vintage large photograph of early McDonald's restaurant
This is a very interesting original vintage photograph showing an early McDonald's outdoors restaurant with multiples custo...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Big Size Photographic Print Framed Composition by Man Ray “Solarised Nude”
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, ES
Big Size Photographic Print Framed Composition by Man Ray “Solarised Nude”
Offset Print, by unknown editor, circa 1970.
Framed Carefuly in Wood.
In original condition, with minor ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,046 Sale Price
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Vintage 20th Century Marilyn Monroe Large Photography Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
Marilyn Monroe photography print by unknown artist, circa 20th century. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Wood, Paper
$1,612 Sale Price
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Bruce of L.A.Original 1950s Male Physique Photograph Model Handsome Bill Gregory
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, image # 7 of handsome male model Bill Gregory. Printed in the 1960s ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Other
Triptych of Original 1930s Prisoner Photos Framed with Modern Elegance
Located in Barcelona, ES
Immerse yourself in a glimpse of history with our unique composition – a trio of original 1930s prisoner photos elegantly framed together in a modern wooden frame. Each photograph te...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$696 Sale Price
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F.L. Kenett, Rare 1950s Framed B&W Photograph of Ancient Mexican Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924 -2012)
"The Olmec Wrestler"
Black
white gelatin silver print, circa 1950s, mounted on card, framed
Stamped on reverse ‘F.L. Kenett, The Studio, 4 ...
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1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$2,433 Sale Price
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Early 20th Century French Antique Aviation Collage Framed Composition
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century French antique collage composition.
Images of different aviation's models. By unknown artist.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, ...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$581 Sale Price
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School Wall Chart, Valletta, Fortress and Harbour
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Valletta (Malta) was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Foto: Government Tourist Board, Malta; H...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Leaning Tower of Pisa Black and White Photograph
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Leaning Tower of Pisa Black and White Framed Photograph
Frame 13.5 x 11.25 photo 10 x 8
Original Vintage condition
Refer to images listed
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Metal
School Wall Chart, Monaco
Located in Wolfurt, AT
MONACO(D) MONACO(DK) MONACO(E) MONACO(F) MONACO(GB) MONACO(I) MOMACO(NL)
Foto: H. Hariz, Hamburg - Druck: Herder Druck Freiburg im Breisga
Europa ET Schola Editio. Alphen aan...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Prinzessin by Cosima von Bonin
By Cosima von Bonin
Located in Berlin, BE
'Prinzessin' by Cosima von Bonin
1992
C-Print auf Fuji-Colour paper. Signed, dated and numbered on verso. - Framed under passepartout. 1 of 3 prints.
32 x 24 cm.
The conceptual arti...
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1990s German Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Original B&W Vintage NY Times Press Photo from 1972
Located in Søborg, DK
Original New York Times press photo from 02.29.73. Showing Oxford Street London in 1972.
At that time Oxford Street was one of the most dangerous streets in Europe.
Mounted in a vi...
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1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$248 Sale Price
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1960s Black and White Fiat Seat 600 Car Photographs, Set of Three
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three black and white photographs with their original frames with 600 Fiat seat cars. Spain, 1960s
Overall Measures
Dimensions of the photos framed:
25cm W x 19.5cm H
27.5cm ...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
John Kacere Nude Prints
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Kacere nude prints, American, circa 1970s. The top print measures 18.25" H x 27.5" W. The bottom left measures 15" H x 23" W. The bottom right measures 14.75" H x 22" W. They ha...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Glass, Wood, Paper
School Wall Chart, City Dublin, O´Connell Street with Nelson, Column
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Dublin(D) Dublin DUBLINO(I)
O´Connell Street with Nelson - Column
Photo: Lensmen Ltd., Dublin - Druck: Herder Druck Freiburg im Breisgau
Europa ET SCH...
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1960s Irish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Vintage Silver Print by Liliane de Cock (1939-2013)
By Liliane De Cock
Located in London, GB
"Shore Acres", vintage silver print
ll 2 Oregon, 1968
Signed, titled and dated on the verso.
Liliane de Cock Morgan was a Belgian-born American ph...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Audrey Hepburn, Original Vintage Photograph by Vincent Rossell, Paris, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
From the Personal collection of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn on the set of 'Paris When it Sizzles,' Paris, 1962 by Vincent Rossell
Vintage g...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Other
School Wall Chart, Parlament and Big Ben London
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Parlament and Big Ben
London(D) Londres(F) Londra(I) London(GB) Londres(E) Londen (NL) London( DK)
Photo: Lozi, Stuttgart - Druck: Herder Druck Freiburg im Breisgau
Europa Et ...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
School Wall Chart, City Stockholm
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Innenstadt
Stoccolma (I) - STOCKHOLM - Estocolmo (E)
Photo: Viking-Film, Stockholm - Druck: Herder Druck Freiburg im Breisgau
EUROPA Et Schola. Editio. Alphen aan den Rijin. B...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
School Wall Charts, Fish Market of Helsinki
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Helsinki - Helsingfors
Fish market
Photo: Pietinen, Helsinki - Druck: Herder Druck Freiburg im Breisgau
Europa ET SCHOLA SDITIO Alphen aan den Rijin barcelona, Basel, Berlin,...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
1970
s Photo: Portrait in Profile in the style of Thomas Ruff - Artist Unknown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1970's Color Photograph
Female Portrait in Profile
Artist, Subject and Exact Date are Unknown
(Fred Newman list on back)
in the style of artist Thomas Ruff
image 8" x 10" - mount...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Enrico Garzaro, Flora Photogram Black and White Photography
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Photogram by Enrico Garzaro from the Flora serie, 2015.
Gelatin silver paper.
Not signed.
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
$1,122 Sale Price
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Erotic Photograph of a Woman with a Violin
Located in Rochester, NY
A sensual black and white to slightly sepia tone interior photographic image of a partially nude woman holding a violin, pencil signed dated and numbered by artist on right side of m...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Scholl Wall Chart, Rome
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Rome (Italy) was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Foto: Servizio delle Informationi , Roma...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
School wall Chart, City of Riga
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Riga was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Photo: Granovsky, TASS, Moskau; Herder Druck Freibur...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Original Signed Gelatin Print Photograph by Harry Rowed, Canada, Circa 1940s
Located in Peabody, MA
An original signed silver gelatin print entitled “The Summit Route” photographed in the northern Rockies by the important Canadian photojournalist Harry Rowed, ca. 1930-40s. Rowed ga...
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1940s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
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Paper
Marilyn on the Stairs
1956 yellow plate photograph by Milton H. Greene
By Milton H. Greene
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Atypical photo of Marilyn Monroe on dusty stairs in a shabby porch. Devoid of any form of glamor the natural beauty of the moviestar remains proudly intact. Dressed in a black lace t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Photography
Materials
Other
$5,577 Sale Price
20% Off
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