Continental US - Black and White Photography

The black and white photograph from the 1950s captures beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara. Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt G...

Sundays (Heavenly Falls) - 2016 40x50cm, Edition 1/10, Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid Certificate and signature label. Artist inventory number: 19717. Not mounted. Stef...

Hand printed silver gelatin photograph by the artist. Edition 1/30

Storm over Sierra Nevada, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink print Artist Statement The Earth is an ever-changing ecosystem. It existed well before we were here and w...

"Rainbow Trailed" The J-Class boats Rainbow and Velsheda sail at near impossible angles as the sailors freely dangle their feet over the edge of the dec...

Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the wall. Im...

This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an African Lion by Shane Russeck. 30x40 Edition of 12. Signed and numbered by Shane. Printed on archival paper and using archi...

This exquisite halftone print after Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), titled Georgia O'Keeffe Hands with Thimble, originates from the 1947 folio Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio, 1864–1946. ...

This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Rayograph, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980. This image exemplifies Man Ray’s pioneering “rayograph” technique—a cameraless photographic process in which objects were placed directly onto photosensitive paper and exposed to light, creating luminous abstract compositions that fused chance, intuition, and surrealist invention. Through this groundbreaking process, Man Ray transformed photography into pure visual poetry, redefining its potential as a form of modern art. Executed as a heliogravure on velin paper, this work measures 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano. Artwork Details: Artist: After Man Ray (1890–1976) Title: Rayograph Medium: Heliogravure on velin paper Dimensions: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (40.01 x 29.84 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1980 Publisher: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Printer: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, published and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from Italian), Limited edition of M examples, drawn in heliogravure on special paper, designed specifically for the Portfolios Electa. Gruppo Editoriale Electra/Milan. Printed in Italy. About the Publication: The Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolio (1980) was published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra in Milan as part of the distinguished Electa Portfolios series, which celebrated the masters of 20th-century photography through the artisanal process of heliogravure printing. This edition was dedicated to Man Ray’s seminal body of photographic work from 1920 to 1934—an era in which he redefined modern image-making through technical invention, surrealist experimentation, and intellectual daring. Produced in collaboration with leading photographic historians and Italian master printers, the portfolio was printed on specially manufactured velin paper designed exclusively for the Electa Portfolios, ensuring tonal precision and textural depth true to the artist’s originals. The publication represents one of the most refined posthumous tributes to Man Ray’s legacy, combining Italian craftsmanship with avant-garde vision to preserve the luminous complexity of his photographs. Created with the same devotion to innovation and elegance that characterized Man Ray’s own practice, this edition remains an important intersection of fine art publishing and modernist history. About the Artist: Man Ray (1890–1976) was an American-born painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, and conceptual visionary whose radical imagination and technical innovation transformed modern art and established him as one of the leading figures of the 20th century. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, he became a central force in both the Dada and Surrealist movements, defying artistic boundaries and redefining the relationship between art, technology, and the unconscious. After early involvement in New York’s avant-garde with Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray moved to Paris in 1921, where he joined a revolutionary circle of artists including Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp. There, he pioneered the “rayograph,” or photogram—a cameraless photographic technique that used light and shadow to create ethereal abstract compositions—and produced some of the most iconic images in art history, including Le Violon d’Ingres (1924) and Noire et Blanche (1926). His photography, distinguished by its fusion of elegance, surrealism, and psychological depth, captured the essence of modernist Paris and immortalized creative icons such as Kiki de Montparnasse, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce. At the same time, Man Ray’s experimental films, including Le Retour a la Raison (1923) and L’Etoile de mer (1928), and his sculptural works like The Gift (1921) and Object to Be Destroyed (1923), expanded the possibilities of art itself, transforming ordinary objects into symbols of mystery and desire. His conceptual approach—viewing art as an idea rather than an object—anticipated later movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, profoundly influencing artists like Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Joseph Beuys, as well as photographers Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Cindy Sherman, and Richard Avedon. Even in exile during World War II, while working in Los Angeles, he continued to innovate, blending Surrealist fantasy with the luminosity of the California landscape before returning to Paris, where he spent his final decades refining his poetic, intellectual, and sensuous vision. Exhibited in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou, Man Ray’s work remains foundational to modern art history—bridging painting, photography, film, and sculpture in a body of work that continues to shape the language of visual culture. Standing alongside Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray endures as one of the most original and influential artists of the modern era. His highest auction record was achieved by Noire et Blanche (1926), which sold for 3.13 million USD at Christie’s, Paris, on November 9, 2017, confirming his status as a timeless innovator whose genius continues to inspire artists, collectors, and dreamers worldwide. Man Ray Rayograph...

Rare original photograph. Large size. From Portfolio V. Print date (c. 1979) and the edition size 25/110. Printed by Ansel Adams Has some chipping on the edges, which do not deter fr...

Gelatin silver print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 10 x 8 inches, sheet 7 x 7 inches, image (Edition of 10) 14 x 11 inches, sheet 10 x 10 inches, image (Edition of 10) 20 x 1...

This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Untitled, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Mi...

Roy Dean (1925-20020. Male Nude Study, ca. 1975-80. Original period print with artist studio stamp on verso. Print measures 5.25 x 9 inches; 13 x 17 inches fr...

Resting against the gentle gradient of sand, a naked figure finds repose where water transforms gravity and perception. The slope becomes both support and metaphor—a study in balance...

Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960. All available sizes and editions: 20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proo...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Louis Falco, performing in 1962. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or...

Underwater nude black and white photograph of a perfect female torso wrapped in sunlight. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...

In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire. The harsh lights and shadows ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Jack Brusca, 1969. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate...

Roy Blakey (b.1930). Portrait of John Tattos, 1974. Original photographic print on paper, image measures 8.75 x 13 inches, sheet measures 12 x 16 inches. Me...

Ten years ago, after a particularly tumultuous period in his life, Michael Kenna quietly made a decision to expand his photographic practice to include the human form. Kenna is well known for his minimalistic landscapes, and has been vocal in the past about the absence of the human figure in his photographs stating, "I feel they gave away the scale and became the main focus of the viewer’s attention." But, believing "fixed dogma is not a creative tool...

Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion. The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...

This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Hand in Fire, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited Edi...

George Tice was born in 1938 in Newark, NJ, the state in which his ancestors had lived for generations earlier. He joined a camera club when he was fourteen, and is largely a self ta...

"Twilight, Kyoto, Japan" is a unique (one-of-a kind) photo-based mixed media sepia toned print with hand manipulation on hand-edged Japanese artist's...

At nearly the same time that photography was invented, the practice of Spiritualism was being born in the "burned-over district" of New York. Central to its belief was the practice o...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and diarist Ned Rorem with his close friend designer Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed in Jack Mitchell'...

'Bianca and Mick Jagger,' 1976 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inch photo on 17 x 22 inch on the finest satin photo paper, Ed. of 50...

An underwater black and white photograph of a topless female dancer in the pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival pap...

Joffrey ballet dancers Richard Gain, Lisa Bradley, and Zelma Bustillo performing Gerald Arpino's 'Incubus' in 1966. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was publ...

This is a black and white contemporary portrait photograph of a female nude by Leonard Freed, Kate Resting, is in the photographer's series "Kate". A 20" x 16" gelatin silver photograph signed verso (back of photo) by the Freed estate (provenance). The self-assigned photo series on Kate became a welcome reprieve for Leonard Freed who during a long photo...

Steve McQueen, 1964 Silver Gelatin Print Edition size: 15 Available sizes: 20 x 16 inches Artist Bio: After starting his career at the age of 14 as...

Roy Blakey (1930-2024). Portrait of Black Dancer, ca. 1972. Original photographic print on paper, image measures 11 x 14 inches. Framed measurement 12 x 15 inches. Studio stamp o...

"Unspoken" Striking black and white photo of a lion looking at the viewer Black and white portrait of a large male lion looking at the viewer, with his face half in the frame Exce...

Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of bodybuilder and Mr. America contender MIKE DUBEL. Dubel competed in the 1...

Malcolm X Funeral signed in ink Veteran Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern ...

Fighting back the Darkness (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 20x20cm, Edition 9/10. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9...

"It Never Rains in LA" Nude Photography 45" x 30" in Ed. 3/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish...

Fernando Natalici Patti Astor The Foreigner New York 1977: Actress and legendary downtown NY scenester Patti Astor, photographed during the filming of "The Foreigner" by celebrated N...

Dennis Stock was born in 1928 in New York City. At the age of 17, he left home to join the United States Navy. In 1947 he became an apprentice to Life magazine photographer Gjon Mili...

A portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art - surrounded by paint, mate...

Musing (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 24x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, artist Invento...

This vintage silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount beneath the image. Likely printed in the 1970s. From the collection of Robert K. Byers, w...

All artworks are Fine Art archival prints on handmade Ise-Washi paper, from the color Analog negative made with a lensless pinhole camera. The proposed framing is a float mount in a deep shadow box frame, where the artwork is hinged inside the frame, for the 2 larger sizes, and matted with an 8 ply museum board for the 2 smaller sizes. We propose a white mat frame or a natural wood frame. Japanese photographer Reiko Yagi...

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

Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $3,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $4,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $8,500.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...

Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...

This black and white abstract photograph is unique. Betsy Kenyon works in a darkroom with light and shapes. There is no negative, making each artwork one ...

This exquisite heliogravure after Diane Arbus (1923–1971), titled Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., originates from the 1979 folio Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice P...

Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model BOB GIBE. Photograph is an excellent example of Juleff's masterful ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of anonymous male dancer, 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-...

The Grateful Dead on the corner of Haight and Ashbury St, San Francisco, CA. 1967. Signed and numbered by photographer Herb Greene

Selected from the Derujinsky: Around The World Portfolio, shot in The Garden Of Buddhas, Aythutthaya in Thailand, for Harper's Bazaar Artist: Gleb Derujinsky Title: Garden Of Buddh...

Male model Brahm multiple-exposure nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...

"Syd Barrett Laying on His Car" Photography 20" x 24" inch 14/50 by Mick Rock Edition: 14/50 Signed and numbered by Mick Rock Medium: Silver gelatin limited edition photographic pri...

In this series in black & white and with the same model. The artist represents what for him the object woman of the modern world is. The diversity of German photographer...

Excellent Condition, Framed upon purchase, Purchased from Photography West Gallery, Carmel CA. Print by artist 1988 Copyright The silver metalframe is 20.25" x 16.25"

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Robert Indiana posing in his studio with his famous LOVE sculpture, 1969.. This is a print tha...

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Also blindstamped with artist's name and edition number, recto 8 x 8 inches, image size (Ed...