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Period: 1940s
Joan Crawford in Above Suspicion
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film and television actress Joan Crawford. Known best for her roles in films such as Possessed, Sudden Fear, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Frida Kahlo Portrait, Photograph by Leo Matiz
By Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portrait of Frida Kahlo taken in 1945 by Leo Matiz. The photograph was printed in 1991 and hand-signed and numbered on the reverse. Unframed.
Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nievis
By Fritz Henle
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Fritz Henle
Title: Nievis
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from film
Edition: 19/25
Year: 1943
Size: 14" x 14" Framed, 9.5" x 9.5" Unframed
Provenance: Direct from the Henle Fa...
Category
Photorealist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper.
Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
English Cuirassiers Riding Horses - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
English Cuirassiers Riding Horses is a photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laszlo Willinger, Susan Hayward, original vintage photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's, and printed at a later date. This photograph depicts American actress, Susan Hayward...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mrs. Red Skelton Poses - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mrs. Red Skelton Poses is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod in the 1940s, realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Mrs. Red Skelton poses for her ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower - Vintage Photograph - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower 1957 is a vintage photograph.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York - Vintage Photograph - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Dukes of Windsor Visiting New York is a vintage photograph realized in 25/09/1956.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart - Vintage Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Humphrey Bogart is a black and white photograph realized in 1940s
Vintage Photo depicting Humphrey Bogart on the set of one of his...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jane Russell and Gloria Green - Original b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard p...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Duke of Windsor in London - Vintage B/W photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
The Duke of Windsor in London is an original photograph realized in 1940-1941 by an Anonymous photographer.
With the description typing script on ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autograph and Photo by C. Orff - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
A B/W Photo-Postcard in a smoking pipe pose with Autograph by Carl Orff, the inventor of Orff-Schulwerk musical teaching method and the famous Bavarian composer of “Carmina Burana” a...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Katharine Hepburn Walking Dogs
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Katharine Hepburn walking her dogs in a pantsuit.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanne...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Arleen Dahl - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arleen Dahl is an original b/w photograph about Hollywood '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Beautiful Arleen Dahl is assisted with her w...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Warner shown in th...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
E.G. Robinson, M. O'Sullivan, H. Courtright - Original b/w Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jane Russell and Gloria Green is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back " Edward G. Robinson, Maureen O'Sullivan...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Pine Camp Military area near Watertown, NY, August by Jack Delano, 1941
By Jack Delano
Located in Dallas, TX
The Pine Camp Military area near Watertown, NY, August by Jack Delano is a 13.38 x 17.75 inch silver gelatin print. This photograph features a group of children and adults surroundin...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - Vintage b/w Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper.
Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bing Crosby and Friends - b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Bing Crosby and Friends is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios.
On the back "From left: Edward J. Crowley, Mrs. Crowl...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome.
Slim Aarons
The King of Jazz...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Portrait of Jared French
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Jared French
Embossed “Carl Van Vechten,” l.r.; Also stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson,” verso; Also stamped “Photograph by Carl Van Vechten,” verso
Pair of gelatin si...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'James Cagney Make Up' 1941
Located in London, GB
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE, James Cagney, having black eye applied by makeup artist Perc Westmore, on-set, 1941/ Everett Collection.
20x16 " inches paper siz...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lord Hector McNeil - Vintage Photograph - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Hector McNeil is a black and white vintage photo, realized in March 1947.
The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of Hector McNeil , the new Minister of State.
Good conditions ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Naumburg Bandshell, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features couples dance to a live band performing at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism.
Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Oil, Board
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Model Boat Sailing in Central Park NYC, Estate Edition Photograph, Children Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young boys sailing model sailboats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York City, New York, 1948. Crouching on rocks at the side of the lake, three children enjoy a pleasant afternoon with their vintage toy...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"..Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Elizabeth Taylor Washing Face
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
A great candid capture of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor at home washing her face in the bathroom.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanita...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Orson Welles in the Studio
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Orson Welles posed seated on a chair in the studio.
Orson Welles was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, ...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Citizen Kane Iconic Scene
By Alexander Kahle
Located in Austin, TX
Iconic scene from the influential film "Citizen Kane"
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenpla...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Lucille Ball on Silk
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white capture of Lucille Ball lying on silk, looking seductively and elegantly to the camera.
Lucille Ball, in full Lucille Desire Ball, radio and motion-pictur...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
The German Novelist Thomas Mann - Vintage photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the German novelist and essayist Thomas Mann (1875-1955).
Category
Contemporary 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
New Year at Romanoff's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Dangerous Perch (1940) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London)
Evacuee Barrie Peacop enjoys an ice cream as he sits on a mine ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome.
Slim Aarons
The King of Jazz...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
"Picasso Standing with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
By Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - )
Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Standing with Painting
Year: 1945, Printed in 2009
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970.
Slim Aarons
St Tropez Pool
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x ...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948.
Slim Aarons
Handball in Central Park
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbles Championship, Central Park, New York (children playing)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City, 1947
Slim Aarons
Marbles Championship
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
4...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Marbles Championship (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City, 1947
Slim Aarons
Marbles Championship
Lambda Print
4 sizes available
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
4...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marx Brothers
By Yousuf Karsh
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Karsh is a master 20th Century photographer. Karsh is known for his portraits of authors, scientists, artists, statesmen, musicians, and other dis...
Category
1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948.
Slim Aarons
Handball in Central Park
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
William Carroll, Norma Jeane Triptych, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This triptych is three original photographs printed from the original camera negatives, shot by Bill Carroll in 1945, and printed in 2010. These images depict a young Norma Jeane at ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948.
Slim Aarons
Handball in Central Park
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Laszlo Willinger, "Crochet Top", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph, from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1949. It depicts a young Marilyn Monroe wearing a crochet top. Hand signed by ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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