![Travels in Italy, Ostia [Rome], May/June. Alfred Eisenstaedt, German/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-89.JPG?v=1513996551)
1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, stamped caption in German with date, annotated “20” in pencil, copyright and photographer’s stamps verso, 23.5 x 17cm. Minor wear to edges. Stamps include “Private copy! Reproduction and use for advertising purposes forbidden” and “Copyright by Foto: Albert Eisenstaedt, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Helmstedter Str. 31. Tel. H.G...... More
![Views Of San Francisco, California]. Rovere Scott aka Robert Vere Scott, 1877–1945...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-153_1.jpg?v=1557900016)
1933. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, each titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, titled and dated by previous owner “Lupton” in ink verso, 19 x 24cm (each). Silvering, minor creases and surface loss. Titles read (1) The Golden Gate, SF, Calif.; (2) Seal Rocks, Cliff House..... More
1933/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, autographed by actress Fay Wray in ink on image upper left, 19 x 24.2cm. Minor crinkles. Image shows Kong holding Ann Darrow and a pterodactyl. Fay Wray (Canadian/American, 1907–2004) was best known for her role as actress Ann Darrow in the 1933 American horror film..... More
c1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed in ink on image with “Broothoru, Melbourne” blind stamp lower right, annotated “3/8 Leica[?] silver, Don McIntosh” in pencil on backing verso, 20 x 15cm. Slight silvering, laid down on original backing. This image was likely taken after Batten’s 1934 solo flight from England..... More
c1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 19 x 14.7cm. Minor silvering to image upper and lower centre. Myrdith Monogham became Mortensen’s second wife in 1933 and was one of his most frequent models. Ref: Pridemore, The Command to Look: The Nudes of William..... More
c1935. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in image upper right and centre left, signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.9 x 14.6cm. Stains to lower right corner of image and margin. Born in Utah, Mortensen began his photographic career taking portraits of Hollywood actors and film stills. He worked with..... More
c1935/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled in an unknown hand with numeric annotations in pencil verso, 24.5 x 17.8cm. Minor silvering, small chips to edges of margins. Variant image held by University of Illinois, noting the sculpture of Lincoln was by Leonard Volk (American, 1828-1895). In 1942 the Museum of..... More
1937. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 21.7 x 19.3cm. Minor silvering to image upper left. Stamp includes “Wolfgang Sievers Photographer, 52 Edward St, Sandringham, Tel: (03) 598 4602. Melb., Aust.” Held in AGNSW. This image was taken a year before Sievers left..... More
![Promenade Des Anglais [Gambler]. Lisette Model, Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-120.JPG?v=1513996378)
1937/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, press print, annotated “Famous Gambler, Monte Carlo” and dated “1938” in an unknown hand in pencil verso, 24 x 19.2cm. Minor cracking and cockling to lower portion. Illustrated in Lisette Model, Aperture, New York, 1979, p10. Held in International Center for Photography, NY. More
![Harlem [Lady And Lamp]. Aaron Siskind, Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-150.JPG?v=1513996406)
1940/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “1940” and signed in pencil verso, 28.1 x 20.2cm. Minor crinkles to margins. In 1933 Aaron Siskind “joined the Film and Photo League in New York, a group of documentary photographers devoted to improving social conditions in contemporary society through their pictures. While..... More
c1940s. Fifty-five (55) vintage silver gelatin photographs, some annotated or dated in pencil or ink or stamped “Internee, Camp Fayed Censor” verso, 8.1 x 10.7cm to 8.2 x 14.1cm. Minor handling creases, silvering or scuffing. Annotations in Italian include “Gruppo sportivo, Agosto 1944” and “Geneifa [POW Camp] – Febbraio 1944.”..... More
![Oomps [Basketball Match Between Wisconsin And Minnesota]. Harry F. McGonigal, c1906–1958...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-114.jpg?v=1557899964)
c1940s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, title, photographer’s name and technical information typed on label attached verso, 27.8 x 35cm. Slight foxing, scuffing, creases and chips to edges. Label reads “Second prize in Sport Class: ‘Oomps’ by Harry F. McGonigal of Philadelphia, PA. Made with a Speed Graphic on a cloudy..... More
c1940s. Fifty (50) vintage silver gelatin photographs and two process screen prints, most in postcard format, laid down in a scrapbook, 31 of the photographs are autographed in ink by wrestlers, most annotated with their name by “Fred Phillips”, compiler of the scrapbook, 9.1 x 5.3cm to 22.8 x 18.1cm..... More
![Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, USA]. W. Eugene Smith, Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-156.JPG?v=1513996410)
c1941. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Baltimore, Life” in pencil in an unknown hand with photographer’s and “Photo-Library, Inc.” stamps verso, 26.8 x 31.5cm. Pinholes and creases to corners, minor stains to lower edge. Photographer’s stamp reads “Credit W. Eugene Smith, 105 West 72nd Street, New York City. Endicott 2-3259.”..... More
c1942. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated and negative number “I-CAL-352” in ink with photographer’s stamp on backing verso, 19.2 x 23.9cm. Retouched minor chips to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Stamp includes “Photograph by Ansel Adams for American Trust Company…Proof. Not to be used for reproduction..... More
1942/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, press print, 22.9 x 18.1cm. Minor crinkles to upper centre. Cover illustration for Lisette Model, Aperture, New York, 1979. Held in International Center for Photography, NY. Known for the “frank humanism of her street photography” Austrian-born Lisette Model (Elise Amelie Felicie Stern) taught Diane Arbus..... More
![Cathedral Spire And Snow Covered Trees, Yosemite Valley]. Ansel Adams, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-42.JPG?v=1513996510)
c1943. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 16.5 x 10.2cm. Minor crease to upper right corner. Stamp reads “From Virginia and Ansel Adams, operating Best’s Studio, Inc., Yosemite National Park, California.” Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley was established in 1902 by Harry and Anne Best, quickly becoming the social..... More
![Mrs K.C. Wu]. Cecil Beaton, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL178-19.JPG?v=1492664350)
1945. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, typed caption with photographer’s stamp verso, 20.3 x 19.4cm. Slight silvering to upper edges. Caption reads “IB.3793/C. British official photograph (Ministry of Information) Crown copyright reserved. Picture shows Mrs. K.C. Wu, wife of the Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Picture issued: 1945.” Held in..... More
c1946. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s name and title in typed label attached verso, 35 x 27.7cm. Minor dents and crinkles overall, slight surface cracking, discolouration and chips to edges. Text in label reads “Third prize in humor class – ‘Sea Wolves Howl’ by Frank Nichols of Bayonne, N.J. Made..... More
1946. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower left, titled, dated and annotated in an unknown hand in accompanying facsimile note verso, 37.6 x 29.9cm. Crinkles overall, chips and pinholes to edges, slight silvering to lower portion. Annotation reads “Stratford Festival, 1946. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Paul Schofield..... More
1946. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated “inédite [unpublished]” in pencil with various stamps verso, 17.8 x 23.4cm. Slight crinkles and scuffs, minor wear to corners. Stamps include “Brassaï. 81, rue du Faubourg St Jacques, Paris XIVe. Téléph.:.Port-royal 23-H” and “Societé de Documentation et…L’image. 162, rue Ordener, 162. Mon..... More
![Best Household Pet – [Crufft’s] Cat Show, London. David Potts, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL172-136.JPG?v=1492650070)
c1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil verso, 34.5 x 50.2cm. Pinholes to worn corners, chips to edges, laid down on original backing. More
1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower left, titled, dated and annotated in an unknown hand in accompanying facsimile note verso, 29.9 x 37.7cm. Slight scuffing and silvering to image, pinholes and chips to edges. Annotation reads “Stratford Festival, 1947. Romeo and Juliet. Production by Peter..... More
![Row of Cows’ Rumps, With Fat-Cheeked Family Of Six Milking Them, In Neat Cow Barn [Wisconsin]....](/pictures/thumb/CL191-90.JPG?v=1513996552)
c1948. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in various hands with stamps and remnants of typed label verso, 17.4 x 24cm. Slight cracking, handling crinkles and discolouration, minor wear to edges, old tape verso. Stamps include “Photo by PIX Incorporated, 250 Park Avenue, New York City…Please credit Alfred Eisenstaedt – PIX…”..... More
