![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
![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
1948/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, stamp with title and printing details as well as printer’s initials “A.R.” in ink on backing verso, 24.2 x 18.8cm. Laid down on original backing. Stamp includes “Special edition. Photographs of Yosemite by Ansel Adams. Printed by Alan Ross from Ansel Adams’ original negative to..... More
c1950s. Collection of 88 vintage silver gelatin photographs, 70 with hand-colouring, and one colour lineblock in original album with embroidered cloth cover, most photographs captioned in negative, a slip with lithographically printed titles in English and Japanese accompanies one group of photographs, 7.3 x 11.1cm to 10.1 x 14.1cm. Minor..... More
c1950s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, title stamped verso, 29.7 x 22cm. Slight chips to edges of image. Illustrated in Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book, 1959, p68. Halsman’s concept of people jumping in portraiture originated in 1952, “after an arduous session photographing the Ford automobile family to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary..... More
c1950. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink and titled in pencil on backing below image, photographer’s studio and copyright stamps on backing verso, 33.9 x 27cm. Laid down on original backing. Stamps include “Arnold Newman, 33 West 67 Street, New York 23, N.Y.” Charles Merz was the editorial page..... More
![Anna Magnani And Lola Braccini?]. Philippe Halsman, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-95.JPG?v=1513996557)
c1951. Solarised vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 24.8 x 19.7cm. Slight soiling to upper portion and crinkles to lower portion, discolouration to margins. Stamp reads “Copyright by Philippe Halsman.” Halsman took other portraits of Magnani during his time in Italy in 1951. This image may have been taken..... More
1952/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, 34.5 x 29.7cm. Slight indentations to image centre, stains and crinkles to image lower left and margins. Illustrated in Brandt, The Photography of Bill Brandt, 1999, plate 242. Held in V&A; Tate. One of Brandt’s most sought-after images. More
1952. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and annotated “London” in negative lower right, studio stamp verso, 63 x 50.5cm. Surface loss to lower portion of image, slight creases, tears and silvering to edges. Studio stamp includes “Copyright. Photograph by Baron. Baron Studios, 2, Brick Street, Park Lane, W1, Grosvenor 4441.”..... More
c1952. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in pencil in an unknown hand, agency’s stamp and various publication date stamps verso, 21.8 x 31.7cm. Creases, chips to edges. Agency’s stamp includes “Please credit Henri Cartier-Bresson (Magnum). Magnum Photos Inc., 17 East 64th Street, New York, NY. Photos must not be altered..... More
1947/1952. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated “1952” in pencil with photographer’s copyright stamp verso, 27.8 x 30.5cm. Minor crinkles and dent to centre left. Depicts British actor John Gielgud (1904-2000) as Raskolnikoff in a stage version of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, on Broadway in 1947. Ref: Wiki; New..... More
1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned, dated, annotated and signed in ink and pencil with two photographer’s stamps verso, 26.7 x 33.3cm. Scuffing overall, minor stains to image upper centre and discolouration to edges. Annotation reads “For The Observer. Outside Buck. House, Coronation time.” Stamp includes address “11/11-15 Gilbert St..... More
1953. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, two photographer’s stamps, annotated “for Observer”, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 37.6 x 26.9cm. Slight creases and chips to edges. One stamp reads “Photographer David Potts, 11/11-15 Gilbert St, Dover Heights, 2030. Aust. Tel: 371-7618.”. More