Fine Photographs

16 May 2024  |  USA, New York City, NY
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WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-1877) York Minster Cathedral from Lob Lane. Calotype, the...

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THOMAS H. JOHNSON (active 1860s) View on the Moosic. (East.) Del. & Hudson...

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PETER HENRY EMERSON (1856-1936) During the Reed-Harvest. Platinum print, the image measuring 8½x11¼...

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PETER HENRY EMERSON (1856-1936) Cattle on the Marshes * On the River Bure,...

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JAMES WALLACE BLACK (1825-1896) A panorama titled View of the Burnt District from...

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(THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO) Karl Marx (1818-1883) and his daughter Jenny Caroline Marx (Jenny...

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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879) A Study of the Cenci. Albumen print, the image...

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(AMERICAN WRITER) Portrait of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) by George C. Cox. Silver print,...

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion. Collotypes, the...

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(JAPAN) A beautiful album of 50 hand-colored photographs depicting rich landscapes, busy street...

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(INDO-PERSIAN CULTURE) Album with approximately 105 images, most of India, and several photographs...

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(PRINCELY INDIA) A noble and four concubines. Printing-out paper print, the image measuring...

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LAYTON A. HUFFMAN (1879-1931) Mrs. Bad Gun, Cheyenne Sqaw * Scorched Lightning (Assiniboine),...

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FRANK A. RINEHART (1861-1928) Bartelda - Apache, a pair of portraits. Platinum prints,...

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ADAM CLARK VROMAN (1856-1916) Native figure with blanket. Platinum print, the image measuring...

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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) A Young Navajo. Silver print, the image measuring 8x5¾...

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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) Portrait of a young figure. Platinum print, the image...

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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) Yokuts Basketry Designs (a), pl. 502 * Washo Baskets,...

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LAURA GILPIN (1891-1979) Navajo Weaver, Lukachukai. Platinum print, the image measuring 13¼x9½ inches...

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CHARLES JONES (1866-1959) Peas. Gold-toned silver print, the image measuring 9⅞x7½ inches (25.1x19.1...

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(SOUTH AFRICA) An album compiled by a British officer after the Boer War,...

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(CALIFORNIA LANDMARKS) Hotel el Paso de Robles, Hot Springs * Race Track and...

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946) A complete set of the 1906 Camera Work issues with...

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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) A portfolio entitled The Early Years 1920-1927. Introduction by Beaumont...

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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) Steeplechase Day, after the Races, Paris. Silver print, the image...

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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927) Hôtel du Commandant de la Garde de Paris, 40 Rue...

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EUGÈNE ATGET (1857-1927) Coiffeur, Avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris. Aristotype, the image measuring 8⅞x6⅝...

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LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) Little Mother, Pittsburgh District. Silver print, the image measuring...

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LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) Adolescent spinner, Carolina cotton mill. Silver print, the image...

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(BUFFALO DRY DOCK CO.) A vast archive of 14 albums documenting this Great...

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ELSE THALEMANN (1901-1985) A suite of 6 industrial studies of the Ruhr region....

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WENDELL MACRAE (1896-1980) Row of Empty Stools and Typewriters. Silver print, the image...

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WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) Roadside Stand near Birmingham, Alabama. Silver print, the image measuring...

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WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) River Men and Ferry, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Silver print, the image...

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WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) Sharecropper Bud Fields and His Family at Home, Hale County,...

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WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) Sidewalk in Mississippi, Vicksburg. Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9½...

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) A Sign of the Times (Depression - Mended Stockings, Stenographer,...

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother...

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ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Silver print, the image measuring...

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Ex-tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California....

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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) Central House, Eaton, Ohio. Silver print, the image measuring 4⅞x6¾...

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Girl on porch, Macon County, Georgia, July 1937. Silver print,...

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina. Silver print, the image...

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ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama. Silver print, the image measuring...

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MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990) Henry General Merchandise, Melrose P.O. Silver print, the image...

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MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990) Kitchen in Negro tenant home. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta,...

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MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990) Mosquito crossing near Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Silver print,...

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PETER SEKAER (1901-1950) New Orleans. Silver print, the image measuring 9⅜x6⅝ inches (23.8x16.8...

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SONYA NOSKOWIAK (1900-1975) First United Methodist Church, Eureka, CA. Silver print, the image...

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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) Vauquois Mine Craters (Argonne Sector) over 2000 ft. in diameter....

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ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) A suite of 5 photographs depicting coal miners, Birmingham, Alabama....

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BILL BRANDT (1904-1983) Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow. Silver print, the image measuring...

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BILL BRANDT (1904-1983) East Durham Coal Miner. Silver print, the image measuring 9x7¾...

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GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lopez, from the series Gloucester Fisherman,...

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YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002) Ford of Canada. Silver print, the image measuring 13x10⅜ inches...

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WRIGHT MORRIS (1910-1998) Ed's Place. Silver print, the image measuring 9⅝x7¾ inches (24.4x19.7...

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WRIGHT MORRIS (1910-1998) Dresser Drawer, Ed's Place, Nebraska. Silver print, the image measuring...

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MAX YAVNO (1911-1985) Muscle Beach, Los Angeles. Silver print, the image measuring 11¾x19¼...

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(GILMAN COLLECTION) Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company. A stunning...

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ROBERT CAPA. Death in the Making. Captions by Capa. Translation and preface by...

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SIGNED BY FRANK ROBERT FRANK. Les Américains. Text edited by Alain Bosquet. Cover...

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O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001) Steven Breeden shoos cows, No. 2 on bridge 425,...

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O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001) Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, VA. Silver print, the...

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O. WINSTON LINK (1914-2001) Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA. Silver print, the...

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MARION PALFI (1907-1978) Freedom!, Greenwood, Mississippi. Silver print, the image measuring 10½x13½ inches...

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DANNY LYON (1942- ) Rt. 12, Wisconsin, from The Bikeriders. Silver print, the...

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GARRY WINOGRAND (1928-1984) Fort Worth, Texas, from the Fort Worth Stock Show and...

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JESSIE TARBOX BEALS (1870-1942) Louise Allison Studio, Sheridan Square, Greenwich Village. Silver print,...

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JESSIE TARBOX BEALS (1870-1942) High O'er the Square the Flaming Cross Appears, New...

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JAMES N. DOOLITTLE (1886-1954) Chinatown. Silver print, the image measuring 9⅜x7½ inches (23.8x19.1...

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LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) Empire State Building. Silver print, the image measuring 7x5¼...

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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) St. Mark's Church, Statue in Courtyard, East 10th Street and...

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