Portrait photograph of Robinson Jeffers
New York (“at Random House”): July 9, 1937. Fine, half-length portrait in profile of the poet, published in... Read More
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New York (“at Random House”): July 9, 1937. Fine, half-length portrait in profile of the poet, published in... Read More
Price: $1,200
Maine: August 1962. Kennedy Photograph by Senator Edmund Muskie. Intimate and candid image of the President relaxing with a book while sailing off the coast of Maine, taken by Maine Senator Edmund Muskie a little over a year before JFK’s assassination.Accompanied by an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (“Ed Muskie”) from EDMUND... Read More
Price: $750
Washington, D.C: Harris & Ewing, n.d., ca. 1915. Robert Lansing (1864-1928) was confirmed as Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of State in June 1915 and served until 1920. This is an informal group portrait at the State Department, depicting Lansing before a cabinet of maps and surrounded by junior associates Wilbur J.... Read More
Price: $1,250
New York: 4 April, 1940. Variant portrait from that published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
Price: $1,950
New York: 7 April, 1941. Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, 1941. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on the current stage." Read More
Price: $750
New York: January 5, 1938. Published in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
Price: $3,000
Washington, D.C: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer, 1866. A published photograph of Littlefield's hyper-realistic Lincoln death-bed painting, each figure meticulously rendered from photographs. Littlefield studied law under Lincoln in 1858, stumped for him in his Presidential bid, and was rewarded with a position in the Treasury Department. After Lincoln's... Read More
Price: $750
[Edinburgh: August, 1962, printed ca. 1990’s]. Candid portrait photograph of Colin MacInnes, taken at the 1962 International Writers’ Conference held at McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. The conference — which was on the subject of “The Novel Today” — was organized by the publisher John Calder and featured seventy writers from twenty... Read More
Price: $500
Fine portrait of Jim Deren on the Madison River in Montana, in silhouette with his arm and rod extended, against a sunset sky, the river in middle ground reflecting the sunlit clouds.Inscribed by photographer Larry Madison, whose books include Trout River (1988), to his friend, the proprietor of the Anglers... Read More
Price: $500
[Edinburgh: August, 1962, printed ca. 1990’s]. Candid portrait photograph of Norman Mailer, taken at the 1962 International Writers’ Conference held at McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. The conference — which was on the subject of “The Novel Today” — was organized by the publisher John Calder and featured seventy writers from twenty... Read More
Price: $750
New York: [September 13, 1948]. Reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
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New York: April 20, 1937. Published in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
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[New York: 1945]. Inscribed by Markova. Inscribed by the great ballerina - one of Van Vechten's favorite subjects - to Van Vechten's assistant:To Saul / with my very best wishes / always / Alicia Markova / 1945." Read More
Price: $1,850
[Vence, France: 1951]. Printed circa 1980? Matisse in Vence, at Work on Chapelle Matisse. Superb, large portrait of the artist in front of his famous Chapel, the work he considered his magnum opus, and which he completed in 1951, the year this photo was taken by the acclaimed Russian-born LIFE photographer, Dmitri Kessel. Read More
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New York: May 20, 1933. Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Rare portrait of Matisse. Read More
Price: $3,500
London, Park Square Gardens: May 26, 1934. Variant print of the portraits published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. One of the finest portraits of the novelist taken in his middle years. Van Vechen and Maugham were friends. Read More
Price: $3,750
[Colorado?]: ca 1875. "In 1875, the state legislature of Colorado requested Mrs. M.A. Maxwell, of Boulder, Colorado to place her Colorado animal exhibit in the Centennial Exhibition. That was probably the first such legislative action and serves to emphasize the importance of this exhibit at a national celebration...The newspapers had... Read More
Price: $700
[Edinburgh: August, 1962, printed ca. 1990’s]. Candid portrait photograph of Henry Miller in spectacles and flat cap, taken at the 1962 International Writers’ Conference held at McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. The conference — which was on the subject of “The Novel Today” — was organized by the publisher John Calder and... Read More
Price: $900
Moorhead, Minn: ca. 1879. Haynes was located in Moorhead, MN from 1877 to 1879, when he moved his studio to Fargo and became official photographer to the Northern Pacific Railroad and Yellowstone Park, to great success. His early Red River Valley series documented the beginings large-scale "bonanza" farms. George Cass... Read More
Price: $300
New York: Underwood & Underwood, [ca. 1906]. John Mitchell (1870-1919), miner and labor leader, became at the age of thirty-two, the leader of the United Mine Workers, “the first successful organization of immigrant labor from eastern and southern Europe…” — DABProvenance: C.N. Thomas, of Underwood & Underwood... Read More
Price: $300
N.p: n.d. [ca. 1910?]. Images from a successful moose hunt, including 3 photos of hunters in the party standing with the trophy, other photos of moose and caribou racks, and a sledge of antlers beside a rail line. The photos also show camp tents, several lean-tos and log huts, forest... Read More
Price: $750
'the nicest Morgan-but the most dismal businessman'. Charming photographs of the grandson of the legendary financier J. P. Morgan.The first portrait shows the young child (aged two) standing and holding a sailing ship (L. Alman, New York and Newport, R. I.). In the second (aged six), he is posed leaning... Read More
Price: $1,250
n.p: Ca. mid 1950s. The Mountbattens, Signed. An extremely attractive three-quarter length formal portrait of Louis and Edwina, 1st Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma; he in Fleet Admiral uniform with ribbons and Garter star, she in elegant dress; probably taken about 1955, five years before her death. Read More
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New Orleans: Mugnier, Photographer, 24 Exchange Place, [n.d., 1880s]. Choice image of the steamer Natchez moored and receiving passengers and cargo from the approaching wagons.Watchmaker turned photographer Mugnier opened his shop on Exhange Place in 1884. He recorded images of New Orleans and the Mississippi during the next several decades... Read More
Price: $400
Gardner Marsh - 'the great Atlantic caster from Nantucket'. Interesting group of photographs of Nantucket angler Gardner D. Marsh, "the first great surf caster. Dressed in killer black hip boots and foul weather jacket, Gardiner [sic], despite the primitive bamboo rod and heavy braided nylon line, practically invented modern surf... Read More
Price: $3,000