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
Price: $1,200
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Kennedy Photograph by Senator Edmund Muskie
Color Photograph of the President lying on a sailboat, reading , presented to Evelyn Lincoln, the late Presdident’s Secretary; with...
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
Photograph of Secretary of State Robert Lansing and His Colleagues: Wilbur J. Carr, Breckinridge Long, Alvey A. Ader, and one...
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
Portrait photograph of Charles Laughton.
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
Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, 1941
Portrait Photograph of Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, in the 1941 Orson Welles' stage adaptation of NATIVE SON.
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
Portrait photograph of Sinclair Lewis.
New York: January 5, 1938. Published in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
Price: $3,000
Death-Bed of Lincoln, April 15, 1865.
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
Photograph of Colin MacInnes at the 1962 International Writers Conference.
[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
Jim Deren on the Madison River [Photograph].
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
Photograph of Norman Mailer at the 1962 International Writers Conference.
[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
Portrait photograph of Norman Mailer.
New York: [September 13, 1948]. Reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
Price: $1,200
Portrait photograph of Thomas Mann.
New York: April 20, 1937. Published in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More
Price: $2,750
Inscribed by Markova
Portrait photograph of Alicia Markova as Marie Taglioni in PAS DE QUATRE.
[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
Matisse in Vence, at Work on Chapelle Matisse
Portrait of Henri Matisse taking a stroll in front of the Chapelle Matisse in Vence.
[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
Price: $1,500
Portrait photograph of Henri Matisse.
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
Portrait photograph of William Somerset Maugham.
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
Carte-de-Visite of Mrs. M.A. Maxwell from the "Rocky Mountain Series" showing her with her shotgun in hands and dog at...
[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
Photograph of Henry Miller at the 1962 International Writers Conference.
[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
Three stereographs of farm laborers operating horse-drawn threshers and binders on "The Great Wheat Farms of the Red River Valley...
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
Photographic portrait of Mitchell seated at desk, signed (“John Mitchell”).
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…” — DAB Provenance: C.N. Thomas, of Underwood & Underwood... Read More
Price: $300
[Moose Hunt] Collection of 35 Photographs recording a moose hunt, hunting camp, and other outdoor scenes in Canada.
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'
Two Portrait photographs of Junius Spencer Morgan, Jr., as toddler and child, dated December 1894 and August 1898.
'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
The Mountbattens, Signed
Portrait photograph of Earl and Countess Mountbatten, SIGNED BY EACH in lower blank margin.
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
Price: $750
[Photograph:] Steamer Natchez Loading.
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'
Collection of Photographs of Gardner D. Marsh, prize-winning salt water angler of Eel Point, Nantucket.
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