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Fashion 1950s
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1.Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
1950
Monsieur Dior, Paris

Gelatin silver print
Galerie Agathe Gaillard
© Jean-Philippe Charbonnier - courtesy of Galerie Agathe Gaillard (Paris, France)
 
"For the benefit of the photographer, Christian Dior, gentle and patient, Madame Marguerite, and Madame Bricard, pretend to model the 'Sweetheart' dress on Alla." (Jean-Philippe Charbonnier)
 
LL/12498
2.Seydou Keita
1958
Untitled - Sisters, 2 Great Ladies

Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
LL/1575
3.Philippe Halsman
1955
Marilyn Jumping

Gelatin silver print
32.3 x 24.9 cm (13 x 10 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1733
4.Ruth Handley
1955
Untitled

Dufacolour transparency
Birmingham City Archives
This photograph is from the Midland Counties Photographic Federation archive, held at Birmingham City Archives [Ref: MS2207]
 
It is also online through the Digital Handsworth project (www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk)
 
LL/23520
5.Frank Paulin
1957
Liz, New York

Gelatin silver print
12 3/4 x 16 1/2
 
Silverstein Photography
LL/236
6.Irving Penn
1950
Régine, Paris: a Balenciaga suit

Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in (19.1 x 19.1 cm)
 
Phillips de Pury - New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, NY (Photographs, Oct 17, 2007, #91)
 
Signed, titled, dated, annotated 'print made near to date of photographic sitting' in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso.
 
LITERATURE Szarkowski, Irving Penn, pl. 45
 
LL/23609
7.Irving Penn
1951 (taken) 1984 (print)
Woman with Handkerchief (Jean Patchett), New York

Gelatin silver print
33.5 x 33.5 cm
 
Christie's - New York
Christies - NY (Sale 1983: Lot 0202 - Oct 18, 2007)
 
Signed, titled, dated in ink, 'Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps (on the reverse of the mount); one of an edition of 16
 
LL/23748
8.William Klein
1956
Hat and Five Roses, Paris, Vogue

Gelatin silver print
12 x 9 3/8 in (30.3 x 20.8 cm)
 
Christie's - New York
Christies - NY (Sale 1983: Lot 0237 - Oct 18, 2007)
 
Credit by the artist in pencil, collection stamp and small label affixed (on the verso)
 
Vogue [Paris], May 1956
 
LL/23764
9.Mark Shaw
1953 (ca)
Sheer Gown, fashion shoot for Vanity Fair

Gelatin silver print
14 x 11
 
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery
LL/2653
10.Mark Shaw
1958 (ca)
Brigitte Bardot sitting on stairs

C-print
14 x 11
 
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery
Courtesy of the Estate
 
LL/2654
11.Gunther Dittmer
1950s
Fashion photo in postwar Berlin

Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
29.5 x 22.8 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4353)
 
Photographer's copyright stamp and number in pencil on the verso. Gunther Dittmer was a film photographer who workled on such films as "Wenn der junge Wein bluht" (1943) and "Melusine" (1944) and he later became a fashion photographer.
 
LL/32502
12.Norman Parkinson
1952 (taken) 2009 (print)
The Art Of Travel

Gelatin silver print
19 3/4 x 15 1/2 ins
 
Chris Beetles
Inscribed With Title And Numbered, And Stamped With The Norman Parkinson Archive Ink Stamp on reverse Taken for Vogue, May 1951, 'South Africa' By Patricia Hill Literature: Louise Baring, Norman Parkinson, A Very British Glamour, (New York: Rizzoli, 2009), Page 88 Robin Muir, Norman Parkinson. Portraits In Fashion, (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004), Page 93 Model: Wenda Parkinson Location: South Africa Provenance: The Norman Parkinson Archive
 
LL/42011
13.Norman Parkinson
1956 (taken) 2010 (print)
Anne Gunning outside the City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Fuji Crystal Colour Print
20 x 16 ins
 
Chris Beetles
Inscribed With Title, Numbered 2/21, And Stamped With The Norman Parkinson Archive Stamp on reverse Variation on a photograph taken for Vogue, November 1956, Page 83, In an article entitled 'India' by Penelope Gilliatt Literature: Norman Parkinson, Lifework, (London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1985), Page 56 Model: Anne Gunning Location: City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan Coat: Jaeger Jewellery: Gem Palace, Jaipur Make-Up: Elizabeth Arden Provenance: The Norman Parkinson Archive
 
LL/42013
14.Norman Parkinson
1951 (taken) 2010 (print)
Wenda in a Hardy Amies Suit, Near Rotten Row, Hyde Park Corner, London

Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 ins
 
Chris Beetles
Inscribed with Title,numbered 1/21, and stamped with The Norman Parkinson Archive Stamp on reverse
 
Illustrated:
 
Vogue, February 1951, page 53, 'Quality and England' by Raymond Mortimer, as 'Casual Town Quality'
 
Literature:
 
Robin Muir, Norman Parkinson. Portraits In Fashion, (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004), Page 80;
 
Norman Parkinson, Lifework, (London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1985), Page 40
 
Model: Wenda Parkinson
Suit: Hardy Amies
Coat: National Fur Company
Hat: Scotts Classic
Gloves: Harrods
Umbrella: Swaine Adeney Brigg
Provenance: The Norman Parkinson Archive
 
LL/42014
15.Slim Aarons
1955
Mrs F C Winston Guest (aka Cee Zee Guest) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5665
16.Dennis Stock
1954
Audrey Hepburn on the Set of "Sabrina"

Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5687
17.Frances McLaughlin-Gill
1951
Kathy Davis (Vogue)

Gelatin silver print
10 x 11
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5697
18.Henry Clarke
1953
Balenciaga (Ivy)

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5698
19.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1950
Dior Ballgown

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5551
20.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1955
Twins at the Beach

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5552
21.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1953
Jean Patchett in Grenada

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5554
22.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1953
Luki in Balenciaga Coat

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5556
23.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1950
Natalie in Hammamet

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5558
24.Louise Dahl-Wolfe
1950
Mary Jane Russell in Dior Dress, Paris

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5705
25.Irving Penn
1951
Large Sleeve (Sunny Harnett), New York

Gelatin silver print
13 9/16 x 13 9/16 (34.5 x 34.5 cm)
 
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York
Gift of the artist. ® 1951 (renewed 1979) Condé Nast Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Originally published in Vogue. Reprinted by permission
 
LL/1993
26.Fritz Henle
1952 (ca)
Jeannie Patchett, Fashion Model, New York City

Gelatin silver print
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Fritz Henle Estate, Image courtesy of Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/31626
27.Norman Parkinson
1959
After Van Dongen
Hamiltons Gallery
LL/4423
28.Norman Parkinson
1955
East River Drive, New York

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 348-349
 
LL/5607
29.William Klein
1958
Smoke and Veil, Paris (Vogue)

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5699
30.William Klein
1958
Smoke and Veil [Variant]

Gelatin silver print
285 x 283mm
 
Source requested
LL/6277
31.Willy Maywald
1950
Jacques Fath Dress

Gelatin silver print
12 1/8 x 13 7/8 in
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (48 / 224)
 
Signed by Maywald verso with his stamp verso. Vintage 1950 print of this quintessential period fashion photograph.
 
LL/15362
32.Frank Horvat
1959
Monique Dutto, Metro Exit, Paris
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2873
33.Frank Horvat
1958
Paris, Givenchy Hat (version C) at Longchamp horse track

Gelatin silver print
Various
 
HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
LL/1567
34.Lillian Bassman
1956, February
More Fashion Mileage per Dress Barbara Vaughn, Dress by Filcol, Harper's Bazaar New York

Gelatin silver print
32 x 24.5
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5675
35.Lillian Bassman
1950
Mary Jane Russell, Harper's Bazaar, New York

Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5678
36.Willy Maywald
1951-1952 (taken) 1970s (print)
Jacques Griffe (?)

Gelatin silver print
40.5 x 30.5 cm
 
Piasa
Photographies, 28 October 2011, Lot 68
 
Signées, titrées, datées et cachet du photographe au dos.
 
LL/44435
   
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