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William Mortensen

Early 20th Century Photograph -- Sidewalk Club of the Motherlode
By Sigismund Blumann
Located in Soquel, CA
difficulty of nude subjects, and pictorialists such as Léonard Misonne and William Mortensen. Blumann paid
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1920s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Early 20th Century Photograph -- "Impressions of the High Sierras"
By Sigismund Blumann
Located in Soquel, CA
Misonne and William Mortensen. Blumann paid attention to professional photographers by running profiles on
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1920s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Early 20th Century Photograph Landscape --Looking Through The Sky
By Sigismund Blumann
Located in Soquel, CA
difficulty of nude subjects, and pictorialists such as Léonard Misonne and William Mortensen. Blumann paid
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1920s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

"A Dance in the Moonlight" - Landscape Lithobrome Photograph
By Sigismund Blumann
Located in Soquel, CA
difficulty of nude subjects, and pictorialists such as Léonard Misonne and William Mortensen. Blumann paid
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1920s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Color Moves" Abstract, Geometric, Linear, Colorful
Located in Detroit, MI
(2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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By Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles
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Vintage 1950s Original Male Physique Photograph by Bruce of Los Angeles
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Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photo Print Digital Photograph Some People of Kuwait, Arabic Woman
By Jack Butler
Located in Surfside, FL
, Max Ernst, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lucia Moholy, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Herbert Bayer and William
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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