Here you will find original vintage silver gelatin photographs from the 1920's and 1930's, depicting Silent Movie-era starlets and Ziegfeld Follies showgirls. In addition, you will find rare original posters from the Belle Époque as well as original artist etchings, pochoirs, and hard-to-find coveted antique prints.

Jean Harlow Nude at Griffith Park Edwin Bower Hesser	Joan Crawford as Flapper Jazz Baby Ruth Harriet Louise

This sophisticated and detailed stamped Platinum print landscape miniature by William J Mullins features a quietly settling evening sky as seen through a landscape of trees. An early photo-secessionist image by William J Mullins, associate of Alfred Stieglitz, whose work was first exhibited at Steiglet's famous New York City Gallery 291. Examples by Mullins can be found in the Smithsonian collections, and at galleries nationwide.

From the estate of legendary Ziegfeld Follies photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston we are delighted to offer this pair of portraits of Follies showgirl Naomi Johnston. Noted illustrator J. Knowles Hare was commissioned by impresario Flo Ziegfeld to create pastel illustrations of his glorified American girls as they were captured by photographer A.C. Johnston, and both the finished pastel of a risque yet demure Naomi Johnson and the original 1920s photograph are included with sale.The pastel is in the original wood enameled frame behind glass and captures the dazzling beauty of both the model and Johnston's photograph to full effect.

Toby Wing is without a doubt the most famous chorine in Hollywood history. As often as not appearing as an unbilled player in Paramount's pre-code musicals and risque comedies, Wing's comedic timing and kewpie doll face has given her a lasting cult following that is disproportionate to the screen time given her in her brief career. Personally autographed by the platinum blonde queen of the chorus line, even the looping script of this unique piece reflects the bubbly beauty still associated with Wing.

Alla Nazimova, one of the most groundbreaking and powerful personalities in Hollywood in the 1920s, redefined the silent film. In this one of a kind photograph, from a private sitting she commissioned at the time of her film Camille, she presents herself in coquettish abandonment. The photographer large format print in unidentified, but the piece is signed in the margin of this custom cream and textured photostock. This is a remarkable still the likes of which rarely come on the market.

In an unusual blonde hatted view by George Hurrell, Joan Crawford is captured in her most captivating glory by the master of Hollywood photography George Hurrell. In a gentle sepia on a large format double weight semi-gloss paperstock, Hurrell captures the beauty of the young Joan Crawford, with her effortless art deco style, and emboldened flapper sensibility. This is blindstamped by Hurrell lower right, and inkstamped on verso.

In provocative figural study pose, a bobbed hair flapper sits nude along the draped balcony which was one of Edwin Bower Hesser's favored locations for shooting his iconic erotic 1920s photography. This vintage first generation still comes from an Allied Artist's Photographers Guild east coast estate. An original graflex photograph taken by Hesser for use in his "Art's Monthly Pictorial" photography magazine for artists and art students.

A dramatic and artfully posed gelatin silver original photograph by Edward Bower Hesser taken along the secluded shores of the California Coast. A brunette in repose which brings to mind the nude imagery of Edward Weston another noted nude Pictoralist who worked in Southern California during the 1920s - 30s art deco jazz-age. From an Allied Artist's Photographers Guild east coast estate. An original graflex photograph taken by Hesser for use in his "Art's Monthly Pictorial" photography magazine for artists and art students.

A lovely original gelatin silver photograph by Edwin Bower Hesser of a seductive nude model reclined on the rocks, with an unusual depth of focus, and nymph inspired pose. From an Allied Artist's Photographers Guild east coast estate. An original graflex photograph taken by Hesser for use in his "Art's Monthly Pictorial" photography magazine for artists and art students.

A dramatic and artfully posed gelatin silver original photograph by Edward Bower Hesser taken likely in the confines of Los Angeles' Griffith Park. A pretty sprite-like nude model dancing within the protective cover of trees. From an Allied Artist's Photographers Guild east coast estate. An original graflex photograph taken by Hesser for use in his "Studio Arts Studies" photography magazine for artists and art students.

An impossibly modernist and art deco scene featuring Bessie Love from her unusual pre-code role in "They Learned About Women." This dramatically artistic photograph by W.M. Grimes presents an entrancing view of industrial modernization in the shift from silent to talkie films, and the trick of the eye camera work in the still photo offers intriguing commentary on the almost magical filmmaking process. A tremendously unusual jazz age large format, sepia gallery photograph.