LIFE Magazine

Collectible Photographs

Life Magazine was perhaps the greatest periodical of photojournalism in history. It was published weekly from Nov. 23, 1936 until Dec. 29, 1972. It was the official showplace of most of the photographers that are now household names in the field. The selection of powerful photographs below, many well known and many not, have been expertly printed in the Life lab, and signed by the photographers, with few exceptions. Most were made and signed in the 1970s and kept in archival storage. They are definite collector's pieces, and some are quite reasonable. Photographers shown:  Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971),  Ed Clark (1911-2000),  Loomis Dean (1917-2005,  Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995),  Andreas Feininger (1906-1999),  Martha Holmes (1923-2006),   John Loengard (1934-2020),  Carl Mydans (1907-2004),  Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006)               Availablity and prices are subject to change.                  All images are © Time Inc.

An American Block, Hamilton, Ohio, 1943 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.), signed: $16,000





Navy CPO Graham Jackson Plays "Goin' Home" at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Funeral,
Warm Springs Georgia, April 13, 1945 by Ed Clark

Silver gelatin print on 8 x 10 inch (20 x 25 cm.) paper, signed: $5,000; 11 x 14 (28 x 36 cm.) paper, signed: $7,500





Mother and Child, Four Months after the Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945
by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $7,000





Jackson Pollock Dropping Paint to Canvas, Springs, New York, 1949 by Martha Holmes

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.), signed: $4,000; 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.), signed: $4,500
This photograph was used for a U.S. postal stamp.





Roustabouts Take Time Off from their Job, Freer, Texas, 1937 by Carl Mydans

Silver galetin print on 16 x 20 inch (41 x 51 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





The Beatles, Miami Beach, 1964 by John Loengard

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Three Frames of Children at a Puppet Show, Parc de Montsouris, Paris, 1963 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Image size: 4 x 18½ inches (10 x 47 cm.), on 16 x 20 inch (41 x 51 cm.) paper
Edition of 250 with embossed signature: $5,500





Midtown Fifth Avenue During Lunch Hour, New York, 1948 by Andreas Feininger

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $4,000





Beach Accident, Coney Island, New York, 1952 by Margaret Bourke-White

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, embossed signature: $1,200





Ernest Hemingway with Walking Stick, Cojimar Harbor, Cuba, 1951 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 10 x 8 inch (25 x 20 cm.) paper, signed: $2,500





George Bernard Shaw at Typewriter, London, 1932 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $6,000; 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.), signed: $8,000





T. S. Eliot, London, 1951 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 10 x 8 inch (25 x 20 cm.), signed: $2,000





Robert Frost, Ripton, Vermont, 1955 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 10 x 8 inch (25 x 20 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Wisconsin, 1956 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $10,000





Thomas Hart Benton Paints "The Rape of Persephone," 1938 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (38 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $27,000 (will discount a bit)





Thomas Hart Benton, 1978 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 11 x 14 inch (28 x 36 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Van Cliburn at Piano Rehearsing for Tchaikovsky Competition, New York, 1958
by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $3,500





Senator John F. Kennedy Campaigning with his Wife, Boston, Massachusetts, 1958 by Carl Mydans

Silver gelatin print on 11 x 14 inch (28 x 36 cm.) paper, signed: $2,000





President Bill Clinton, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1993
by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $5,000





Noel Coward, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955 by Loomis Dean

Silver gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (38 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $5,000


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Anthony Armstrong-Jone's Half Brothers, London, England, 1960
by Loomis Dean

Silvre gelatin print on 14 x 11 inch (36 x 28 cm.) paper, signed: $4,000





Fog Coming In, Swansea, Wales, 1955 by Carl Mydans

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.), signed: $2,000





Boy Looking Out Window, Ansbach, Germany, 1954 by Carl Mydans

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.) paper, signed: $2,000





Sharecropper Lonnie Fair and his Family Saying Grace, 1936 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 8 x 10 inch (20 x 25 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Reindeer Being Herded, Finland, 1940 by Carl Mydans

Silver gelatin print on16 x 20 inch (41 x 51 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Hats in the Garment District, New York, 1930 by Margaret Bourke-White

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 24 inch (51 x 61 cm.), embossed signature: $5,500





Mannequins, Atomic Bomb Test, Yucca Flats, Nevada, 1955 by Loomis Dean

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.) paper, signed: $3,000





Night Scene of Bridge Over Arno River, Florence, Italy, 1934 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 16 x 20 inch (41 x 51 cm.) paper, signed: $6,000





Japanese Surrender on Board the U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 by Carl Mydans

Silver gelatin print on 16 x 20 inch (41 x 51 cm.) paper, signed: $5,500





World's Fair, New York City, 1939 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.) paper, signed: $5,500





Left Bank, Paris, 1964 by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm.) paper, signed: $5,500





Old Glory Goes Up on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal

Silver gelatin print on 20 x 16 inch (51 x 41 cm) paper, signed: $20,000 (will discount a bit)
Special limited-edition printing for Life from original negative



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