ROBERT TAT GALLERY Our eclectic collection of vintage and later prints emphasizes Photographic Modernism, but also includes earlier and later photographs. The gallery shows works by 20th century master photographers, lesser-known mid-century salon photographers, the pictorialists, select contemporary artists, unique vernacular and anonymous photographs, and selected 19th century works. We also maintain a good selection of vintage historical photographs of San Francisco and California. The gallery is open by appointment only in San Francisco, California. Please contact us to set up an appointment.
Two Men (tintype)
Sixth plate tintype. The simplicity and directness of the pose is reminiscent of the later Herber Sp...
$125.00
Marcia Schor: untitled (face)
Mounted; signed and dated on the recto. Marcia Schor was a Los Altos, California photographer active...
$300.00
photogram: Two Dancers
Photogram. Signed, titled and dated on the overmat. Marcia Schor was a Los Altos, California photogr...
$350.00
Joan Collins Impersonating Cleopatra
Large color photograph on a 20x 30 inch sheet. Reid Miles (1927-1993) was a successful commercial ph...
$250.00
Steven Gelberg: Noir Tree
Signed and dated verso. Steve Gelberg is a San Francisco Bay Area photographer. From the artist's st...
$550.00
Paralta Studios: Renoff & Renova
Signed in the negative 'Paralta/L.A. ; title and notes ((indicating the scene is from of a Fanchon &...
$300.00
Two Obscure Figures
An unusual real photo postcard of two figures -- two women? a boy and a girl?
Real photo postcard...
$75.00
View from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
Douglas Anderson, active in California c.1910s-1940s, was affiliated with the Pictorial Photographer...
$600.00
San Francisco triptych
A group of three photographs of pre-earthquake San Francisco pasted to board, each 4 x 3', overall s...
$250.00
David M. Lee: untitled Sand Dune 2
Signed in the print and on the sheet. David M. Lee lives and works in Soquel, California. He has bee...
$450.00
Mitchel Obremski: Tree (with printing scrim)
Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski (b. Poland 1904-?) was active in the Syracuse Camera Club from the 1920s thr...
$750.00
Roman Ruins
Tipped to a double backing. A beautiful pictorialist style photograph.
Keywords: architecture; pi...
$400.00
Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915
Court of the Universe, Triumphal Arch at the 1915 San Francisco world's fair. A large format photogr...
$250.00
Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley - vintage
This photograph by Florence McLelland of the Greek Theatre at U. C. Berkeley is entitled Seats of t...
$200.00
Florence McLelland: San Juan Bautista
Mounted to the original board. Photographer's Berkeley address label pasted verso; handwritten date ...
$175.00
Christmas, 1903 (hand-painted flowers on album cover)
This hand-colored photograph is the centerpiece of a hand-decorated cover to an album of photographs...
$275.00
Philippines Rainbow - hand-colored
A rather unusual photograph; on the original backing.
Keywords: family; architecture; south seas; ...
$90.00
vintage gravure: German Jewess
Titled in pencil recto in an unknown hand. From a group of gravures comprised of poses of nude women...
$85.00
Group of Cloud Studies
Made as a group of test photographs, some with exposure data and dates written verso, these images h...
$350.00
Yosemite Valley with Half Done - vintage
A print with a very lovely presence.
Keywords: landscape; California; Sierra; mountains
$200.00
David M. Lee: untitled Sand Dune 1
Signed in the print and on the sheet. David M. Lee lives and works in Soquel, California. He has bee...
$450.00
Cliff Abstraction
A beautiful landscape abstraction by an unknown, yet obviously talented photographer; with deep, bea...
$250.00
untitled (male nude from the rear)
Signed in white ink on the print. A luscious print with strong presence. From the estate of Carroll ...
$600.00
vintage Water Lilies by Charles F. Holbrook
Mounted to the original board with the photographer's stamp, indicating a Harlingen, Texas address, ...
$400.00
Banjo and Guitar Players
Labeled in pencil on verso (possibly in a later hand): Hallett / Willminton / Mass . A wonderful im...
$95.00
Soap
From the estate of Carroll Alexander; probably a photo of one of his stage designs. Alexander traine...
$200.00
AKTE Nudes, plate 14
Collotype plates from a portfolio of male and female academic nude studies published in Berlin aroun...
$250.00
Jeff Nixon: untitled desert landscape
After meeting Ansel Adams in 1971 at a photography workshop, Jeff Nixon moved to Yosemite Valley in ...
$350.00
Ralph Steiner: Hanover Night
From the book Dartmouth by A. Ralph Steiner, with a foreword by Homer Eaton Keyes, published in 19...
$350.00
untitled (glass still life)
Artist's name and address stamp verso, with no. '562' hand written, indicating a Valley Street, San ...
$350.00
Man at Machine 1
Mounted to the original decorative card.
Keywords: factory; machinery; industrial
$75.00
AKTE Nudes, plate 12
Collotype plates from a portfolio of male and female academic nude studies published in Berlin aroun...
$250.00
Henry Wenger: Two Dancers
From the estate of Carroll Alexander, a theatre scenic designer who was associated with the Palo Alt...
$125.00
Women at the Water Source - pictorialism
Tipped to a double backing. A beautiful pictorialist vintage photograph by an unknown photographer. ...
$300.00
Charles H. Parker: Pensive
Charles Hadden Parker was a dentist by profession, and a listed (in Hughes guide to California artis...
$650.00
Mitchel A. Obremski: Old Dobbin in Front of County Court Hou...
Notes in the photographer's hand and newspaper publication stamp verso. Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski (b. ...
$750.00
Framed Woman Sequence
Group of three photographs, sequenced and mounted together.
Keywords: surreal
$325.00
Found Image: Woman and Child Motion Study
This probably unintentional motion study is a European real photo postcard.
Real photo postcards w...
$150.00
House, Barn and Horses
A lovely rural scene from the turn of the last century. A common scene, but with a special atmospher...
$150.00
Maine Gas Station
Mounted to board. Written on the back: 'Berwick or York / Maine'. A classic American view.
Keyword...
$125.00
Marching Band
Believed to have been taken at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San...
$95.00
Three Boys with Hats
Irregular 1/6 th plate tintype.
Keywords: male; clothing
$75.00
Wheel Abstraction
An intriguing, yet perplexing, abstraction with four holes punched in the corners.
$200.00
Mitchel A. Obremski: Winter
Notations in the photographer's hand verso along with New York State Fair exhibitors ticket. Dr. Mit...
$750.00
Ralph Steiner: The Coal Man
From the book Dartmouth by A. Ralph Steiner, with a foreword by Homer Eaton Keyes, published in 19...
$300.00
Ralph Steiner: At Skyline Chalet
From the book Dartmouth by A. Ralph Steiner, with a foreword by Homer Eaton Keyes, published in 19...
$300.00
Washington Monument
Real Photo Postcard. A dark, moody depiction of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. A beautif...
$175.00
Josef Sudek: "Malostranske namesti" Prague
A Carte Postale, gelatin silver print, with 'PRAHA ... MALOSTRANSKE NAM.' printed recto below the im...
$1,600.00
Ralph Steiner "Creaking Chair" sign abstraction
Signed and double dated verso. Ralph Steiner was a student of the Clarence White School of Photograp...
$3,000.00
Tower of Jewels, Night, PPIE San Francisco
A beautifully printed, sepia toned night view of Tower of Jewels at the Panama Pacific International...
$150.00