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.
Watch Tower
Title, date and “McElroy” signature on recto, below image which is attached to the original 30 x 16 ...
$850.00
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Under Construction by Mouli...
Gabriel Moulin is believed to be the photographer; this print is unsigned, but nother print of the s...
$350.00
Ralph Steiner: The White Church, Dartmouth
From the book Dartmouth by A. Ralph Steiner, with a foreword by Homer Eaton Keyes, published in 19...
$300.00
William J. McMichael: untitled (fruit arrangement, hand-colo...
William J. McMichael was a photographer based in Port Washington, New York who exhibited in many sal...
$500.00
Ralph Eugene Meatyard: untitled (Figure with Wall Detail)
From the portfolio 'Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Portfolio Three'. Portfolio wet stamp, verso, indicating...
$3,500.00
Dolls
On paper mount; signed with the notation 'PF '87' on the mount; photographer's stamp verso. Stanisla...
$500.00
Landscape Abstraction "Clouds Above Pt. Lobos
An intriguing double exposure. Signed recto; stamped, titled and dated verso.
Peter McArthur (b. 1...
$350.00
Harcourt Studio: untitled (Woman Dancing with Shadows)
'Harcourt Paris' label burned into negative lower right and on lower right of original paper mount. ...
$750.00
Jose Alemany: Skull a la Georgia O'Keeffe
Affixed to the original mat. Signed and dated recto on the original overmat. Wet stamped verso: 'Jo...
$1,800.00
Don Longanecker: Chalk Graffiti #7 (Oklahoma; Texas)
The photograph was laminated in plastic mounted for exhibition in a salon of the San Francisco Camer...
$500.00
Don Longanecker: Chalk Graffiti #6 (head with pipe)
The photograph was laminated in plastic mounted for exhibition in a salon of the San Francisco Camer...
$500.00
William C. Odiorne: Fountain, Place de la Concorde, Paris
By 1919 William Odiorne had worked as a photographer in Boston, Chicago, and New York; in Chicago f...
$1,100.00
San Francisco Coast
Rovere Scott was known for his romantic views of San Francisco, of which this is certainly one. Copy...
$650.00
Norman Kulkin: untitled photogram (number 0843)
Los Angeles artist Norman Kulkin has long been interested in the snapshot as art. This photograph is...
$400.00
Petr Helbich: Boards Against Wall
Signed and dated, recto. During over fifty years of working as a photographer, Petr Helbich has beco...
$700.00
Jeri Lawson: Orifice
Signed on verso of mat; pinhole photograph. Jeri Lawson was active in the San Francisco Bay Area in ...
$350.00
Jeri Lawson: The Point
Signed on verso of mat; pinhole photograph. Jeri Lawson was active in the San Francisco Bay Area in ...
$350.00
Winter Parade
A beautiful view of a small town parade in the snow.
Keywords: architecture street photogunkn
$450.00
Sand and Sky
Printed on textured, portraiture paper. Photographer's name and address, title and Retlaw C. C. w...
$1,500.00
Woman in Kimono at the Well - Pictorialism
A lovely pictorialist image, probably made in the 1920s.
Keywords: woman scenic
$700.00
Pyramids at Gizeh Egypt - hand-tinted
Beautiful hand-tinted classic view of the Egyptian Pyramids at Gizeh.
$550.00
William F. Simpson: Clothes on the Line
On the original mount. William Simpson was an artist for the Oakland Tribune in the 1930s, and an ac...
$1,800.00
The Fun House
Note the live figure, lower right, in front of the fun house mural.
Keywords: signage signstimes ...
$950.00
The Aviator
Signed recto and verso by Hayes. Significantly, there is a notation on the verso 'Aviator Ed Hayes' ...
$750.00
Spaghetti (photogram)
Mounted on a period board. Nothing is known of Mark Townsend or his background, but this piece comes...
$750.00
Sky at Dusk landscape by Norman Van Pelt
The photographer is Norman Van Pelt of Salt Lake City, who frequently photographed for Arizona Highw...
$300.00
Saint-Ghislain Foundry 2
Indiscernible signature recto on the print, lower right; another signature or inscription on verso,...
$850.00
Saint-Ghislain Foundry #1
Indiscernible signature recto on the print, lower right; another signature or inscription on verso,...
$850.00
Ruth Bernhard "Starshell"
Signed, titled and dated verso in pencil. All of Ruth Bernhard's shell photographs from this group w...
$4,000.00
Petr Helbich: Coat on a Rack
During over fifty years of working as a photographer, Petr Helbich has become one of the most import...
$700.00
Pictorailist image: Lilly Pond
A rich, vintage print and an excellent example of the pictorialist style. Mounted to thick paper wi...
$750.00
Radar Worker
Large Europress credit stamp verso, with photographer's credit. Unclear handwriting on verso, possib...
$500.00
Model at Beauty Competition by Ray Hand
Unsigned.
NOTE: the actual photograph is much sharper and deeper in tonality than the digital repr...
$450.00
Mitchel Obremski: Piscatorial Fantasy 3
Photogram. Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski (b. Poland 1904-?) was active in the Syracuse Camera Club from th...
$1,700.00
Mitchel Obremski: Along Onondaga Lake - Winter
Titled: Along Onondaga Lake - Winter . Title and notations in the photographer's hand verso. Dr. Mi...
$750.00
Maurice Goldberg: untitled (young women in classical dress i...
Tipped to the original backing; signed in pencil on the backing, recto. Maurice Goldberg was active ...
$400.00
Martin Tarter: untitled (cloth and light abstraction)
Signed on the mount, recto; signed and dated, verso. Martin Tartar was a photographer and teacher ac...
$500.00
Lines & Pipe' by Trudy Jacobs
Artist's name and hand written title verso along with several salon exhibit labels. Trudy Jacobs wa...
$550.00
Kim Hanson: untitled (Nude against panels)
An image reminiscent of the style of classic Czech photographer FFrantisek
$650.00
Jerry Stiles: Untitled (Wall Shadows)
Catalogue number in pencil, verso. James Stiles was a fashion photographer in New York in the 1980s ...
$400.00
George Platt Lynes: Portrait of Ted Starkowski
From a paper negative. Photographer's 'East 47 Street' stamp verso along with collection stamp of Jo...
$3,000.00
Edwin Avery Field: untitled (dingys)
Printed on a creamy, textured paper. The photographer is probably Avery Edwin Field, active in the R...
$750.00
Chinese Junk
A beautiful pictorial image of junks in the harbor, possibly Hong Kong.
$1,200.00
Chinatown Child (#188)
Tipped to the original debossed paper mount; illegible copyright blindstamp lower left. Catalogue nu...
$650.00
Chinatown Child (#111)
Tipped to the original debossed paper mount. Catalogue number (111) in pencil, verso. A wonderful im...
$650.00
Boy with Bicycle
Sixth plate tintype. The bicycle and fence against the vertical trees behind create a wonderful play...
$300.00
Aurora figurative landscape by Rennie Weber
Titled, dated and annotated with the photographer's Chicago address, verso; titled recto. Rennie I....
$1,500.00
A. N. Studio, Paris: George O'Brien (bow and arrows)
On a Carte Postal; inventory number 313 burned into negative, lower left. George O'Brien was an Amer...
$225.00
Baldus: Architectural detail, Louvre, Paris (Hurpin et Couss...
An albumenized (non-matte) salt contact print made from a wet collodion glass plate. This is one of ...
$650.00
Baldus: Architectural detail, Louvre, Paris (Morand)
An albumenized (non-matte) salt contact print made from a wet collodion glass plate. This is one of ...
$650.00