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.
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
Reflection
Gertrude Hauser was a San Francisco photographer working in the 1950s. Various exhibition labels, ve...
$400.00
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
The Human Flag
A wonderfully playful image of an American flag with humans creating the stars. Mounted on original ...
$175.00
Pillsbury Picture Co: Panorama from Ferry Building
A spectacular view of the ruins of San Francisco made just a few days after the 1906 earthquake and ...
$550.00
Steam Train, Newport, Oregon
Full title label on back reads: “Steam Train rebuilding north jetty, Newport, Oregon January 29, 19...
$350.00
African American kids in sprinkler spray
Wonderful image, from the portfolio of an unknown photography student.
$350.00
Taber: San Francisco from Second & Harrison Sts., April 10, ...
View of San Francisco made about a week before the 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed the city. Mini...
$500.00
Taber: Business District of San Francisco After the Quake
Mini panorama. Image size: 2 x 13.25 inches; overall with captions and title: 5 x 15.75 inches.
Pho...
$500.00
Taber: Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco at ni...
A rare vintage print. View of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at night. The site of the ...
$1,500.00
Locomotive - Union Pacific Railroad 3907
This unusual view of the classic steam locomotive is actually Union Pacific Railroad no. 3907. This...
$425.00
Hats, Seattle (Father’s Day Picnic) - gravure
This is a limited edition photogravure edition of Heick's most sought-after image. Printed on thick...
$750.00
San Francisco Bay Bridge and GGIE montage
John G. Robinson and Associates credit and (c)1939 burned into negative, lower left. The image is a ...
$375.00
Pillsbury: Three Brothers, Merced River, Yosemite
Titled, Pillsbury credit, copyright and Inventory number (11?) burned into negative at lower edge. ...
$500.00
Leaf photogram
Wonderful image of a leaf, possibly a photogram. Date unknown, but a timeless image.
$550.00
Street scene; probbly Rouen, France
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in the north of France. The image is certainly reminiscent of th...
$500.00
Norman James Gordon: Paris street scene
While unsigned,this print comes from a group of singed Gordon photographs. Norman Gordon was a phot...
$600.00
Pyramids at Gizeh Egypt - hand-tinted
Beautiful hand-tinted classic view of the Egyptian Pyramids at Gizeh.
$550.00
Soldiers, six-up
A group of six vintage snapshots of soldiers in various poses, arranged and mounted on a backing wi...
$650.00
Seine Boats
The Seine boats refers to a type of vessel used for Mackerel fishing. The photograph is tipped to a...
$600.00
Pictorailist image: Lilly Pond
A rich, vintage print and an excellent example of the pictorialist style. Mounted to thick paper wi...
$750.00
Chinese Junk
A beautiful pictorial image of junks in the harbor, possibly Hong Kong.
$1,200.00
Rooster on Stump
Mounted on a debossed period mount.<p> Keywords: animals farm humor funny
$350.00
untitled (from The Home and Haunts of Shakespeare)
Mounted to board. Dr. James Leon Williams (U.S. 1852-1932) was a dentist and a scholar, the invento...
$350.00
William Henry Jackson: Market Street, San Francisco
Pasted to an album page with another photograph (Palace Hotel interior) verso. This is a Photochrom...
$450.00
Ballroom Series #44
Sigend, dated and editioned A/P verso in pencil, along with printing notes. Andy Steart is a Bay Ar...
$400.00
de Meyer: Study of a Gitann
From Camera Work no. 24, October, 1908. Baron Adolph de Meyer was a flamboyant member of high socie...
$500.00
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
Lower Manhattan from Governor’s Island
Mounted to cardboard.
$700.00
Kimbei: Jinrikishia
Catalogue number 125. and title in the title bar, recto. Pasted to thin cardboard page from an albu...
$650.00
Dancing Girls
With the descriptive caption sheet. Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923?) began in the photography busines...
$500.00
untitled (tree reflection)
The photograph is unsigned, but obviously has been made by a very accomplished photographer. A beau...
$750.00
U. S. Naval Aircraft Carrier Exercise
With full title, caption and credit notice on verso. (See back of mat for a reproduction of the ver...
$300.00
San Francisco Coast
Rovere Scott was known for his romantic views of San Francisco, of which this is certainly one. Copy...
$650.00
Watch Tower
Title, date and “McElroy” signature on recto, below image which is attached to the original 30 x 16 ...
$850.00
small framed print of San Francisco Skyline
In the original vintage frame. Virginia Studio Fine Arts label on verso of frame with their 128 Pos...
$400.00
Ice Capades: Barbara Wagner & Bob Paul (2)
Caption information and photographer’s stamp, verso. Bradley Smith (1910-1997) was born in New Orle...
$550.00
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Plate XXII)
Tipped to the original backing. Adelaide Hanscom Leeson (1876-1932) was an important pictorialist p...
$450.00
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
William C. Odiorne: Quia de Bourbon, Paris
Signed on the print. By 1919 William Odiorne had worked as a photographer in Boston, Chicago, and N...
$1,100.00
William C. Odiorne: Notre Dame, Paris
By 1919 William Odiorne had worked as a photographer in Boston, Chicago, and New York; in Chicago f...
$1,100.00
William C. Odiorne: under the bridge, The Seine, Paris
By 1919 William Odiorne had worked as a photographer in Boston, Chicago, and New York; in Chicago f...
$1,100.00
William C. Odiorne: Barges on the Seine, Paris
By 1919 William Odiorne had worked as a photographer in Boston, Chicago, and New York; in Chicago f...
$1,100.00
Kimbei: Vegetable Pedlar
Catalogue number 200. and title in the title bar, recto. Pasted to thin cardboard page from an albu...
$650.00
David Sokosh: Nine Thanksgiving Wishes, Brooklyn - tintype
This is a unique modern tintype, created in-camera by David Sokosh using 19th century Wet-Plate Col...
$2,500.00
David Sokosh: Volkker with Tire, Provincetown - tintype
This is a unique modern tintype, created in-camera by David Sokosh using 19th century Wet-Plate Col...
$1,200.00
David Sokosh: Pince-Nez, Brooklyn - tintype
This is a unique modern tintype, created in-camera by David Sokosh using 19th century Wet-Plate Col...
$850.00
Rodger Birt: Moving
Signed, titled and dated on verso; also signed and dated on the overmat. Rodger Birt is an Oakland b...
$650.00