Ikonographia Visual Archives
A curated visual memory of the twentieth century — rooted in earlier visual traditions.
Ikonographia brings together exclusive photography, rare printed matter, and restored graphic works, presented with scholarly care and editorial freedom. Industrial design, Art Deco, illustration, and the poetry of everyday imagery coexist in a single, evolving archive — not a museum nor a nostalgia site, but a living resource for understanding how images shaped the cultural landscape we still inhabit.
A Visual Archive Across Media, Time & Culture
Ikonographia is fluid by design: an inclusive space where photography, graphic culture, architecture, illustration, and ephemera meet across eras and formats. Each archive is curated as a narrative rather than a collection — a way to trace influences, reveal continuities, and understand how visual ideas move between elite and popular culture.
Through Stories, themed Archives, and high-quality digital editions, Ikonographia invites visitors to explore the twentieth century as a dynamic visual ecosystem.
Graphic Archive
A curated collection of restored advertising art, posters, illustrations, and printed ephemera from the 1910s–1960s — including rare materials from Portfolio, Flair, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
Photography Archive
Original photographic studies of objects, automobiles, decorative arts, and architecture — produced with museum-level accuracy and available exclusively through Ikonographia.
Thematic Archives — A Living Gateway to Visual Culture
Restored graphic works and original photographic studies come together in thematic archives that read as visual narratives — revealing how images, ideas, and styles shaped the twentieth century.
NYC Art Deco Interiors Archive (1927-1939)
A photographic archive documenting the interiors of New York City’s Art Deco landmarks — from sculpted elevator doors and nickel-silver reliefs to mosaics, chandeliers, bronze grilles, and rare design elements preserved in only a handful of buildings.
Bugatti Archive (1910–1939)
Factory drawings, brochures, posters, and a selection of rare historical and contemporary photography — including materials featured in Franco Maria Ricci’s Divina Bugatti — revealing the evolution of Ettore Bugatti’s engineering and aesthetics during the marque’s golden era.
Bugatti Automobili Archive (1990s)
A visual journey inside the legendary “Blue Factory” of Campogalliano — from its avant-garde architecture and workspaces to the evolution of the EB110 and EB112. Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes photography documenting one of the most ambitious automotive projects of the late twentieth century.
Anne Fish Archive (1914-1930)
A curated archive dedicated to Anne Harriet Fish, with restored plates from High Society and The Eve Book, plus rare pages from Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and other magazines that shaped the visual language of 1920s high society.
Portfolio & Flair Magazine Archive (1950–1951)
A restored collection of plates, covers, and layouts from Portfolio, the legendary art-directed magazine created by Alexey Brodovitch. Celebrated for its bold typography and editorial innovation, it remains a reference point in the history of graphic design.
Coca-Cola Advertising Archive (1880s–1960s)
A curated selection of restored Coca-Cola advertising, from early trade cards to mid-century point-of-sale displays. This collection highlights how Coca-Cola shaped visual culture across decades of American life. Part of Ikonographia’s extensive Coca-Cola Advertising Archive.
Selected Stories
Editorial insight into visual culture.
Ikonographia’s stories explore how images — from advertising to architecture, from illustration to industrial design — shaped the modern imagination. Each essay connects past and present, revealing the ideas, symbols, and aesthetics that continue to define visual culture today.
Art Deco in New York: Bronze Grilles by Paul Bellentan
A photographic study of Paul Bellentan’s sculpted bronze grilles for New York’s Art Deco interiors. These architectural works combine craft, iconography, and modern design, revealing the understated sophistication that shaped the city’s decorative metalwork..
The Blue Factory: Inside Bugatti Automobili (1990s)
A photographic exploration of the legendary “Blue Factory” at Campogalliano — an avant-garde industrial complex designed for creativity, comfort, and technical excellence. Natural light, architectural elegance, and uncompromising craftsmanship reveal the humanistic vision behind Bugatti’s rebirth.
Anne Fish: High Society and Early Modern Satire
A complete presentation of Anne Harriet Fish’s High Society plates for Vanity Fair (1914–1920), reproduced as full double-page spreads with their original titles, captions, and witty texts. These satirical pen-and-ink narratives reveal the humour, elegance, and social insight that defined Fish’s unique voice in early modern illustration.
Coca-Cola Advertising: The Early Years (1886–1919)
A curated selection of Coca-Cola’s earliest advertisements, featuring rare and often long-lost visuals restored to high quality. This collection documents the brand’s evolution from its origins to the end of the 1910s, placing each image within the broader landscape of American commercial art and consumer culture.
Plastic Girls: Early Black-and-White Studies (1978–1980)
The first chapter of a fifty-year photographic project documenting window mannequins — exploring early forms, fashion trends, and the visual codes of display in late-1970s retail environments.
Shop Individual Images or Explore & Buy Through Curated Archives
Ikonographia offers two complementary ways to engage with our visual collections.
Purchase individual high-resolution images, or explore full curated archives before choosing what to buy.
Archives bring together restored graphics, rare printed matter, and original photography, helping editors, designers, researchers, and visual historians make more informed — and more inspired — choices.
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NYC Art Deco – Chase Bank Entrance (Chrysler Building, 1930)
A detailed architectural study of the iconic Chase Bank brass-and-marble entrance at the Chrysler Building — one of the finest examples of New York Art Deco craftsmanship.
A Dream Train Comes True — Bohn Ad (1943)
Streamlined industrial futurism from wartime America — restored from Fortune Magazine (January 1943). Art by George Walker.
Bijoux de Printemps – Harper’s Bazar Cover by Erté (May 1928)
A masterpiece of Art Deco elegance by Erté, combining refined linework, fashion, and dramatic composition.
Bugatti Type 57 range brochure in blueprint style drawings (1936)
A rare four-page coachwork brochure featuring technical blueprint-style drawings of the Bugatti Type 57 range — including: Conduite Intérieure “Galibier,” Coach “Ventoux,” Coupé “Atalante,” and Cabriolet “Stelvio.”
Plastic Girls (1976–2025): A Fifty-Year Visual Chronicle
A long-term photographic archive documenting the evolution of window mannequins and commercial display culture..
NYC Art Deco Interiors Archive
A photographic archive documenting elevator doors, bronze grilles, lobbies, mosaics, chandeliers, and sculptural details across 65 Art Deco buildings in New York City.
Bugatti Archive (1910–1939)
Factory drawings, brochures, posters, and rare photographs tracing the visual identity and engineering culture of Ettore Bugatti’s golden era.
Anne Harriet Fish Archive
Complete editions of High Society and The Eve Book, along with restored illustrations from Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, The Tatler, and other early 20th-century publications.
Ikonographia: A Deep Dive
A look into our approach to visual research, documentation, and cultural storytelling.