The 1950s Archive

Browse our collection of ads, illustrations, and photographs published in the 1950s.
See also the Flair Magazine and Portfolio Magazine dedicated pages.

Hi-res and high-quality digital files professionally restored. Ready for use up to large-sized print.

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1950 Xerography Art. New Visual Effects creating a Mysterious Portrait
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1950 Xerography Art. New Visual Effects with Powder and Electricity. Goblets variations
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Design from the mathematicians with the abstract quality of 1950s Modern Art
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$Design from the Mathematicians. By Prof. Baravalle. Portfolio N.1 1950. Page 22-23 Left, wave curve with black and white parallel lines. Upper left, straight lines tangent to a hyperbole combined with a circle. Right, wave curve. Right page: Upper left, a group of tangents to an astroid (star-shaped) curve. Upper right, catacaustic curve (the kind reflected from inside a cup) made with straight lines. Below, design based on refraction of light.$
Design from the Mathematicians, by Prof. Baravalle. Wave and catacaustic curves
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Design from the Mathematicians, by Prof. Baravalle. Portfolio 1, 1950.
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Bodoni’s Numerals and a reprint-as-the-original of Horace’s Opera
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Editorial content on Giambattista Bodoni, Portfolio 1. Design by Brodovitch
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The Colophon of Portfolio Magazine N.1. Design by Brodovitch
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The Cover of the first number of Brodovitch’s Portfolio Magazine, 1950
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Autumn is a city season. Flair Magazine 1950 editorial. Drawings by Gruau
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The deep collar of Dior’s redingote turns up high to frame the face. By Gruau 1950
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Portrait of a Christian Dior Hat. By René Gruau. Flair Magazine 1950.
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Flair Magazine by Fleur Cowles as never seen before. 1950

Conceived and produced by visionary editor Fleur Cowles, Flair Magazine existed for only one year and twelve issues. Nevertheless, Flair launched a new aesthetic paradigm for mass-produced lifestyle magazines. The magazine combined art, fashion, travel, and reportage to take the most out of its Editor’s formidable influence in promoting European and American talent.
The double spreads pages are reproduced from the originals.

1950 Xerography Art. New Visual Effects creating a Mysterious Portrait

1950 Xerography Art. New Visual Effects with Powder and Electricity. Goblets variations

Design from the mathematicians with the abstract quality of 1950s Modern Art

Design from the Mathematicians, by Prof. Baravalle. Wave and catacaustic curves

Design from the Mathematicians, by Prof. Baravalle. Portfolio 1, 1950.

Bodoni’s Numerals and a reprint-as-the-original of Horace’s Opera

Editorial content on Giambattista Bodoni, Portfolio 1. Design by Brodovitch

The Colophon of Portfolio Magazine N.1. Design by Brodovitch

The Cover of the first number of Brodovitch’s Portfolio Magazine, 1950

Autumn is a city season. Flair Magazine 1950 editorial. Drawings by Gruau

The deep collar of Dior’s redingote turns up high to frame the face. By Gruau 1950

Portrait of a Christian Dior Hat. By René Gruau. Flair Magazine 1950.

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Flair Magazine by Fleur Cowles as never seen before. 1950

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