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Modern Figurative Photography

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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. Slim Aarons ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Tennis In The Bahamas Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas' by Slim Aarons It really doesn't get much more fabulous than this. A realtively new discovery in the Archive -two fashionably dressed women in tennis outfit...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Poolside Poodle Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle by Slim Aarons Set to become another true Slim Aarons Classic - it's better known cousins 'Poolside Gossip' and 'Desert House Party...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Young Velvets Vogue 1949 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets, Young Prices photoshoot, 1949 Limited Edition Print by Norman Parkinson Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

New York City Parade by Karl Struss, 1910, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Dallas, TX
New York City Parade by Karl Struss is a vintage photograph documenting a crowd of people in the streets of New York City during a parade. This photograph is a vintage gelatin silve...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Carmen Alvarez enjoying a...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Mexico - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Mexico  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the second half 20th Century. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
Located in London, GB
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio silver gelatin fibre print. Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
Located in London, GB
'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio silver gelatin fibre print. Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961 © Victoria and Alb...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Fashion Photography Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print A model wearing a fur stole, John French (1907-66), London, 1955 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Fashion Photograp...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s © Victoria and Albert Museum,...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White

' India Blue ' Limited Edition, Signed Oversize Archival Pigment print
Located in London, GB
' India Blue ' Limited Edition, Signed Oversize Archival Pigment print Huge and exquisite, intensely vivid Archival Pigment print - signed and numbered by photographer on front - th...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Lounging In Verbier' (Estate Stamped Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Space Hats' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print Patti Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling ‘Dots and Moons’ hats designed by Edward Mann, John French (19...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Saddle, Whip, Nude - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Saddle, Whip, Nude. - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm ,...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Phot...

'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Located in London, GB
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967....
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' by Slim Aarons American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Fl...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

1967 'Porto Ercole' (Estate Stamped Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' by Slim Aarons The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967. A group of young and stylish girls dressed in capri pants and colourful shirts sit atop vespas an...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Cortina d'Ampezzo
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Cortina d'Ampezzo - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Skiers at Cortina D’Ampezzo in Italy, 1962 (Photo by Slim Aarons). This photograph epitomises the tr...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Diver #3 edition of 25
By RJ Muna
Located in Hudson, NY
The 8" x 10" editioned print . The image sits on that paper size estimated at 6" x 9" leaving a white border to mat over when framing. Olympics , Figurative, Sepia tone, athlete
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper

The Witches' Sabbath - Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
The Witches' Sabbath is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1988. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition A couple relax at a swimming pool in the summer sunshine near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks t...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Piglet Tramway - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
 Piglet tramway is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pl...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal. Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa). Good condition.
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons, Poolside in Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside in Arizona 1973. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - On The Slopes Of Sugarbush
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - On The Slopes Of Sugarbush - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one of the largest ski resorts in New England (Photo by Slim Aarons). This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'. A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-Type photograph (unframed). Limited edition to 150 only numbered and stamped by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 30" inches / ca 50.8 x 76.2 cm’s paper size. Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations. Keywords skiing in the 60s 1960 skiing in USA winter in Vermont sunny day in the slopes dark blue light blue white snow skiing clothes blue and white woo;;en hats blue trousers white jumpers...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. Slim Aarons ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Spectre HQ Bond Set limited edition silver gelatine print
Located in London, GB
Bond Set The massive purpose-built set of SPECTRE's extinct volcano headquarters, designed by Ken Adam for the new James Bond 007 film, You Only Live Twice at Pinewood Studios, Bucki...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Winter Wear' Cortina d’Ampezzo (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1976. Two beautiful and st...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Scottsdale Home' Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Scottsdale Home' by Slim Aarons Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. You cannot almost feel the heat! Guests relax around the beautif...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952 Silver gelatin print Estate edition of 150 Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Beach Backgammon' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Beach Backgammon 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. CAPTION: Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Exc...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolier'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Venice Gondolier 1957 C-Print Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate A gondolier on the Grand Ca...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Hotel Excelsior, Venice' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Hotel Excelsior, Venice 1957 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate CAPTION: The ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Terry O'Neill 'Paul McCartney at Ringo Starr’s Wedding'
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCartney at Ringo Starr’s Wedding, 1961 Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Estate signature stamped numbered edition of 50 Paul McCartney plays the piano at the Ringo Starr’s...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Gucci Pooch in Venice' Mid-century Photography
Located in New York, NY
Gucci Pooch 1978 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A woman carrying h...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beach Backgammon' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Beach Backgammon 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. CAPTION: Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Exc...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

The Carnival Parade - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carnival Parade  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Kennedy and Friends'
Located in New York, NY
1953: Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Shirley Rogan Ellis and Betty LoSavio at Montego Bay Airport, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

The Carnival Parade - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carnival Parade is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album in...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Carmen Alvarez enjoying a...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool
Located in New York, NY
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 - 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, V...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956. The elegant pair dressed in tennis whites, save for the striped shirt of the young lady, enjoy a game of tennis, in the heat of the Californian sunshine...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Mr. Carl Edward Sagan - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
 Mr. Carl Edward Sagan is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century.  Good conditions and aged. The photo depicts the American Astronomer, Carl Edward Sagan...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Samba - Vintage Photo by Rubens Barbosa - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Samba is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Rubens Barbosa. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including h...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Dancers - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancers is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Carnival Parade - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carnival Parade  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Yomeimon Gate - Japan - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Yomeimon Gate - Japan is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century  Good conditions and aged. The photo depicts the beautiful Yomeimon, the most famous port...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Seventy Feet Below the Circus - Vintage Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Seventy feet below the circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1964 Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical mo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s © Victoria and Albert M...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Sun Worship' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sun Worship' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Produced from t...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Lounging In Verbier' ( Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo-Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of... - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of Defence, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.  It belongs to a historical album including historic...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - China - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Forest - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a Photograph silver salt print, dedicated to Mrs. Ferrari on paper in the early 20th Century Signed on the lower. Good conditions. Glued on a dark greenish Passepart...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Afghan Woman - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Afghan Woman  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century  Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical m...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.

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