Modern Photography
MODERN STYLE
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
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali - Photo by C. Zachary - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century by the photographer C. Zachary.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the Mosque ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cidade do Interior do Brasil - Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cidade do interior do Brasil is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts Diamantina, a Brazilian municipality in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Taormina - Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Taormina is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the beautiful city of Taormina, one of the most beautiful and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Carlo Ferrari - Photo - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Ferrari is a vintage photo, realized in the Early-20th century.
Good conditions.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical moments, plac...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
El Dorado Beach (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Dorado Beach (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
El Dorado Beach on the south side of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County,
California, circa 1959.
Additional ...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Palm Blue House - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Palm Blue House
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A tall palm tree stretches above the shell of a blue coloured house near Galle, Sri Lanka, 2013
paper size - 24 x 20" / 60 x 5...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Calm Sea - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Calm Sea
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A view of the sea at dusk in Sri Lanka
paper size - 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Signed and numbered by artist on the front
Limited t...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Massachusetts Heron - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Massachusetts Heron
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A heron in his chosen hunting spot on a New England summer morning in Marion, Massachusetts USA. 2013
paper size - 40x30...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tiffanys NYC - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Tiffanys
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A young woman passes by the infamous diamond & jewellery store, Tiffany’s in New York, with yellow NYC cabs reflected in one of its sh...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manhattan Island - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Manhattan Island
Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
Portrait photograph of the island of Manhattan and the New York Skyline.
paper size - 40x30...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo leaning against a wall, with a dark scarf wrapped around her shoulders.
Pap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Platinum
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cricketers on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands and the MCC, Antigua,
West Indies, ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
MICHAEL CAINE PORTRAIT 1964 - signed
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
MICHAEL CAINE PORTRAIT 1964
MICHAEL CAINE – 1964
signed limited edition of 15 only.
silver gelatin
This Michael Caine Portrait by Duffy was taken in 1964, the same year that the f...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Prince of Pirates", Lobby Card, USA 1953
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "Prince of Pirates" (1953) featuring John Derek, Barbara Rush, and Carla Balenda. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases an intense scene wi...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Aventure d'une libertine XI. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine XI, Paris, 2015
From The Secret Album Series
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Unframed
The Secret Album Series
This series is born from a personal experience. The mod...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
"Prince of Pirates", Lobby Card, USA 1953
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "Prince of Pirates" (1953) featuring John Derek, Barbara Rush, and Carla Balenda. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases scenes from the swa...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel by Lucienne Bloch is a black a white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, posing in front of Diego Rivera's half painted m...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
64x48 " Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Elvis Presley.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
60x40 "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Archival Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival luster paper. These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced.
*This print can be hung vertical or horizontal
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
R2D2 60x45 Star Wars, Photography Pop Art, Photograph Toys, Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977
This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys"
These iconic figures hav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"60x45" FRIDA KAHLO Photomosaic Pop Art Archival Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frida i is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aventure d'une libertine XIV. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine XIV, Paris, 2015
From The Secret Album Series
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Unframed
The Secret Album Series
This series is born from a personal experience. The mo...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
JR MIGRANTS, MAYRA, PICNIC ACROSS THE BORDER Street Art Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MIGRANTS, MAYRA, PICNIC ACROSS THE BORDER. TECATE, MEXICO–USA (2017)
Date of creation: 2019
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 500
Size: 80 x 20 cm
Condition: In m...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Digital Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Cannes Watersports at the Carlton' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cannes Watersports at the Carlton
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
CAPTION: Holidaymakers waterskiing ...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Stormtrooper 40x28 Star Wars, Jedi, Photography Unsigned Pop Art Print Toy
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a pop art photo print of the original Stormtrooper toy from Kenner.
"The Toys" by LA based Pop Artists DESTRO.
This is the first release in the much anticipated series "The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Ink, Color, Archival Pigment
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a dramatic backstage scene with Gar...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
"Lemon Glow" Photography 45" x 30" in Ed. 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lemon Glow" Photography 45" x 30" in Ed. 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish
Comes with CO...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
JR MIGRANTS, WALKING NEW YORK CITY Limited edition skate set Street Art Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JR - MIGRANTS, WALKING NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK, USA (2015)
Date of creation: 2019
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 250
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: I...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet
by Norman Parkinson
1981
American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in a pho...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Fine Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Printed on archival luster paper.
These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced.
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken.
The finest museum quality...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original scene photo from the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Jan Sterling and Gary Merrill. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a tense moment between Jan Sterli...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece depicts a dramatic struggle scene where Jan ...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece shows a tense interaction between Jan Sterli...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling.
This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases a dramatic arrest scene alongside...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Color
Thomas Ruff - TRIPE 09 21st Century Modern Photography Temple Myanmar Design
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Thomas Ruff - TRIPE 09 - Amerapoora. My-au-dyk Kyoung.
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Inkjet on Rag Photographique Paper
Edition: 50
Size: 40 x 50 cm
Condition: In mint conditions, b...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Inkjet
Lounging In Verbier Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Verbier
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
unframed
c type pri...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Venice Gondolas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Venice Gondolas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Mag...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool
1976
by Slim Aarons
printed 2024
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
unfr...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
TOP GUN Soundtrack Cassette Tape Photography 30x50 Pop Art Photograph Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These iconic tapes have become mor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin fiber print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Caption: Waiters carrying half b...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Summer Evening Shadowplay - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Summer Evening Shadowplay
Signed Limited Edition
Shadows on a wall made by plants and foliage are framed by actual foliage around it.
Stuart Möller
paper size - 40 x 30 inches /...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Make Up Mirror Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Thurston Hopkins – Signed Lifetime Print
Limited Edition 33/50
Fibre Print
Date printed: 2011
Signed & Editioned by Photographer, ink recto (front)
Paper size 20 x 24 inches / 51 x...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
36x48 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only).
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
France
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
6...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
60x45 Dwarf Galaxy James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photo Fine Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken.
The finest museum quality WEBB images available.
Printed on archival paper using archival inks.
Framing options avai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
60x40 "Triple Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"TRIPLE ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin fiber print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Caption: Waiters carrying half b...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003)
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 50
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditio...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modern photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 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, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Slim Aarons, Howard Schatz, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and Pigment Print 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 photography, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $44 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $2,150.