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Pop Art Black and White Photography

POP ART STYLE

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.

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Style: Pop Art
Gelatin silver print of Pat Cleveland Doing Handstand in Montauk by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Boston Terrier Dog by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Cars in Parking Lot by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Graffiti on Industrial Building by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gelatin silver print of Bette Midler by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Pro...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Six stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Grace Jones and Steve Rubell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Grace Jones and Steve Rubell" is a Post-War silver gelatin print by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigne...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bodybuilder
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

David Byrne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated "SEP 21 1982" on the verso. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation i...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Self Portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait" is a gelatin silver print by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL116. Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In t...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Susan Sontag and Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Cat
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nancy Reagan
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Published various books including Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, Andy Warhol 365 Takes, America Andy Warhol as well as Paris New York Photography & Fame. Each book highlights Warhol's most famous photographs. The wife of former actor and the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Keith Haring's Pop Shop
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Keith Haring opened his Pop Shop in the Soho district of New York in 1986, selling t-shirts and novelty items at affordable prices. "I wanted to continue this same sort of communicat...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photograph of a Marilyn Monroe Drag Impersonator
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol with Tony Shafrazi and Ronnie Cutrone
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tony Shafrazi had represented Keith Haring until the artist’s death in 1990. Shafrazi said of his first time ever entering The Factory in 1965, “I remember putting down my suitcase and looking out the window and seeing some people on the fire escape across the street. I realized that it was Andy Warhol’s Factory. So I went up to the Factory, and I remember Andy coming to the elevator and seeing me dressed up in this little mod, shiny, mohair suit...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Jodie Foster
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jerry Hall and Grace Jones
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Grace Jones began her career as a model, working for fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She began her music career as ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bryan Ferry and Bob Feiden
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number. The work comes wi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph with Farrah Fawcett circa 1979
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and model, best known for her role on Charlie's Angels and her iconic feathered hairstyle, which became a fad in the 1970s. Image dimensions:...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gelatin silver print of a Man Wearing a Marilyn Monroe T-shirt by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundatio...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Toilet/Fountain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts inventory number written on verso and initialed Tim Hunt...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy and Barbi Benton
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Andy and Barbi Benton" is a unique silver gelatin photograph by pop American artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FL08.00198 and AWL007. Andy War...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Halston in a Limo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fa...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Elizabeth Taylor at Halston's
Located in Santa Monica, CA
One of the most popular classic Hollywood movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor starred in such films as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, for which she w...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Kentucky Mansion
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'May 03 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Telephone
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in. Dated 'SEP 07 1982'. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Halston Holding American Flag at Warhol's Montauk Estate
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jul 6 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The And...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Diana Vreeland and Fred Hughes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ruled by discipline, and created a totally new profession. Vreeland invented the fashion editor.” Photographers such as Irving Penn, Franco Rubartelli, David Bailey, Patrick Litchfield, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon contributed some of their landmark pieces to the magazine. As one of the greatest fashion icons in history, Diana Vreeland had many of her own thoughts on fashion. She says, “Fashion is a part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.”  Fred Hughes...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Man in a Cowboy Hat Smoking
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts number also on verso. Authenticated by The...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jerry Hall and Pele
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Hall is a model and the former partner of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, with whom she has four children. “Even Andy, who was known for knowing sl...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Shoe Closet
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Male Bather
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 13.625 x 16.25 in. Dated 'JUN 14 1982' on the reverse. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Wa...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Larry Rivers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

City Skyline in Spain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Juan Dubose and Keith Haring
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Skiing
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Catherine Guinness and Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique work. Stamped on the re...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sam Bolton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 17.125 x 15.125 in. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Peter Beard
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Four stitched gelatin silver prints Marisa Berenson and Richard Golub
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol on Commercial Set
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Silver gelatin photo booth strip of four images of Jim McLaughlin by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gelatin silver photobooth strip. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hammer and Sickle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 5 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 12.125 x 16.25 in. Published in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Polaroid

Bathroom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Torso
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fauchon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bedroom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bathroom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 15.25 x 13.625 in. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundatio...
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Barbara Allen, Mary Richardson, and a Woman at Halston Fashion Show
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. Stamped on the r...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Francesco Clemente at Cafe Roma
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.125 x 18....
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andrew Unangst, Archival Small 'Andy Warhol with Red Campbell's Soup', 1985/2022
Located in New York, NY
The archival photographic pop-art print, ‘Andy Warhol with Red Campbell’s Soup’ was created in 1985 by photographer Andrew Unangst. Taken in New York City, Unangst had the opportuni...
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2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Aretha Franklin photograph Detroit 1980
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Aretha Franklin photograph by Leni Sinclair The 'queen of soul,' Aretha Franklin shot in Motown by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of the year (see The Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan. 28, 2016) Archival inkjet print Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches including borders (image: 9x 12 inches) Hand signed, titled & dated in ink on the lower margins. Very good condition. Acquired directly from artist. Lot 180 is an authorized primary dealer rep of Leni Sinclair About Leni Sinclair Sinclair is a recognized leader of the 1960s-70s counter cultural movement in Detroit, which she amply documented through vivid and dramatic photography...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

'Schnitzel Please!' Dresden Germany photograph, 1999
Located in NEW YORK, NY
"Schnitzel Please!" This timeless, charming photo of a town favorite Dresden Dog, was captured by New York based photographer Fernando Natalici in Germany in 1999. Archival Inkjet ...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

Patti Astor The Foreigner 1977 film still (Amos Poe The Foreigner)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici Patti Astor The Foreigner New York 1977: Actress and legendary downtown NY scenester Patti Astor, photographed during the filming of "The Foreigner" by celebrated N...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Keith Haring Subway Art photo c.1981 (Keith Haring subway drawings)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Subway Drawings Photograph: This photograph captures Keith Haring's epic conquest, producing public art across the New York City subway platforms, during the early 80's....
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Inkjet

Andy Warhol Films director Paul Morrissey photographed nude for Vanity Fair
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paul Morrissey, director of Andy Warhol's ‘Trash’, photographed for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pop Art black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art black and white 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 black and white 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Sally Davies, and Fernando Natalici. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital 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 Pop Art black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white 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 $175 and tops out at $150,000, while the average work sells for $1,275.

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