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Blue Mask Hand-Altered Monoprint
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold monoprint of a blue mask by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia Pearce" in the lower right corner. "Monoprint" is written in the lower left corner. Presented i...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Portrait of John Kelly
By John Dugdale
Located in New York, NY
, Dugdale turned solely to personal work after a life-altering stroke in 1993. Surviving a seven-month
Category

1990s Other Art Style Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Silver Gelatin

California Blue Screen - 100x136cm - Polaroid, Contemporary, Self-Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

California Blue Screen - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Self-Portrait, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the same openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

29 Day Dreams - 29 Palms, CA, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

ZERO'S FRIEND Signed Color Lithograph, Head Portrait, Mod Hat, Pop Art
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
% acid free. ZERO'S FRIEND is a black and white Pop Art portrait drawing set against a white background
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1980s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

L’artiste est dans la cave
By Urs Lüthi
Located in Torino, TO
Urs Lüthi with his various alter egos and androgynous self-portraits raises questions about
Category

1970s Performance Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Photographic Paper

Diptychon # 30
By Thomas Florschuetz
Located in Kansas City, MO
West Berlin. He made his first photographic self-portraits in 1982, and only last year began
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print

Diptychon # 34
By Thomas Florschuetz
Located in Kansas City, MO
West Berlin. He made his first photographic self-portraits in 1982, and only last year began
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print

Diptychon # 35
By Thomas Florschuetz
Located in Kansas City, MO
West Berlin. He made his first photographic self-portraits in 1982, and only last year began
Category

1990s Abstract Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print

Oilfields I (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the
Category

1990s Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Hillview Motel (Last Picture Show) - analog, vintage, mounted, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

Three Boys (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the
Category

1990s Outsider Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

I wie Ikarus (Zuma Beach) - triptych - analog vitage prints, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

Untitled (29 Palms, CA) analog vintage print, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

Cheri Nevers Hosting a "Self-Esteem Salon" on Top of the Empire State Building
By Chris Verene
Located in New York, NY
. In 1997, working under the name of his alter-ego Cheri Nevers, artist Chris Verene began a series of
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

C Print

Max by the Pool (29 Palms, CA) - 128x125cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print

I wie Ikarus - Stranger than Paradise
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an example for
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid

Flower (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max turning (Long Way Home) - Analog hand-print, vintage, Alien, Polaroid, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
delicacy of their disappearance. They are images of vaguely remembered freaked-out alter egos, the noble
Category

1990s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Landed (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, pop-art
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
remembered freaked-out alter egos, the noble heroes of Gloria Steinem's too-much-pizza-and-beer nightmares
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max by the Pool - 29 Palms, California, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Felix and Dominique (California Blue Screen) - analog, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

Oilfields I (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish
Category

1990s Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Hillview Motel (Last Picture Show) - analog, vintage, based on 3 Polaroids
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the same openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Stefanie on bed looking quite dead (29 Palms, CA) - Analog, Polaroid, mounted
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

29 Day Dreams - 29 Palms, CA, analog hand-print, 58x56cm, 21st Century, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Badwater (Memories of Green)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Long Way Home - triptych, Polaroid, analog, Contemporary, pop-art
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
heartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Ranch (29 Palms, CA) - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

29 Palms, CA - based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Kirsten Red Lips (California Blue Screen) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an
Category

1990s Outsider Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
the same openheartedness and the same look which now, however, reveals in combination with her altered
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

White Trash Beautiful II from the 29 Palms, CA series
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Color, Archival Paper, Photographic Film, C Print, Polaroid

Running Water - Bathtime I (29 Palms, CA) analog, not mounted, 58x56cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
now, however, reveals in combination with her altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Flower (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
altered facial expression an “old-maidish” turning away from the viewer. This may serve as an example for
Category

1990s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

David Bowie, Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, 1973. Duffy Archive.
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego
Category

1970s Modern Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Abstract Expressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Pastel on Paper Bay Area
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Pastel on Paper Moody portrait of a man with dark
Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Films of Andy Warhol, Whitney Museum framed poster (Hand Signed by Billy Name)
By Billy Name
Located in New York, NY
Warhol and his milieu from 1964–1971. Name’s influence on Warhol as a confidant and collaborator altered
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1980s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph

Lt. Ed. Artist Book: Business Cards (Signed by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston)
Located in New York, NY
Kerouac's iconic On the Road (2009). Ruscha also paints trompe-l’oeil bound volumes and alters book spines
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1960s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Leather, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Silver Gelatin

"Le Philosophe Au Papillon, " an Original Color Lithograph, Signed
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
get closer to the workings of his subconscious mind. Masson experimented with altered states of
Category

1970s Surrealist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

Satan /// Surrealism Modern Andre Masson French Lithograph Mythological Art
By André Masson
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud, Michel
Category

1970s Surrealist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

The Woodcut Bathrobe
By Jim Dine
Located in Miami, FL
; some of them were titled or subtitled as self portrait. The bathrobe became a motif in his repertoire
Category

1970s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph, Woodcut

Made in China (A lantern with Chinese characters etched on the base)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
alters perceptions of reality. This is the first instance in which Wax explores that irony. Issued in an
Category

1980s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Mezzotint

"Le Philosophe au Papillon from Je Reve (I Dream) Portfolio, " signed by Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
subconscious mind. Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud
Category

1970s Surrealist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

"Altered States of an Autorittrati" 2nd State, Modernist Self-Portrait
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold lithograph depicting an abstracted self-portrait with other figurative elements symbolizing
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Altered States of an Autorittrati", Modernist Self-Portrait Complete Series (6)
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
-portraits. Presented in new black mats with foam core backing. No frame. Each piece measures 18"H x 14"W (to
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Altered States of an Autorittrati" 3rd State, Modernist Blue Self-Portrait
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold modernist self portrait in blue, a lithograph by California artist I. Colon (20th Century
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Altered States of an Autorittrati", Skeleton Limited Edition Lithograph
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("E.V. IV/X "Altered States of an Autorittrati" 5th
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même, 1974
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 52
Category

1970s Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Photograph Cibachrome Tibetan Monk Chengdu China Portrait Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
rural environments, examining how man has altered the landscape, affected our watersheds and contributed
Category

1980s American Modern Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Antique Men von Boltenstern Ring Intaglio Signet 18K Gold Carnelian ØUS9.5/15 gr
Located in SE
sized, customized in any way or engraved they are not returnable. We can arrange alter certain things
Category

Mid-20th Century European Medieval Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Carnelian, 18k Gold

Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
in 1967. Glaser was inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s self-portrait in 1957, altering it by adding rainbow
Category

1960s Contemporary Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

Pair Mid-Century Piero Fornasetti Mahogany and Metal Boxes, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Koper, SI
box features the image of a chariot on cream background, the smaller box portraits a group of soldiers
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Metal

Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
in 1967. Glaser was inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s self-portrait in 1957, altering it by adding rainbow
Category

1960s Pop Art Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Lithograph

Routes Across a Landscape - British Australian 60's Expressionist oil painting
By Ian Henderson
Located in London, GB
well as being a successful portrait artist and has a particular interest in landscape, exploring what
Category

1960s Expressionist Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

Oil

Diptychon # 31
By Thomas Florschuetz
Located in Kansas City, MO
West Berlin. He made his first photographic self-portraits in 1982, and only last year began
Category

1990s Abstract Altered Retro Portraits

Materials

C Print, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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Altered Retro Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of altered retro portraits available for sale. Today, if you’re looking for Surrealist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Pop Art. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the altered retro portraits on 1stDibs that include elements of beige, brown, white, black and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Stefanie Schneider, Josef Levi, Thomas Florschuetz, I. Colon and Bela Adler produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in c print, polaroid and paper, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Altered Retro Portraits?

Altered retro portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,555, while the lowest priced sells for $271 and the highest can go for as much as $85,000.