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Photography For Sale
Artist: Mitchell Funk
Artist: Ellen von Unwerth
Magenta Staten Island Ferry
Located in Miami, FL
Magenta Staten Island Ferry it’s …Color Field Photography. This retinal numbing image of New York Harbor was done 51 years ago. Unframed, ...
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1970s Color-Field Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Guggenheim Museum Reaches Out
Located in Miami, FL
Museum in a car - The artsiest of art museums is artfully depicted in street photographer Mitchell Funk's imaginative photograph. A passing red car with similar curvilinear forms has the museum's facade reflected in its roof window...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Photography in New York - People Minimized to Colorful Abstract Shapes
Located in Miami, FL
New York City pedestrians form a graphic pattern integrating with a colorful green construction wall and an orange day-glow concrete traffic barrier. Three orange day-glow stripes e...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge, Urban Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
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1990s American Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Figures on New York Steps in Gold Chiaroscuro Caravaggio Light
Located in Miami, FL
Inspired by the drama of chiaroscuro painting by Caravaggio, Mitchell Funk captures figures on the steps of Bryant Park in Manhattan. Unified by the late golden rays of the sun and t...
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1970s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Staten Island Ferry in Magenta New York Harbor by Mitchell Funk, Color Field
Located in Miami, FL
New York Photographer Mithcell Funk creates an image with a broad expanse of mostly flat magenta. His representation of space is flat and simplified. In the center of the picture pla...
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1970s Color-Field Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Indian Wigwam Motel In Holbrook, Arizona
Located in Miami, FL
Old cars parked in front of vintage Wigwam Motel off U.S. Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitche...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Taxi Portrait - Lost in Thought in New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk's signature hi-color/design photography merges with photojournalism in this introspective New York City Taxi Portrait. Signed, dated, numbered low...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mondrian Boogie Woogie Updated By Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perpendicular lines of white and yellow, rectangles of yellow, and white bands of equal proportion define this overhead Manhattan intersection. As an afterthought, it's a nod to Mo...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Art: Literally - Hot Pink Umbrella - Like Rothko
Located in Miami, FL
New York City is renowned as a center of world-class Museums and tastemaker Art Galleries. However, some of the greatest art is street art mad...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Snow Abstract Architecture, Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City snowstorm allows Street Photographer Mitchell Funk to transform facades of Upper Eastside walkups into a stunning impressionist cityscape. Monochromatic grays are pun...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful New York City Facade with Blue, Yellow and Red Squares like Mondrian
Located in Miami, FL
Mondrian came to New York City in the 1940s, and the city's real-world grid-like street design inspired him to create his famous Broadway Boogie-Woogie series, composed of primary co...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Deer Louse Point East Hampton in Ginger Sky - Nature's Splendor
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's Splendor is captured with deer grazing at sunset on East Hampton's famous Louse Point. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are avai...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Impressionist Snow Storm - Bethesda Fountain Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow blankets Bethesda Fountain and simplifies the landscape so that only a few sick-figure people dot the blue on the blue-white ground. The one figure with a red coat acts ...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Joyful San Francisco Victorian in Purple with Rainbow like Gay Flag
Located in Miami, FL
A prismatic rainbow symbolic of the Gay Flag crowns a pair of purple San Francisco Victorians, adding color and meaning. The whole image exudes a sense of joy...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Brooklyn Bridge with Blue Sky Golden Windows and Red Kite
Located in Miami, FL
Why is this view of the Brooklyn Bridge, a blue sky, and golden windows no longer visible? The image is a creation from Mitchell Funk's mind. It comprises three photographs with colo...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Hazy Day, Central Park West Towers Cradle Orange Red Sun
Located in Miami, FL
Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City with a thick, warm grey haze, giving the sky a surreal quality. Sunset enhanced the hazy effect. Photographer Mitchell Fun...
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2010s Tonalist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Retro Urban Street Photograph - A Conversation in Blues and Reds
Located in Miami, FL
Two men have a conversation and joke-it-up on the steps of a boarded-up store named Nicks Cleaners. The whole scene is awash in dreamy blues and reds. Absorbing the influence of bot...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan in Snow Storm - Golden Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk grabs a taxi moment in front of Grand Central Station. The image communicates the spirit of wintery New York, with skies filled with falling snow. I...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
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2010s Color-Field Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Public Statues. Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, senior citizens were fixtures on New York City park benches. In this image, golden light conveys the expressive nature of a disparate relationship between an old man an...
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1970s American Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Gas Station on a Foggy Night with Green Lights. Close Encounters
Located in Miami, FL
The same year, the iconic science fiction movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released, visionary still photographer Mitchell Funk shot this SciFi-like image. It's of an un...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful People Central Park Snow
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Central Park Ice Skaters at Night Purple Sky in New York City
Located in Miami, FL
A blur of Central Park ice skaters at night fills the foreground of this dreamy image of one of New York City's most iconic spots. The purple sky and bluish ice add to the overall ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Rooftop Abstraction - Urban Landscape Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A Manhattan rooftop looks as beautiful as an abstract painting filled with lush colors punctuated by a single sitting figure in hyper-light. New York City rooftops are typically dar...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Autumn Colors in New York City as Orange Trees Squeeze into the Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Autumn colors flourish as late afternoon light illuminates Upper East Side trees, emphasizing their orange and red color. The image is unexpected as a juxtaposition of nature and ma...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cracked Paint Abstraction Chinatown San Francisco Mural, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A painted wall advertisement becomes an abstract work of art through the lens of Mitchell Funk. San Francisco is known for is a rich environment of...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Intoxicated Skid Row Bowery Homeless, Gritty Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Enter the Wood Chipper. Before the Bowery was a trendy destination, it was America's most famous Skid Row. Vagrant flophouses, 10-dollar prostitutes, dive bars, and what used to be ...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Skyline Billionaires' Row Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Supertall luxury skyscrapers in New York City run along the southern end of Central Park. Billionaires' Row has redefined the image of New York City. Now New York has a new and bre...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Art Deco District Miami Beach in the 80's, Pinks and Blues
Located in Miami, FL
Mediterranean Revival style, Bendle Apartments, constructed in 1923, is located at 826 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, Florida, is seen here th...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Snowstorm Abstraction Toddler in Red Snow Suit - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City snowstorm changes the superficial look of the city and, for photographers, yields creative possibilities. Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a toddler...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hot Pink Hot Car in Times Square - Automotive
Located in Miami, FL
In the visual madness of Times Square, a beacon of futuristic design and color in the form of a hot pink Corvette stops before a light. The uncanny ima...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Las Vegas Gambling Dice - Primary Colors
Located in Miami, FL
A boldly composed Las Vegas casino sign consisting of a three-dimensional red die rests on a King of Clubs. The very graphic sign is captured in an equally bold way by street photog...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dancing Waters: The Fountain in Washington Square Park - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Blurry figures are vaguely seen through the dancing waters of the Washington Square Fountain in New York. Raking light strikes the water streams, which results in dots and dashes of...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection with vibrant and intense color by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Inspiring Spires: Empire State Building in New York City at Gold Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
A parade of New York City spires is on full display in this unique view of Manhattan from Queens. Taken in 1974, its composition and graphic appeal still inspires after 50 years. Sa...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Adobe Mission Church in Taos New Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church in Taos was photographed in 1973 by Mitchell Funk. The image is characterized by radical cropping and a simplification of elements and is set ...
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1970s Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Plaza Hotel with Yellow Taxis, Blue Sky New York City in Spring
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk makes a statement about two New York icons. The majestic Plaza Hotel proudly rises against a deep cobalt blue sky in the crisp early morning light....
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Miami Beach at Night - Ethereal Wolfie's Restaurant Neon
Located in Miami, FL
The ethereal neon sign of a Miami Beach classic glows at night. Customers of Wolfie's Restaurant are seen through a window, while a backlit bus stop lightbox illuminates a single ma...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
A silhouetted man looks out to infinity and ponders the buried memories on the hallowed grounds of Vicksburg. He is seen in silhouette in the bottom half of the composition. The top half shows two Civil War...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Curvy Nude in Surreal Landscape of Red and Blue - Album Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Fantasy Album Cover Beck & Sanborn for CTI records. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and print...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ocean Drive In Miami Beach, by Mitchell Funk, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco buildings in the South Beach area of Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chic Fashion Model with Fireworks Explosion of Color - Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A chic, high-fashion model clad in high heels and a chic hat holds a refreshing drink as she sits on a pedestal. She is depicted in silhouette as a burst of zoomed fireworks explode...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dream Landscape - Woman Strolls in Fantasy Forest of Blue Green
Located in Miami, FL
Questions about the nature and boundaries of reality are contextualized in this dreamy image of a woman strolling in a fantasy forest that breathes high-pitched color. Pioneering pho...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fleeting Glance in Fleeting Light - Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funks' signature style is to energize traditional photojournalism/ street photography with overly dramatic light, color, and composition. This wo...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Unseen New York. Manhattan sky line in pinks, golds and blues
Located in Miami, FL
Unseen New York conjured up images of secret hideaways, architectural details, or some undiscovered treasure. Mitchell Funk gives a new twist to the term "unseen". His subject matt...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
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1970s American Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower At Dusk With Dramatic Sky, Paris France
Located in Miami, FL
Eiffel Tower Paris's most iconic and romantic landmark is depicted in a romantic and moody light. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, p...
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2010s Post-Modern Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Two Facades - Old New York Bar with Surreal Mid-Century Mannequin Face
Located in Miami, FL
Two Facades. Mickey's Place was Bar / Restaurant in Chelsea opposite the old West Side Highway. In this photograph, late afternoon light illuminates the old walk-up building giving ...
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1970s Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Man in Colorful African Theme Clothes Illuminated by Shaft of Light
Located in Miami, FL
Rays of golden light burn through New York's streets and illuminate a man dressed in a vivid African-themed shirt with matching shorts. He dominates the composition that emphasizes ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bare Ass, Folsom Street Fair Gay San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
The print is signed, dated, and numbered with an edition of 2/15. It's signed lower right recto. printed later. Other sizes are available and it's unframed. Printed on Hahnemühle F...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Beautiful Flower Woman on Fifth Avenue Easter Parade, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The merger of human and plant forms is complete with a lovely young woman dressed in an elaborate flower hat. The beauty and warmth of her floral outfit are matched by her smile. Si...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

9/11 - Twin Towers in Angelic Light, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Since its construction, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center. More specifically, he has been recording how light affects and transforms the two giant monoliths. Like us all, Mitchell was inspired by the formidable presence of the two buildings. Living in Brooklyn Heights with great views of lower Manhattan gave him a special advantage and opportunity to assemble some of the most iconic Twin Tower images ever taken. To Mitchell Funk, the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center were the perfect synthesis of commerce and art. Most modern architecture is simply functional. Minoru Yamasaki's Twin Towers were in fact something quite radical. They were a steel and glass expression of Minimalism on the grandest scale in human history. Everything in the towers was stripped down to its essential quality with nothing extraneous added ….. except light. The way the buildings reflected light made them unique and inspired Mitchell to record them in color for 32 years. Although, the exterior was actually made of a very reflective blue/grey stainless steel the warm light of daybreak and sunset could change their color and transform them from buildings into and mystical monumental sculptures. With the help of the sun as a key player, Mitchell’s images of the Twin Towers progress from the mystical to the spiritual as they reflect the sun’s intense golden energy. Under these conditions, one could argue, that the Twin Tower housed the same type of divine energy as the adjacent churches. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, one could interpret Twin Tower sunset images differently. A sunset can be a symbol for the end of the day or simply The End. The 1969 image “Dead End” is a visual prognostication. The North Tower is under construction in the background and in the foreground, Mitchell has framed it between two street signs that read Dead End. In Mitchell’s Twin Tower photographs, he is not taking a tourist picture that says “here I am on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...
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1970s American Modern Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sailboats in New York Harbor with Silver Water and Silver Light WTC
Located in Miami, FL
When light illuminates the city, there is a good chance you will find Mitchell Funk at the ready to capture it. Glistening light skims off the water's surface, turning it light blu...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Follow The Light - Abstract Photography Golden Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk follows the light. Come along with him and become illuminated. Ephemeral rays of golden light strike an Upper East Side pre-war facade under renovation. The resulting...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

East Hampton Sunset , Nature Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Sunset , Signature: Signed , Dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. printed later, Printed on Hahne...
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2010s American Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
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1970s Conceptual Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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