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Untitled (from the series A Bee in the Rose)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erica Kelly Martin is an artist and photographer, based in Los Angeles, whose work centers on recurring themes of identity, transformation, and the paradox of human existence, conden...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Persephone III - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions Persephone III by Erik Pawassar 40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm) signed edition of 25 62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ____________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Form Worm"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique silver gelatin print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame. Betsy Kenyon’s work is a merging of different processes; using darkroom technique...
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2010s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

《桃花源记》The Peach Colony
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun, 1955, is a famous Chinese contemporary artist. He creates principally through the art media of photography, installation, sculpture and oil painting, and has put forward t...
Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Nova Car - Marfa Texas - Vintage Car Photograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category

2010s Realist Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Playa del Carmen, 2010
Located in ATLANTA, GA
I am a choreographer and photographer, born in Germany. I received my art education at the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden. In 2001 I moved to the USA were I transformed my ey...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 7. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, a reference to the traditional pre-flight instructions of airline hostesses, is fine art photographer Micheal McLaughlin's collection of the sights found universally in the act of travelling between countries and continents. From dark Hong Kong skylines...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Showtime diptych I
Located in MADRID, ES
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions. Showtime, by F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ready to hang 47.2"x 47.2" Limited Edition Color Photograph "Rays"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautifully vibrant yellow portrait features rays of yellow and white emanating from the model. This is a limited edition color photograph. Number 1 of 4 is currently available,...
Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

de Young - tactile elements of iconic San Francisco museum architecture
Located in San Francisco, CA
DE YOUNG by Frank Schott an hommage to the architectural details of Herzog DeMeuron's famous de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park 29 x 40 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Gyeonggi 1
Located in Seoul, SO
These photographs explore abstract patterns, shapes, rhythms and relationships between man and the earth. This image of the Gunpo/Anyang area was created in the autumn of 2018 from...
Category

2010s Land Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Plage 80 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Beach Landscape Photography
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
C-print mounted on Plexiglass Edition of 30
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

Farm Pa Orson Corners Red
Located in Cragsmoor, NY
This is an early work when i first began to go digitally and with a new Nikon. I lived in the country at the time and wanted to challenge myself with taking accurate landscapes that ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Digital

Untitled (from the series A Bee in the Rose)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erica Martin captures a fly in a moment of stillness, perched on top of a flower. While flies are commonly associated with filth and decay, they are also essential to floral blooms a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format photograph of iconic rhinestones
Located in San Francisco, CA
White Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz, a highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate detai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Love Addiction TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Ota Ward, Tokyo (0995-02)
Located in New York, NY
20 x 24 inch type-c print Edition 10. Signed on verso. Throughout her career, photographer Yoko Ikeda has been finding poetry in the prosaic, and mystery in the mundane. Her photog...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Protecting what I carry inside
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Miguel Milló builds complex compositions in which painting, sculpture, and the play of light and shadow combine to create subtle and poetic atmospheres. In his images, the human being is a metaphor for the fertile land from which life springs; an overflowing life, full of throbbing. It can be said that the nude bodies are blank canvases that the artist intervenes with mud and pigments, to later cover them with simple or complex compositions of plants, earth, roots, leaves, flowers, and fruits. This gives life to his final work, through the masterful handling of light sources and shadows that provide volume and movement to the creation captured through his magic eye...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Screen

RT 370 PA.
Located in Cragsmoor, NY
This is an early work when i first began to go digitally and with a new Nikon. I lived in the country at the time and wanted to challenge myself with taking accurate landscapes that ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Orange Poppies No.3 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.3' Analogue colour floral photography. London, United Kingdom 2024. Limited edition of 20. Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Blue Butterfly Lashes
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 5. CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through September 11th, 2016. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available after September 11th. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: In the hazy, warm New York summer, little is more refreshing than reclining on the beach in the mist of the icy ocean waves or enjoying a family trip to the country house. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, the Summertime Salon, which reminds us of this exact seasonal sentiment. The two, long walls of the gallery become mosaicked, top to bottom, side to side, in photographs that evoke all the preeminent feelings and memories of summer. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rice’s annual masterpiece comes into fruition. This year is no exception. The show is a haven of what the Robin Rice Gallery stands for, a community of art and experience. As the largest annual exhibition, the Summertime Salon is carefully pieced together, the results are staggering. The works of the 53 gallery artists come together communally, reinforcing the overall sense of unity that the show creates as a whole. In knowing the photographs so fluently, Rice strategically places them together in a way that will enhance the individual stories contained in each. Details from one image flow from into the next, elevating every photograph in a distinctly unique way. This year’s invitational image, “Surf Club” by Silvia Lareo-Vasquez, features a woman in a vintage sun hat reclining in the pool with a drink. The black and white image evokes an extreme sense of nostalgia in its cinematic portraiture and supple texture. Though the figure of the woman is tauntingly beautiful, the drink is the darkest tone, nearing black, and is centered in the frame. With this, we are reminded of the refreshing notes of summer and the utter serenity of taking the day off to relax. The show’s imagery is evocative of all eras of summer, thus any viewer can relate or connect to one of the images. As Rice likes to say, “There’s something for everyone.” One image by Benjamin Heller details a strong owl flying...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Pigment

Pink
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Miguel Milló builds complex compositions in which painting, sculpture, and the play of light and shadow combine to create subtle and poetic atmospheres. In his images, the human bein...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Screen

Simon Le Bon
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Gelatin Silver Print Paper size: 10 x 8 inches Framed size: 26.5 x 22.5 inches Dated 'Apr 29 1982' on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, New York This work originates fr...
Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

‘Tacheles Print #2’, 2021 Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
Located in London, GB
Silver Gelatin applied with Japanese brushes on Britannia Aquarell Hahnemüle rough 300gsm 185 x 125 cm Unframed
Category

2010s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category

1970s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Framed 42"x 42" Limited Edition Color Photograph "Skyhigh"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautifully vibrant red surreal portrait was shot in Barcelona. Dasha Pears cleverly arranges the composition so that the red building functions as the model's Dr. Seuss-like ha...
Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Paris, France
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kit Young Paris, France, 2019 Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1 of 1 in pencil on sheet verso Unique gelatin silver print 8 x 10" matted to 11 x 14"
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cloud Study II - large format photograph of dramatic mood cloudscape horizon sky
Located in San Francisco, CA
large-scale original art photography from a series of dramatic cloud atlas observations and abstract monochromatic skyscapes above the Mediterranean Sea C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment, Black and White, Digital Pigment, Giclée, Archival Pap...

The Artichoke
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Caroline in the Entrance Hall, Villa Victoria, MONTE-CARLO, B&W photography
Located in Cody, WY
UNIQUE PRINT SILVER GELATIN - silver gelatin print mounted on diebond and framed in black frame. THE MONTE-CARLO SERIES (1980), Early works from 1980, Executed in 2011. Shot in abandoned 19th century villas in and around Monaco and Monte-Carlo between 1980 and 1982, the photographs feature young women in the artist's intimate circle of friends playfully posing in eccentric vintage attire...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Prayer Flags Bhutan - Abstract Photography
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
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2010s Realist Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, Times Square, Golden Light, Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A pushcart street vendor selling hot dogs is somehow transformed into something bigger. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the scene in extreme golden light. As a result, ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Hollywood - large format photograph of iconic California landmark in Los Angeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of an epic view of the iconic Hollywood sign and sprawling downtown Los Angeles in the distance HOLLYWOOD by Christian Stoll 40 x 40 inches / 102 x 102cm si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Ozzy Osbourne and Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Unique Gelatin Silver Print Paper size: 8 x 10 inches Framed size: 23.75 x 25.25 inches Provenance: Private collection, New York This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warho...
Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Belles Demoiselle By TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Manhattanhenge 2021 with Mystical Object - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon light from Manhattanhenge skims across the asphalt of East 72nd Street. The circular shape of a manhole cover in the foreground echos the ...
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2010s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Newport
Located in Hudson, NY
Available UNFRAMED or FRAMED. Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 7. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Candy Warhol By TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

The Rendezvous
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 18 x 12 inches Framed size: 23 x 16.75 inches Signed lower right
Category

19th Century Photography

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painted Landscape v.1
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Lightjet print on Fuji Gloss Archive paper and acrylic enamel paint by contemporary artist Timothy Tompkins. Painted Landscape v.1 is executed primarily in saturated blues and gree...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Photography

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Photographic Paper

Heart 02
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Danish photographer Kim Høltermand photographed the Herning Art Museum in Jutland, Denmark. He is known for his moody, quiet photos that show public spaces before t...
Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Airfield - large scale aerial observation of aeronautical facility
Located in San Francisco, CA
Airfield by Erik Pawassar 23 x 40 inches (58 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed 48 x 84 inches (122 x 213cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

United Nations and Manhattan Skyline wrapped in Divine Light with Jet Ski
Located in Miami, FL
United Nations wrapped in Divine Light while a man on a Jet Ski passes glides in front on the East River Bright golden light rushes down 42nd street and cloak...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Sins Of Jezebel By TOMAAS
Located in PARIS, FR
All prints are Museum-quality glossy paper placed under a 4mm Crystal Clear High-End acrylic glass that delivers an unbelievable depth and the most accurate, vivid and vibrant colors...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Redwoods (6 glass panels) - large format abstract nature forest panorama
Located in San Francisco, CA
a large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature oasis, a highly detailed observation of the soothing natural beauty of the California redwood forest Redwoods (hexaptych) by Erik Pawassar 48 x 132 inches (122 x 335cm) six panels of 48 x 22 inches / each "frameless" acrylic glass face mount edition of 7 signed archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity __ "Modern Gallery Frameless", a contemporary alternative to classic framing: photo print is mounted onto aluminum composite for archival support and stability, then sealed behind a protective layer of high quality acrylic glass with polished edges all around. A recessed aluminum back frame adds additional stability, allows instant hanging and provides a floating artwork appearance. _______________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Giclée

“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “Has Found Out Thy Bed” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 20” X 30” inch ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

H2O I - large format abstract photograph of sun reflection on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O l by Erik ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

Sunbathing in Venice, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathing in Venice A woman sunbathes wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice, 1954. In this delightfully whimsical photograph by Slim Aarons, taken in 1...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 20th Century, Photography, Roger Moore, James Bond
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes. Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century – social and political images that both made the news, as well as images from behind the headlines, which show the human race at work and play. This stunning collection of photographs...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Photographic Paper

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

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Antigua Beach Club' (Estate Stamped Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Antigua Beach Club' by Slim Aarons The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. This photograph epitomises the travel st...
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1960s Modern Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Hotel' 1957 Limited Slim Aarons Estate Edition Beautiful 1950's cars parked outside the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Typica...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

White dog
Located in New York, NY
Selected art photography exhibitions 1993 – "Limbos - a place for photography", Tel Aviv, Israel Curator - Judith Guweta 1994 - "Monada", cobalt - Jerusalem. Israel. Curator - Yu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Plexiglass

Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Beautiful greens of th...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

Seascape X - large format photograph of monochrome blue water surface & horizon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes Seascape ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Santa Monica
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 7. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production. Shipping time depends on method of shipping. Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph. ABOUT: Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, a reference to the traditional pre-flight instructions of airline hostesses, is fine art photographer Micheal McLaughlin's collection of the sights found universally in the act of travelling between countries and continents. From dark Hong Kong skylines...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

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