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Orpheus #5 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #5 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition. This photograph is from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs by Platt Lynes of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus. 8 different photographs are remaining and are available on request. Original gelatin silver prints that are stamped by the artist are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and the art archives of many prominent universities. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
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1940s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Men
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude in Motel (Desert Nudes) - 1999 - 20x25cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inve...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. This is an esta...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Esplanade, Promenade, France, black and white gelatin silver photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2018. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archiva...
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2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment

Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall at a Party
Located in Austin, TX
Incredible candid image photographed by Globe Photos Photographer Nate Cutler at the premier of How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953. How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American screwball comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) by Zoe Akins and Loco (1946) by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. It stars Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall as three fashionable Manhattan...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

I am fleeting #8 and Mirages #6, Diptych. Color Photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Is a project that debates through the photographic image, the importance that humans have assigned to ourselves, and proposes a reconciliation with the reality of our own insignifica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Riders for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Riders for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph.  From the series "Riders" realized by Newton for Playboy magazine. Editio...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

June - abstract black and white butterfly photography, limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
From June and Oris collection - June As she steps inside, day gives way to night. The air is thick with warmth, heavy with the scent of simmering broth. Hands move in quiet rhythm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Giclée

Cypress Trees, along the Road, Tuscany, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Path through a cypress avenue to the castle, Tuscany, Italy. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cebollas con alcachofas II. From The Bodegones still life photography series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The bodegones are a pictorial interpretation based on a research project of the famous chef Juan Carlos Franco, on old food recipes of different periods in history. The photographer ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Cowper Stove (Industrial Interior Photograph of Abandoned Factory Furnace)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
Industrial interior photograph of a rusted factory stove, framed with non-glare glass "Cowper Stove Detail", photographed by Doug Fidoten in 2019 18" X 26...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Paper size very large 72 x 4...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print of one of Ansel Adams' most iconic images was printed by an assistant under Adams' supervision in the 1960s. It is signed in full by the artist in ink mount...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Titter, Scantily Clad Woman Viewing Titter Magazine, 1950 Vintage Photograph
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.” Roger Ebert “[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
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1950s Contemporary Photography

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Silver Gelatin

My Sister's White Cat
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghosts of Love If love took form, if we could see it, and if so watch, as it faded, or got lost, or just gave up, slowly softly, disappeared, disillusioned, dejected, I think I saw it, as a tree in the woods, as a pale moth, a boat upturned on a shore, moonlight on ocean, a feather, drifting down, discarded, I looked and, love was everywhere, sighing, trembling, shimmering, fluttering, tender, as it departed, and as I watched...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Poolside Friendship Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Friendship 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with g...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Brigid Berlin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed. This is a unique work which comes w...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Polaroid

Frida Painting "Two Fridas" - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Frida Kahlo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Painting "Two Fridas" by Nickolas Muray is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in her studio, sitting in front of her famous painting, The...
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1930s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Perfectio
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series. The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Visiting Las Vegas, 1962
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph captures a classic street scene in Las Vegas, likely from the 1950s or 1960s. The image showcases the Fremont Street area with its bright neon signs and vintage casinos...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Black and White

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 53"x43"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Monument Valley - Arctic, Landscape, Ice, Photography, Conservation
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10 More sizes on request Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glo...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Martini Corner, Bisbee, Arizona - Vintage interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Martini Corner, interior photography by Richard Heeps, photographed in Arizona as part of his Dream in Color series. The artwork has rich orange colours and an elegant mid-century fe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Belles of Shoreditch, The Whoopee Club, London - Burlesque Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Belles of Shoreditch, from Richard Heeps Burlesque series. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque Photography after he spent 2003 ca...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition August 1973:A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel ...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ophelia Series
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The photography of Carla van de Puttelaar allows the eye to touch the skin on many different levels. Through her lens, she makes the viewer aware of the sensitivity and the sensualit...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jayne Mansfield Casino - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Jayne Mansfield Casino 1955 by Frank Worth This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas circa 1955 Captured by celebrity photographer Fr...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Illusion - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Illusion - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1030. Not moun...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Dancers Tim Michaels, Jerry Evans, Jeff Hornaday, Larry Cole, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Where Are We Heading? (Olivia Wilde)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tao Ruspoli (born November 7, 1975) is an Italian-American filmmaker, photographer, and musician. Background Tao is the second son of Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cervet...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Look Up 01 and Manifest 02. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world. Tcherassi's ...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment

Flora 10 - Contemporary Photography, Floral, Female Nude, Daisies, Flowers
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 10 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. All prints are produced to order. Lead times betwee...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
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1950s American Realist Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Bob Dylan in NYC
Located in New York, NY
Don Hunstein image is the photo used for the actual color cover of “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” album. This iconic image shows Bob & his girlfriend Suze Rotolo walking down a cold an...
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1960s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

ICES Green, Pink, Blue, Yellow - Four Framed Artworks Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES - Four Framed Artworks, Photographs by Richard Heeps. Featured here Vivid Lime Green, Pink Lemonade, Cornflower Blue, Lemon Yellow. Get in touch to request other sizes or colo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD6387) - large scale abstract photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction. She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms. AD6387 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence) 40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm edition of 8 + 2AP 60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm edition of 8 + 2AP limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by signed artist certificate: artist signature labels are 8x10 in size signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity label __________________ About the artist Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art. For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia. Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes and Succulents (2018) with a debut at Musee Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2019. Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum exhibition in Germany and the US. Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, the Perez Art Museum in Miami, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris, The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London, Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Australian Centre for Photography and Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan. Mona Kuhn currently lives and works in Los Angeles. __________________ Solo Exhibitions 2024 Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY 2023 Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Giclée

Photograph of "Arctic Wolf" 36x48 Black and White Photography, Wolves Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of an Arctic Wolf. Printed on archival paper using only archival ink. Framing available. Inquire for rates. Shane Russeck has bu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Orange Flowered Couch at Sunset (29 Palms, CA) - 1999 Edition 1/10, 20x20cm, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid Artist inventory Number 19762 Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider:...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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

Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985. Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine. Edtion 7/85
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Untitled (Kate #13)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #13) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 17 x 22 in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Digital Pigment

Hot Air Balloon, World Championship, b&w photograph, limited edition landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'For the Brave, Tennessee' Limited Edition Triptych. Landscape, Flowers, nature.
Located in Penzance, GB
'For the Brave, Tennessee' Master Edition (1 of 5). Archival Giclée print. Triptych . Hand signed and numbered, Unframed. _________________ Scarlet poppies and purple lupine, scatte...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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

Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Fifteen Piece Rainbow Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Porcelain II - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 16" х 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Porcelain II" captures a young naked woman floating in dark waters, their pale form creating ethereal ripples against the black backdrop. This underwater fine art photograph showcas...
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2010s Naturalistic Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Dancer (anonymous), nude study for After Dark magazine, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer, nude study for 'After Dark' magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the reverse. American photographer...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Post Soviet Russian Avant Garde Art Photograph Mixed Media Gum Arabic Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Igor Vishnyakov is a Russian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1968 in Moscow. Igor spent his childhood in Africa and Southeast Asia. After returning to Moscow in the mid...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Photography

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Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Trisha Brown and Lance Grier performing 'Set and Reset', signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Trisha Brown and Lance Grier performing 'Set and Reset', 1987. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. C...
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1980s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Foggy Revelation, Mountains, Foggy Lake, black and white photograph, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Woman collecting sea shells
Located in Middletown, NY
Circa 1890 Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), small handwritten number '285' in negative, lower left. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corners. [Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 1889] A woman wearing a towel over her head Anesama kaburi style picks up shells. The background is the sea. There are boats with sails on the beach. It is probably a dramatized photo. Ogawa Katsumasa (1860 – 1936) was a pivotal figure in early Japanese photography. He adapted cutting-edge Western technology in photo-printing processes to produce numerous half-tone and collotype publications which transformed the market which had previously concentrated on the more expensive souvenir albums. Ogawa's publications were also instrumental in introducing Japanese art and culture to a mass international audience. He built one of the most successful photographic businesses in late-Meiji Japan. He opened his first portrait studio in Tomioka, Gumma Prefecture, in 1877. [Bennett, Terry. Old Japanese Photographs...
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Late 19th Century Realist Photography

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Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton. Black and white photograph. From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cherries (Contemporary Still Life Study of Red Cherries in Light Box)
Located in Hudson, NY
11.25 x 11.25 inches unframed Archival pigment print edition of 12 Some of David Halliday's most engaging works are those from his Box Series in which he merges classical ideas about light and composition or still lifes with contemporary experiments of fresh color. In this series an empty cookie tin becomes a tiny studio for food objects. Halliday carefully styles his photographic subjects inside and, allowing only natural light to seep in through a circular window. The results feel less like still lifes and more like intimate portraits of human sustenance. In these photographs, the fleshy curves of a fig, the slick bodies of sardines, even the homeliest porcini mushrooms possess a degree of nobility, providing a refreshing contrast to the compulsive relationship we so often have with food, reminding us to slow down and savor with gratitude. In this particular image, the bright red Bing cherries with their bright green stems are piled high into a silver goblet, gently brushed with the natural diffused light, echoing techniques associated with a Vermeer painting! About the work: The Past Still Present: A master of light, New Orleans photographer David Halliday produces lush and elegant images that are both classical and modern. Using window...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

Two Men Kissing, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Hand-Tinted Portrait by Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY


"Two Men Kissing" is a celebration of gay love. Unlike Saudek’s hallmark surreal and dreamlike photographs, for this work the artist documents shared...
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1980s Contemporary Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'NIce Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 - 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, V...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

All I have to do is Dream - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All I have to do is dream - 2017, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-print, based on the Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, Pop-art, Contemporary, analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 1999 published in 'Stranger than Paradise' 128x126cm Sold out edition of 5, Artist proof 2/2, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Photography

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Metal

Diane K, Pharrell B&W, Toni Garnn II. Photo intervened by the artists.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Diane K, Pharrell B&W, Toni Garnn II, Triptych 2017 by Hunter & Gatti From the series of IWMYAS Acrylic and oil-pastel black & white pigment print Overall size: Image Size: 33.8 H x ...
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2010s Contemporary Photography

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Bright star 1 - Signed limited edition abstract art print, Contemporary Square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Bright star 1 - Photograph by Michael Banks Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by artis...
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2010s Abstract Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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