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Mitchell Funk
Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover

1982

$6,500
£4,901.03
€5,647.75
CA$9,017.26
A$10,103.79
CHF 5,259.41
MX$123,604.31
NOK 66,758.43
SEK 63,052.54
DKK 42,161.63
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Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 1984. Mitchell Funk did a lot work for Bob Guccione's futuristic Omni Magazine in the 1980s. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 3/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is unframed and printed later. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary from monitor to monitor. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others
  • Creator:
    Mitchell Funk (1950, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1982
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    43 x 29 Ed: 2/15Price: $5,500
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
    Excellent.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38539631182

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