Skip to main content

20th Century Abstract Photography

to
71
244
66
44
12
170
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
5,229
4
7
24
45
35
140
65
111
140
124
71
53
24
14
10
9
6
3
2
1
267
254
15
10
10
10
9
8
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
226
146
146
145
140
137
25
21
12
11
37
69
375
161
Period: 20th Century
Golden Light on 1970s Road - Street Photography: Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. At a time when most color photographers were just pointing cameras and snapping images mostly during boring mid-day light, Mitchell Funk was innovatin...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shirtless Man with Hat Against Pink Wall Chelsea, Manhattan - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpectedly bright magenta wall serves as a background for a hatted passerby. In 1970 very few people were shooting in color, and just a handful of photographers exploited the co...
Category

Street Art 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Primary Colors in Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. ...
Category

Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

New York City, 1970 - Multiple Exposure by Mitchell Funk - Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This image is 52 years old and yet still looks cutting-edge beautiful. New York City, 1971 is an image generationsahead of its time. Not just for its creative graphic use of color a...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Silver Man and the Tank - Primary Colors, Staged Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This is a straight photo without a photoshop strip in. The silverman is from a trophy and is being held in the left hand of the photographer while his Nikon is in his right hand. It's an on-location shot set against three colorful fuel tanks...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this 19...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Contemplation by Ida Lansky, c. 1950's, Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Denton, TX
Contemplation by Ida Lansky depicts a group of three statues. The figures are turned towards each other and away from the viewer, as if talking in secret. This photograph is listed as a 9.5 x 7.5 inch vintage silver gelatin print. It is signed and titled in pencil on mount margin by the artist. Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing. Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Nor- man, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele. From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron...
Category

Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Psychedelic Forrest
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk. He was Color when Color wasn't Cool. Conceptualized and executed in 1971, when color photography was not recognized as fine art, this group of abstract, negative colo...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
Located in Miami, FL
Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign Inkjet Archival Print Signature: Signed dated ,numbered lower right recto. Printed Later, Unframed 2/15, other sizes available Nati...
Category

Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Top - Art Deco Skyscraper in Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He bring...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Red Sun. Green Skyline New York, Nikon Advertising Campaign
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Red Sun. Green Skyline, Nikon Advertising Campaign Inkjet Archival Print Signature: Signed dated ,numbered lower right recto. Printed Later, Unframed...
Category

Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Skyscraper in Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He bring...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouette of Running boy. Pink and Magenta Wall Guaymas Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
This is an image generations ahead of its time in use of color and design. It was shot on Kodachrome25 and manipulated with an analog device more than 50 years ago but looks state-...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Neon Old Fremont Street, Las Vegas - Dramatic Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset.. Signed, dated numbered on the lower right, 2/15 , Printed later, another size available, unf...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Soft Cadillac Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
The work is Signed, dated and number LL 4/15, recto, other size available, unframed, printed later
Category

Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Lower Manhattan Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
World Trade Center Tower 2 is still under construction in this very early example of how color photography can be true to it's namesake . Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 P...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Times Square in the Rain
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3 /15 printed later, unframed, other size available . The genesis of color photography starts with color. Bright, bold...
Category

20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Statue of liberty with colorful multiple exposures
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper In-camera multiple exposures with red, orange,...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lipstick Building, Citicorp New York Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
In Camera Multiple Exposure of two iconic New York Landmarks merge together in a harmony of soft colors and overlapping shapes . Signed and dated on ...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Art Deco Skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings ...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Abstract Brooklyn Bridge, Camera 35 Cover, 1973
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-camera multiple exposure with colored gels produces a complex semi-abstract image generation ahead of its time. Created in 1970. Camera 35 Cove...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled
Located in Denton, TX
8 x 10 in. Vintage gelatin silver print by Ida Lansky. Artist stamp on print verso Ida G. Lansky was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada. She pursued many careers in her lifetime including Nursing, Art, and Library Science. In 1928 she moved to New York City and later attended New York University, The Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell University. In 1942 she received a B.S. in Public Health Nursing. Ida Lansky moved to Hawaii in 1945 and married Irving Lansky. She then moved to Norman, Oklahoma and then to Denton, Texas where she studied art and was mother to two children, Ellen and Michele. From 1954 - 1959 she was in the Visual Art studies program at Texas Women’s University in Denton with an emphasis on photography. She studied under Carlotta Corpron. 1959 marked a peak in her art career when she exhibited her photographs in a group exhibition curated by Henry Holmes Smith...
Category

Bauhaus 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hangzhou, Zheijiang, China
Located in New York, NY
Lois Conner Hangzhou, Zheijiang, China, 1998 Pigment ink on Hahnemühle cotton paper 17 x 35 1/2 inches (sheet) 29 3/8 x 45 3/4 inches (frame) AP 3 Signed
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Rag Paper

Chrysler Building at Night with New York Skyline Vista
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building rises like a rocket ship in a glittering sky, conveying a sense of boundlessness. An aura of soft light caresses the scene, giving it a touch of mystical signif...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken
Located in Miami, FL
In 1995, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from the Weehawken, New Jersey vantage point, the iconic spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its he...
Category

Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire in Gold Light. Art Deco Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of the Chrysler Building Spire in gold light was taken from the roof of a building on 38th Street. Its position gave Photographer Mitchell Funk a perfect line of sight ...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Empire State Building Art Deco Skyscraper Silhouetted, New York in the 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
The Empire State Building is vividly portrayed as a stand-alone Art Deco skyscraper in an uncluttered New York City sky. Surrounding it is the emptiness of midtown Manhattan. It allo...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cut Out I, #8 from the Edition of 25, from the Cut Out Paper Series
Located in New York, NY
Alberto Rizzo, Cut Out I from Cut Out Paper series Silver Gelatin print 1987 Edition of 25 Paper size is 20 x 16 inches Image size is 16.25 x 12.25 inches Alberto Rizzo was a multi...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Terra 2 from Paper Cutout series
Located in New York, NY
Alberto Rizzo, Terra #2 from Paper Cut Out series Silver Gelatin print Paper size is 20 x 16 inches Image size is 16.25 x 12.25 inches Alberto Rizzo was a multi award winning Maste...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dreamy Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada - Red and Oranges
Located in Miami, FL
Two light sources reveal that this is not a straight shot. As a pioneer of multiple-exposure photography, "Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada" is typical of Mitchell Funk's experime...
Category

Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Noguchi Cube in Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Generations ahead of his time, Mithcell Funk rejects straightforward documentary photography and interprets the Noguchi Cube in a style as fresh and inventive as the Cube itself. It...
Category

Futurist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Light Illuminates a Romantic Couple in Central Park - Amber and Orange
Located in Miami, FL
Golden sunlight filters through the autumn trees to illuminate two lovers on a Central Park bench. As a popular tourist location, Central Park is endlessly photographed. But Mitch...
Category

Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Bridge Abstraction with Romantic Out of Focus Floral Colors
Located in Miami, FL
The romantic merges with the classic in Mitchell Funk's 1970s interpretation of the Brooklyn Bridge. With a long lens, Funk incorporates the emotionally joyful colors of out-of-focu...
Category

Romantic 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful Paint Cans in Red, Orange, Blue and Turquoise
Located in Miami, FL
A pile of empty and discarded colorful paint cans inadvertently becomes an artful abstract still life in itself. Documented through the keen lens of st...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Wall Lower Manhattan Street Scene - Early Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This image is as much about the color of the red wall and the psychedelic colors of the female's shirt street as the three figures who populate the composition. Color is a co-subject...
Category

Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street People. Old Man On Park Bench New York City, Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago, in 1971, it was q...
Category

Realist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Abandoned Homeless Man on the Steps of Bryant Park - Street Photography in Color
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category

American Realist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Silver Silos and Station Wagon, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract Landscape photography by Mitchell Funk with 1970's station wagon. Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbers 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed, printed late...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This is an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
Category

Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
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 198...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This trailblazing in-camera multiple exposures of New York buildings with the moon was done in 1972. It's not just an image that pushes the boundaries of visual imagery but it is a t...
Category

Conceptual 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Abstract Multiple Exposure Kaleidoscope Reds Blues, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color. Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers. Signed and dated on lower right, num...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
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 198...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Blue Buildings, New York 1970, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
This transcendent image by art photographer Mitchell Funk's "Blue Buildings, New York 1970" is generations ahead of its time. Executed in 1970, it pushed the boundaries of color pho...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this ...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Plate Invasion - SciFi in Primary Colors - Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Two plates are placed in the foreground and shot with a 20mm lens again the Manhattan skyline that gives an unearthly quality with common objects. Primary colors of the yellow and r...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Top - Art Deco Skyscraper in Gold Mitchell Funk, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings ...
Category

Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

San Francisco Club Sign Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
This aged Tommy's Joynt Sandwiches Cocktails sign may not excite one's appetite for food but certaintly satisfies one's artistic needs. Signed, dated, n...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Club Sign Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
This aged Tommy's Joynt Sandwiches Cocktails sign may not excite one's appetite for food but certaintly satisfies one's artistic needs. Signed, dated, n...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

New York City Multiple Exposure - Rich Magenta
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color. Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers. Sig...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abstract Street Signs and Shapes, Modern Photography Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978 This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper . The work is ...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Fremont Street Neon. Old Las Vegas, 1974
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beautiful Woman in Profile Kaleidoscope Groovy Colors, Kali
Located in Miami, FL
Psychedelic Portrait Multiple Exposure Zoom with Female Profile, This work is as fresh and contemporary-looking today as it was radically innovative when it was done in 1970 Signed...
Category

Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Recently Viewed

View All