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Period: 20th Century
Chicago 24, 1965
Located in Miami, FL
Great Price. The Art Institue of Chicago Signed, named and dated verso, Chicago 25, 1965, Printed 1965 Archivally Matted but not framed
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Life Magazine Cover July 1980, Mithcell Funk Lighthouse
Located in Miami, FL
alternative photo - done on assignment in Cape Hatteras Signed lower right, numbered, 3/15 dated
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American Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas Neon , 1974, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
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 3/15. 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...
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Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Terracotta 10
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated verso 1961 Matted with archival board. Not framed The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard L. Menschel
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Terracotta 10
Terracotta 10
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Times Square Theater Posters Morosco Theatre. FORTY CARATS
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 53 years ago in 1969 it was quit...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Freemont Street Neon Lights Shine in Vintage Las Vegas - urban photography
Located in Miami, FL
Historic Downtown Las Vegas was famous for Illuminating the night with glowing neon. Photographer Mithcell Funk has captured the essence of old Freemont's street. The Mint, Binion'...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Impressionist Landscape in Lavender
Located in Miami, FL
This is an in-camera manipulated photograph from 1970. It depicts soft light caressing trees as they are mirrored in the water. The image is filled with nuanced blue-magenta color. ...
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Post-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...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Multiple Exposure of Colorful Flowers St. Patrick's Cathedral
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1971, and most photographers were shooting in black and white. Fine Art Photography was not yet in the mainstream vocabulary of museums — almost no art galleries considered or ...
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Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sydney Opera House, Modern Photography Cover , Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover, February, 1987 Triple exposure of silhouetted men on a hill, against plexiglass colored shapes echoing the bold iconic architectural curves of the opera h...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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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Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Art Deco Movie Theater Marquee - Color Field Painting Meet Photography, Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
A marquee for an Art Deco Movie theater in Denton, Texas is photographed with meticulous precision by street photographer Mitchell Funk. Funk's approach...
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Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Moonrise Over Metropolis' vintage New York City photograph
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Moonrise over Metropolis by Fernando Natalici Shot Queens, NY, 1995 on a very cloudy day. A black balloon against the sky, amidst a very cloudy day combines to create a surre...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Blurry Reality' vintage Manhattan photograph
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici - Blurry Reality, 1992 - Shot in Midtown Manhattan, pre-uber period as people waited for a rainstorm, cars drove by, the usual, no taxis one pedestrian wearing a lo...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972. Signed ...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background
Located in Miami, FL
Pink Flamingos are social animals. They gather in large groups and chat it up. Their gregarious natures is a benefit for photographers. Individually the bird is a living sculpture. A...
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Impressionist 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...
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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 Car Back Toronto
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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. ...
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Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Signs and Shapes Primary Colors , Modern Photography Cover by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978 ( Editors flipped the image. The correct way is yellow arrows on bottom Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unf...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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...
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Street Art 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

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...
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Conceptual 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival 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

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

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

East Hampton Louse Point at Sunset with Warm Colors, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The stunning natural beauty of East Hampton's Louse Point is artistically recorded by photographer Mitchell Funk in a chorus of golden browns and warm ochers. The picture is ar...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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

Impressionist Magenta Trees Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
This is a groundbreaking early example of negative color manipulated with color filters. Executed on 35mm film emulsion. It's a poetic and lyrical evocation of a fairytale landscape...
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Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
You do not see boats like this anymore. Stacked old wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint. Signed dat...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

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...
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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...
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Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 3/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi and did a lot of wor...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Abstract City
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Photo-Abstract impressio...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Camel Caravan
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto, 3/15 Unframed, printed later, other sizes available. Mithcell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-Fi Photography a...
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Surrealist 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,...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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

Three Oval Glows
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of illustrators and painters have rendered their fantastic ideas on paper and canvas. The decades of the 1920’s - 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This ia 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...
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Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Arrows
Located in Miami, FL
Arrows and Sun, Modern Photography Magazine Cover, August 1978, Created 1976 Signed and dated lower right, numbered and dated on verso, Printed Later, Unframed 4/15. Other size avail...
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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
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color - The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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Abstract Geometric 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...
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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...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled Abstraction
Located in Denton, TX
Unique, No Edition. Vintage gelatin silver print 8 1/4 x 7 in. Signed on mount margin and mount verso 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

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

Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: 30 Rockefeller Observation Deck
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building. In 1980, it was easier to see it because there was less clutter in the Manhattan skyline. From the Observation Deck of 30 Rockefel...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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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...
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Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, 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...
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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...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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 ...
Category

20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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