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Period: Late 20th Century
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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival 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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 ...
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Abstract Late 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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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Impressionist Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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 Late 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 Late 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 Late 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 Late 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 Late 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...
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Abstract Late 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 Late 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...
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Impressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, 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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 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 Late 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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Late 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 Late 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...
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Bauhaus Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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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...
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Bauhaus Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Japan, Conceptual Photography by Tokihiro Sato, Photo-respiration 1998 Yura #340
By Tokihiro Sato
Located in New york, NY
Photo-respiration Yura #340, 1998 by Japanese artist Tokihiro Sato is a contemporary abstract photograph signed by the artist. Sato used a large-format camera for a long exposure ima...
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Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

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...
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American Modern Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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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...
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Art Deco Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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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 Late 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 Late 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 ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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

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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...
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Futurist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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

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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 ...
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American Realist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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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...
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Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

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

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

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