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Period: Late 20th Century
"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" – Daido Moriyama
Located in Zurich, CH
DAIDO MORIYAMA (*1938, Japan) "How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" 1987/2020 Silver gelatin print, later print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) not part ...
Category

Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" – Daido Moriyama
Located in Zurich, CH
DAIDO MORIYAMA (*1938, Japan) "How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido" 1987/2020 Silver gelatin print, later print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) not part ...
Category

Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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...
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Impressionist Late 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 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

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...
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Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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...
Category

Impressionist 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

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...
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Abstract Expressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Curvy Nude in Surreal Landscape of Red and Blue - Album Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Fantasy Album Cover Beck & Sanborn for CTI records. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and print...
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Surrealist 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...
Category

Impressionist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

Art Deco Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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...
Category

Color-Field Late 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...
Category

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...
Category

Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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 Late 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. ...
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Color-Field Late 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'...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 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 19...
Category

Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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...
Category

Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other ...
Category

Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other...
Category

Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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

Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category

Abstract Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use a image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. Their cover image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape...
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Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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...
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Abstract Expressionist 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

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 Late 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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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...
Category

Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

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...
Category

Surrealist Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

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
Category

American Modern Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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...
Category

Abstract Geometric Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Church in Reykjavik, Iceland: Modern Photography Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered 3/15 recto, printed later, unframed, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Literature: Cover Modern Photography, January 1981
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Abstract Geometric 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

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

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
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Contemporary Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Rag Paper

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 Late 20th Century Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

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...
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Futurist Late 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 Late 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 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...
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Abstract Expressionist Late 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...
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Impressionist Late 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 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

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

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

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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