Modern Abstract Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Modern
"The Pom Pom Girls", Lobby Card, USA 1976
Located in Cologne, DE
Original Lobby Card, The Pom Pom Girls, USA 1976, Director: Joseph Ruben, Cast: Jennifer Ashley, Lisa Reeves, Susan Player, Cheryl Smith, Diane Lee Hart, Crown International Pictures...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Mid-Century Modern Shapes in White and Blue, Handmade Cyanotype, Unique Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Looking Up at The Clouds, Unique Monotype in Blue Tones, Avant-Garde Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Composition With Pink - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Composition With Pink by Stuart Möller
2010
limited edition to 20 only this size - signed & numbered by the artist
A large pink door in Northern Italy.
Go...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
Abstract Icons, Squared Monotype Cyanotype, Watercolor Paper, Blue Mid-Century
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Carnival - Colour signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Contemporary
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carnival - Limited edition pigment print , 2014 - Limited Edition of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free a...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Guggenheim Museum from the Getty Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print. Please contact the gallery for more in...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
La Fenice Venice Opera House by Erich Auerbach Oversize silver gelatine print
Located in London, GB
"La Fenice" by Erich Auerbach
A general view of the boxes at La Fenice, the Venice Opera House, 1954.
Unframed
Paper Size: 30" x 30'' (inches)
Printed...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Camouflage Reflections, Monotype Cyanotype Print, Memphis Style Blue Tones, 2021
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Smoke and Mirrors, Artisan Print, Unique Monotype, Memphis Style in Blue & White
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Contemporary Cyanotype Monotype of Mid Century Shapes Under Water in Cold Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-light.
Details:
+ Title: Mid Century Shapes...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print abstract image of a natural chasm in a cornfield.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed an...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Fine Art photograph of a banana leaf.
by Stuart Möller.
Beautiful mint condition Limited Edition Archival ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Flowing Curved Shapes, Modern Mid-Century Print on Paper, Blues, Neutral
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from mid-century modern style shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Golden dream - Contemporary signed limited edition print, Red abstract, Gold
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Golden dream - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 10
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-free a...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Color
' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print of rain falling onto water.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size - signed and numbere...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The News, Paris. Photo Collage Photograph
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The News, Paris, 1991
Edition 6/6 ex. 5AP
Medium size: 44 cm. H x 32 cm. W
Large size: 82 cm H x 60 cm W
Unframed \.
Femmes Objets Series
In this series in black & white and with the...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
' New York City Glitter ' SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'New York Glitter' by Stuart Möller
A building in Manhattan, New York City, New York, 2014.
A beautiful image of a high rise building in the iconic city of New York, that appears ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered by the artist.
1/50
biography
Justin Creedy Smith is a British photographer.
Having graduated with a bachelor of arts degree – including a thesis on the role of war photography as a propaganda tool – he moved to Paris in 1984. Initially working as a studio assistant, his apprenticeship in fashion and advertising photography was both intense and diverse. He rapidly started assisting on a free-lance basis the likes of Horst P. Horst and Steven Meisel.
From 1985 until 1987 he was assistant to Peter Lindbergh.
In 1987 he travelled to Japan for the first time, a voyage that had a profound impact on him. Returning to Europe in 1988 he started working for Japanese magazines...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Las Brisas - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the trave...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Swimming In The Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959.
(Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Elephant - Limited Edition - Oversize print
Located in London, GB
Elepahnt
by Justin Creedy Smith 2001
The legs of an elephant in the the temple area of Siem Reap (Siem Reap province, Cambodia).
Photo, 02.12.2001.
Exquisite giant oversize 40 ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print abstract image of a natural chasm in a cornfield.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed an...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
' Yellow Leaf II ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Yellow Leaf II ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
limited edition to 10 only this size - signed
Gorgeous Archival pigment print on Hahanemühle art pape...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
' Palms Composition ' Oversize Limited Edition Signed print
Located in London, GB
' Palms Composition ' Oversize Limited Edition Signed Archival print
2013
by Stuart Möller
edition of 15 only this size.
unframed.
A Summer evening scene of delicately pink lit palm trees.
Stuart Möller's background is in fine art, with his images being contemplative, meditative observations.
Stuart Möller
ALL EDITION SIZES & Prices
10x12 25 $325
12x16 25 $595
20x16 25 $885
20x24 20 $1,100
30x20 15 $1,250
40x30 10 $1,495
60x40 5 $2,500
contemporary modernist religion religious atheism agnostic sea sun beach bikini...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print of rain falling onto water.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed and numbered by the arti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print abstract image of a natural chasm in a cornfield.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper siz...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Hotel Il San Pietro' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979.
In his words, he photographed 'be...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton - Estate Stamped
A swimming pool in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, circa 1978. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photograph epitomises the ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'La Fenice' Venice Opera House Giant Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'La Fenice' by Erich Auerbach
A general view of the boxes at La Fenice, the Venice Opera House, 1st January 1954.
A beautiful silver gelatin fibre pr...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Sea signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
'Calm Sea' by Stuart Möller
A view of the sea at dusk in Sri Lanka during a rainstorm.
A fabulously atmospheric image of the sea, and the seemingly blurred horizon between water an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
' Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ' (SLIM AARONS Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
' Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ' Milan, 1960 by Slim Aarons.
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on th...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Racing At Baden Baden' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Racing At Baden Baden'
Spectators dine in the open air as the horses go by at Baden Baden racecourse, Germany, September 1978.
In his words, he phot...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'White Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Fine Art photograph of a banana leaf.
by Stuart Möller.
Beautiful mint condition Limited Edition Archival ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Dark Wave I' SIGNED Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dark Wave I' by Stuart Möller
Beautiful capture of a single wave at dusk. Seascape, abstract landscape.
An exquisite SIGNED Limited Edition C Print.
* Edition Size 10 only this ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
' Sex Flower ' signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Flower' by Stuart Möller
Wonderfully raw and sexual capture of a hibiscus flower following a rain storm.
An exquisite Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print.
Edition Size 3 only...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Dark Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition OVERSIZE
Located in London, GB
'Dark Leaf' Oversize Archival Pigment Print - Signed Limited Edition
Fine Art, abstract, close up photograph of a banana leaf.
by Stuart Möller.
Beautiful mint condition Limite...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Dark Wave I' SIGNED Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dark Wave I' by Stuart Möller
Beautiful capture of a single wave at dusk. Seascape, abstract landscape.
An exquisite SIGNED Limited Edition C Print.
* Edition Size 25 only this ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 12x12 inches / 30 x 30 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 12x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image o...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
' It's In The Trees II ' signed limited edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
'It's In The Trees I' by Stuart Möller
Abstract capture of a trees in a wood.Abstract landscape.
An exquisite Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print.
Edition Size 3 only this siz...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Dione and Tethys'
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005 JPL/Cassini
A beautiful 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Silver Gelatin fibre print (printed on 20x16" paper size)
of this breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White and Blue Pattern of Palettes, Modern Floating Shapes, Unique Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Mid-Century Retro Shapes, Minimal White and Blue Curves and Shadows, Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photogram, Monotype, Color, C Print, Photographic Pap...
Modern abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stuart Möller, Adolph Studly, Mitchell Funk, and Howard Schatz. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern abstract photography, so small editions measuring 3.63 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $18,000, while the average work sells for $2,200.