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Shuang Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Shuang Color Photography on Dibond with Perspex Front UV Resistant In Stock
Billy und Hells are two photographers: Anke Linz (Nürnberg, 1965) and Andreas Oettinger (Munich, 1963). T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Chasing the Light 28x40 - Wild Horses Photography - Photograph Mustangs Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Printed on archival paper using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
High Sierra Mustangs - 40x30 Black and White Photography of Wild Horses
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
Edition of 50. Signed by Shane.
Framing available....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Octopus in the Ocean, White and Blue Handmade Cyanotype, Unique, Modern Forms
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 Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
"Versace VGD2" Photography D 36" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Versace VGD2" Photography D 36" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Grenades series Versace VGD2
Title of artwork: VGD2
Year: 2023
Print size: 36 Inches diameter trim bleed
Rarity:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Echoes 5" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echoes 5" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
This artwork printed on a hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Brushstroke - underwater photograph from series REFLECTIONS - aluminum 20x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Brushstroke” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of mast...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 5
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 1
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 2
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 3
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Lilac - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
HRM Queen Elizabeth II visits a new maternity ward at the Lister Hospital in 2012 in Stevenage.
The Queen was on a two day tour of the East Midlands as part of her Diamond Jubilee to...
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White and Blue Jetsons Style Shapes, Handmade Cyanotype, Unique, Modern Forms
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 Futurist Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
From the "Aequinoctium" series
Brian Ziff is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 28x40 Boxing Photography Pop Art Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by "Destro". The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract Landscape 10, Photograph, C-Type
Located in Yardley, PA
Artwork is lambda c printed on dibond; museum quality. beautiful! Ready to hang. The alu-dibond works are of a sturdy, thick quality with a beautiful print. Aluminium hanging pr...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
C Print
R2D2 40x28 Star Wars, Empire, Jedi, Pop Art Photography Photograph Movie Toy
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977
This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys"
These iconic figures hav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Winter Wear' 1976 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976.
(Ph...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
David Burdeny - Guys Lunch and Grocery, Saskatchewan, CA, 2020, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Pigment
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in April 1968.
Slim Aa...
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Stormtrooper 30x40 Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Jedi, Photography Art Pop
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a pop art photo print of the original Stormtrooper toy from Kenner.
"The Toys" by LA based Pop Artists DESTRO.
This is the first release in the much anticipated series "The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Ink, Color, Archival Pigment
Black and White Photography, Sea Wolf 28x40, Wolves Unsigned Vancouver Island
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of a Costal Wolf.
Printed on archival paper using only archival ink.
Edition of 50
Singed and numbered
Framing available. Inquire ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mid-Century Shapes IV, White and Blue Abstract 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 Bauhaus Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
The Flow of Light under Water
Located in London, GB
THE FLOW OF LIGHT UNDERWATER 2019 Being fascinated with light and water led me to explore how light travels in the sea - often caught on the backs of fish as they dart and swerve int...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photogram
Chasing the Light- 60x40 Black & White Photography Wild Horses Mustangs Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
60 x 40
Printed on the fines...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition Photograph, Classic Mint Green on Blue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957—Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Beverly Hills Hotel
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40x40 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
Category
1950s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
36x24 “Cosmic Cliffs” James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken.
The finest museum quality WEBB images available.
Printed on museum quality poster paper
What looks much like craggy ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Tyler Shields - Burning Birkin, Photography 2012, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
30" x 40" $10,000.00
48" x 72" $25,000.00
63" x 84" $50,000.00
Editions of 3 + ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archiv...
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 8
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Mirroring myself II, Photograph, C-Type
Located in Yardley, PA
Lambda C-print on Acryl glass. Complete with aluminium mounting system. Ready to hang. Outstanding quality. In his work, Philosophy and Art creation are often closely intertwin...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
C Print
30x40 "Jaws" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Exhibition Archival Poster
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pebble Beach 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach
1976
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
Photo by Slim Aarons
40x40” ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 7
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 6
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Magoanine Verde, Untitled 4
Located in MADRID, ES
Analogue photo. Photography, printed on Aluminium Dibond. Edition of 3 + 1 artist proof. Walnut wood frame, 35 mm depth, 4 mm thickness.
Magoanine Verde started in 2023 as a photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Photography
Materials
Digital
Guns N' Roses 28x40 Appetite for Destruction Pop Art Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
SOMBRA - Sevilla- Spain
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Maestranza de Sevilla, 2023
MEDIDAS: 100x76 CM
Papel Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
Sangre 2 cm
1/7 + COPIA DE AUTOR
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
24x36 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Exhibition Poster
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
28x40 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black Rocks and a few Stones, black and white fine art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Giclée, Archival...
Huskon/Yazzie Abandoned Uranium Mine Complex Western AUM region, Navajo Nation
By Will Wilson
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This piece is part of Will Wilson's ambitious ongoing project 'Connecting the Dots: For a Just Transition'. This project reckons with the deleterious, enduring effects of uranium mining on and around Dinétah (the Navajo Nation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black and White Photography of Wild Horses, Mustangs "The Calm" 28x40 Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of American Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom" - Wild Horses
Printed in archival luster pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
ROAD Series
Located in Istanbul, 34
Fine Art Print
Tunçkaya Köyü / Kars / Turkey 2013
ROAD
Photography, since invented has become a powerful instrument not only for the manifestation of visual images but as a ‘lan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons, The High Life (Mid-century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The High Life
1968
C print
20 x 24 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat w...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sweet Dream - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 25" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white (sepia) photograph of a naked young woman covered with tulle.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
L...
Category
2010s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
San Carlo
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the San Carlo Church of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He l...
Category
2010s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
ROAD Series
Located in Istanbul, 34
Fine Art Print
Ardahan / Kars / Turkey / 2013
ROAD
Photography, since invented has become a powerful instrument not only for the manifestation of visual images but as a ‘language’...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White
ROAD Series
Located in Istanbul, 34
Fine Art Print
Sultan Murat Yaylası / Trabzon / Turkey 1995
ROAD
Photography, since invented has become a powerful instrument not only for the manifestation of visual images but...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate edition - Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel by Slim Aarons
Beautiful 1950's cars parked outside the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Typically 'Slim' this photograph ep...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Kennedy, John Jr. on Reflective Tabletop, 1963
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
John Jr. on Reflective Tabletop 1963, nb_149 -- This photo of John Junior, taken when he was three, was a favorite of Jackie’s; in a letter to Mark, Jackie wrote “they really should ...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Amsterdam view opus 84, Photograph, C-Type
Located in Yardley, PA
Lambda C-print on Acryl glass. Complete with aluminium mounting system. Ready to hang. Outstanding quality. In his work, Philosophy and Art creation are often closely intertwin...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
ROAD Series
Located in Istanbul, 34
Fine Art Print
Düzgün Baba Yatırı / Tunceli / Turkey 2023
ROAD
Photography, since invented has become a powerful instrument not only for the manifestation of visual images but as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Slim Aarons, Poolside in Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside in Arizona
1973. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne B...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Kennedy, Jackie in Pink Dress, John at Podium
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie in Pink Dress nb_119 -- A Portrait of Jackie. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle phot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Looks Back, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Turns, audrey_07 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw in 1953, this image is an outtake from the photo essay on Audrey Hepburn for the December 1953 issue of LIFE. Image size ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Ode to Rockwell's Freedom from Fear
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear, 1943
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Villa d'Este' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boats on the waters near the Queen's Pavilion, the east wing of the Villa d'Este, on Lake Como, in Cernobbio, Italy, in June 1983. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Villa d'Este
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
20 x 30 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
From a recent Vogue article on the photography of Slim Aarons: "Facing Lake Como, Villa d'Este is one of the most beautiful hotels in Italy. A palazzo bordered by an enchanting garden teeming with lemon trees, the place was immortalized in cinema by Alfred Hitchcock. A little Italian paradise, visitors enjoy the lakeside pool, tennis courts, and dining terraces to try the greatest Italian specialities… All in all, la dolce vita."
Internal: Vintage Lake Como, Vintage Motorboat...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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