Modern Black and White 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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Style: Modern
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Patsy Pulitzer 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Patsy Pulitzer
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Soldiering - Vintage B/W photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiering is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1930s in Italy during Fascism.
With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear.
Good co...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean Sitting at Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean Sitting at Car Rally
by Globe Photo Archives
Candid black and white capture of actor and racer James Dean sitting with his back turne...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Candidate for U.S. Vice Presidency - Vintage Photograph - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Candidate for U.S. Vice Presidency Acknowledges Ovation is a black and white photo realized in 1944.
In acknowledgement of the ovation accorded senator Harry S. Truman by cheering delegates a the Democratic Party...
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1940s Modern Black and White Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in India - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Lyndon B. Johnson is a black and white photo realized in 1961.
The photo depicts the Vice-President Johnson in India in 1961. On the left the wife ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rupert Murdoch By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Rupert Murdoch
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 54 x 41" / 137 x 104 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 20...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Michael Stipe by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Michael Stipe
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
‘Well Heeled’ by Arthur Steel Limited Edition
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
‘The Picture Frame’
by Arthur Steel
Oversize Paper size: 44 x 33.5 inches / 112 x 85 cm
signed & numbered on front
limited edition of 20 only this size...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Palm Fan I signed limited Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Fan I
by Stuart Möller
2022
signed limited Oversize Print
Limited to 10 only this size
Archival pigment print
Other Edition Sizes paper sizes i...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Byzantine Relief - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Relief is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a detail of a byzantine relief .
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rea...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Saranda - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Saranda - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color.
Good conditions.
the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured aesthetically through precise...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color.
Good conditions.
The landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured aesthetically through precise lenses.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
George Best Bath By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best Bath
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 44 x 33.5" / 112 x 85 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1980 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 30
note other print sizes...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
In the Station - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
In the Station- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by the Agency of "Dufoto, Roma"
With the copyright, the stamp of Agency"and the hand-note, and ...
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1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cavaglieri, Verona - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cavaglieri, Verona photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in Palazzo Ridolfi in Verona.
With the description on the lower.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Harry Benson 'Ali in Training' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20 x 20
By Harry Benson
Located in San Rafael, CA
American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Swimmer Girls - Vintage B/W photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Swimmer Girls in lines of Practice is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1930s.
With the stamp of "Colonia Prof. Artisti Varazze" on the ...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
A historical moment of the past through the art of photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Agave - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Agave
Agave succulent.
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer whose images a...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The First Solar Panels - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The solar panels is an original vintage photograph realized by an anonymous photographer.
With the notes on the rear.
Good conditions.
The swimming pool...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bjorn Borg By Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Bjorn Borg
By Arthur Steel
Paper size: 24 x 19" / 61x48 cm
Silver Gelatin Print
1970 (printed later)
unframed
hand signed
limited edition of 50
note other print sizes and frami...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Evan Dando by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Evan Dando
Evan Dando, The Lemonheads
2022
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Women at Work - Historical Photographs About Women Rights - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at work- Historical photographs about women rights is an original black and white photograph realized by Roberto Schezen.
With the copyright, the ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Florence Devastated by the Waters of the Arno - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Florence devastated by the waters of the Arno is an original vintage photograph realized by the photography agency of Farabola.
With the stamp of Agency and the notes on the rear.
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a color photograph realized in the Late 1980s.
Good conditions.
the landscape of Albania through the art of photography is captured ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gaddafi Revolutionary Poster on a Building - Vintage B/W photo - Early 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gaddafi revolutionary poster on a building is an original black and white photograph realized by Italian photographer
Luigi Marcelletti in the e...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Vintage Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Albania - Tirana - Photograph is a vintage photograph in color.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Torcello’s Cathedral - VintagePhotograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s Cathedral is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
14700 - Venezia - Isola di Torcello - Chiesa del Duomo Anderson, Roma. the artwork represents Torcello’s cathedral in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sting by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Sting
1992
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Parish Church of S. Lorenzo, Segromigno - Original Photograph - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Parish Church of S. Lorenzo, Segromigno is an original photograph taken in Segromigno, province of Lucca, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Nuclear Center - Vintage Photograph by Eligio Paoni - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
The nuclear center, vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by Eligio Paoni in 1988.
Hand-signed and dated with the description on the rear.
Good condi...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour, April, 1964 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour, April,
1964
Born in India in 1940, Cliff Richard is the only singer in history to have UK Number One hits in five decades (from 1950s-...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spiritualized by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Spiritualized
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and mov...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Byzantine Figure in Venice - Vintage Photo by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Figure in Venice is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a byzantine sculpture in The cathedral of Caorle.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rear.
O...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper.
Good condition.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt, as some biographies...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Foliage I - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Foliage I
by Stuart Möller
Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world,
Stuart Möller is a fine art photographer whose images are often chara...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arabic Girl - Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Arabic girl is a silver salt print realized in the early 20th century.
Hand signed lower right in red pencil, not readable.
Includes frame
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Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Liam Gallagher by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Liam Gallagher
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and mo...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Portrait of The Dukes of Windsor - Vintage B/W photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of The Dukes of Windsor is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Stamp of "Elio Sorci" fotoreportage Rome on the rear.
Very...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Birth of Jesus Christ, S. Andrea Church, Pistoia - Vintage Photo Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
The birth of Jesus Christ, S. Andrea Church, Pistoia is an original photograph taken in Pistoia, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Longobardo Temple in Venice - Vintage Photo by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Longobardo Temple in Venice is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a detail of the interior of the Temple.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rear.Numbered:4168
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Byzantine Figure in Venice - Vintage Photo by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Figure in Venice is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a detail of a byzantine relief in The cathedral of Venice...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper.
Fair conditions, with some stains and signs of humidity.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sacrifice of Abraham, Interior of the Pisa Cathedral- Vintage Photo - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Sacrifice of Abraham, Interior of the Pisa Cathedral is an original photograph taken in Pisa, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with the description i...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Church of St. Anastasia in Verona - B/W Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The church of St. Anastasia in Verona is an original photograph taken in Verona, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower, with the description.
Very Good c...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eddie Vedder by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder,Pearl Jam
1992
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cambodian Dancers - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Dancers
by Justin Creedy Smith 2001
In the Krousar Thmey centre for homeless children in the Phsar Depot area in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) the children l...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brett Anderson by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Brett Anderson
by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Brett in the dressing room, Suede.
1996
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
St Mark’s Baptistery - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
St Mark’s Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a figure of an angel in St Mark’s Baptistery in Venice.
The stamp of Osvaldo Bohm on the rear
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Gilmour by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
David Gilmour
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and mo...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Drum Major Kirk by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Drum Major Kirk
by Arthur Steel
Drum Major Kirk, Senior Drum Major of The Coldstream Guards.1970
The Voice That Keeps No.10 On Its Toes [Published 15/05/1970] There’s not much danger of anyone oversleeping at 10 Downing Street these days. Not with this fellow going full blast. Senior Drum Major of the Coldstream Guards is the chap who shouts the orders for troops rehearsing for the Queen’s Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Red Hot Chili Peppers by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1992
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrify...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alan Rickman by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Alan Rickman
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Joey and Dougie
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 12
Signed, titled, dated, print type, and numbered.
Vintage gelatin silver print
Jeffrey Silverthorne was an American photographer known for photographing the dead at the...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Chabad Shul Pletzl Paris Judaica Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
17 Rue des Rosiers Paris, France.
A small Shul in the old Jewish quarter of Paris (the Pletzel), known as the ‘Zibetzin’, located at 17 Rue De Rosiers, The Lubavitcher Rebbe was kno...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Disappeared Rome - Foro Traiano - Vintage Photo - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Disappeared Rome - Foro Traiano is a vintagel photographic print on single-coated paper.
On the back "Fotovedo" ink agency stamp and handwritten note...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern black and white 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 black and white photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Kevin Westenberg, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Digital 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 black and white photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white 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 $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,500.