Pop Art Black and White Photography
POP ART STYLE
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
- Bold imagery
- Bright, vivid colors
- Straightforward concepts
- Engagement with popular culture
- Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
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Style: Pop Art
Debbie Harry on the set of The Foreigner East Village 1977 (Blondie photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry photograph New York, 1977 by Fernando Natalici:
Cooler than cool... Debbie Harry, New York, 1977, photographed on the set of "The Foreigner" by celebrated New York unde...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Roberta Flack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Roberta Flack, photographed in 1971. Comes directly from the Jack M...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Studio Portrait of Dancer/Choreographer and Company Founder Robert Joffrey
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer/Choreographer and Dance Company Founder Robert Joffrey in 1964. Comes directly from the Jack Mitche...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,225 Sale Price
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Prima Ballerina & Choreographer Natalia Makarova, signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer Natalia Makarova, photographed in 1975. This is a vintage gelatin silver print 11x14", selenium ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,575 Sale Price
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New York City Opera Stars Beverly Sills and Robert Hale in 'Anna Bolena'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Opera Stars Beverly Sills and Robert Hale in 'Anna Bolena' at the New York City Opera in 1973. Comes ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Soprano Beverly Sills and full dress cast in 'Roberto Devereux' at NYC Opera
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Soprano Beverly Sills and full dress cast in 'Roberto Devereux' at NYC Opera. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a cer...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,225 Sale Price
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Academy Award-Winning Actor Christopher Walken, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Academy Award-Winning actor Christopher Walken, studio portrait, 1973. Signed on the print verso. Come...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,450 Sale Price
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Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, 1991. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jac...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed rehearsing, Dance Magazine Cover Shot
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed during a break in dance class, January 20, 1965. This photograph was on the cover of the May ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright David Mamet, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright David Mamet, 1977, signed in pencil on the reverse by Jack Mitchell signed ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Sculptor Cletus Johnson in his New York Studio with his work
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Cletus Johnson posing with his work in 1974. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
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French Mime Marcel Marceau, multiple exposure
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of French mime Marcel Marceau, multiple exposures on one piece of 120 negative film, 1973. Comes directly ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,575 Sale Price
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Rebecca Wright and Larry Grenier in Joffrey Ballet's 'Dream'
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rebecca Wright and Larry Grenier in Joffrey Ballet's production of Sir Frederick Ashton's 'The Dream' in 19...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Choreographer George Balanchine rehearsing NYCB's "Midsummer Nights Dream"
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of choreographer and ballet master of the New York City Ballet George Balanchine rehearsing "Midsummer Nig...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,350 Sale Price
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Artist Ray Johnson in his studio, signed By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ray Johnson in his studio, 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
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Patti LuPone, Mary-Joan Negro, Mary Lou Rosato in "Three Sisters" signed by Jack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Patti LuPone, Mary-Joan Negro, Mary Lou Rosato in "Three Sisters", 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Joffrey Ballet (watched by dog) rehearsing at the LBJ White House Arts Festival
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet observed by one of LBJ's dogs rehearsing on the lawn at the LBJ White House hours before performing at the White House Ar...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bolshoi Ballet dancers Nadezhda Pavlova, Vycheslav Gordeyev 'Romeo and Juliet'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Bolshoi Ballet dancers Nadezhda Pavlova, Vycheslav Gordeyev in "Romeo and Juliet", 1979. Signed by Jack Mi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Actress Gloria Swanson in her Rolls Royce Limo, 1960 in NYC, by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of silver screen superstar Gloria Swanson in her Rolls Royce during a Manhattan shopping trip on Fifth Avenue in 1960. Comes directly from ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
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Singer, songwriter & guitarist Glen Campbell, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of country music singer, songwriter & guitarist Glen Campbell, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print vers...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,325 Sale Price
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Actor Frank Langella, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor Frank Langella, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,375 Sale Price
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Artist/Writer Edward Gorey on the Broadway set he designed for 'Dracula', 1977.
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist and writer Edward Gorey photographed in September 1977 on the set he designed for the Broadway produc...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Russian-American Dancer Alexander Godunov, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Alexander Godunov, 1981. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,225 Sale Price
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed November 2, 1980. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed November 2, 1980, the last comprehensive photo session of Lennon's life. Signed by Jack Mitchell o...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
16 x 20" Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci in 1979. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,975 Sale Price
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16 x 20" Artist Jasper Johns in his Studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Jasper Johns in his studio, photographed in 1977. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes di...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$2,275 Sale Price
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Merce Cunningham and Steve Paxton performing 'Antic Meet'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham and Steve Paxton performing 'Antic Meet' in 1963. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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MET Opera 'Dialogues of the Carmelites' cast for Opera News cover, signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of the Metropolitan Opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, stars Shirley Verrett, Regine Crespin and Maria Ewing...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Martha Graham performing "Phaedra", signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham performing "Phaedra" in 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives w...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
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16 x 20" Luciano Pavarotti with his father Fernando, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, operatic superstar, with his father, Fernando, also a tenor, photographed on March 16, 1...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,875 Sale Price
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16 x 20" John Travolta as Tony Manero in 'Staying Alive' Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor, singer, dancer John Travolta as Tony Manero in 'Staying Alive' in 1983. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,975 Sale Price
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Author Christopher Isherwood, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
13 x 19" archival pigment print of author Christopher Isherwood, 1974, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Archival Pigment
$1,275 Sale Price
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Artist Dorothy Cantor Pearlstein, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Dorothy Cantor Pearlstein (wife of artist Philip), 1989. Signed on the print recto by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
30% Off
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Edward Albee
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Edward Albee photographed in 1965. This is a print that was published by a ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$400 Sale Price
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Itallian film director ('Last Tango in Paris') Bernardo Bertolucci
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Itallian film director Bernardo Bertolucci, 1979. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a cer...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Dancer/choreographer Blondell Cummings, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Blondell Cummings. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,400 Sale Price
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Author and Hemingway biographer A. E. Hotchner, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of author and Hemingway biographer A. E. Hotchner, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archiv...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Dancer/Choreographer José Limón performing 'Macbeth', signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer/Choreographer José Limón performing his 'Macbeth', photographed in 1960. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by mast...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,575 Sale Price
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Robert Kovak & Chris Komar performing Merce Cunningham's 'Summerspace', signed
Located in Senoia, GA
Robert Kovak and Chris Komar performing Merce Cunningham's 'Summerspace' costumes and backdrop by artist Robert Rauschenberg, photographed in 1975. This is a vintage gelatin silver p...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photorealist painter Ian Hornak in his Manhattan studio with new works
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photorealist painter Ian Hornak in his Manhattan studio with new works, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
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Legendary ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of legendary ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille photographed in 1978. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,225 Sale Price
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Sculptor Louise Nevelson in her NYC studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Louise Nevelson in her New York City studio in 1974. Numbered 10/25 and signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes direc...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
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American modern-dance choreographer Erick Hawkins
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American modern-dance choreographer Erick Hawkins, 1973. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Martha Graham dancer Peggy Lyman in 'Phaedra's Dream' signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
Martha Graham dancer Peggy Lyman in 'Phaedra's Dream', photographed in 1982. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,575 Sale Price
43% Off
Obie-winning Broadway stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed in New York City
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Obie Award-winning Broadway (and Off-Broadway) stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed in New York City, 1966. This is a print that was...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams photographed January 20, 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes di...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,275 Sale Price
36% Off
Contemporary American composer Eve Beglarian, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer Eve Beglarian. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate o...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
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Actress Gloria Foster in "Yerma"
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Actress Gloria Foster in "Yerma" - 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Harkness Ballet performing 'Time Out of Mind'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Harkness Ballet performing 'Time Out of Mind', 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$960 Sale Price
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Rebekah Harkness performing Alvin Ailey's "Macumba" in Barcelona Spain
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rebekah Harkness, American composer, sculptor, and founder of the Harkness Ballet performing Alvin Ailey...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Merce Cunningham Company dancer Carolyn Brown, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham Company dancer Carolyn Brown, 1967. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes dir...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Singer Barbara Cook performing, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of singer Barbara Cook performing in 1975. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
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Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Marvel Comic Book, Amazing Spider Man Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a vintage silver gelatin photo of either Stan Lee or John Romita (I believe it is Romita but I am not sure) overlayed with a comic strip in a surrealist style.
John Romita is an American comic-book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating the character The Punisher. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002. He graduated from Manhattan's School of Industrial Art in 1947, having attended for three years after spending ninth grade at a Brooklyn junior high school Among his instructors were book illustrator Howard Simon and magazine illustrator Ben Clements, and his influences included comics artists Noel Sickles, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff, and later, Alex Toth and Carmine Infantino, as well as commercial illustrators Jon Whitcomb, Coby Whitmore, and Al Parker.
Romita entered the comics industry in 1949 on the series Famous Funnies. "Steven Douglas up there was a benefactor to all young artists", Romita recalled. "The first story he gave me was a love story. It was terrible. All the women looked like emaciated men and he bought it, never criticized, and told me to keep working. He paid me two hundred dollars for it and never published it — and rightfully so".
Romita was working at the New York City company Forbes Lithograph in 1949, earning $30 a week, when comic-book inker Lester Zakarin, a friend from high school whom he ran into on a subway train, offered him either $17 or $20 a page to pencil a 10-page story for him as uncredited ghost artist. "I thought, this is ridiculous! In two pages I can make more money than I usually make all week! So I ghosted it and then kept on ghosting for him", Romita recalled. "I think it was a 1920s mobster crime story". The work was for Marvel's 1940s forerunner, Timely Comics, which helped give Romita an opportunity to meet editor-in-chief and art director Stan Lee. Romita ghost-penciled for Zakarin on Trojan Comics' Crime-Smashers and other titles, eventually signing some "Zakarin and Romita".
Romita went on to draw a wide variety of horror comics, war comics, romance comics and other genres for Atlas. His most prominent work for the company was the short-lived 1950s revival of Timely's hit character Captain America, in Young Men #24–28 (Dec. 1953 – July 1954) and Captain America #76–78 (May–Sept. 1954).[21] Additionally, Romita would render one of his first original characters, M-11 the Human Robot, in a five-page standalone science-fiction story in Menace #11 (May 1954). While not envisioned as an ongoing character, M-11 was resurrected decades later as a member of the super-hero team Agents of Atlas.
He was the primary artist for one of the first series with a black star, "Waku, Prince of the Bantu" — created by writer Don Rico and artist Ogden Whitney in the omnibus title Jungle Tales #1 (Sept. 1954). The ongoing short feature starred an African chieftain in Africa, with no regularly featured Caucasian characters. Romita succeeded Whitney with issue #2 (Nov. 1954).
In the mid-1950s, while continuing to freelance for Atlas, Romita did uncredited work for DC Comics before transitioning to work for DC exclusively in 1958.
"I was following the DC [house] style", he recalled in 2002. "Frequently they had another artist do the first page of my stories. Eventually I became their romance cover...
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20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Actor, choreographer, director, costume designer, dancer Geoffrey Holder
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor, choreographer, director, costume designer, and dancer Geoffrey Holder, 1964. Comes directly from ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,020 Sale Price
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Italian Director Franco Zeffirelli, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, photographed in 1967. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes ...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500 Sale Price
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Pop Artist Jack Brusca in his Manhattan studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of pop artist Jack Bruca in his Manhattan studio with recent work, 1969. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from th...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Dancers Lar Lubovitch, Jeanne Solan, Sally Trammell & Ernest Pagnano, Signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancers Lar Lubovitch, Jeanne Solan, Sally Trammell & Ernest Pagnano performing at New York's Public Theat...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
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Welsh writer, dramatist, and actor Emlyn Williams, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Welsh writer, dramatist, and actor Emlyn Williams, multiple exposure (on a single piece of film) signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ve...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,250 Sale Price
37% Off
Dancer/Choreographer Paul Taylor studio portrait
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paul Taylor studio portrait taken April 3, 1964. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certif...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,450 Sale Price
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Artist James Rosenquist in his studio
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist James Rosenquist in his studio, 1969. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.
Jack M...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
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Pop Art black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art 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 blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Sally Davies, and Fernando Natalici. 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 Pop Art black and white photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 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 $175 and tops out at $150,000, while the average work sells for $1,275.
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