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
Multiple exposure nude portrait study of male model Brahm
Located in Senoia, GA
Male model Brahm multiple-exposure nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male model Nick Caturano, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Richard Lane & Stephen Kockser, photographed Nude for After Dark Magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Richard Lane and Stephen Kockser photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972. Comes directly from the Ja...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
British pop artist Gerald Laing & wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British pop artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos in Jack Mitchell's studio,...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe An Appreciation original vintage Leo Castelli Gallery print Lt Ed
By Eve Arnold
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous offset lithograph poster was created on the occasion of the Eva Arnold exhibition, Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation, at the famed Leo Castelli Gallery in 1987 - Castelli...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
16 x 20" Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet & Friends nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, multiple exposure nude for After Dark magazine, 1971. It is signed...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer and Choreographer Louis Falco nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Susan Sontag and Gloria Vanderbilt
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work.
Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number and initialed Tim ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photographer Richard Avedon planning his Marlborough Gallery exhibition, 1975.
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Photographer Richard Avedon planning his exhibition on August 27, 1975. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certifica...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guitarist, instrumentalist & songwriter Peter Kaukonin, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tillman (huge hand signed lithograph)
By Robert Longo
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on on Arches wove paper from Men in the Cities portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by Robert Longo. Published by Wolfryd-Selway Fine Art, New York, with their blindstamp....
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Sea Duet' Ballet for Still Photography, Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of 'Sea Duet', a ballet for still photography created by Mitchell to celebrate his love of dance, 1983. Si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer (anonymous), nude study for After Dark magazine, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer, nude study for 'After Dark' magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the reverse.
American photographer...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Nude from Numbered Nudes Series, multiple exposure signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
5203 4 41 1995 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Warhol Superstar Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph of Warhol Superstar and Vogue model Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine, ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ron Galella, 1971, Ron Galella
By Ron Galella
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ron Galella (1931)
Title: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ron Galella, 1971
Year: 1971
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print
Edition: 1/15, plus proofs
Size: 10 x 8 inches
Condition: ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Ballet Theatre backstage rehearsal in silhouette
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre backstage rehearsal in silhouette in 1966. Comes directly from the Jack ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Benjamin Liu
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Male Model on Bed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Paul Taylor.... Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins,...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer & Choreographer Louis Falco nude figure study
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Louis Falco nude figure study, 1966. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or magazine which they us...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol, Baroness de Waldner unique acetate of Brazilian actress provenance
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Baroness de Waldner, ca. 1975
Unique Acetate positive
This piece comes with a signed letter of provenance from the representative of Chromacomp, Warhol's printer.
Frame i...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Mixed Media
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Grace Jones at His Wedding
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer. An iconic book celebrating Warhol's most famous photogr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
"Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred works each comprising several identical photographs stitched together with thread. At the edges of the work excess thread ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Male model 'Brahm' photographed for After Dark, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancers Silhouette, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph, Dancers Silhouette, 1971. It is signed on the print verso in pencil by Jack Mitchell. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Ballet Theatre dancer Stephan Jan-Hoff photographed Nude signed
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre dancer Stephan Jan-Hoff photographed nude, 1967. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer Kevin Brown, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca & Eleonora Cassano nude, signed exhibition print
Located in Senoia, GA
Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano nude study taken during a session for Playboy magazine, photographed in 1993. This is a vintage g...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief Studio Portrait
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief in 1963. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives w...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City Ballet dancers Peter Martins & Peter Schaufuss
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet dancers Peter Martins and Peter Schaufuss, 1975. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paul Taylor dancer Hernando Cortez, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle"
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle". Comes directly from the J...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Just Looking II by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART Audrey Hepburn
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Just Looking II by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART print
Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm
Signed & numbered by artist on front
Archival Pigment print
L...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Olympic Gold Medal winning British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British figure skater, Olympic and World Champion John Curry, 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ve...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Photographer Richard Avedon planning his exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photographer Richard Avedon planning his Marlborough Gallery exhibition in 1975. Comes directly from ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief in "Swan Lake" signed by Jack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Maria Tallchief (America's first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank), performing "Swan Lake", 196...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Debbie Harry photograph (on the set of Unmade Beds), New York, 1976
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry Photograph: NYC, 1976:
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
1980s Grace Jones photograph (vintage Grace Jones photo)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage 1980s Grace Jones photograph:
Grace Jones photographed on the scene of New York's Palladium nightclub circa 1989 by noted New York underground photographer, Fernando Natalici...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Signed Keith Haring Pop Shop poster (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Keith Haring Pop Shop poster 1988:
A historical 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop poster/fold out catalog (reverse), endearingly inscribe...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Portrait of Andy Warhol, hand signed by BOTH Andy Warhol and Christopher Makos
Located in New York, NY
Christopher Makos, Andy Warhol
Portrait of Andy Warhol taken by photographer Christopher Makos
(Hand signed by BOTH Andy Warhol and Christopher Makos...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Margaret Hamilton - Witch in Myths series
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Debbie Harry 'Unmade Beds' photograph New York, 1976 (Blondie)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured on the set of "Unmade Beds" (direct...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Artist Salvador Dali photographed in the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Salvador Dali photographed in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain in May 1966. Jack M...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hammer & Sickle, acetate of iconic image, given by Warhol to Chromacomp Inc.
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Hammer & Sickle, 1976
Acetate negative acquired directly from Chromacomp, inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the r...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Dancer Christine Klepal performing, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Christine Klepal performing, 1983. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, choreographer Lar Lubovitch photographed in 1964. This is a print that was published by a newspaper ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Anonymous Male Nude Dancer
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of anonymous male dancer, 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.
Jack Mitchell, (1925-...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bitchin, Norfolk - Typography Monochrome Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Bitchin', bold monochrome typographic photograph from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' series, taken at the Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender.
This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Rudolf Nureyev in dance class
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 20, 1965. This is a print that was published by Dance Magazine or th...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
New York City Ballet principal dancer Patricia McBride, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet principal dancer Patricia McBride, 1976. Signed on the print recto by Jack Mitchell...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp.... signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of iconic Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Atomic Blonde - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
Located in London, GB
Atomic Blonde
- Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 40 x 30" inches / 1...
Category
2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Victor Hugo bending with torn underwear
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso.
The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Merce Cunningham Performing with his Dance Company
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham with dancers performing in 1984. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.
J...
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles in 'Heat'
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles in Andy Warhol's 'Heat', 1971 This is a print that was published ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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.