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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

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

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
Photograph of Pelé and Richard Weisman
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pelé is a retired soccer player from Brazil. He played forward and is widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. S...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jane Fonda
Located in Santa Monica, CA
April 29, 1982 - Jane Fonda requests a “free” photo shoot to help raise money for her husband’s political campaign. Warhol remarks in his diary: “Jane Fonda...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Victor Hugo and Thomas Ammann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The partner of fashion designer Halston, Victor Hugo was an artist who worked as an assistant to Andy Warhol at The Factory. Thomas Ammann was a Swiss ar...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Photograph of a Young Waiter in Paris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 18.125 x 16.625 in. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Fou...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Madonna and John “Jellybean” Benitez
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. The work is stable and was treated by the country’s number one photography conservator, Peter Mustardo of The Better Image. Stamped on the reverse by The And...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Man in a Cowboy Hat Smoking
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts number also on verso. Authenticated by The...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol, View from The Factory at 860 Broadway Looking Down at Union Sq West
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. A photograph by Andy Warhol from The Factory at 860 Broadway looking down at the p...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Photo of Andy Warhol taken at his Frankfurt exhibition
By Bob Colacello
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A photograph of Andy Warhol in front of his self-portraits, taken by Bob Colacello at Warhol's Frankfurt exhibition. This work is unique. Provenance: Pat...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Priscilla Presley and Michael Edwards
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Priscilla Presley is an actress and the former wife of Elvis Presley. Additionally, she co-founded Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), the company respo...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Catherine Guinness and Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique work. Stamped on the re...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Adam Ant
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. The work comes wi...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Engelbert Humperdinck
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. The work comes ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Table Top with a portrait of young Reza Pahlavi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The photograph features a portrait of young Reza Pahlavi, son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. This is a unique work. Stamped twi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Willie Shoemaker, circa 1977
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Willie, aka Bill, Shoemaker was an American jockey. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958, he held the world record for jockey victories for 29 years. ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bianca Jagger Posing for Press Photographers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Like her former husband Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Bianca Jagger enjoyed the nightlife New York City had to offer. Known in the 1970s and 80s as a jet-setting socialite assoc...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Divine and Chef
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 ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred Hughes and a Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 18 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique work. Stamped on the r...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol in Convertible
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 inventory number written on verso. The work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Hedges Projects...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of John Stockwell and Bianca Jagger circa 1978
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Like her former husband Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Bianca Jagger enjoyed the nightlife New York City had to offer. Known in the 1970s and 80s as a jet-setting socialite assoc...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Fred Hughes Reclining on a Sofa, 1986
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. Fred Hughes was Andy Warhol's business manager for more than 25 years. During his ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alba Clemente and Julian Schnabel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. Julian Schnabel was a regular at The Factory and was so close to Warhol and the ot...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

John McEnroe, Tatum O'Neal and baby Kevin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tatum O'Neal starred alongside her father, Ryan O'Neal, in the film Paper Moon when she was just ten years old. Her performance would earn her an Academy Award the following year. John McEnroe...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palm Trees on St. Martin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In April 1983, Warhol travels to St. Martin with Jon Gould, Christopher Makos & Peter Wise. On April 15, he remarks in his diaries, “The most beautiful day in the world. Photographed all day." This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.25 x 18.25 in. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Bob Colacello and Jon Gould at the Arc du Triomphe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jon Gould and Andy Warhol met in 1980 when Warhol was 51 and Gould was a 27-year-old movie executive living in Los Angeles. Biographies of Warhol show he tried to impress Gould with glamorous outings at Studio 54 and expensive gifts, including a Rolex watch. Bob Colacello...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Car Interior
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation numb...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev, Bruce Jenner, and Ahmet Ertegen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nicknamed "Lord of the Dance," Rudolf Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, as well as the former director and chief choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet. He is considered the all-time greatest male ballet...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Buildings in Madrid
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. The work comes wi...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fran Lebowitz
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. The work comes wi...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

John & Kimiko Powers Home Carbondale
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Taken while out exploring the countryside with Jed Johnson and Catherine Guinness. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Getting Cast of Face for the Lewis Allen "No Man Show" Robot
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. The work comes wi...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Toilet / Fountain at Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Bathroom at Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich. Dated 'Mar 9 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Wa...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pia Zadora
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by Andy Warhol Authentication Board. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Au...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andre Balazs
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. The work comes wi...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bedroom
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...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guests at Kentucky Party
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'May 03 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dianne Brill and her sister Morri Brill
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Apr 06 1984' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jerry Zipkin
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Tama Janowitz
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol and Catherine Guinness in front of John and Kimiko Powers Home
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts number also on verso. Authenticated by The ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Pat Hackett Peeling a Banana, circa 1986
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pat Hackett is a writer and editor, as well as a frequent collaborator, friend, and confidante of Andy Warhol. She edited and wrote the introduction to The...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe and baby
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Mercedes-Benz 280 SE Convertible
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. 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 Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sean Lennon (to Care is to Cure)
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 ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Kenny Scharf and Michel Roux
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Photo dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Work comes with an authentication letter from the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. Provenance: From the artist to Pat Hac...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Unidentified Men (Studio 54)
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...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photograph of Gay Talese
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gay Talese is a former journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine who helped define literary journalism in the 1960s. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol Exhibition Banner Photograph, Venice, Italy, 1977
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Andy Warhol banner outside show at Il Prisione, Venice, Italy, 1977, photographed by Andy Warhol. Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warne...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ron Galella
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by Newsweek and "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by Time magazine and Vanity Fair, Ron Galella pioneered the industry for candid celebr...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Barbara Walters with Vernon Jordan
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. The work comes wi...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nell Campbell
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 ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gulfstream I
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Apr 23 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Greek Revival - Building Facade
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jun 14 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Founda...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Schoolchildren in Spain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jan 24 1983' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bride
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Apr 27 1984' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundati...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bianca Jagger
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. 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 A...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jerry Hall and Pele
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jerry Hall is a model and the former partner of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, with whom she has four children. “Even Andy, who was known for knowing sl...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Quentin Crisp
Located in Santa Monica, CA
An English expat living in New York City, Quentin Crisp came to prominence following the publication of his 1968 autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant. ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Fred Hughes loading a Warhol painting onto a Learjet 35
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

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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