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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
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

American Ballet Theater principal dancers Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancers Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones costumed for ‘Swan Lake’, ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Julian Schnabel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Julian Schnabel is a contemporary artist and filmmaker. His paintings are in the collections of The Met, MOMA, The Whitney, MOCA, and Tate Modern. He directed the 2007 film The Diving Bell...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bianca Jagger in black coat in Hotel Room
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Like 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 associate...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Actor Lorenzo Lamas, studio portrait
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor Lorenzo Lamas, 1979. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitche...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

John Stockwell and Bianca Jagger
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

Heather Watts
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Heather Watts joined the New York City Ballet in 1970 at the age of 17, and was made a principal dancer in 1979. She is a contributing editor at Vanity F...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Dancer/choreographer Mark Morris performing 'One Charming Night'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Mark Morris performing 'One Charming Night'. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print v...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer/choreographer Mark Morris performing 'One Charming Night'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Mark Morris performing 'One Charming Night'. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print v...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Swen Swenson, George Reeder and Marc Breaux on Broadway in "Destry Rides Again"
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of wen Swenson, George Reeder and Marc Breaux on Broadway in "Destry Rides Again" in 1960. 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

Sculptor Marisol (full name Maria Sol Escobar) photographed in New York City
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Marisol (full name Maria Sol Escobar) photographed in New York City in 1968. This is a print that was published by a newspaper o...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pop artist James Rosenquist photographed with his work
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pop artist James Rosenquist photographed with his work in 1969. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or magazine which they ...
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1960s 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

The cast of 'Elizabeth I' on Broadway, with Ruby Lynn Reyner, Hervé Villechaize
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of The cast of 'Elizabeth I' on Broadway, with Ruby Lynn Reyner, Hervé Villechaize, in 1972.. Comes direct...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jane Fonda
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End. Edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer. MIT Press, 2018. The two-time Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer Mikko Nissinen
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer Mikko Nissinen. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-2013) b...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

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

Bianca Jagger in Montauk
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bianca Jagger at Andy Warhol's Montauk estate, circa 1975. Like then-husband Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Bianca Jagger enjoyed the nightlife New York City had to offer. Known ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Liza Minnelli, Martha Graham and Kathleen Turner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End. Edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer. MIT Press, 2018. The daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minnelli ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photograph of Blue Jeans with designs by Haring, Scharf and Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Depicting blue jeans with hand-drawn designs in Sharpie marker by Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and Kenny Scharf. This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions:...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Swen Swenson in "Little Me" on Broadway
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Swen Swenson star of "Little Me" on Broadway in 1963. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authe...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Brigid Berlin with a Woman and a Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. 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. Stamped on the r...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Uta Hagen, Amy Wright, and Laila Robins for 'Mrs. Klein' Broadway Play
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Uta Hagen, Amy Wright and Laila Robins double exposure for the poster for the Broadway play ‘Mrs. Klein’ A...
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1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

The cast of 'Elizabeth I' on Broadway, with Ruby Lynn Reyner, Hervé Villechaize
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of The cast of 'Elizabeth I' on Broadway, with Ruby Lynn Reyner, Hervé Villechaize, in 1972. This is a won...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Academy Award-Winning Dramatist/Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky - Set of 3 8 x 10's
Located in Senoia, GA
Set of three 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photographs of dramatist/screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky photographed at home in 1976, the year he won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Woman and a Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. 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. Stamped on the r...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Suzie Frankfurt and a Woman
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. 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. Illustrated in The Andy Warhol...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photo Booth Strip of Bobby Short, circa 1960s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The musician Bobby Short is known for his interpretations of American standards by such composers as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and George and Ira Gers...
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1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Truman Capote (with the birthday cake "he made")
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Depicting Truman Capote holding a birthday cake "he made." Truman Capote was an acclaimed 20th-century American novelist. His most influential works include Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Singer Songwriter Glen Campbell, studio portrait signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Singer Songwriter Glen Campbell, studio portrait, 1973. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes d...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Diana Vreeland and Martha Graham, 1980
Located in Santa Monica, CA
As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought Vogue to the forefront of international fashion magazines. Richard Avedon said of Vreeland at her memorial, “Diana lived for imagination ru...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tama Janowitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tama Janowitz is a novelist who is considered among the literary "brat pack" of the 1980s along with Bret Easton Ellis. This is a unique work. Image ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Leo Castelli
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Leo Castelli remains an extremely prominent figure in the art world. He started his career in the late 1930s by opening a gallery of surrealist art in Par...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photograph of Ashford Simpson and Diana Ross
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Diana Ross is the former lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes, after which she went on to have a successful career as a solo singer-songwriter, music producer, and actress. ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Joan Collins at The Factory
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Joan Collins is an English actress known for her role as Alexis Colby in the 1980s soap opera Dynasty, for which she won a Golden Globe. This is a unique...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Liza Minnelli, Halston and Martha Graham
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minnelli became a successful actress and singer, winning an Academy Award in 1973 for her role in Cabaret. Liza entered Warho...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Egon von Furstenberg and Victor Hugo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born to German aristocracy, Prince Egon von Fürstenberg was a socialite, banker, and a fashion and interior designer who was married to fashion de...
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1980s 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

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Joseph Kosuth circa 1985
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The artist Joseph Kosuth is known as an early leader of the conceptual art movement in the 1960s. One of his most famous works is One and Three Chairs, which is in the collection of ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Tina Turner (backstage at a Rolling Stones concert)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 18.125 x 16.625 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. Stamped on ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photograph of William S. Burroughs at the Chelsea Hotel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
William S. Burroughs was an influential American writer and poet and a central figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his 1959 novel Naked Lunch...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

RUSSIAN BOMB (SEMIPALATINSK)
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin. Image: 21.75 x 15.75 in. Sheet: 23.875 x 17.875 in. Frame: 32.5 x 26.5 in. Artwork is in exce...
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2010s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Digital, Paper

Joseph Beuys
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The German artist Joseph Beuys was influential in the Fluxus movement of the 1960s. His conceptual, performance-based art practice often involved components of sculpture and installa...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Photograph of Halston in kitchen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fashion designer whose aesthetic made an impact on 1970s disco culture. Through design, art, fame, and nightlife, Halston and Warhol beca...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Jacqueline Bisset and Alexander Godunov, circa 1984
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jacqueline Bisset is an English actress who has starred opposite Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Dean Martin, Alan Alda, and Paul Newman. She was involved in a nine-year romantic partnership with Alexander...
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1980s 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

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

"Jackson Backwards", Black & White Photograph Portrait w Sunglasses, 13/25
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical & edgy archival digital photograph, limited edition giclee by Graham Nash (American, b. 1942) of his young son Jackson backwards with hoodie and Mickey Mouse sunglasses. (G...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Paper

Photograph of Andy Warhol with Liza Minnelli and Nell Carter
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Liza Minnelli is an actress and singer, winning an Academy Award in 1973 for her role in Cabaret. Liza entered Warhol’s social circle during the 70’s when...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Kenny Scharf and Michel Roux
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. Stamped on verso by Andy Warhol Foundat...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jon Gould in leather jacket
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 tri...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Joseph Beuys
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The German artist Joseph Beuys was influential in the Fluxus movement of the 1960s. His conceptual, performance-based art practice often involved components of sculpture and installa...
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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

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. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. Stamped on ...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of a Room Service Tray in Paris, 1980
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. Work comes w...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lester Persky
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lester Persky was a television, theater, and film producer most notable for producing the 1979 film Hair, based on the Broadway anti-war rock-musical of the same name. Image dimens...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Timothy Hutton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 16 in. Work is framed to archival standards by Handmade Frames of Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique work. Stamped twice ...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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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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