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Abstract Color Photography

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Funky Red Chicken and Girl with Dreamy Blue Dress
Located in Miami, FL
A young girl in a dreamy blue dress takes her red chicken out for a walk. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Printed on H...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Snow Coke
Located in Miami, FL
Delicious ice-cold, Coca-Cola. Have a Coke and a Smile. Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /10, Unframed, Other sizes available. This work is printed on fi...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Forest of Glass with Bronze Nymph
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elevated View Of Traffic Stop Light In Snow Storm
Located in Miami, FL
High angle view of person crossing street in snow blizzard. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right rect...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

《春深》Deep Spring
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun, 1955, is a famous Chinese contemporary artist. He creates principally through the art media of photography, installation, sculpture and oil painting, and has put forward t...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

《桃花源记》The Peach Colony
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun, 1955, is a famous Chinese contemporary artist. He creates principally through the art media of photography, installation, sculpture and oil painting, and has put forward t...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Parking Rates
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Abstract City
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Photo-Abstract impressio...
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1980s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Sky Scrappers Manhattan Skyline - Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated, number Lower left recto, unframed, 4/15 other size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Intense golden light reflects off of midtown glass ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Marathon Runners Blur
Located in Miami, FL
His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Mus...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Snow Traffic in New York City, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Shot in Manhattan The uploaded video on 1s...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wheelbarrows
Located in Miami, FL
Utilitarian objects whose primary purpose is to transport dirt are transformed into beautiful objects of visual pleasure. Signed , dated numbered on lower right, 2/15, other size ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Crown of Chrysler Building with Sunburst, Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't considered art. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, un...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Windows with open shutters lower Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was colo...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Statue of liberty with colorful multiple exposures
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper In-camera multiple exposures with red, orange,...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

New York City Snowstorm
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 3/15 Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Arrows
Located in Miami, FL
Arrows and Sun, Modern Photography Magazine Cover, August 1978, Created 1976 Signed and dated lower right, numbered and dated on verso, Printed Later, Unframed 4/15. Other size avail...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chicago Garage
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color - The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Grand Central Station, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings studio photography precision to street photography Signed, dated and numbered, 3/15 r...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Miami Causeway at Night in Blue Glow
Located in Miami, FL
Miami Causeway at Night in Blue Glow by Mitchell Funk. A hauntingly beautiful night image of Miami in blue is punctuated with a red stop sign. Signed and dated on lower right, numb...
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1990s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Stop Light. Golden Skyscrapper New York City, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of more than 10 different styles of Color Photography generations ahead of his time. In the pre-digital world of the 1970s, 80's and 90's Funk had more th...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Neon Old Fremont Street, Las Vegas - Dramatic Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset.. Signed, dated numbered on the lower right, 2/15 , Printed later, another size available, unf...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Freemont Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs. Mitchell Funk doubles down...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Forest of Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around a $100. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Purple San Francisco Victorian with Figure
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 , other size available, unframed
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Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Porthole #4
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 7/15 Dye infused aluminum photograph Series: Portholes, abstract realism Jami Goldman is an American fine art photographer, with over 30 years experience behind the lens. She ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Metal

Jelly Bean Man, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Jelly Bean Man, San Francisco charms us with bight tasty color and creativity - Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed,...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Shoveling
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Signature: Signed , dated lower right numbered verso LR Recto 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. New York City blizzards collaborates with the p...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gritty Color Truck - Abstract Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Though the eyes of an artist, a dirty truck looks beautiful. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 r, other size available, unframed, printed later Printed on Hah...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Women in front of graffiti wall
Located in Miami, FL
Women in from of Basquiat like wall . This was shot in New York City Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 3 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. printed later, Printed on ...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

On Distant Shores #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Holding Light In Darkness #5
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Holding Light In Darkness #3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
Category

2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Holding Light In Darkness #1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weather. The shade of blue is widely determined by the reflection of the sky above and the organic material and sediment carried below. I recently learned that invasive mussel species have slowly transformed the lake from green to bluer over the past two decades. I often return to the water’s edge to document the color of a given day. Susan Isaacson...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Lower Manhattan drenched in Magical Light
Located in Miami, FL
Shot from Brooklyn Heights in 1975 - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed, Other size available. Mitchell Funk is a early...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Painted Wooden Wall Abstract Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Boats in a Marina
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden Gate Bars, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Unique camera angle frames the Golden Gate's red vertical tower in between red metal bars of the same color in foreground. Bold color and graphic shapes have defined Mitchell Funk's...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Between Rain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10. Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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C Print

Caribbean Blues
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10. Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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C Print

Echo
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10. Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography

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C Print

Piet 2
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest series of photographic murals entitled Analogies & Metaphors in New York City. Andrew’s work has been in 20 international exhibitions, most recently in Japan and Korea (where accompanying books of his work were published) and Germany. Andrew’s internationally acclaimed photography and interview project, Right, before I die, traveled abroad 7 times and attracted more than half a million visitors at its various venues. Andrew has won numerous awards for his photography and has appeared in The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, CBS News...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Northeaster 2
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Barnett (green)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/8 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Shingles (green)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 3/3 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently pr...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Reynaud
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently pr...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Moonrise (over Tivoli)
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/3 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Family
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. Artist Andrew George is based in Los ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Ellsworth
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 3/3 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Untitled
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the artist, "My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compos...
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2010s Abstract Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tivoli
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Sisters 3
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

New Leaf
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Fujiflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed and numbered 1/4 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest series of ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda

Cupola
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2004. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Vacation
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Three Rivers
Located in New York, NY
"Three Rivers" from the "Light Leaks" series. Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Japanese 1
Located in New York, NY
Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 5/6 on verso. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Lambda

Abstract color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract color 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 color 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, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Michael Banks, Stuart Möller, and Carol Inez Charney. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment 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 Abstract color photography, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are also available. Prices for color 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 $105 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $4,141.

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