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Style: American Realist
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Dining At The Eagle Club, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photogra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1969. This is an estat...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Antarctica 3, Penguins, Ocean, Photography, Travel, Waves, Black, White, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica 3 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by photographer John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30 and it is printed on 24x36 ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Antarctica #33, Iceberg, Limited Edition Photograph, Blue, Travel, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #33 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30. It is currently unframed. It is an ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Antarctica #2, Limited Edition, Photograph, Penguin, Iceberg, Framed, Kids Decor
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #2 is a limited edition photograph taken by John Conn in 2010. It is 13x19 and framed in a white frame. It features a penguin on an ice. It was printed in 2019. John ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Antarctica #118, Iceberg, Limited Edition Photograph, Blue, Gray, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #33 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30. It is currently unframed. It is an ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in the background. Slim Aarons Christmas Swim...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Taormina' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastal town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy, March 1963. Slim Aarons Taormina Sicily, Italy Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed Later Complimentary dealer...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Slim Aarons 'Taormina' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The coastal town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy, March 1963, Printed Later Slim Aarons Taormina Sicily, Italy Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Clifftop Pool, Barranca, Estate Edition, Midcentury architecture in Acapulco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis' villa 'La Barranca', Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971. Slim Aarons 'Clifftop Pool' Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Slim Aarons, Acapulco, Vintage Poolside Photography, Vintage Acapulco, Beach Photography, Warrn Avis, Barranca, Vintage Cliffside Photography, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1954: Two young women going snorkelling. Slim Aarons Snorkelling Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Slim Aarons, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Slim Aarons, Family Chair (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in her great-grandfather’s favourite chair in front of the family mansion now the Flagler Museum, Palm Be...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Dining At The Eagle Club, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photogra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1969. This is an estat...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American stage actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite, C. Z. Guest, ( aka Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with her personalized Ford Model T t...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Slim Aarons, Marie-Louise Scio, Tettuccio Terme, Montecatini, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Slim Aarons, Marie-Louise Scio (Tettuccio Terme, Montecatini, Italy, 1980) Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your fram...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Marietine Birnie, Blue Lagoon, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. This ...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is ...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is ...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Antigua Beach Club, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Slim Aarons Antigua Beach Club, 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate o...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Antigua Beach Club, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Slim Aarons Antigua Beach Club, 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition Modern printing from original transparency C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color Paper weight 210gms Matte Satin Surface 30 x 20 Inches $3,000 40 x 30 Inches $3,350 60 x 40 inches $3,950 72 x 48 inches $4,500 Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate). Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun. Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons, Vintage...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Acapulco, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Acapulco, 1961 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. January 1961—Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a sw...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Acapulco Afternoon, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Acapulco Afternoon, 1952 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Bill Babb, Thomas Beecher, model Carolyn Phillips, Mrs Rabb and model Jean Adams...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is ...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Verbier Skier, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verbier Skier, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This mid-1960s winter portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a blonde skier on the slopes at ...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons: Tiger Morse (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tiger Morse sits in her shop, 'A la Carte' in New York, 1964. Andy Warhol star and fashion designer Joan "Tiger" Morse is pictured here with her signature black lace and a feathered mask, with a cigarette and long holder. She was a regular at Max's Kansas City, a society girl turned radical designer and creative dropout. She frequently lied about her past, and her biography remains a bit mysterious. She has been called “La Passionaria of the dropout subculture.” She would say, “I work all day and I swing all night." Her celebrity clients ran the gamut from Jackie Kennedy to Frank Zappa. She was known for only using manmade materials, including vinyl, Mylar, sequins, and electric lights. Her pop designs include the Love / Hate dress, which said "Love" on the front and "Hate" on the back. Tiger was in two Andy Warhol factory films, Tiger Morse, 1967 and **** (Four Stars). She was the subject of Tiger Morse, while **** also featured Tiger, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, and Ultra Violet. Her designs can be seen on the cover of the "We're Only In It For The Money" album, which parodies The Beatles Sargent...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Snow Round the Pool (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Snow Round The Pool: Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964. 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 E...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Actor George Hamilton and model Alana Collins in Capri, Grand Hotel Quisisana.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actor George Hamilton and model Alana Collins in the fashion parade on Capri during a fashion festival at the Grand Hotel Quisisana. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 ...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Fifth Avenue Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Leg Show. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Debutantes in Formal Black Evening Dress with Tiara in Times Square
Located in Miami, FL
An everyday street scene yields an unexpectedly delightful moment. Charming young Debutantes crowned with tiaras lift their elaborate formal dresses off the asphalt as they cross a ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Winston. Super Long Taste, Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
This was shot just a few blocks north of the world trade center site. In the 1970's there were still 19th century walk up buildings, including this one that hosts a cigarette Billboard Signed...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Donald Trump, Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985 Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000 36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000 24 x 24 inches, edition of 25, $5,000 14 x 14 inch...
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1980s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pacific Heights, San Francisco by Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a "Street Photographer" - Literally. Painted stripes of lemon yellow lead the eye into an expanse of cerulean blue over San Francisco Bay. Signed and dated on lo...
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Early 2000s American Realist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park in Snow with Dreamy Midtown Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Other size available Another version of this was on the cover of New York Magazine. Mitchell Funk is a pionee...
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Early 2000s American Realist Color Photography

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Rural Americana Window Joyful Flowers - Abstract Color Norman Rockwell America
Located in Miami, FL
A joyful display of flowers adorns a country house's outdoor window. It's straight out of Norman Rockwell's America. The composition is formal, with rectilinear lines painted in a de...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surfer at Golden Gate
Located in Miami, FL
A lone surfer contemplates San Francisco bay as a splashing white wave of water partially obscures his view. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, ...
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American Realist Color Photography

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Having a Topping Time
Located in New York, NY
1959: Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

President Gerald Ford
Located in New York, NY
President Gerald Ford Archival pigment print image size: 14 x 14 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photog...
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1980s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Homeless Souls in Bryant Park, Manhattan - Vintage New York Homeless
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Painted Ladies Victorian Architecture, Alamo Square San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Famous Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a colorful image of the classic scene of San Francisco's colorful Victorian Architecture. This is no...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Soho - Houston Street with Early Color Field Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated in rim lighting, a lone man sits crouched in front of an early example of street art. A giant abstract painting raises seven stor...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Times Square in the 1960s - Portrait with Dancing Sign - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Even at the age of 19, street photographer Mitchell Funk forged a unique style of street color photography. It was based on formal and exacting compositions with an emphasis on stron...
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1960s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Back Dog in New York Park
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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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Legs Haight Ashbury, San Francisco
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 American Realist Color Photography

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Purple Victorian Houses San Francisco - The Painted Ladies
Located in Miami, FL
The city that boasts the most Victorian Houses San Francisco and the best of them are the That Painted Ladies. The Color Purple . San Francisco Victori...
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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Rose
Located in Houston, TX
Rose, 2013 Chromogenic print, ed. 10, 12 x 12 inches image size, 16 x 20 inches paper size, 20 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches framed size. Amy Blakemore’s new photographs depict a variety o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Color Photography

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C Print

Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut. Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Saturated Blue Sky Small Town, Early Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Like William Eggleston, Mitchell Funk is an early trailblazer of color photography with unexpected images created in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This image shows a close-up of a ...
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1970s American Realist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Back Dog in New York Park
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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2010s American Realist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

East Hampton Leisure Boating
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated by late afternoon light, this popular pond becomes an evocation of a lyrical landscape. Signed dated and numbered lower right recto , 2/15 Printed later, other size avai...
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Early 2000s American Realist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Elephants in Mexico, Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Done on assignment for Life Magazine, It was photographed outside Tampico Mexico. Elephants were transported to Mexico from for rehab after training in Oregon. The photographer and h...
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1980s American Realist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Board

Single Scull
Located in Miami, FL
Idyllic moment moment composed in a perfectly balanced composition. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed Printed on...
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Early 2000s American Realist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Realist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic American Realist 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, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mitchell Funk, Maxwell Mackenzie, and John Conn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda 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 American Realist color photography, so small editions measuring 10 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 $350 and tops out at $64,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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