Modern Color Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Color: Blue
'Boating In Antigua' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Boating In Antigua' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
American actor Hugh O'Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961.
This photograph epitomises the trave...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Mosquito Coast
Located in London, GB
Horses on Mosquito Coast, Honduras, Central America 1980's. (photograph Alain Le Garsmeur)
A gorgeously evocative shot taken in the early 1980's by prolific documentary and well kn...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Sea Drive, 1967
40 x 60 inches
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity.
Film producer Kevin McClory ta...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
'Yachting Trip' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Yachting Trip' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print
by Slim Aarons
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa S...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
'Istan Petals' signed limited edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
'Istan Petals' by Stuart Möller
Two fallen bougainvillea flower petals float on the surface of a swimming pool in Marbella, Spain.
Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print.
...
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
'Keep Your Cool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvare...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
'Beach At St. Tropez' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beach At St. Tropez' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
A stunning scene of stylish sunbathers enjoying the beach at St Tropez. Chic...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Gleason Kicks, 1959 -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for the November 2, 1959 issue of Life. Jackie Gleason was starring as "Uncle Sid" in Eugene O'N...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Kennedy, Ravello Trip, Agnelli's Yacht, 1962
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Agnelli's Yacht, Ravello, 1962 -- From Mark Shaw's personal collection of snapshots from a 'dolce vita' trip with Jackie Kennedy, Fiat magnate Giovanni Agnelli...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons, South Africa Swimming Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
South Africa Swimming Pool, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A luxury house in South Africa with stairs leading to the swimming pool in the garden, 1958.
Estate ...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Countess on Deck (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity ...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Underwater Drink (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Underwater Drink, 1972
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman drinking from a...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Blue Pond Water (Contemporary Photograph of Water Wave with Modern White Frame)
By Betsy Weis
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print
10 x 15 inches unframed
16 x 22 inches in white metal frame with UV filtering
This modern, minimalist archival pigment print of a blue pond water wave...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Venice Gondolier (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked ma...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
New York Skyline in Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. New York Skyline in Blue
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered LR Recto, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed, other sizes available.
Mitchel...
Category
2010s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sea Drive
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Sea Drive, 1967
40 x 60 inches
Framing is additional
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Segrist and their family for a drive in a...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Swimmer and Sunbather (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California.
Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Relaxing at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Relaxing at Lake Tahoe, 1959
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of people relaxing by a...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailboat at Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto. , Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed , other size available - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Pool At Las Brisas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Las Brisas, 1972
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cannes Water Sports, Carlton Hotel (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aa...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Skier in Vermont (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A skier at the Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, USA, 1962.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006)...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lake Tahoe Ladies
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lake Tahoe Ladies, 1959
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nice Pool (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Nice Pool, 1955
Archival pigment print
60 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
American writer C.Z. Guest (M...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beach at St. Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beach at St. Tropez, 1977
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Sunbathers on the beach at St. ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pool At Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Las Brisas, 1972
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate edition of 150
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Charter Ketch
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sixty eight foot charter ketch 'Traveller II' at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from George Town, Exuma, 1960.
A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons
Estate stampe...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sardinian Holiday (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estat...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tropical Mustique
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at their modern home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. The house was designed by their son Bertrand for ea...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957
Chromogenic Lambda print
Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiers at Verbier Switzerland (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
paper siz...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) w...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Antonelli Sisters (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Santa and Serena Antonelli taking tea on the terrace of their home above Via Giucciardini, Florence, Italy.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of aut...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
USA Trianon (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
circa 1960: A group of young women enjoying the sunshine in the grounds of the former George Newhall estate in San Francisco. Its house and gardens are modelled on Le Petit Trianon a...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Yachting Trip (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of a...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Venice Gondolier (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked ma...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modern color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Toni Frissell, and Alain Le Garsmeur. 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 Modern color photography, so small editions measuring 3 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 $36 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.