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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
Marbella Club (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Marbella Club (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A guest takes a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain, 1976. Additional Informatio...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Hotel du Cap 1976 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Photo by Slim Aarons Archival ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estat...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1987 (printed later) Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Cricketers on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands and the MCC, Antigua, West Indies, ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

40x60 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Olivier Coquelin Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Olivier Coquelin 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Olivier Coquelin and Lahaina Kameha in Haiti, February 1981. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 in...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Massachusetts Mist - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Massachusetts Mist A heron in his chosen hunting spot on a misty New England summer morning in Marion, Massachusetts USA. by Stuart Möller Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-In...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Equestrian Entrance Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Equestrian Entrance 1957 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. unfram...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Fashions Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Fashions 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blue Seas, 1984 - Yachts and Watercraft in Water off Corsican Coastline
Located in Brighton, GB
Blue Seas, 1984 - Yachts and Watercraft in Water off Corsican Coastline by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Blue Seas, 1984 is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons. A view of the crystal clear waters off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. From August 1984. The world of Aarons’s photographs...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Algarve Sunbathers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers in the Algarve, Portugal, August 1973 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons Estate. Slim Aarons (...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fr...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Friendship Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Friendship 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with g...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Megachess - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Megachess A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Adriatic Riviera
Located in London, GB
Adriatic Riviera Men and women - wearing red, white and blue striped tops - relaxing on a small boat, with a red and white mast, and small flags of Germany, USA, Great Britain and I...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Neo-Classical Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Gymnosomata" Nude Photography 40" x 60" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Gymnosomata" Nude Photography 40" x 60" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Comes with COA Available sizes: Edition of 15: 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Sophia Loren Pouring Champagne in Glasses - Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren Pouring Champagne in Glasses by Globe Photos A classic 1962 image featuring legendary Italian film actress Sophia Loren pouring champagne into fancy glasses on New Yea...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blackland House 1970 Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blackland House circa 1970 by Christopher Simon Sykes Osborne the dog sits in the window of Blackland House in Wiltshire, circa 1970 (Photo by Christopher Simon Sykes) This beauti...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Having A Topping Time 1959 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collec...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

New York Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New York Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline. 1952 Additional Info...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1987 (printed later) Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ski Expedition (1981) Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Ski Expedition (1981) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by Alamy Archives) Skier descends into a dangerous canyon on the trans-Himalayan expedition, 21st March 1981. ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bermuda Idyll Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Idyll 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Mrs Frank McMahon and guests around the pool at her seaside home in Bermuda, 1977. unframed c type print prin...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Prize Trotter Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Prize Trotter 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dunbar W Bostwick with his trotting horse and Dalmatian dog both named ‘Chris Spencer’ at Bostwick Farm, Shelb...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. unframed c type pri...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Snowmass Gathering' (Aarons Estate)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Snowmass Gathering 1968 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwea...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

' Emerald Sea ' Limited Edition Signed print
Located in London, GB
' Emerald Sea ' Limited Edition Signed print 2012 by Stuart Möller edition of 10 only this size. unframed. A wave about to crash revealing an emerald green sea. Stuart Möller's b...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast 1959 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at social...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rhode Island Surfers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Rhode Island Surfers 1965 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper siz...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tropical Mustique Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tropical Mustique 1989 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989 un...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ingressi di Milano. viale Severino Boezio 2, Interior Architecture Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
36 x 50 cm, 14.2 x 19.7 in. (unframed) Inkjet Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Paper Edition of 15 The photographer Matthew Billings is a Berlin-based photographer and video artist who...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Inkjet

Menton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Menton A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Prin...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

At The Linsk House Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
At The Linsk House 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pantz Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pantz Pool 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, Septem...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

White Still. Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
White Still, 2017 by Zoltan Gerliczki From the series "Still Life" Archival pigment print on fine art paper Image size: 31.5 in H x 25.5 in W. Edition of 6 + 2AP Unframed As an arti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Style Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Style 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Colourful Crew Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Colourful Crew 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970 unframed c type print printed 20...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 in...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vijay, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964 Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certi...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Philadelphia Night Time (1966) - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Philadelphia Nightime (1966) - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) Night skyline view of Philadelphia city hall, 18th January 1966. Additional Information: Unframed...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 6...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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1940s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Sunbathers At Eden Roc Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sunbathers At Eden Roc 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. unframed c type print printe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Mid Century Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Steve McQueen. Classic Vintage 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Series Architecture Palm Springs. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mi...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

On The Beach In Bermuda Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
On The Beach In Bermuda 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

40x60 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Martin Luther King Motorcade
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lunch At La Pigna Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lunch At La Pigna 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino’s ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sailing Off Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sailing Off Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Henry B. Cabot Jr. (in black) on Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III’s brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, circa 1959. ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Christmas Swim Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decor...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Cars and pedestrians on the busy seafront at Saint-Tropez, in southeastern France, September 1970. unframed c ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Woman with a fox terrier, Germany 1930 Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "Woman with a fox terrier crossing a square, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William Turne...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

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.

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