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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
Pool On Amalfi Coast Italy Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool On Amalfi Coast' A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984. Gorgeous blues in this image with the ocean and swimming pool, contrast...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Horse Silhouette' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Horse Silhouette' 1984 by Alaine Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Silhouette of horses in the evening on a horse farm in Bluegras...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Mustique' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Mustique' March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1970s 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

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

Billie Holiday on Stage - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Billie Holiday on Stage by Globe Photo Archives This color action shot features American jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie Holiday. Wi...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort. Northern Italy, 1962 Additional ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 Limited Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 72x48” / 183 x 122 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

California Fashion (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
California Fashion (1956) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A woman posing by an ornamental pond, wearing a sleeveless, two-piece outfit, San Diego, California, Octo...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Having A Topping Time Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Las Brisas Hotel' Acapulco (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel' Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Blue Lagoon' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Blue Lagoon' Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. Gorgeous print measuring a Extra Large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm's. Estate...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Greece in 1957 - Ägina
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. Th...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color

The Romanones (1976) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, and her family sitting in the garden of her home, Spain, 1976. Abou...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Kaloa Beach
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at Kaloa Beach, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, January 1975 Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Boca Raton (1978) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Boca Raton (1978) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A swimming pool in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, circa 1978. Additional Information: Unfr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'At The Fair' 1972 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'At The Fair' 1972 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print An African Caribbean mother and daughter seeing the sights at a funfair on Hampstead Heath, London, E...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Lake Tahoe Ladies 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

' Blonde Bombshell ' - Jean Harlow 1933
Located in London, GB
DINNER AT EIGHT, Jean Harlow, 1933/ Everett Collection. stunning and vivid photograph of the first sex symbol, Jean Harlow. 12x16 inches Archival Pigment...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Bond Girl to Be (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Bond Girl to Be (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome, circa 1955. Abo...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Official Limited Estate Edition Supersize
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool' Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cabot Family (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cabot Family (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Mrs. Henry Cabot Jnr with her children (left to right) Henry Bromfield Cabot III, Camilla Foote Cabot, and Andrew Hull...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Still life with Watermelon, NY
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints Signed Irving Penn Verso Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
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1940s Modern Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Slim Aarons Estate Stamped - O'Brians Catch 1961
Located in London, GB
O'Brians Catch American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the West Indies, 1961. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm E...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons 'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Yachting Trip - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Yachting Trip Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. Paper size 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm Estate S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Pellicano Beach
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers on the Tuscan coast at the Hotel Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, August 1969 Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76.2 x 50.8 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped C...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - All Aboard
Located in London, GB
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'A Colourful Crew' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'A Colourful Crew' A group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda, June 1970. Paper size 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm Estate St...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Tennis At Newport Casino'
Located in New York, NY
A view from the umbrella boxes towards the tennis court at Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. Susanna Boylston Bolton 1965 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

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

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C Print, Color

Hollywood Beach, FL
Located in Hudson, NY
David Saxe - “Photography has always been the simple act of looking and being inspired to strip the unnecessary elements from the scene and frame the image down in a way to discover...
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Early 2000s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Boucherie A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Bikini Girls' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Bikini Girls' Two women in matching bikini and shoes outfits, Monte Carlo, 1975. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Julie London
Located in London, GB
Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1957. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Coll...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Verbier Vacation (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top. Verbier, 1964. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Catherine Wilke in Capri 2 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke in Capri 2, 1980 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Catherine Wilke joins the...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'El Venero
Located in New York, NY
Dining Al Fresco in Capri 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Italian artist and actress Domiziana Gio...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. 40 ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photo Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken. The finest museum quality WEBB images available. Printed on archival paper using archival inks. 50x40 Edition of 150 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
Located in New York, NY
A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973. Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing 1973 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print) Estate stamped and hand nu...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Dark Fern by Stuart Möller
Located in London, GB
Dark Fern Ferns photographed at dusk. by Stuart Möller Born in Kabul, part German and Anglo-Indian and having grown up all over the world, Stuart Möller is a fine art photographe...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, photographer, healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. the yellow photocopied poster/info sheet is not included. Born in Scotland of a Hungarian...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Color

'Villa At Cuarton' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Villa At Cuarton' Bathers by the pool at the home of Vanessa Somers McConnell at Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, September 1970. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate S...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Racquet Club Pool' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Racquet Club Pool' Swiss bandleader and restaurateur Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) with Dorothy Webb and Mrs. Charles Rogers in the pool at the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool, ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Blue - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she meets people being helped by the Prince’s Trust at the Prince’s Trust Centre in Kennington on March 8, 2016 in London England. by Official Getty Images Royal Photographer Chris Jackson...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blondie Close Up by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie Close Up By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition Debbie Harry (Blondie) New York 1978 All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Paper size 16x20 inches printe...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

West Of The Day By Justin Pumfrey
Located in London, GB
West Of The Day By Justin Pumfrey Archival pigment print Paper size: 40x30" 101 x 76 cm edition of 10 unframed note other print sizes and framing options are available, please e...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 by Slim Aarons printed 2025 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avai...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Florida Palms 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Florida Palms A view of palm trees at a beach resort in Boca Raton, Florida, April 1978. 40x40” / 101x101 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sl...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunset By The Pool 1962 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Sunset By The Pool 1962 People watch the sunset over the ocean while standing by a swimming pool, 1962 by Toni Frissell Giant 60 x 40" inches / 151 x 101 cm paper size Archival...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Ladies Of Lyford Cay' 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Ladies Of Lyford Cay' 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Harlem Rain by Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Harlem Rain by Alain Le Garsmeur A rainy day on the streets of Harlem, New York City, USA, April 1978. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm Printed in 2022 Archival Pigment Print signed limited edition signature and numbering on front edition of 5 only this size FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. Galerie Prints is proud to share with you this extraordinary body of Alain Le Garsmeur's insightful and beautifully captured photographic work, from the late 1970s and early 80s. Alain Le Garsmeur (1943 - ) is an award-winning editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Figaro Magazine,
The Independent, Newsweek, and The Observer
as well as The Sunday Times. Born in France, he later moved to London where he studied at The Ealing College of Art Photography School. He soon became an assistant to great photographers such as Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Donald Silverstein...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

"BUTTERFLY HEART" 60x40 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment pop art print of butterflies creating a heart shape created by DESTRO – signed & limited edition. Edition of 99 Signed and numbered by DESTRO DESTRO is an LA b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sixty-eight-foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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