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Photorealist Color Photography

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
The Rolling Stones "Smokey Stones On Grass" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
“Swarkestone Contact Sheet” by Michael Joesph from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featu...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Kate Bush BIRDFISH
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Kate Bush “Birdfish” by Guido Harari Kate Bush 'Birdfish' photograph taken during the officlal photo shoot for her album The Sensual World in 1989. Guido Harari recalls, "I collaborated with Kate for over ten years, doing her official press photos for “Hounds of Love”, “The Sensual World”, “The Red Shoes” and on set photography for her film “The Line, The Cross & The Curve”. She wanted me to avoid the iconizing of previous shoots, and find a different way of capturing her more naturally. Shooting in the studio for hours allowed for much improvisation as there were to be no props or fancy sets. I used different techniques more to entertain ourselves rather than to experiment! And it worked!" Available in five sizes: A. 11” x 16” - Edition 50 B. 16” x 20” - Edition 50 C. 20” x 28” - Edition 25 D. 32” x 44” - Edition 10 E. 44” x 59” - Edition 5 Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy. Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Rolling Stones "Stones and Cows" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
“From the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Audrey Hepburn
Located in Austin, US
Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at ‘Villa Rolli’, a farmhouse in the A...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

The Rolling Stones "Beggars Banquet Classic" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
From the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968.
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Sweet Champagne - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman with her face covered with air bubbles. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival p...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

David Bowie "Pin Ups"
Located in Austin, US
David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were staying in the Bel Air Hotel in LA when Peter Frampton...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Blood and Milk III - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 48 x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a topless young woman with white tulle scarf taking off her red skirt on bright red background. Original digital print on archival paper signed by the a...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Dolly Parton "Here You Come Again"
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ in Los Angeles, CA, US, July 7, 1977. Limited edition number 2/50 This stunning Dolly Parton print is also available in the following sizes with a limited edition of 50. 20" x 24" 30" x 40" 40" x 60" Ed Caraeff is a photographer and art director. He has worked with, photographed, designed or art directed hundreds of album covers. His photography archive includes Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Elton John, Carly Simon,Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Diamond...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Rolling Stones "Stones Playing Cricket" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
“From the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Pop Art Vintage Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Leonardo's Lady" Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. A portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, nail polish, a pink rose, pocket watch, green pear. "Leonardo's Lady" a still life tableaux. Audrey L. Flack (born May 30, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American artist. Her work pioneered the art genre of photorealism; her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography. From Audrey Flack: 12 Photographs 1973 to 1983. A set of this portfolio is in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums. The Kodakchrome photos were photgraphed with a NIkon camera, the Ektachrome photographs were taken with a Hasselblad camera. Each negative was printed on a 20 X24 inche fiber based paper, dry mounted wth seal MT5 dry mounting tissue to 4 ply 100% cotton fiber board by Arnon Ben-David and Ari Rivera Gonzales under the supervision of Carol Brower. Flack has numerous academic degrees, including both a graduate and an honorary doctorate degree from Cooper Union in New York City. Additionally she has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and attended New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she studied art history. In May 2015, Flack received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Clark University, where she also gave a commencement address. Flack's work is displayed in several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Flack's photorealist paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist lives on to influence many American and International artists today. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, organized a retrospective of her work, and Flack’s pioneering efforts into the world of photorealism popularized the genre to the extent that it remains today. Flack attended New York's High School of Music & Art. She studied fine arts in New York from 1948 to 1953, studying under Josef Albers among others. She earned a graduate degree and received an honorary doctorate from Cooper Union in New York City, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University. She studied art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. 1953 New York University Institute of Fine Arts, New York City 1952 BFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1948-51 Cooper Union, New York City Career Flack's early work in the 1950s was abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute to Franz Kline. Most influential amongst her early supporters was the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. It was he who persuaded Flack to take up a scholarship at Yale with the mission of shaking up the institution's stuffy academic reputation. The ironic kitsch themes in her early work influenced Jeff Koons. But gradually, Flack became a New Realist and then evolved into photorealism during the 1960s. Her move to the photorealist style was in part because she wanted her art to communicate to the viewer. She was the first photorealist painter to be added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. Between 1976 and 1978 she painted her Vanitas series, including the piece Marilyn. The critic Graham Thompson wrote, "One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of photorealist painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also called super-realism, radical realism, or hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Audrey Flack as well, often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs." In the early 1980s Flack's artistic medium shifted from painting to sculpture. She describes this shift as a desire for "something solid, real, tangible. Something to hold and to hold on to." Flack discusses the fact that she is self-taught in sculpture. She incorporates religion and mythology into her sculpture rather than the historical or everyday subjects of her paintings. Her sculptures often demonstrate a connection to the female form, including a series of diverse, heroic women and goddess figures. These depictions of women differ from those of traditional femininity, but rather are athletic, older, and strong. As Flack describes them: "they are real yet idealized... the 'goddesses in everywoman.'" Flack has claimed to have found the photorealist movement too restricting, and now gains much of her inspiration from Baroque art. Flack is currently represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery and Hollis Taggart Galleries. Her work is held in the collections of museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia. She was awarded the St. Gaudens Medal from Cooper Union, and the honorary Albert Dome professorship from Bridgeport University. She is an honorary professor at George Washington University, is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught and lectured extensively both nationally, and internationally. Flack lives and works in New York City and Long Island. Audrey Flack is best known for her photo-realist paintings and was one of the first artists to use photographs as the basis for painting. The genre, taking its cues from Pop Art, incorporates depictions of the real and the regular, from advertisements to cars to cosmetics. Flack's work brings in everyday household items like tubes of lipstick, perfume bottles, Hispanic Madonnas, and fruit. These inanimate objects often disturb or crowd the pictorial space, which are often composed as table-top still lives. Flack often brings in actual accounts of history into her photorealist paintings, such as World War II' (Vanitas) and Kennedy Motorcade. Women were frequently the subject of her photo realist paintings. In her Neoclassical public sculpture of gilded bronze...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

Paul McCartney
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Paul McCartney by Alec Byrne, taken in London in 1970. This Alec Byrne signed limited edition prints is available in. the f...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sweet Dream - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white (sepia) photograph of a naked young woman covered with tulle. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist. L...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie Tea and Sympathy New York City
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 20x24" print of David Bowie by Kevin Cummins, taken outside the Tea & Sympathy, the legendary British themed restaurant in NYC, 1996. This David Bowie print...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

The Rolling Stones "Sarum Chase Contact Sheet" Beggars Banquet
Located in Austin, US
Sarum Chase Contact Sheet” by Michael Joesph from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Ham...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

The Rolling Stones "Stones Into Camera" London 1968
Located in Austin, US
“Stones Into Camera” by Michael Joesph from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mi...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Natural Color Photograph, "Giant Kelp"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original color cyanotype color photograph by San Diego artist, Oriana Poindexter. Its dimensions are 56"x44"x2". It comes fra...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Color

Marc Bolan T-Rex 1971 portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Marc Bolan and T-Rex by Alec Byrne, taken in London c. 1971 This Alec Byrne signed limited edition prints is available in. ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "In My Life" Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. "In My Life" featuring flowers, a lit candle, dice, an Oriental rug, music notes. a pocket watch and a small porcelain box...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

FLORA ROYAL 3
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth FLORA ROYAL 3 Limited Edition Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print Edition 12 Size: H 100cm x W 100cm x D 2cm Diasec Framed Size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Photogram, Archival Pigment

Mick Jagger in bed with Anita Pallenberg and Michèle Breton, Performance
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 16x20" print of Mick Jagger with Anita Pallenberg and Michèle Breton by Alec Byrne, taken at the film set of Nicolas Roeg’s “Pe...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Orgasm - underwater photograph - print on paper 17.5" x 23"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman in red dress in a swimming pool. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival pap...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Faye Dunaway Oscar outtake by Terry O'Neill signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, US
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London. American actress Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day's newspapers at the Beverley Hills...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Iggy Pop and The Stooges
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Iggy and the Stooges (L-R Dave Alexander, Iggy Pop in front, Scott Asheton in back and Ron Asheton) taken at ...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Abyss - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 18" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a girl diving in the ocean in kelp forest. This is an extremely rare photograph taken in Pacific Ocean at the California Coast around Palos Verdes Peninsu...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957
Located in Austin, US
Model and future Factor Star, Ivy Nicholson in New York for American Vogue, 1957 by Norman Parkinson NORMAN PARKINSON POSTHUMOUS LIMITED EDITION PRINTS ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Amy Winehouse portrait
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Marylin Monroe . nude on the bed . the last sitting.
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Monroe the last setting nude on the bed 2009 double hand signed and dated COA hand signed perfect condition
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Early 2000s Photorealist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Devo
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 10/78 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited edit...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Time to Save" Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the ...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

Devo Energy Dome
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 1981 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited editi...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tropea no. 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Large-scale photographer Troy House celebrates people’s primordial attraction to the beach. He travels the world capturing iconic, breathtaking scenes – often from a bird’s-eye view ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

Drinking Air - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 16" x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young woman playing with a wine glass in the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Limited edition of 24. The art...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cold Song III - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 16x23.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a man diving in the pool with bouquet of flowers Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival paper w...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

David Bowie "Pin Ups" cover
Located in Austin, US
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were st...
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1970s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Adele Collins for British Vogue
Located in Austin, US
Norman Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch artist Kees van Dongen entitled The Corn Poppy. Adele Collins wearing an Otto Lucas velvet toque. British V...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Amy Winehouse
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in Febr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Roof of San Francesco di Paola Naples - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in limited edition of 12 pieces in perfect condition - Composition from an assembly of several shots made in August 2018. The technique of assembling several images allows the production of a new very heavy file, the large number of pixels obtained offers a very detailed image And precise in the nuances of colors. We get an effect close to 3D and clarity giving a striking transparency effect. San Francesco...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dancing Flowers - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 48" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in cyan tulle dancing with the bougainvillea flowers on deep black background. Original gallery quality print signed by the a...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Tribute to Baroco Art - Napoli (IT) - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork # 3 sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly ...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Raindancer - archival pigment print 24x18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A young beautiful woman is dancing under the rain. Her dress is all wet. Some strange fishes are reflected in the window behind her. Original gallery quality print signed by the art...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Raquel Welch on the cross signed Lifetime Edition
Located in Austin, US
Lifetime prints are the last remaining prints available, signed by Terry O’Neill and obtained from the Terry O’Neill Archive in London. American actress Raquel Welch being crucified in an oddly anachronistic publicity still for the Hammer Films production 'One Million Years BC...
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1960s Photorealist Color Photography

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C Print

Devo Grey Suits
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 1981 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited editi...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Batman's view of the 1st Avenue of New York City - Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork # 7 on 12 sold in perfect condition from a limited edition - Composition from an assembly of...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Devo
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition archival print of Signed limited edition print of Devo posing for SoHo Weekly News, NYC, 1981 by Allan Tannenbaum. Available in different sizes. Limited editi...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Skyline of New York City from Brooklyn- Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in limited edition of 12 pieces in perfect condition - Composition from an assembly of 4...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Galleria Umberto 1er of Napoly - Italy- Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in limited edition of 12 pieces in perfect condition - Composition from an assembly of s...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Rolls Royce Lady Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. "Rolls Royce Lady" featuring a sculpture the Spirit of Ecstasy, a crystal goblet, dice, flowers, a pocket watch, jewelry, perfume and a red rose. Audrey L. Flack (born May 30, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American artist. Her work pioneered the art genre of photorealism; her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography. From Audrey Flack: 12 Photographs 1973 to 1983. A set of this portfolio is in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums. The Kodakchrome photos were photgraphed with a NIkon camera, the Ektachrome photographs were taken with a Hasselblad camera. Each negative was printed on a 20 X24 inche fiber based paper, dry mounted wth seal MT5 dry mounting tissue to 4 ply 100% cotton fiber board by Arnon Ben-David and Ari Rivera Gonzales under the supervision of Carol Brower. Flack has numerous academic degrees, including both a graduate and an honorary doctorate degree from Cooper Union in New York City. Additionally she has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and attended New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she studied art history. In May 2015, Flack received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Clark University, where she also gave a commencement address. Flack's work is displayed in several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Flack's photorealist paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist lives on to influence many American and International artists today. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, organized a retrospective of her work, and Flack’s pioneering efforts into the world of photorealism popularized the genre to the extent that it remains today. Flack attended New York's High School of Music & Art. She studied fine arts in New York from 1948 to 1953, studying under Josef Albers among others. She earned a graduate degree and received an honorary doctorate from Cooper Union in New York City, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University. She studied art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. 1953 New York University Institute of Fine Arts, New York City 1952 BFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1948-51 Cooper Union, New York City Career Flack's early work in the 1950s was abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute to Franz Kline. Most influential amongst her early supporters was the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. It was he who persuaded Flack to take up a scholarship at Yale with the mission of shaking up the institution's stuffy academic reputation. The ironic kitsch themes in her early work influenced Jeff Koons. But gradually, Flack became a New Realist and then evolved into photorealism during the 1960s. Her move to the photorealist style was in part because she wanted her art to communicate to the viewer. She was the first photorealist painter to be added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. Between 1976 and 1978 she painted her Vanitas series, including the piece Marilyn. The critic Graham Thompson wrote, "One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of photorealist painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also called super-realism, radical realism, or hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Audrey Flack as well, often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs." In the early 1980s Flack's artistic medium shifted from painting to sculpture. She describes this shift as a desire for "something solid, real, tangible. Something to hold and to hold on to." Flack discusses the fact that she is self-taught in sculpture. She incorporates religion and mythology into her sculpture rather than the historical or everyday subjects of her paintings. Her sculptures often demonstrate a connection to the female form, including a series of diverse, heroic women and goddess figures. These depictions of women differ from those of traditional femininity, but rather are athletic, older, and strong. As Flack describes them: "they are real yet idealized... the 'goddesses in everywoman.'" Flack has claimed to have found the photorealist movement too restricting, and now gains much of her inspiration from Baroque art. Flack is currently represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery and Hollis Taggart Galleries. Her work is held in the collections of museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia. She was awarded the St. Gaudens Medal from Cooper Union, and the honorary Albert Dome professorship from Bridgeport University. She is an honorary professor at George Washington University, is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught and lectured extensively both nationally, and internationally. Flack lives and works in New York City and Long Island. Audrey Flack is best known for her photo-realist paintings and was one of the first artists to use photographs as the basis for painting. The genre, taking its cues from Pop Art, incorporates depictions of the real and the regular, from advertisements to cars to cosmetics. Flack's work brings in everyday household items like tubes of lipstick, perfume bottles, Hispanic Madonnas, and fruit. These inanimate objects often disturb or crowd the pictorial space, which are often composed as table-top still lives. Flack often brings in actual accounts of history into her photorealist paintings, such as World War II' (Vanitas) and Kennedy Motorcade. Women were frequently the subject of her photo realist paintings. In her Neoclassical public sculpture of gilded bronze angels...
Category

1980s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

Bubble Dance- underwater photograph - print on paper 18” x 24”
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a dancer in short red dress dancing in air bubbles. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archiva...
Category

2010s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Merlot - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a red dress repeating the shape of the woman's body. Original gallery quality print signed by the artist. Digital archival pigment print on archival pap...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marina Di Massa, plexiglass photgraph, Italy beach scene
Located in Miami, FL
Massimo Vitali (b. Como, Italy in 1944) is an Italian photographer based in Lucca. Vitali studied photography at the London College of Printing. He initially worked as a photojournal...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Color Photography

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Offset, Lithograph

"Whitehouse Ruins - Canyon de Chelle" - Desert Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful desert landscape photograph of the Whitehouse Ruins at Canyon de Chelly National Monument by an unknown artist, 1984. Signed "CJB" in the lower right corner. Dated "April '...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

"Iceland 270", photography by Mikael Lafontan (31x39in), 2014
Located in Paris, France
"Iceland 270" colour photography of a dock in Iceland by Mikael Lafontan. Mikael Lafontan is a French-Swedish artist, born in 1968. He has been living and working in Paris for 20 ye...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Lambda

GENTLE SPIRIT N°10
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition PHOTOGRAM Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print Edition number 12 Image size: H:100 cm x W:77 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:77 cm x D:2.5cm Frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Color Photography

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Metal

Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Queen" Audrey Flack Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and titled in ink by the artist from edition of 50 (plus proofs). Color Photo printed at CVI Lab by master printer Guy Stricherz. Published by Prestige Art Ltd. From the color saturated 1980's. "Queen" featuring a red rose, paint, a cameo portrait locket, makeup, a chess piece, a pocket watch and a red lucite dice piece . Audrey L. Flack (born May 30, 1931 in New York City, New York) is an American artist. Her work pioneered the art genre of photorealism; her work encompasses painting, sculpture, and photography. From Audrey Flack: 12 Photographs 1973 to 1983. A set of this portfolio is in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums. The Kodakchrome photos were photgraphed with a NIkon camera, the Ektachrome photographs were taken with a Hasselblad camera. Each negative was printed on a 20 X24 inche fiber based paper, dry mounted wth seal MT5 dry mounting tissue to 4 ply 100% cotton fiber board by Arnon Ben-David and Ari Rivera Gonzales under the supervision of Carol Brower. Flack has numerous academic degrees, including both a graduate and an honorary doctorate degree from Cooper Union in New York City. Additionally she has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and attended New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she studied art history. In May 2015, Flack received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Clark University, where she also gave a commencement address. Flack's work is displayed in several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Flack's photorealist paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist lives on to influence many American and International artists today. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, organized a retrospective of her work, and Flack’s pioneering efforts into the world of photorealism popularized the genre to the extent that it remains today. Flack attended New York's High School of Music & Art. She studied fine arts in New York from 1948 to 1953, studying under Josef Albers among others. She earned a graduate degree and received an honorary doctorate from Cooper Union in New York City, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University. She studied art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. 1953 New York University Institute of Fine Arts, New York City 1952 BFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1948-51 Cooper Union, New York City Career Flack's early work in the 1950s was abstract expressionist; one such painting paid tribute to Franz Kline. Most influential amongst her early supporters was the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. It was he who persuaded Flack to take up a scholarship at Yale with the mission of shaking up the institution's stuffy academic reputation. The ironic kitsch themes in her early work influenced Jeff Koons. But gradually, Flack became a New Realist and then evolved into photorealism during the 1960s. Her move to the photorealist style was in part because she wanted her art to communicate to the viewer. She was the first photorealist painter to be added to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. Between 1976 and 1978 she painted her Vanitas series, including the piece Marilyn. The critic Graham Thompson wrote, "One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of photorealist painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also called super-realism, radical realism, or hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Audrey Flack as well, often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs." In the early 1980s Flack's artistic medium shifted from painting to sculpture. She describes this shift as a desire for "something solid, real, tangible. Something to hold and to hold on to." Flack discusses the fact that she is self-taught in sculpture. She incorporates religion and mythology into her sculpture rather than the historical or everyday subjects of her paintings. Her sculptures often demonstrate a connection to the female form, including a series of diverse, heroic women and goddess figures. These depictions of women differ from those of traditional femininity, but rather are athletic, older, and strong. As Flack describes them: "they are real yet idealized... the 'goddesses in everywoman.'" Flack has claimed to have found the photorealist movement too restricting, and now gains much of her inspiration from Baroque art. Flack is currently represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery and Hollis Taggart Galleries. Her work is held in the collections of museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Allen Memorial Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, Australia. She was awarded the St. Gaudens Medal from Cooper Union, and the honorary Albert Dome professorship from Bridgeport University. She is an honorary professor at George Washington University, is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught and lectured extensively both nationally, and internationally. Flack lives and works in New York City and Long Island. Audrey Flack is best known for her photo-realist paintings and was one of the first artists to use photographs as the basis for painting. The genre, taking its cues from Pop Art, incorporates depictions of the real and the regular, from advertisements to cars to cosmetics. Flack's work brings in everyday household items like tubes of lipstick, perfume bottles, Hispanic Madonnas, and fruit. These inanimate objects often disturb or crowd the pictorial space, which are often composed as table-top still lives. Flack often brings in actual accounts of history into her photorealist paintings, such as World War II' (Vanitas) and Kennedy Motorcade. Women were frequently the subject of her photo realist paintings. In her Neoclassical public sculpture of gilded bronze...
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1980s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer

Toledo Metro Station - Napoli - Italy - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly of 8...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The English Walkway - Nice (France) - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in perfect condition from a limited edition of 12 ex- Composition from an assembly of 8 ...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Southbound skyline of Paris (France) - Contemporary Panoramic Color Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Pigment photographic paper - photography & fine art print © Jean Pierre De Neef Artwork sold in limited edition of 12 pieces in perfect condition - Composition from an assembly of 4...
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2010s Photorealist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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