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Family Chair (1968) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Family Chair (1968) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in h...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

''Lukah 4'' Dutch Contemporary Portrait of Boy in Chinese Costume with Lizard
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a perfectionist, enthusiastic and di...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass

The Lonely Skier - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Lonely Skier  is a color vintage photo, realized in 1930s. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album incl...
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1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

With Yves Coat I. Intervened photograph on canvas, framed.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
With Yves I by Efren Isaza Measures: 70 x 52 inches Framed archival pigment image printed onto canvas intervened with paint, ink and intentionally scratched by...
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

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Canvas, Acrylic

1000 Kilometer Race Start, Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition. Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print Paper size: 14 x 11 in. Image size: 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of t...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Rise" Photography Edition 2/28 32" x 32" inch by Yevgeniy Repiashenko "Rise" Photography Edition of 28 Year photo was taken: 2017 This picture is a part of Spirit series. The pic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

BASQUIAT photograph 1979 (Basquiat Gray photograph Nicholas Taylor)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat and Gray at Hurrah's: New York, 1979 by Nicholas Taylor: A rare, intimate look at Jean-Michel Basquiat's history as a musician - this work was one of four Taylor photo's chosen for exhibit at the much noted, Basquiat: Boom For Real exhibition at London's Barbican Centre. This work has been featured in numerous major publications on Basquiat. Archival Inkjet Print. 16 x 20 inches (dimensions include a an approx 2 inch border). Hand signed & numbered from an Edition of 10 (+ 5 APs). Excellent condition. Provided directly by Nicholas Taylor (represented by listing dealer Lot 180 Gallery NY). Nicholas Taylor (American, b. 1953) is a renowned photographer and musician. Taylor moved to New York in 1977 to pursue a career as a photographer and it was through the vibrant New York art scene that he came to know the young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. It was, in fact, his intimate portfolio of photographs documenting his friendship with Basquiat that rocketed Taylor to fame. The two would collaborate in the No Wave band “Gray” before Taylor launched a successful career as a DJ famous for track-looping (named DJ High Priest by Basquiat). His track “Suicide Mode” would later be used in the soundtrack for Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film “Basquiat." Exhibitions: Basquiat: Boom For Real at the Barbican Centre, London (9/21/17- Present) Literature/Catalog Raisonne: Basquiat: Boom For Real (Show catalog; Eleanor Nairne/Dieter Buchart) Jean-Michel Basquiat: King For A Decade (Taka Kawachi) Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, Studio of The Street (Diego Cortez) For further history on Basquiat's and Gray please see: "Gray Matters...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Inkjet

''A Cup of Tea'' Dutch Contemporary Still Life of a Sparrow on a Tea Cup
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a perfectionist, enthusiastic and di...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Plexiglass

Moonlight IV - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x26"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman in the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with reach aquatic tint. This is t...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled I. From The Balance Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled I, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the Balance series Photography and ink on paper Image size: 50 in. H x 35 in. W Edition of 3 + 1AP Unframed With Balance the artist starts ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

An Insipid Notion #12. Figurative color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An insipid notion (The astonished world) is a collection of unreal experiences caused by the feeling of late and inexperienced love, and the inability to fully know the experience of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dream Girl
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistica...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Ahead of me 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ahead of me 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Five Lemons (Bright, Still Life, Fruit, Nature, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Laura Lloyd Five Lemons Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 11 x 17 inches Framed: 15.4 x 21.4 x 1.5 inches Signed: On Label COA provided *Black frame with standard plex...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lucky Catch - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 58" x 43"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in fishing net. The perfect body of the model has slight green tint; her perfect breasts are partially covered with the green fi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Willow Tree
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 19 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) 29 x 22 inches, image (Edition of 15) 39 x 30 inches, image (Edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
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1960s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

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C Print

Madonna, Gallery of Parma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna, Gallery of Parma -  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century by Anderson. Information is written on the lower in Italian. Good conditions, a...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mozart - Cyanotype Style Film Photographic Print Framed
Located in Zürich, CH
Not one to shy away from human representation, Pia Clodi’s more portraiture-like works continually offer the sitter an air of anonymity, and as such the viewer has the opportunity to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Carbon Pigment, Polaroid

Women in Malibu II (Stranger than Paradise)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Woman in Malibu II (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 315_2.26 No...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

First Violin (self Portrait) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
First Violin #03 - 2013 [From the series Need to be] 25x25cm + white border 0,5cm (total 26x26cm) Archival color print based on original Polaroid on beautiful PHOTO RAG ULTRA SMOOTH...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

George Platt Lynes Vintage 1949 Photograph #4 of dancer Francisco Moncion
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes Photograph #4 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photogra...
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1950s Post-War Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
Located in Miami, FL
The work is elegantly framed in a high-end modern frame with archival matting. 1 of no more than 12, each print differs somewhat from the others Negative and print made 1949-1950 I....
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1940s Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Postcard - Offset and lithograph by Filiberto di Savoia - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Postcard by Filiberto di Savoia is a vintage and historical postcard realized in 1904, with hand-written on the rear. Stamped on the rear. Good conditions.
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lithograph, Offset

Untitled No. 51
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by Clam...
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1990s Other Art Style Figurative Photography

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Photogravure

Marble Cave - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12 x 8"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in a pool. Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional framing: it can...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Metal

Spin - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 17.5"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young model in the pool with red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Kennedy, Jackie in Pink with JFK in Yellow Room, Angle, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Jackie in Pink with JFK in Yellow Room, NB114C -- Jackie was first shot by Mark Shaw for a cover story in LIFE published August 24th, 1959. Titled “Jackie Kennedy—a Front Runner’s Appealing Wife” this photo essay started the relationship that resulted in some of the most famous and enduring photos of the Kennedy family during JFK’s presidency. Image size is 32" X 32" (for 36" X 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of Jackie Kennedy with John F. Kennedy in the back. Jackie is wearing a pink dress and lipstick. She is also wearing two pearl necklaces. She is sitting on a yellow cushioned chair...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilisi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

L’homme à la roué
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Amaluna's Day Off #02 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Amaluna's Day Off #02 - 2016 [From the series Cirque du Soleil] 80x80cm, edition of 5, Digital archival pigment print 
based on an original Polaroid
 on beautiful PHOTO RAG ® ULTRA ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Polaroid, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Kennedy, Ravello Trip, Gianni & Marella Agnelli on Their Yacht
Located in New York, NY
Gianni and Marella Agnelli on Their Boat with Pat Suzuki and Clint Hill, Ravello, 1962 -- From Mark Shaw's personal collection of snapshots from a 'dolce vita' trip with Jackie Kennedy, Fiat magnate Giovanni Agnelli, his wife Marella, Jackie's Secret Service agent Clint Hill, and Pat Suzuki, Mark's wife. Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Photograph in color of Agnelli's yacht with Jackie Kennedy, Giovanni and Marella Agnelli, Clint Hill and Pat Suzuki. They are on the yacht. A man has his back to the camera and looking into the distance. He is wearing white shorts. Another man is holding on to the boat and looking down. He is wearing light blue pants, a white collared shirt...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Venice Oil cm. 55 x 60 1999
Located in Torino, IT
Venice Russian Art Landscape with gondolas in Venice Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) MUSEUMS Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery Moscow, USSR Artists Col...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Oil

Jay and a Ray of Sun (the sun slants across young man's body from eye to nipple)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The photograph, Jay in a Ray of Light, in this size is in an edition of only 5. This impression is #1 Born in Moscow in 1986, Alex Avgud is a Russian born p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Garage
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Limited Estate Print A brand new release from the Slim Aarons Estate & Archive - this...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Man Curve, Two. Motion Series. Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Man Curve Two by Ricky Cohete From Motion series Black and White Photograph Archival pigment print Size: 36" x 24" Ed of 10 + 1AP Unframed Throughout his exploration of the movemen...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ahmedabad 151209-101 (India, Spice, Street Market, Warm, Saffron, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Ahmedabad 151209-101 Pigment Print Year: 2015 Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 8 COA provided *White frame with s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Torso - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Square, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Torso - Signed limited edition archival pigment print 1987 , Edition of 5 This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has been printed on fiber b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...

"Leading Horse", Kansas City, 1997
Located in Hudson, NY
This will be shipped direct from the artist to you or your framer. In this photograph a silhouetted horse follows a silhouetted figure closely as they trek through a field. The use of abstracted figures helps emphasize the emotional aspect of Kelly's main theme: the bond between humans and animals. Pete Kelly finds his inspiration in nature and the landscape. Specifically focusing on, "The reclamation by nature of urban settings", Kelly finds a particularly strong aesthetic and power in the beauty of the urban landscape. "I try to see beauty around me, drawing beauty from ugliness by capturing close up textures of fading paint or graffiti, or by reducing the shape of the subject to silhouette." Kelly's fascination with photography, the quality, and flexibility of the medium began at a very early age. Born in England in 1966, and as the son of a military man, Kelly spent most of his childhood growing up in West Germany. After leaving school Kelly enrolled in a photography course with the R. A. F Photographic Unit, based in Wildenrath in Germany. Although this initial training lasted only six months, it established a life long passion and dedication to photography. Already an avid traveller, Kelly initially decided to return to the UK,
to study Graphic Design at Stockport College, before moving to America in 1987. After completing an Internship at an innovative commercial photography studio in America,
Kelly began working as a Photographers Assistant. Working closely with a range of photographers allowed him to intrinsically develop his own
refined sense of aesthetic as well as develop and master photographic theory and technique. Now working as a Fine Art Photographer in his own right,
 Pete Kelly utilizes the most cutting edge equipment and techniques,
 painting with photography by compositing and layering photographs...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Kissing Priests (Polaroid Transfer of Embracing Clergymen on Rives BFK)
Located in Hudson, NY
Kissing Priests image size: 8 x 10 inches Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom right corn...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Polaroid

Set of Hands (India, Holi Festival, Warm, Saffron, Hand, Calm, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Set of Hands 2015 3 x Archival Pigment Prints on Matte Paper Size: 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96cm) (each) Edition: 9 Signed, titled and dated on label COA provided ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Saddle, Whip, Nude - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Saddle, Whip, Nude. - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm ,...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Phot...

Porcelain and Тurquoise - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 24x17"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women diving next to the bright turquoise dress she just took off. Original gallery quality print signed ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Candida Höfer, University Library Hamburg A - Set of 2 Photographs, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944) University Library Hamburg A, 2000/02 Medium: Set of 2 c-prints, mounted on Forex Dimensions: each 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24) Edition of 45: Hand-signed and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print

Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis. Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience. "Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention. "I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Mixed Realities
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "As a self-portrait artist, I use the observation of my surroundings, personal experiences, and my own personal growth to create conceptual images. I am a highly positive person and this positivity often reflects in my work delivering images with a strong message on personal growth, self-love, and empowerment. I want my images to give hope and teach people to appreciate themselves, to love, dream, and believe that everything is possible if we believe it is. My images often feature simple backgrounds, saturated colors, and characteristic props like flowers, plants, origami, or balloons. creating dreamlike images both rich aesthetically and in meaning." - Fares Micue...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Debbie Harry Recording by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Debbie Harry Recording Debbie Harry of Blondie recording Parallel Lines LP in Record Plant studio New York 1978 Photo by Martyn Goddard Printed 2024. Signed limited edition photog...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Freediver - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 47х35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a young naked dark hair woman in the pool. A transparent silk scarf slid off her shoulders opening the breasts and partially covering the hips and pubis....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled (observatory)
Located in Helsinki, FI
Handmade silver gelatin print. The fibre-based photograph is tea-toned, stamped, signed and numbered in pencil on sheet verso. Size 15 x 22 cm (5.9" x 8.6"), edition of 25. About th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dasha & Mari - ROYAL TEA III - limited edition
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Tennis - limited edition 30x30" inches oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only. Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful fi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Saks Fifth Avenue Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Saks Fashion 1955 Slim Aarons Estate Edition A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Imag...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Rabbi, Jerusalem Alley Israeli Judaica Micha Bar-Am
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare vintage signed and dated silver gelatin black & white unframed photograph. (printed circa 19730-1981) signed and numbered in ink on recto. Hand developed by or under the personal direction of Micha Bar Am at the studio of acclaimed printer Thomas Consilvio in Beverly Hills, California. In 1981, the negatives were retired and donated by Bar-Am to the permanent archives of the Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel. This one has the feel of a Roman Vishniac photo. Micha Bar-Am (Hebrew: מיכה בר-עם) (born 1930 in Berlin, Germany) is an Israeli journalistic photographer. His images cover every aspect of life in Israel in the past sixty years. Since 1968 he has been a correspondent with Magnum, the photographic cooperative. From 1968 to 1992, he was the New York Times photographic correspondent from Israel. He has published several books of photography, beginning in 1957. His work is held in numerous international museums and institutes throughout the world. Born in Berlin to a Jewish family, Bar-Am moved with his parents in 1936 to then British Mandate of Palestine. He attended local schools. He was drafted in 1948 and served during Israel's War of Independence, when he was part of the Palmach Unit. Afterward, he worked several jobs, including as a locksmith and a mounted guard, before becoming a photographer. In 1949 he co-founded the kibbutz Malkia in Galilee. Later he became a member of Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv. Photography career In the early 1940s, Bar-Am started taking pictures of life on a kibbutz; he used borrowed cameras until he bought a Leica. After his military service, he began photographing more seriously. After publishing his first book, Across Sinai (1957), Bar-Am gained work as a photographic reporter and in the editorial staff of the Israeli Army magazine, Ba-Mahaneh, from 1957 to 1967. In 1961 he covered the Adolf Eichmann trial. In 1967 he covered the Six-Day War, during which time he met Cornell Capa. Many of his war images brought him renown. Since 1968, he has been a correspondent for Magnum Photos. In 1974 he helped Capa found the International Center of Photography in New York City. In 1968, Bar-Am also became the photographic correspondent from Israel for the New York Times, a position he held until 1992. From 1977-92, he was head of the department of photography at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He says that he has adopted Robert Capa saying, "If your photographs aren't good enough, you weren't close enough," Awards 2000--Israel Prize for photography. 1993—Enrique Kavlin Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1985-86--Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1985—IBM Fellowship, Aspen, Colorado, USA 1985—Golden Flamingo Award for Photographic Poster, Arles, France 1985--Fulbright Grant Books Southward: Micha Bar-Am, Photographs, Israel: The Negev Museum of Art, 2013 Insight: Micha Bar-Am's Israel, London: Koenig Books / Israel: Open Museums, 2011 Israel: A Photobiography, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1998 The Last War, Israel: Keter Publishers, 1996 Painting With Light: The Photographic Aspect in the Work of E.M. Lilian, Israel: Tel Aviv Museum of Art/Dvir Publishing, 1991 Jewish Sites in Lebanon, USA: Moreshet Eretz-Yisrael/Ariel, 1984 The Jordan, Israel: Masada Ltd., 1981 Portrait of Israel, USA: New York Times/American Heritage Press, 1970 Across Sinai, Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1957 Collections Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv, Israel The Museum of Photography at Tel Hai, Tel Hai Kibbutz, Israel International Center of Photography, New York, USA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, USA Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, USA Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, USA Henry Buhl Collection, New York, USA Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France Collection FNAC, Paris, France Fundacion “La Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain National Maritime Museum, London, UK Magnum Photos: Photographic Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA This photo is signed. It is from the height of the war. Leonard Freed, Micha Bar Am, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Rubinger...
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1970s Realist Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled / 1020
Located in Burlingame, CA
An indication that we have entered a new era of creativity, are the photographs of John Casado. “His nudes reveal new attitudes and visions that stamp him firmly as an artist who differs from his predecessors of the past 170 years. In the past two centuries, the nude has evolved slowly, but there is now a decided change.” David Leddick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Soundsuit #6 (Performance Art, Artistic Expression, Contemporary Art)
By Nick Cave
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Cave Soundsuit #6 Year: 2010 Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag Size: 17 x 12 in. Edition: 200 Signed by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-2069 Tags: #NickCave #Missou...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Kennedy, Jackie and Lee Radziwill, "The Hike" Sunshine Parkway, Florida, 1963
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Lee, "The Hike" Sunshine Parkway, Palm Beach, Florida 1963 -- "In February 1963, President and Mrs. Kennedy invited Mark (Shaw) to Palm Beach, Florida to photograph partic...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

"Untitled 2" (En Rouge) Photography Edition 2/7 32" x 24" in by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2" (En Rouge) Photography Edition 2/7 32" x 24" in by Larsen Sotelo Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Limited Edition of 7 2020...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

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Life becomes art in figurative photography. Shared moments are captured and history is recorded in images of people and their lives.

Figurative photography is often used to describe a kind of photography in which people are the subject. Early black and white photography of people can be a glimpse into a past century — witness the celebrated work of photographers such as Ansel Adams or lesser-known artists like Berenice Abbott, for example. The cultural and social standards of the time are captured in these figurative photographs.

Mid-century photos might show the life and fashions of the day, sometimes with the shared thread of humanity, joy and love. Indeed, figurative photographs can be a source of inspiration and wonder, speaking of common life experiences and beauty. Vintage photos of celebrities and iconic actors can be valuable keepsakes as snapshots of a bygone era.

Just as if you were bringing paintings, prints or drawings into your space as part of the decor, there are many ways to arrange your figurative photography. Large photos can be statement pieces in a room. Smaller photographs can be placed on bookcases or on compact wall spaces to add an artistic element to a living room or a bedroom.

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