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Figurative Photography For Sale
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Spider Man
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Original artwork. C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25. Accompanied with ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print

Glitter Skull - Black on Gold
Located in PARIS, FR
X-Ray print onto textured metallic vinyl in black frame Limited Edition of 15 From artist's studio, signed recto. Accompanied with the catalog of the artist and the certificate of a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print

Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych. From the Cerros Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych From the "Cerros" series Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W. Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W. Edition of 13 Unframed Exploring color in the darkness, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Contemporary nude print, Black white Portrait photo, Sensual Model - Sacha..
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Sacha and Pearl ‘ who was captured on f...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Lithograph

MISS ERIS #29 - Contemporary, Figurative, Female, Polaroid, photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
MISS ERIS #29 [From the series Les Foxy Femmes de Carmen De Vos] Published in Carmen De Vos's new book 'The Eyes of the Fox' and on the cover of her TicKL Magazine, 2008. 80x80cm...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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

Mythology - Photo by Nobuyoshi Araki - 2001
Located in Roma, IT
Mythology is a modern artwork realized by Nobuyoshi Araki in 2001. Black and white gelatin silver print. Signed on the back. Provenance Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo . Certificate of ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon - Vintage Photograph - 1990
By Phillip Dixon
Located in Roma, IT
Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon is a collection of three photographic prints on RC paper. Photographs published on Playboy of July 1990 and printed from l...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Lithograph

Jenna Jameson (Diptych-Clothed/Nude), Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (1952) Title: Jenna Jameson (Diptych-Clothed/Nude) from the XXX 30 PORN-STAR PORTRAITS SERIES Year: 2004 Medium: Color Print Edition: 6 plus 3 AP Size: 20 x 16 inches each, 20 x 32 inches total Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist. Exhibitions & Literature: “XXX: 30 Porn Star Portraits” appeared at Mary Boone Gallery, New York [Oct. 30-Dec. 18, 2004] and at John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco [Jan. 12-Feb. 12, 2005]. Accompanying the exhibition was a 144-page catalogue published by Bulfinch Press, a soundtrack distributed by Emperor Norton (Ryko) and a documentary on the making of the photographs aired by HBO [Oct. 22, 2004-Feb. 22, 2005]. Notes: Since this item will be shipped directly from the photographer, the seller can only provide the specific edition number to buyers at the actual point of sale. Please message the seller to request this information at the point of purchase. BACKGROUND, XXX 30 PORN-STAR PORTRAITS SERIES Art in America “Body Double” by Sarah Valdez 4/2005 — From rock stars to presidents, literary figures to actors, not to mention pretty much everyone of consequence in the blue-chip art world, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders has for some three decades now photographed celebrities, in the process institutionalizing himself as one. Ever a fan of the big negative’s capacity for crisply rendering minutiae larger than life, Greenfield-Sanders has made a formidable career out of satisfying the public’s desire to scrutinize ordinary aspects of extraordinary people, at once acknowledging and confirming their iconic status. He has captured, for instance, the young David Bowie, transformed with a goatee and feathery earring; Warhol wringing his hands, for once caught unawares by the camera; Hillary Clinton with that impeccable blonde bob; Agnes Martin in an adorable black cardigan, gold buttons done up to the top; Robert Mapplethorpe wide-eyed in his boodle. Like school portraits, set consistently against solid backdrops, Greenfield-Sanders’s portraits possess a reassuring sameness, encouraging scientific scrutiny–all the while bestowing on his sitters a cultural legitimacy of which they cannot help but be aware. His latest exhibition did no less, chronicling celebrities of the adult-film industry. “XXX: 30 Porn Star Portraits” consisted of a series of 30 photographic diptychs showing his muses posed more or less the same way twice, once with street clothes on and then with them off. But the project also included an ambitious number of spinoffs: a catalogue (with essays by 16 well-known figures, among them Gore Vidal, John Waters, Karen Finley, JT LeRoy and Salman Rushdie, as well as bios written by each of the porn stars he photographed), a Greenfield-Sanders-directed and -produced documentary on the making of the porn-star photographs (aired by HBO) and a slick soundtrack for the documentary (including music by the Velvet Underground, Peaches, Felix da Housecat and Rabbit in the Moon, among others). In the choppy documentary, Greenfield-Sanders appears here and there, but reveals little about his motivation for undertaking “XXX,” mostly allowing his models and catalogue essayists to speak, one after another, as if to an omniscient interviewer. All amicably hold forth on porn and sex, plus a little about life in general. We meet a few self-proclaimed born exhibitionists, who explain that they got into the industry with verve and on purpose. Others, of course, found themselves compelled by cash. Characters become endearing as we gain knowledge of their personal lives. A strapping, square-jawed Russian, for instance, explains that he’s proud to have earned enough to bring his whole family to this country. Porn legend Nina Hartley and her husband cheerfully show off the elaborate dungeon in their home. We see some stars on location, driving around or sitting on lawns, explaining that they’re actually attending college or pursuing careers as artists or tappers: porn as means to an end. Models unselfconsciously mill about Greenfield-Sanders’s studio in the buff and tell life stories while having their makeup done. Somebody’s small dog makes a cameo. Some porn stars confess to having been shunned by parents for their choice of career; one or two describe families proud or at least accepting of their accomplishments. We learn that Greenfield-Sanders got the idea of doing double portraits of the same person, clothed and nude, from Goya, whose La Maja Vestida and La Maja Desnuda...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Photography

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Color

Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985. Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine. Edtion 7/85. 
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Flora 06 - Contemporary Photography, Floral, Female Nude, Lilies, Orange flowers
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 06 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in an Edition of 15 in this size by contemporary photographer duo Tortora & Travezan. All prints are produced to order. Lead times betwee...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital

Ariane- Signed limited edition print, Black white, Woman on the beach high heels
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ariane - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unframed This print that is being offered is...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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

Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London) Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm Printed 2024 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London Edition size 300 only NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 8'' 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957. Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion. General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950. Picture Post and World War II In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Reinhard Görner: Rose Main Reading Room (New York Public Library)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Rose Main Reading Room, 2014 New York Public Library New York, NY 50 x 63.5 inches Ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 76.2 inches Ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 88.9 inches Ed. of 5 $11,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Lithograph

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

'Lounging In Verbier' ( Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Yacht Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'Yacht Holiday' by Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print limited to 150 only numbered in ink & emboss stamped. 60 x 40 " inches paper size Tanne...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Umbrella- Signed limited edition still life print, Black white, Woman running
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Girl with Umbrella - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1998 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Soeur III
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chateau Chantilly, France
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5 Chromogenic Print – Unframed Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options. As a world-renowned...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print

Biblioteca dei Girolamini, Library Naples, Italy (Libraries)
Located in New York City, NY
48 x 60 inches - edition of 5 Chromogenic Print – Unframed Signed by the artist - Certificate of Authenticity Free Shipping – Ask us foar custom framing options. As a world-renowned...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print

School Children, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'School Children, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives p...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photogravure

'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive) Silver gelatin fibre print 20 x 24" p...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Romantic Couple -Signed limited edition still life fine art print, Sepia
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Romantic Couple - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in Paris in 1988, on the Carrousel de Montmartre. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm (Acid-free and lignin-free paper, Museum quality paper for highest age resistance and a popular alternative to analogue baryta paper) using pigment inks which are known for their longevity. Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unframed Please note. There are three sizes of this archival pigment print; each is an edition of ten (10) making the total that can be printed as thirty (30). This will include any custom sizes requested Archival pigment print available sizes ( Image size , the white margin is not counted) : 35 x 56...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pigment, Ph...

Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window)
By Newbold Bohemia
Located in Hudson, NY
Mere Mortal #4 (Archival Photograph of Male Nude in Islamic Window) 30 x 18 inches archival pigment print, unframed Limited edition of 10 Inspired by the story of Icarus in Greek my...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Digital Pigment

Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition. Vintage 1950s Florida, Christmas Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classic Slim Aarons photograph depicts a couple basking under the sun at the renowned Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsui...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

"Butterfly Monarch #2" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #2" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood Digital print on canvas Not framed Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Canvas, Digital

Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman in a green dress at a vintage ball in New York. The artist is captured with his characteristic walking st...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Cosmonaut Laundry
Located in New York, NY
In Justin Lister's captivating conceptual fine art photography project, a lone cosmonaut gracefully floats amidst a variety of landscapes, blurring the boundaries between earthly and...
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2010s Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Summer - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 55" x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman diving in a red pool. Ripples and sunbeams are painting mysterious pattern on her perfect breasts. Original gallery quality...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Warm ice. Erotic Photograph, 22.5x16 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Warm ice. Erotic Photograph, 22.5x16 cm Erotic woman photograph by Latvian photographer Juris Abramenko. Photo made at winter by the sea at sunny day
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1990s Realist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mapplethorpe, Gun Blast, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photogravure

Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlto...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein - Vintage Photograph -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35" x 53"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye ca...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

The Dancers, Vintage Gelatin Silver Sepia-Toned Photograph from Prague 1980s
Located in New york, NY
The Dancers, 1984 is an 8" x 8" vintage gelatin silver sepia-toned photograph by contemporary Czech artist Jan Saudek. Signed “Jan,” titled and dated “July 20-23, 1985” in ink below ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Chained Dog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Selected from the Drew Carolan monograph MATINEE All Ages On The Bowery. Shot against a white seamless on the corner of Bleecker St. and Bowery in New York city in 1984 with a Rollei...
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1980s Street Art Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Television Americana (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Vintage, TV, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelly Ludwig Television Americana Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed: On Label COA provided *Black frame with standar...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Backflip, Duncan, Mississippi
By Brandon Thibodeaux
Located in New York, NY
Archival inkjet print Signed and dated in pencil, verso Also inscribed in pencil, verso 4.875 x 4.875 inches, sheet 4.375 x 4.375 inches, image This artwork is offered by ClampArt,...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Inkjet

Slim Aarons 'Marbella Club Bather' Mid-Century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
"Marbella Club Bather," a 1976 Slim Aarons photograph, captures mid-century modern Mediterranean luxury. Limited C-print (1/150), estate-stamped, authenticated. Slim Aarons Marbella...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' by Slim Aarons A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Typically 'Slim' this photograph e...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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1950s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

VW Camper Family
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Original artwork. C print, diasec Framed. Signed and numbered out of 25. Accompanied with ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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C Print

Venus and Amor I, 1530, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Painting Detail Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner’s Venus and Amor I presents an exquisite close-up of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1530 masterpiece, capturing the delicate interplay of sensuality and symbolism characte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Daisy on Bed' from Till Death do us Part, 38x47cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Daisy on Bed' (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x47cm, Edition of 30 Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and signature label, ar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Lila's Studio II (Stay) Naomi Watts- Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's work was used for Marc Forster's movie 'Stay'. Featuring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Naomi and Ryan were both portraying artists and Stefanie's ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x64"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool. "There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Contemporary sensual, erotic photograph of nude man & woman from historic image
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pipe Tee" by artist Paul Cava is a one-of-a-kind (unique) archival pigment print of a nude man and woman from a historical glass plate on a historic mechani...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Ink

Twiggy In Pink Tights On Swing 1967 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultura...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

Stefanie Schneider Minis - 3 Minis from the movie Stay
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis from the movie Stay: 'Forgive me', 'Lila', 'Jellyfish' with Naomi Watts Signed in front, not mounted Lambda digital C...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Lithograph

The Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet. Good condition.
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

steve - ritual
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 10 x 8 inches, sheet 7 x 7 inches, image (Edition of 10) 14 x 11 inches, sheet 10 x 10 inches, image (Edition of 10) 20 x 1...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Swan Like Embrace, Paris
Located in London, GB
Swan-Like Embrace, Paris 2001, printed later, 2021 C-Print on paper 8 x 5 1/8 inches Signed on the back published by Pain Nan Goldin's "Swan-like Embrace, Paris, 2001" is a poignant...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Rosanna Lambertucci - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Rosanna Lambertucci is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1980s. Good conditions.
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Torso- Signed limited edition semi nude print, Black white, Square sensual photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Torso ‘ who was captured on film in 19...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

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

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Kindling
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Kindling - 2016 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-2002. N...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a  vintage photo, realized by Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s. 
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons, Palm Springs Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Desert House Party, 1970. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A poolside party at a desert house, desig...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Lithograph

The Lunch Break by Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Lunch Hour by Alain Le Garsmeur A lunchtime crowd relaxes in front of Marc Chagall’s Mosaic ‘Four Seasons’ in Chase Tower Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 197...
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

'Nude Portrait' Oversize Archival pigment print
Located in London, GB
'Nude Portrait' by Boyan Dimitrov beautiful 30x20" inches / 76 x 51 cm giclée print warm sepia toned. Nude female, reclining. Certificate of authenticity provided. EDGE PRINTS...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beach At St. Tropez' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authentici...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Horses - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Horses - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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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.

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