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Figurative Photography For Sale
Style: Realist
Style: Photorealist
Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Untitled (East Side Series)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original silver gelatin print from the 1960's by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin.
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Japan – Geisha Girl with Fan – Hand-colored albumen print
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (268 x 204 mm), hand-numbered 1103 in negative. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corner...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
This is a vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aar...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Il Canille' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. I...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Lido Life, Venice'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lido Life, Venice
1957
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A waiter serves fruit to...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Peggy Guggenheim
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picass...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress and former swimming champion, Esther Williams, in a Florida swimming pool, 1955
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary deal...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Hotel Taormina Pool, Sicily
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Chromogenic...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D'Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estat...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Japan – Daibutsu, Hiogo, Kobe – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), numbered B 289 and captioned in negative at lower right. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Scotti's Yacht
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti's yacht, 'Scotland Cay', Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Japan – Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton) – Hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Two young women playing hanetsuki (badminton/battledore/shuttlecock), studio photograph.
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Japan – Samurai - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (258 x 198 mm), numbered B 1161 and captioned in negative at lower right; very light cockling, brightly col...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Verbier Skier (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) w...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pool Party II - underwater monochrome nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of two naked young women in the pool. The minimalistic photograph partially depicts bodies in blue color schema.
Original gallery quality print signed by th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Japan, Girl Winter Costume
Located in Middletown, NY
Stillfried, Raimund von
Japan, Girl Winter Costume
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (260x 200 mm), numbered B 1080 and titled in the lower r...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Leisure and Fashion (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the ...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Lambda
Hot Spring - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16.6x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman on red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Coming Ashore, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of t...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
This is an estate stamped and hand n...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Lake Tahoe Ladies
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous bot...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modern fine art beach house photo on matte premium paper "Blue House"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Blue House " (2025)
Medium: Archival pigment print on premium matte photo paper
Dimensions: 20 x 27 cm / 7.8 x 10.6 inches (unframed)
Edition: Limited Edition of 50
Signed on the ba...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Taking Flight by Josephine Cardin Contemporary Fashion photography
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin
Medium: Photography
Limited edition of 30
Cardin uses a mix between photography and painting to develop her contemporary figurative art, inspired by music...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Peggy Guggenheim
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picasso's 'On the Beach', pictured to ...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Nicely Coiffed, France, Estate Edition, Cityscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poodle entering a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France.
This is an estate sta...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Bahamas Signpost
1964
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A signpost in Nassau points the way to Rum Cay...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Mazatlan Mansion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984.
40 x 60 inches
$3950
30 x 40 inches
$3350
10 x 12 inches
$1350
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Leonard Dalsemer
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is p...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
La Concha Clientele
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Undercurrent Projects is prou...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Prayer Beads, Western Tibet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Prayer Beads, Western Tibet" c.1998, is a photograph by American artist Lisa Kristine, b.1965. It is stamp signed and titled on the back. The photograph size is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bermuda Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Open - underwater monochrome photograph - archival paper print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater monochromatic photograph capturing a young woman in a light tulle dress and unbuckled bra turned away from the camera. The subdued tones create an ethereal tranquility...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right)
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
Slim Aarons
Palm Springs Party...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
5S5A6039
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
$15,600
Capote At Home, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxing with a book and a cigarette in his clutter...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Winter Fishing - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 35" x 49"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Winter Fishing by Alex Sher presents a striking underwater nude photograph featuring a young naked woman entangled in fishing nets beneath dark waters. The monochromatic palette crea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Japan – Two young geishas in flower garden, studio photograph, hand-colored
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), numbered B334 in negative, right side of image printed somewhat lighter than left, tiny in-nega...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Golden Drops - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of two naked models on red background.
Original gallery quality digital archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist.
Limited edition of 24
The artwork is furnished with certificate of authenticity with artist's name, edition number, edition limit, and other details.
The photograph has been exhibited at:
2024 Roth & Taylor Gallery (Los Angeles, US)
2023 LA Art Show (Los Angeles, US)
2023 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US)
2023 Roth & Taylor Gallery (Los Angeles, US)
2022 Spectrum (Miami, US)
2022 Beverly Hills Art Show (Beverly Hills, US)
2022 Art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Japan – Geisha, Kago Travelling Chair
Located in Middletown, NY
Original Photograph / Photographer unattributed
Yokohama, Japan: c 1885.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (197 x 260 mm), numbered B 86 and captioned caption on lowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Japan – A geisha playing the gekkin - Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880's.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 8 inches (258 x 203 mm), unmounted; pencil inscription in Japanese on verso; light cockling
[Nagasaki University Libra...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
This is an estate stamped...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Liquid Fire - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women with long blonde hair diving in a pool. The realistic photograph is taken with red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigm...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Wild Blood - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 50x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and practice - and I was wrong. She was just perfect from the first second. Next month she got married and m...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Desolate Amber by Jo Cardin - Contemporary Figurative photography on Diasec
Located in DE
Artist: Josephine Cardin
Medium: Mixed Media of Photography and Painting
Size: 150 x 100 cm
Limited edition 2 of 15
______________________________________________________________...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Japan – Kimya-Bashi (Bridge), Nagasaki w/ 2 rickshaws – Hand-colored photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: circa 1890.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm); hand numbered 64 in negative and captioned at lower left; light cockling at top left co...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Harbour Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple relaxing at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
This is an estate stamped and...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Nicely Coiffed, France, Estate Edition, Cityscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poodle entering a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France.
This is an estate sta...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Cold Song III - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43x64"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
'Cold Song III' exemplifies the avant-garde evolution of underwater fine art photography, merging contemporary conceptual art with technical mastery. This ethereal composition captur...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bryce - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
THIS VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PRINT IS FROM AN EDITION OF 3, Bryce was taken in Osaka, Japan at Abeno Harukas, Japan’s tallest building. The photograph was shot on 35mm film on a Contax T3
Sebastian...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$650 Sale Price
50% Off
Japan – Deshima, Nagasaki – Hand-colored Meiji Period photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
Yokohama, Japan: 1890s.
Hand-tinted albumen print, 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (200 x 260 mm), captioned in negative at lower right. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounti...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
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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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