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Figurative Photography For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Post-War
Steady My Steed, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Steady My Steed, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered I present unspoken stories that illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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 Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

“Bait and Tackle 2” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Bait and Tackle 2” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Park Drive" series The n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

'Dali's Party, ' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
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 Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

"Real 3" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Real 3" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) in a characteristic pose with his trademark walking-stick in vibrant purple dress. In the background, the magical, mysterious, artistic and alchemical mix, with white and sepia-toned curtains and classic photographs on display. The vintage and classic mingles with the bizarre and strange in this historic photograph of an avant-garde legend. Salvador Dali: Take It, 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph Lambda Print Estate Embossed with 2 Certificates of Authenticity Printed Later 4 sizes available Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí de Púbol gcYC (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/;[1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli];[2] 11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before leaving for the United States in 1940 where he achieved commercial success. He returned to Spain in 1948 where he announced his return to the Catholic faith and developed his "nuclear mysticism" style, based on his interest in classicism, mysticism, and recent scientific developments. Dalí's artistic repertoire included painting, graphic arts, film, sculpture, design and photography, at times in collaboration with other artists. He also wrote fiction, poetry, autobiography, essays and criticism. Major themes in his work include dreams, the subconscious, sexuality, religion, science and his closest personal relationships. To the dismay of those who held his work in high regard, and to the irritation of his critics, his eccentric and ostentatious public behavior often drew more attention than his artwork. His public support for the Francoist regime, his commercial activities and the quality and authenticity of some of his late works have also been controversial. His life and work were an important influence on other Surrealists, pop art and contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. There are two major museums devoted to Salvador Dalí's work: the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, and the Salvador Dalí Museum...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

“The Invisible Worm” (FRAMED) Photography 20 x 30 in Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“The Invisible Worm” (FRAMED) Photography 20 x 30 in Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 20” X 30” inch Limited Edition of 5 Brian Zi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Round Horse" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Round Horse" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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"In the Mirror" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"In the Mirror" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Surrealist Doll Composition
By Jerry Peil
Located in Surfside, FL
From the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection The Ruttenbergs are longtime art lovers who have collected abstract expressionist paintings, African art, sculpture, graphics, old watches and photographs-lots and lots of photographs. They started collecting them in the 1960s when the medium was still the stepchild of the arts. They kept collecting until they had more than 3,000 prints, 99 of which are in the Art Institute exhibit, ``The Intuitive Eye: Photographs from the Collection of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg.`` The show encompasses the entire history of photography with black-and-white and color prints from every genre, It includes street photography by Walker Evans and Garry Winogrand, glamour shots by Edward Steichen and Richard Avedon, nudes by Robert Mapplethorpe and Nicholas Muray...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Photography

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"Shot 2" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shot 2" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Nude man on Endless Surreal Road
Located in Miami, FL
Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and number lower right recto, Other sizes available unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Armenian Mirror
Located in Boca Raton, FL
New York-based, Armenian-born artist, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, is especially interested in how people interact in this new era of technology and social media. His “Mirrors” series sugges...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Morning Dew” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Morning Dew” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Swimming Suit" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Swimming Suit" 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

"Shot" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shot" Black & White 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. Av...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Your Joy is My Low” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Your Joy is My Low” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Not framed. Ships in tube. From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Shot 2" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shot 2" Black & White 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. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Pollen” Black & White Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Pollen” Black & White Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “Has Found Out Thy Bed” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 20” X 30” inch ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Shot" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Shot" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Inside Out 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
Inside Out 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams -...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Censored" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Censored" Black & White Photography 39" x 31" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Mano a Mano” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Mano a Mano” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Playboy" series. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Cream” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Cream” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancholy series, we ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Bad Bunny” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Bad Bunny” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Playboy" series. The n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows in Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühl...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Moon Birth 3" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth 3" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 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

"Real 2" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Real 2" Black & White Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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“Emergence 3” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Emergence 3” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Park Drive" series The notion ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Stardust" Photography 24" x 30" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Stardust" Photography 24" x 30" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Olha Ste...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

“And His Dark Secret Love” (FRAMED) Photography 30x20 in Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“And His Dark Secret Love” (FRAMED) Photography 30x20 in Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “And His Dark Secret Love” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 30” X 20” i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Modern Traditions 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modern Traditions 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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"DNA Revolution" Photography 36 x 24" in Edition of 5 by Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
"DNA Revolution" Photography 36 x 24" in Edition of 5 by Alina Karo "DNA Revolution" From 7 Deadly Sins series by Alina Karo Aluminum 36” x 24” Edit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Metal

Muscular Male and Leggy Female Figure on the Roof
Located in Miami, FL
This is a self-portrait with a 1950s girly cut-out set against a dramatic tropical sky. It's is a straight shot. The camera is on a tripod while the photographer slides over to bec...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

“In the Howling Storm” Photography 30" x 20" inch Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“In the Howling Storm” Photography 30" x 20" inch Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Brian Ziff's...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"The Battle of Orgreave (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder" Simon Procter C-print
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Battle of Orgreave (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)" C-print by fine art photographer Simon Procter. Mounted on an aluminum panel with pl...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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C Print

“Smoke and Mirrors” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" in Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Smoke and Mirrors” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" in Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Playboy" series. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“That Flies in the Night” (FRAMED) Photography 30x20 in Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“That Flies in the Night” (FRAMED) Photography 30x20 in Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “That Flies in the Night” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 30” X 20” in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Anima Rêveuse" Photography51" x 40" inch Edition 2/3 by Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anima Rêveuse" Photography51" x 40" inch Edition 2/3 by Alina Karo "Anima Rêveuse" Printed on Aluminum - ready to hang 51” x 40” Edition 2/3 Comes with COA VOLLIPSIS series by A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Metal

“Inner Space” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Inner Space” Portrait Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Not framed. Ships in tube. From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Red Bull” Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Red Bull” Black & White Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Not framed. Ships in tube. From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Does Thy Life Destroy” (FRAMED) Photography 30 x 20 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Does Thy Life Destroy” (FRAMED) Photography 30 x 20 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “Does Thy Life Destroy” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 30” X 20” inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Surreal Kayak Party in Foggy Metaphysical San Francisco Bay with Muted Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
The weather phenomenon that defines San Francisco, fog, separates a party of Kayakers from the iconic skyline. It puts them into an enigmatic limbo-like state. Photographer Mitchell ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Brian Ziff “O, Rose” (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40"in Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
Brian Ziff “O, Rose” (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40"in Edition of 5 by Brian Ziff “O, Rose” (2016) Limited edition of 5 produced using Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Cactus, Madrid
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15 Signed, titled and dated. Toned gelatin silver print Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochro...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

“Of Crimson Joy” (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 30" in Edition of 1/5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Of Crimson Joy” (FRAMED) Photography 20" x 30" in Edition of 1/5 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Brian Ziff's "High Risk" series is part of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"The Obscenely Wealthy" Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Obscenely Wealthy" Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition of 5 by Alina Karo "The Obscenely Wealthy" From 7 Deadly Sins series by Alina Karo Aluminum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Metal

Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme close up of a eye combined with a full figure nude in a tight and graphic composition. It's an early in-camera multiple exposure using Ektachrome infra red film during the pr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Inkjet

#3, Tree Huggers from the Future, Eco-tourists studying trees - colour print
Located in London, GB
UNTITLED #3, 2021 Archival Pigment Print, Framed; white frame with antireflective glass; larger size - framing options available) 30 x 46 cm Edition of 10 + 2 AP Series: Tree Huggers...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Barbra Streisand (photo session)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Barbra Streisand (photo session)” is a figurative photograph, vintage silver gelatin photograph in black and white by American artist Lawrence Sch...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Barbra Streisand (in her hotel room)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Barbra Streisand (in her hotel room)” is a figurative photograph, vintage silver gelatin photograph in black and white by American artist Lawrence Schiller. The artwork is signed on the verso. Lawrence Schiller only remembers the 60s in this way: Fast. As in: Blur. Which is, for those who lived through it, as accurate a description as one is likely to find about the decade that began with optimism and ended in chaos. It was ten years of turmoil and exploration. And through this turbulent and tumultuous decade, it often seemed that whenever a headline-making news event occurred, Lawrence Schiller was there. Schiller was not just lucky to be in the right place at the right time; he was prescient. He was there to cover the event, to add to it, to help us see it, to aid its meaning and its depth. "It was a time in which things happened awfully fast," Schiller says of the decade. "It was a wild, wild period; an uncontrolled period. I don’t think you had any sense of perspective in the 60s. You had to wait and look back at it, because it was a period in which things were happening that had no rhyme or reason to it. But by the end of the ‘60s I had covered so many stories, had so many magazine covers, I had somehow become part of that decade’s history. And I already had my eye on the future." When Lawrence Schiller got the assignment from the French magazine, Paris Match to photograph Marilyn Monroe on the 20th Century Fox set of Something’s Got to Give, he thought nothing of it. It wasn’t to be a private, studio shoot. He wasn’t going to set up lights, create backgrounds, or use a tripod. Just another assignment, he figured. Monroe by then was firmly established as a figment in the imagination of most young men. The orphan Norma Jean had recreated herself as the blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe. She’d appeared in twenty-nine films by the time Schiller photographed her in black and white and color in May, 1962. The world was unprepared for the moment when Marilyn jumped in the swimming pool in a flesh-colored bikini and came up out of the water au natural. She was all smiles and in her element: the sex goddess...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"One Heart" Black & White Photography 16" x 16"in Edition 1/24 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"One Heart" Black & White Photography 16" x 16"in Edition 1/24 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Geometry 2" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry 2" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition of 3 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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"Moon Birth 3" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth 3" 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. Availabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Moon Birth 2" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth 2" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 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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The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
A silhouetted man looks out to infinity and ponders the buried memories on the hallowed grounds of Vicksburg. He is seen in silhouette in the bottom half of the composition. The top half shows two Civil War...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Invisibility Hat" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 2/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Invisibility Hat" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition 2/3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Avai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Find Figurative Photography for Your Home or Office

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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