Contemporary Figurative Photography
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Algeria is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mom...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Lagaillarde, Crespin, Richaud, Laborde - vintage photo- 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Lagaillarde, Crespin, Richaud, Laborde is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album inc...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Anniversary of Krupp, Western Germany - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Anniversary of Krupp, Western Germany is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century, 150 anniversary of Krupp.
Good conditions and aged.
I...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Greeting - Vintage Photo - mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Greeting is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mo...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Aoude - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Aoude is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Brake - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Brake is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Redha Malek - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Malek is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - New Government - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - New Government is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histor...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Bel Roceer - Vintage photo - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Bel Roceer is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1962.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal f...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - BenKhedda - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Khedda is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, r...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Janos Kadar - Vintage photo - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Janos Kadar is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1963.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Coruet Palace - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Coruet Palace is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histori...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Raoul Salan: Speech - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Raoul Salan: Speech is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Politicians - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Politicians is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algerian Delegators Arrival - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Algerian Delegators Arrival is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album inc...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Khedda with Child - Vintage Photo - mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Khedda with Child is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album includin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Buenos Aires - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Buenos Aires is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s century by Giuseppe Moneta.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Good conditions.
It belongs to...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Indigenous - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Indigenous is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Arrest - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Arrest is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Soldier, Albany - Vintage Photo - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Soldier, Albany is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1991 in Vallona.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a h...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Women's March - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Women's March is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal fami...
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Mother and Child - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Mother and Child is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a histo...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Speech - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Speech is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical momen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo -Buenos Aires - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Buenos Aires is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Politicians - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Politicians is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Alfried Krupp Charged with War Crimes - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Alfried Krupp Charged with War Crimes is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album inclu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Mario Tanassi, Italy's Defense Minister - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Mario Tanassi, Italy's Defense Minister is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s, Wien with Franz Jonas.
Good conditions.
It belongs to a histori...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria, General Morin - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Algeria, General Morin is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Budapest, Janos Kadar - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Budapest, Janos Kadar is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Cityscape - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Cityscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a h...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Communist Newspaper "La Hora" - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Communist Newspaper "La Hora" is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins....
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Politicians - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Politicians is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Barke - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Ben Barke is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Mohamad Buolieg - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Mohamad Buolieg is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including histori...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Pope Paul VI Shaking Hand with Janos Kadar - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Pope Paul VI Shaking Hand with Janos Kadar is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1977.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Panorama - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Panorama is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Lekhder - Vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Lekhder is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roya...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Union - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Union is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Speech, Afghanistan Issue - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Speech, Afghanistan Issue is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions
It belongs to a historical album including histori...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Man Mediates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry, 2005, Digital C-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Man Meditates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry depicts a man sitting in the middle of train tracks at the Memorial and Museum Auschwits-Birkenau in Poland. The tracks lead back to the g...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Digital
"Thinking of Rodin 2" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
By Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Thinking of Rodin 2" Photography 28" x 20" inch Edition of 20 by Lika Brutyan
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta.
Not Framed. Ships in a tube.
Lika Brutyan is A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Historical Photo - Funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1989.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Armenian Earthquake - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo -Armenian Earthquake is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1988.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a hist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Pierre Lagaillarde - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Pierre Lagaillarde (founder of OAS) is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Algeria - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Algeria is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including historical ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Alain Seriguy - Vintage Photo - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Alain Seriguy is a black and white vintage photo.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical album including histo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Pedro Estrada Venezuela - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Pedro Estrada Venezuela is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It b...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Joseph Ortiz Algiers Mayor Mohamed Bouharaoua is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - La Paz - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - La Paz is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a hist...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo- Abderrahmane Fares - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Abderrahmane Fares is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Fair conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belong...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Politicians - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Politicians is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Politicians (Raoul Salan) - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Politicians is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a historical al...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Ben Barker - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Ben Barker is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
It belongs to a ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Historical Photo-M. Abdelkader and Ben Barker - Vintage Photo - mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- M. Abdelkader and Ben Barker is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions, with some decoloration spots and aged margins.
...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Contemporary figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, yellow, orange, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tyler Shields, Brian Finke, Stefanie Schneider, and David Drebin. Frequently made by artists working with Polaroid, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $40,000, while the average work sells for $701.
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