Modern Figurative Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Eden-Roc Pool
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool at the ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Lambda
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Showgirl Loretta Goggi during "Happy Circus". Rome, 24.11.1981.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
National Danish Gymnastics Team: Earth #4
Located in London, GB
Toned silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '20/25', 33cm x 26cm (image size), (49cm x 41cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 2...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photo of Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli- Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
John Hinton
Located in London, GB
Silver print, signed and titled (recto), 35,5 x 28 cm (sheet size), (48cm x 42cm framed).
George Valentine Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals." Some of his pieces are held at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Several of his works are displayed publicly throughout New Orleans, most notably, the pediment sculpture for Harrah's New Orleans, and his cast-bronze sculptures stand sentinel at the entrance gates of New Orleans City Park...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Cushing And Neri'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Cushing and Neri
1973
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Mel Fellini
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print, studio stamp (verso), 20cm x 23cm, (45cm x 46cm framed). The photographed behind museum quality, UV and non-reflective glass.
A titan of American 20th century photography, Platt Lynes took his first photographs as a young artist living in New York and Paris in the 1920s. He maintained an interest in the male figure throughout his career and was part of a close-knit group of artists, including Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Margaret French...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Marlboro Out the Window (These Boots are made for walking)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A color photograph showing a young woman in boots with a pack of Marlboro
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography
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Digital Pigment
Bizerba Electronic 5000 - Vintage B/W photo - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Bizerba electronic 5000 is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
The brand's name and model is on objects in the photo.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
External view of the FOS fibre optic plant - Vintage B/W photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
External view of the FOS fibre optic plant is " Sud S.P.A. di Battipaglia" an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on th...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on paper.
The artwork represents the detail of The Florence Baptistery.
Good conditions.
40287- Florence - Gilberti Lorenzo- An...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in a scene from the famous movie "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock.
Vintage Photo. Damaged on the right side.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Porta Maggiore - St Mark's Cathedral - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
‘Porta Maggiore' is a b/w photographic print on paper.
The stamp of Osvaldo Bohm applied on the rear.
The artwork represents the detail of the third archivolt which is located in S...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
St Mark's Cathedral - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘St Mark's Cathedral.' is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
Osvaldo Bohm 3/94 written at the bottom.
The artwork represents the facade of the treasure tower.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
St Mark’s Baptistery - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
St Mark’s Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a figure of an angel in St Mark’s Baptistery in Venice.
The stamp of Osvaldo Bohm on the rear
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Shanghai - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of 4 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
Image 21 x 15.5 cm, 2 of 10.5 x 14....
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Charlton Heston - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Charlton Heston in the 1960s.
Vintage b/w photo.
Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Actors Amedeo Nazzari and Irene Genna - Vintage b/w Photograph - Late 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari and his wife Irene Genna.
Vintage Photo.
Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The French Actress Claudine Auger - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w Photo.
The French Actress Claudine Auger with her cat.
Lightly blurry.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Japanese Women in Tokyo - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese women in Tokyo is an original vintage Albumen print hand colored, on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Realized between the 1880s and the early 18...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni arriving in Rapallo to meet Michele Morgan.
Very good condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The French Actress Claudine Auger - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The French Actress Claudine Auger on the set of the movie "Escalation".
Goo condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient View of Kobe - Vintage Albumen Print - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Kobe is an original vintage Albumen print on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
It was taken in the 1890s.
Good conditions except for being aged.
Caption in Italian, in...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper, Cardboard
Ancient Views of Aden - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Aden is a set of four original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
Images 15 x 21, two on the front and two on the rear.
They were realized bet...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Shanghai - Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of two vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
The image on the front and on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm.
...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Suez - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Suez photograph is a set of two original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 26x 34 cm.
Image 21.5 x 27 cm and on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm, hand-colored.
They...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Byzantine Sculpture - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine sculpture is a b/w photographic print on paper, realized by the italian photographer Osvaldo Bohm in Venice in the early 20th Century.
The artwork represents a byzantine s...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
St Mark's Cathedral - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘St Mark's Cathedral.' is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
C.Naya is written on the lower right.
the artwork represents the Byzantine tile of the southern part of St Mark's ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on paper, representing the door of The Church of Florence.
Gilberti - Stab. D. Anderson is written at the bottom of the photo.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on paper, realized in the early 20th Century.
It represents the door of The Church of Florence.
Gilberti Lorenzo- Anderson Roma ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 0th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a vintage b/w photograp which represents the detail of a door of Florence Baptistery.
It was realized in the Meryl 20th Century.
Gilberti L. - Stab. D. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Palazzo del Comune, Pistoia, - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo del Comune, Pistoia, photograph is an original artwork taken in Pistoia, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with description in Italian.
Very G...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Crucifixion, S. Andrea Church, Pistoia - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Crucifixion, S. Andrea Church, Pistoia is an original photograph taken in S. Andrea Church, Pistoia, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer in the early 20th Century.
Titled on...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Leon - Zen chapel - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘Leon - Zen chapel ' is a b/w photographic print on paper.
The stamp of Osvaldo Bohm applied on the rear.
the artwork represents the statue of a Leon capturing an animal which is l...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Door of The Cathedral of Florence - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Door of The Cathedral of Florence is a b/w photographic print on paper.
Edizione Alinari, Facciata Della cathedral( Prof. A.Passaglia) is written at the bottom of the photo.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli (1985).
Vintage b/w photo, very goo condition.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Pistoia Cathedral - Vintage B/w Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pistoia Cathedral is an original photograph taken in Pistoia Cathedral, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower, a detail of the silver frontal.
Very Good...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Kirk Douglas and Burton Lancaster in a scene from "Seven Days in May", an American political thriller motion picture by John Frankenheimer (1964)
Vintag...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Johor Photograph - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Johor photograph is a set of 5 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 2 of 10.5. x 15, 8 x 11 and on the rear 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Go...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
S.Foscs’s Cathedral of Torcello - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
S.Foscs’s Cathedral of Torcello is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
14698- Venezia- Isola di Torcello IL DUOMO E LA CHIESA DI S.FOSCA, Anderson Roma written at the bottom.
T...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Torcello’s Cathedral - Original Photo Detail - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s Cathedral detail is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
Edition, Alinari 18288- "Venezia- Isola di Torcello Duomo. Un dettaglio del gran mosaico nella parte di fondo (...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Torcello’s Cathedrall - Original Photo Detail - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s Cathedral detail is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
Edition,Alinari 18287- Venezia- Isola di Torcello Duomo. Un dettaglio del gran mosaico nella parte di fondo (XI...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni with the Italian Actress Virna Lisi.
Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal.
Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa).
Good condition.
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
St Mark's Cathedral - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘St Mark's Cathedral.' is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents crucified Christ.The stamp of Foto Bohm Venezia on the rear.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Marx Brothers - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Marx Brothers in a scene from the movie "Horse Feathers" by Norman Z.Mc Leod.
Good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
San Marco Church, Venice - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
San Marco Church, Venice, is a vintage photograph taken in the San Marco church in Venice, realized by Osvaldo Böhm.
Signed on the plate with the title on the lower. with the stamp ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Cathedral of Lucca - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Cathedral of Lucca, the tomb of Pietro da Noceto is an original photograph taken in Lucca cathedral, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with the descripti...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Cathedral of Lucca - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Cathedral of Lucca is an original photograph taken in Lucca cathedral, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with the description in Italian" Altare di S. Re...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Torcello’s Cathedral Detail - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s Cathedral detail is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard,
Edition, Alinari 18288- Venezia- "Isola di Torcello Duomo. Un dettaglio del gran mosaico nella parte di fondo (...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Parish Church of S. Lorenzo, Segromigno - Original Photograph - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Parish Church of S. Lorenzo, Segromigno is an original photograph taken in Segromigno, province of Lucca, Italy, realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Titled on the lower with ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
S.Foscs’s Cathedral of Torcello - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
S.Foscs’s Cathedral of Torcello is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
14726- Venezia- Isola di Torcello Abside - Chiesa di S.Fosca, Anderson Roma written at the bottom.
the art...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Queen Elena of Italy- Vintage Photograph by Carlo Ferrari - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elena of Italy is a vintage photo realized by Carlo Ferrari (Verona, 1813 - 1871), depicting one of his works.
In fact this is a photograph of a work realized by the same Carl...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Colombo - Sri Lanka - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Colombo Sri Lanka is a set of 2 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Good conditions.
Caption in Ital...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in a scene from the 1943 movie "Jane Eyre".
Good condition.
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Beijing - Original Albumen Print - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Beijing photograph is a set of 4 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 2 of 5.5x8, 1 of 23 x 20, and on the rear 20x27.5 cm.
Goo...
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1890s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, 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 Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 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 $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.