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 'Eye Of The Beholder'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Eye Of The Beholder
1974 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Britt Ekland Sunbathing by Pool 1979 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland Sunbathing by Pool
1979
Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print
Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold
Paper si...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
John Lennon & Andy Warhol, NYC
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol and John Lennon, NYC, 1972
Silver gelatin print
40 x 50 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 75
John Lennon and Andy Warhol talking at The Record Plant, NYC. April 13, ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Buzios, Brazil (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Buzios, Brazil, 1983
Chromogenic Print
Holidaymakers in Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil, January 1983.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Laguna Beach Surfers' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Laguna Beach Surfers
1970
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Surfers outside a b...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Excelsior Gala
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A gala at the Excelsior Hotel in Venice, 1957.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mai...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Refuge - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Refuge - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century.
With the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
All Mine
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan.
Slim Aarons Archi...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Large Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
From the artist studio in Chelsea New York.
Rafael Saldarriaga was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. Af...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Il Pellicano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Beach, 1973
Chromogenic Lambda print
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 19...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Egyptian Head, 1999
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hotel Sports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snorkelling in the Shallows - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Debbie Harry, NYC (Car Wreck)
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Debbie Harry (Blondie), NYC, 1976
Silver gelatin print
40 x 50 inches
Signed and numbered edition
Debbie Harry of Blondie in a wrecked car on 6th Avenue and 50th Street, NYC. Septem...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stay On Target ! II - Star Wars Hitchcock pop art signed limited edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Stay On Target! II
Archival pigment pop art print of a Star Wars TIE fighter chasing actor Cary Grant from the infamous scene in Hitchcock’s North By North West – signed & limited e...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boy (Film by Nagisa Oshima)- Vintage Photo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo in black and white of 1969
Tetsuo Abe in a scene of the film " Boy" directed by the Japanese Nagisa Oshima and presented at the 1969 Ve...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, Picasso 1930-1935, Cahiers d'Art (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Stamp-signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Picasso 1930-1935, 1936. Published and printed by Éditions des Cahiers d'Art...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Model Circus Building Recaptures the Past - Vintage Photograph -Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Model Circus Building Recaptures the Past - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Flight into Egypt - Original Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Flight into Egypt is a b/w photographic detail on Cardboard.
“O.BOHN 3378 VENEZIA SAN MARCO CAPPELLA ZEN FUGA IN EGITTO” written at the bottom.
The image represents The Flight...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, on a lilo in a swimming pool decorated for Christmas, Hollywood, 1954. The Hollywood sign can be seen in the distance.
Estate stamped...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ethnographic Photos from Colombo Sri Lanka - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Colombo photograph is a set of 3 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 10x14, 10x9.5 and on the rear 21.5 x 27.5
Good conditions...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Tokyo - Original Albumen Prints - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Tokyo is a set of four original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized between the 1880s and the 1890s.
Four images on the fron...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Tokyo - Original Albumen Prints - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Tokyo is a set of four original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s.
Four images on th...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient View of Kyoto, Kingkakuji Garden, - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Kyoto, Kingkakuji garden, is an original vintage albumen print, hand colored, on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s.
The i...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lingerie with Maid, 1952.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Lingerie with Maid -- Photographed in 1952 at the Coronet Theatre as part of an ad campaign, Mark Shaw shot this lingerie model in various poses. Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 4...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'All Aboard'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
All Aboard
1975
C-print
Edition of 150
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Image...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Exuma Holiday (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Exuma Holiday, 1964, Printed Later
A yachting holiday on Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1964.
Lambda C-print
Estate Edition of 150
Estate stamped and hand ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Swimmer and Sunbather (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California.
Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool realized in the 1960s.
Photo by Charles Daws
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Balenciaga, Orange Coat Side, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Balenciaga Orange Coat Side. Published in LIFE in 1954, a model poses for buyers from I Magnin in the Salon of Cristobal Balenciaga. THE 24” x 36” SI...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
A photograph in color of a model wearing Dior. She is wearing a red dress with black gloves, and a red hat. She is walking into an open room...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dior, Vivalamariee Wedding Gown, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior photographed by Mark Shaw in the mid 1950s. Recently published in the book Dior, Glamour, Mark Shaw. Rizzoli, 2013. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Nico in Gray Dior Day Dress, 1960
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Nico in Gray Dior Day Dress, 1960. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out.
Fashion photography of Nico in a Dior day dress. Nico is wearing a grey dress with a think black belt around the waist and big black buttons in the front. She is also wearing black gloves and a white hat with a black band. She is standing in a purple room...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953.
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Felicite Gown, 1953. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a j...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monaco Pits
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Jesse Alexander in black ink on print margin.
Titled in black ink and misc. notation in pencil on print verso.
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ruth Neumann, Kowloon Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
Located in New York, NY
Ruth Neumann, Kowloon Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
1957
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped, signed and numbered by Andrea Derujinsky with certificate ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Ladies
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lake Tahoe Ladies, 1959
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monaco Grand Prix (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
British racing driver James Hunt (1947 - 1993) on the grid at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiers At Gstaad' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiers At Gstaad
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969.
Slim Aa...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons : Surfing Brothers
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's.
Esta...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Kennedy, Family Sailing Nantucket Sound, Front of Boat, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
The Kennedy Family Sailing on Nantucket Sound, nb_036_037 -- The Kennedy Family sailing on Nantucket Sound. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw print...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Produced from the original tr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Slim Aarons 'The Fullers'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL
Estate stamped and hand numbered ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print i...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Couple'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California.
Estate stamped and hand numbere...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Paraglider' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Paraglider'
Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness, 1968.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stampe...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Plantation Cocoyer' 1981 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Plantation Cocoyer'
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Donald Leas' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Donald Leas'
April 1968: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper siz...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sex Pistols, Luxembourg
By Bob Gruen
Located in New York, NY
Sex Pistols, Luxembourg, 1977
Silver gelatin print
40 x 50 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 75
(L-R) Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones and Paul...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. The property is owned by Doris Molliel, who ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Slim Arrives' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Photographer Slim Aarons arrives by plane, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Slim Arrives
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Britt Ekland asMary Goodnight James Bond Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland – Mary Goodnight, the Man With the Golden Gun, Bangkok,
1974
Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer. She appeared in n...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a j...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
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.