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
S. Erecto Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
S. Erecto Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions with aged margins.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Hunting Safari - Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The hunting safari is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1964.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, plac...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Roman Arch - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Arch- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s.
From Alinari archive.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s.
Quite good condition but diffused foxing
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bahamas Speed Week, Nassau, 1963 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
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
New Barbarians - Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood 1979
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
New Barbarians – Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood
Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood (of the Rolling Stones) being interviewed to promote their band the New Barbarians, N...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Skiing in Vermont, 1963 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Minneapolis One, MN, 2016
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Harlem 1978 (Oversize C Type print) Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
USA, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY- APRIL 1978. Street in Harlem, New York City, (Photo by Alain Le Garsmeur
(Photo by Alain Le Garsmeur)
An richly evocative shot - taken in the late 1970...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Carmine Church - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Carmine Church is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Location, Brescia Italy.
Titled in the Italian language on the lower.
Alinari archive...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Easter Egg Hunt' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Children pose with baskets of toy eggs during the annual Easter egg hunt at the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons
Easter Egg Hunt
1960
Fiber Print
Estate ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cross of St. Helena - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cross of St. Helena is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Preserved in the Christian Museum of Brescia.
Titled in the Italian language on t...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Cathedral Brescia - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Cathedral Brescia is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Location, Brescia Italy.
Titled in the Italian language on the lower.
Alinari ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Beatles 1964 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Beatles perform “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, 1964.
Photo by Globe Archives
Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101cm
Unframed
Archival Pigment Pr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Thunderball (1965) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Thunderball (1965) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by MacGregor/Getty Images)
A scene from the James Bond film 'Thunderball' with Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Adolfo Celi.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 40x40''
Printed 2020
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 10''
12 x 12''
16 x 16''
20 x 20''
30 x 30''
40 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Fashion, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Legends, Acting, Class, Meal, Suits...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Fan Mail' Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released. ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1982 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Truman Capote by Jerry Yulsman - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
By Jerry Yulsman
Located in Roma, IT
Truman Capote by Jerry Yulsman- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Santa Cena, Leonardo
By Lluis Barba
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lluis Barba’s epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc -Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' by Slim Aarons
ESTATE EDITION -
numbered and emboss stamped on front. (edition size 150 only)
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait of Philip Edmond Wodehouse - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Philip Edmond Wodehouse by De Jongh Studio, Lausanne, is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Set of 6 Portraits From The Third Gender of India Series
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Flo Smith And Friends' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American fashion editor Florence 'Flo' Pritchett Smith (left) and Dolly O'Brien (centre) with a friend in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Flo Smith And Friends
1955
Fi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
U2 On Tour 1980 by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
U2 On Tour
U2 in their tour van at Leeds University 1980
Photo by Martyn Goddard
Printed 2024.
Signed limited edition photograph; edition of 25 in this size.
Oversize 20×20 inche...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Golf Spectators' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man wearing a bathrobe stands among the spectators at the Seminole Golf Club, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Golf Spectators
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean Kent - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Kent- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Patio de Locos, Goya
By Lluis Barba
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lluis Barba’s epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic background, and appropriated advertising imagery. They critique the collusion between art, wealth, and glamor, particularly in the context of museum and gallery spaces. “I get elements of a reality out of context in order to put them in another reality,” he has said. “I use irony and implicit messages in the works such as the global integration of our society. I incorporate the bar code...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Ocean Club 1963 - Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocean Club 1963
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, 1963. Huntington Hartford...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
César Baldaccini's Artwork Presentation - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
César Baldaccini's Artwork Presentation is a color photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Seven Vintage Photo Portraits of Alberto Bevilacqua- Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Seven Vintage Photo Portraits of Alberto Bevilacqua is a collection of seven black and white photographs realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica 1972 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica
1972
David Steen recalls: “Filming for Roger’s first Bond movie, Live and Let Die began in New Orleans and moved on to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Cubby B...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Michael 1987
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
George Michael
London 1987
George Michael was a British pop superstar known for his powerful voice, songwriting talent, and hits like "Faith" and "Careless Whisp...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"The Venice of the East" - Vintage Photograph - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
"The Venice of the East" is a b/w photographic print on polished paper in 1938, by Press Photo, Berlin.
The photo depicts a port in Singapore rich of vessels.
Stereotype in Germa...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Los Valores Personales, Magritte
By Lluis Barba
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lluis Barba’s epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic background, and appropriated advertising imagery. They critique the collusion between art, wealth, and glamor, particularly in the context of museum and gallery spaces. “I get elements of a reality out of context in order to put them in another reality,” he has said. “I use irony and implicit messages in the works such as the global integration of our society. I incorporate the bar code...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Bruce Springsteen 1975 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen playing with the E Street Band, Hammersmith Odeon, London 1975
Bruce Springsteen is an acclaimed American singer-songwriter k...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Winston Churchill - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Winston Churchill - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by Barratt's Photo Press.
In the Photo: Winston Churchill with a cigar
With the Stamped on the rear.
Good co...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen 1973 - Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Queen
Queen – Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and John DeaconLondon 1973
Queen is a legendary British rock band known for their theatrical performances...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
30 x 40 inches/ 76 x 101 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framing and size options availabl...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Norman Mailer - Vintage Photograph by Nancy Crampton - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Norman Mailer by Nancy Crampton - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized for Playbill in 1988.
Good condition
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Conquest of Hankau - Vintage Photograph - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Hankau Conquest is a photograph on polished paper taken on October 28, 1938 .
Stamp of Atlantic-Photo and stereotype in German on the back.
The photo shows a view on the port of Ha...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photograph - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photo by Mizuno, is a black and white photograph realized in 1996.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Vladimir Nabokov - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Vladimir Nabokov- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Tennis In The Bahamas' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas' 1957
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
(edition size 1/150)
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957.
B...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Banquete Nupcial, Brueghel
By Lluis Barba
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lluis Barba’s epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Artist Beth Batlle relaxes in the garden of her home 'Casa Rosada' with her friends Sylvia de Aragon, Mara Polo, and Carmen U...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Mike Tyson After the Holyfield vs. Tyson match, 1997 Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mike Tyson after the Holyfield vs. Tyson match, 1997 — Limited Edition Print
by Michael Brennan
A group of wary police officers is photographed trying to restrain Mike Tyson after the boxer bit off part of rival Evander Holyfield’s ear during a boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Daddy Bear - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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 to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives.
All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty.
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Daddy Bear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Old days Photo - Trees Scenery - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Trees Scenery is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Gregory Dunne - Playbill - Vintage Photograph by Charles Bush - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
John Gregory Dunne, Playbill- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized by Charles Bush in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mickey Spillane - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mickey Spillane - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days Photo - Sister - Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Sister is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Members of 'old Newport' watching the action on court at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hult...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp is a vintage black and white photograph.
It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914) , heir to t...
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1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann
ROBOTNICS Series
C-Print
2019
Edition S (Edition of 10)
12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered verso
Other Edition Sizes available:
- Edition ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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.