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
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photograph - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s.
Good condition.
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Skiline View of New York - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Skiline view of New York is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Byzantine Figure in Venice - Vintage Photo by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Figure in Venice is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a byzantine sculpture in The cathedral of Caorle.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rear.
O...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Marilyn Relaxes In A Hotel Room' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marilyn Relaxes In A Hotel Room' by Ed Feingersh
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the newspaper ‘Motion Picture Daily’ as she relaxes on a couch in her hotel room at the Ambassador Hot...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Red Hot Abarth 2000' Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Red Hot Abarth 2000' Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Fantastic and fantastical, many of the top car manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc launched ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Fred Bongusto and Maurizio Costanzo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bongusto and Maurizio Costanzo - Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
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Angel Serving Dinner Woodcut by Tim Engelland
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012)
Untitled, c. 1990
Woodcut
11 x 8 1/2 in.
Signed and numbered bottom right: T. Engelland, 161/250
A lifelong artist,...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Woodcut
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
$50 Sale Price
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Puerto Ricans School - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Puerto Ricans School- 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 life in the 20th Centu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
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An Amateur American Radio Operator - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
An Amateur American Radio Operator - 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 life in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A French Young Model - Photo by Gunnar Larsen - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A French young model is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s, by the photographer Gunnar Larsen.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jean Serpieri'
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece, Decem...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Villa at El Cuarton' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by the pool at the home of Vanessa Somers McConnell at Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, September 1970.
Slim Aarons
Villa at El Cuarton
1970
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Ancient Views of Nagasaki - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Nagasaki photographs is a set of eight original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Four images in the front and four on the rear 9 x 13.5 cm
...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Fox Hunt' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hunt followers on horseback among a pack of dogs during a fox hunt, Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Fox Hunt
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and h...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Community - Photo by Lisbeth Hedeland - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Community is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s, by Lisbeth Hedeland.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
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The Old Days - Hunting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Hunting is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and polit...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$161 Sale Price
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Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century 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'
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking.
Pap...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Bluebird' Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Bluebird' Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Archive Limited Edition
Fantastic and fantastical, many of the top car manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc launched concept cars in the 1970s...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Easter Island - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Easter Island is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moment...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$125 Sale Price
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Dedicated to Monsieur Ferrari - Vintage Photo by C. Speyer - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Dedicated to Monsieur Ferrari is an Artwork realized by the photographer C. Speyer in 1920s, and decidated to painter Carlo Ferrari.
Photo on paper. Hand Signed on the right corner ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper
$314 Sale Price
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Vintage Skiline View of New York - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Skiline view of New York is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Silvana Mangano- Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Silvana Mangano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$134 Sale Price
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Beach Bar circa 1960 Oversize Colour Pigment print
Located in London, GB
The beach of Cecina circa 1960
unknown photographer / Alinari Archives, Italy
Beautiful and giant Archival Pigment print of this gloriously summery and colorful Italian scene.
Produced on heavy Hahanemühle art photo paper.
40x40 in / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Stamped with gallery stamp and comes with certification of providence.
Shipped securely rolled in very strong large tube with Fedex or similar - tracked.
Italy, Italian holiday summer heat colourful color vivid summer...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Farmers - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Silver slat photograph of a painting, hand dedicated to Carlo Ferrari by Simonetta Alfoso realized by G.B. Berra in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and tw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$269 Sale Price
25% Off
Pink Zone- Piccadilly Circus - Photo - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Zone- Piccadilly Circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in december 1959 by the Agency Keystone.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the Piccadilly Circus...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
25% Off
Dukes of Windsor in Paris - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dukes of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 1970s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events,...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Girl With Bird- Photo of Painting by Domenico Purificato - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Girl With Bird- Photo of Painting by Domenico Purificato realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fall - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fall- Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions with folding on the lower and...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$125 Sale Price
25% Off
War in Algeria - Urban Life - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria - Urban Life - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Enzo Jannacci and Milva - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Enzo Jannacci and Milva is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the music, cinema, and art of Italy with celebrit...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Official Limited Estate Edition Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool'
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Old days Photo - Landscape - Vintage Photo - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Landscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the late 19th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
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Masked dancers in the 1970s - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Masked dancers in the 1970s. is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historica...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lily Pons (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lily Pons
1957 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
French soprano Lily Pons (1898 ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vintage Photo of Painting by Pietro Sassi - Landscape - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Pietro Sassi - Landscape is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, p...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IV
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IV
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Drawing a Portrait - Photo- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower - Vintage Photograph - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Presidential Parade Washington President Eisenhower 1957 is a vintage photograph.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
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Meeting - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting is a vintage photo, realized in the early-20th Century
Good conditions.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical moments, places, families, artw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later)
Color coupler print
37 x 37 inches
AP 4/8
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist
Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Gir...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Ex Libris - Bianca Balbi - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Bianca Balbi is an Artwork in Mid 20th Century.
Woodcut.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Woodcut
$134 Sale Price
25% Off
Old Days Photo - Durham Cathedral - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Durham Cathedral 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 in...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Holiday in Boston'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Henry B. Cabot Jr. (in black) with his host Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III (in striped shirt) aboard the brigantine 'Black Pearl', circa 1959. They are sailing off North Shore, Bost...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Desert House Party 1970 Official Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party, 1970
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial d...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dizzy Gillespie Playing the Trumpet - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dizzy Gillespie playing the trumpet is an original black and white photo realized in the 1970s.
The photo depicts John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie trumpet ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Industrial City - Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Industrial city is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical mom...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$125 Sale Price
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Taormina - Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Taormina is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the beautiful city of Taormina, one of the most beautiful and...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$89 Sale Price
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' Police Patrol ' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè - Vintage Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè is a black and white vintage photo realized in 1937.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$269 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Workers in Border - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Workers in Border - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Lyford Cay Fire Service
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay Fire Service, 1966
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Isl...
Category
1960s 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.