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 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
'Piccadilly Lights' 1972 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Piccadilly Lights'
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Neon advertisements shining behind the Eros Statue in Piccadilly, London, England, 1972.
Paper ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Fidel Castro - Vintage Press Print - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Fidel Castro - Vintage press print, Sepia Photo realized in 1986.
Anniversary Salute -On the occasion of the anniversary in July of 1986 in the city of S...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
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Rio de Janeiro Garden of Glory - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Rio de Janeiro Garden of Glory - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by Trindade.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
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'Brigitte Bardot' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Brigitte Bardot' by Jim Gray
French actor Laurent Terzieff giving Brigitte Bardot a piggy-back ride on the windy beach at North Berwick, Scotland, in a...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$126 Sale Price
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Ancient Wiew of Kyoto, Sosui River - Original Albumen Print-1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient view of Kyoto, Sosui river is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s.
The image on the front 21.5...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$450 Sale Price
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Melanie Sherman 240522-102 (Ceramic, Mosaic, Greek, Blue, White, Gold, ~40 OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Melanie Sherman 240522-102
Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 13 x 13 inches
Framed: 20.5 x 20.5 inches
Signed: On Label
Edition: 7
COA provided
*White frame wit...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Pigment
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
'Holidaymakers In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Holidaymakers In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
Produced from the origi...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Ocean Club 1963 - Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocean Club 1963
A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, 1963. Huntington Hartford, paid $...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
'Arturo Pani's Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Arturo Pani's Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968.
Produced from the original transparen...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Laguna Beach 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach
Surfers outside a beach hut in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970.
40x30” / 76x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Porto Rotondo' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo'
Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Paul Getty Sr. - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Paul Getty is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$162 Sale Price
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Paul Getty Sr. - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Paul Getty Sr. is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$162 Sale Price
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President Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
President Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$414 Sale Price
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Torcello’s Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s cathedral is a b/w photograph.
The artwork represents the apse of Torcello’s Cathedral.
14699- Venezia- Isola di Torcello- Abside del Duomo Anderson, Roma.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$216 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti with her husband.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$86 Sale Price
40% Off
'Snorkelling In Malta' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Snorkelling In Malta' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959.
Produced from the orig...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Winter Wear' 1976 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear'
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976.
Paper size 40 x 30 i...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Debutants Drinks - Oversize signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Debutant Drinks by Alain Le Garsmeur
Debutants and their friends pose for a photo, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 1983.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Printed in 2023
Archival Pi...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Jean Serpieri' 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
' Cola Café ' 1981 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
' Cola Café ' Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Children wait outside a cafe with Pepsi Cola sign in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America, 1981.
Note all prints are limit...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Feeding the Birds - Original Photograph By Michel Dumas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Feeding the Birds is vintage photograph realized in the late 19th Century after a drawing by Michel Dumas.
Good condition on a yellowed cardboard.
Michel Dumas (19 June 1812, Lyo...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition Black and White Photography
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Darkroom photograph - beautiful and H...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Lawrence Peabody II' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lawrence Peabody II'
January 1975, Lawrence Carleton Peabody II and his son, Thomas Lawrence Claudius Peabody at their family's villa, Boedecia, in Haiti.
Paper Size 24x20 inch...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Baths of Caracalla - Vintage Photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Baths of Caracalla is a vintage black and white photograph realized by the italian photographer Ludovico Tuminello in he early 20th Century,
Goo...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Restaurant in Algeria, the Vintage Photograph - Mid-20 century
Located in Roma, IT
Restaurant in Algeria, the Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright "ASSOCIATED PRESS" on the r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chalet Costi
Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968.
Paper size 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Snowmass Village 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village
Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968.
30x40” / 76x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Col...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970.
Gorgeous print measuring 60 width x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Sarah Marson Williams' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sarah Marson Williams' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Sarah Marson Williams enjoys a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel,...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Happy Neighbours by Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Happy Neighbours by Alain Le Garsmeur
An African American family relaxing outside their house in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, USA - August 1984.
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 10...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema is a rare vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Gi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$234 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Period of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ocho Rios, Jamaica ' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocho Rios
Mr and Mrs John James stroll on their fifteen-acre estate that blossoms with half a million poinsettias, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971.
Gorgeous pr...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Kirk Douglas In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Kirk Douglas In Antibes'
American actor Kirk Douglas (right) prepares to go waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, A...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eden-Roc Pool' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 15...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Nurburgring, Germany
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition
Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Paper size: 20 x 14, Image size: 14 x 14 in.
Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
' Madonna And Child ' Oversize Limited Edition Signed C Type
Located in London, GB
' Madonna And Child ' Oversize Limited Edition Signed C Type
2013
by Stuart Möller
edition of 10 only this size.
unframed.
A Summer scene taken during the hottest day ever record...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Byzantine Tile - Original Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello’s Cathedral is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
the artwork represents Byzantine tile representing two lions.
O.Bohm 3813 Torcello - Duomo Formella bizantina con Le...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
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Gleb Derujinsky 'Balmain's Mermaid, A Night in Paris' Vintage Fashion
Located in New York, NY
Balmain's Mermaid, A Night in Paris
1957
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
Estate stamped, signed and numbered by Andrea Derujinsky with certificate of authenticity
Groundbreaking...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Monte Mano' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Mano'
A swimmer in the seaside-style pool at architect Jacques Couëlle's home 'Monte Mano', on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, August 197...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Djebel Amour - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Djebel Amour, the vintage photograph is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the typed note of a short description i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Modern Science - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Modern Science - 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.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
'Palm Springs Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Party'
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in th...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Vacation'
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sli...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
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
$135 Sale Price
25% Off
Blondie In The Bar by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie In The Bar
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Debbie Harry of Blondie in the cocktail bar of the Gramercy Park Hotel 1978
All ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Ancient Chinese Historical and Ethnic Photographs - Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese historical and ethnic photograph is a set of eight original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
Six Images 8 x 11 cm on the front and six on the rear.
T...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$360 Sale Price
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The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Cary Grant.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$108 Sale Price
25% Off
'Celebrity Cruise' Costa Smeralda (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Celebrity Cruise'
British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) on the Aga Khan's yacht on the Costa Smeralda, circa 1955.
Go...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
'Hotel Du Palais Biarritz' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Palais Biarritz' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The curved beachside pool at the Hotel du Palais Biarritz, Biarritz, France, September 1985.
Produced from...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Gucci Pooch in Venice' Mid-century Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gucci Pooch
1978
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman carrying h...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
' We Are Family ' 1985 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
' We Are Family ' Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Mennonite brothers and sister from Spanish Lookout settlement, Belize, Central America, June 1985.
Note all prints are li...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Monte Carlo' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo'
The swimming pool of a villa in Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1970.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Waiting To Cross - New York 1973 - Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Waiting To Cross by Alain Le Garsmeur
Fur coated twins waiting to cross the road, New York City, USA, 1973.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
P...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.