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Modern Figurative Photography

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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 'Verbier View' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sl...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Old days Photo - Farmers - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Farmers 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 hi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fishermen in Napoli - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fishermen in Napoli is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century. Fair condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cherry Blossom in Japan - Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Cherry Blossom - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the mid-20th Century. Copyright by Rizzoli Press, Milan In the photo: In Japan cherry trees. With th...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Christmas in Ridgewood - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christmas in Ridgewood- 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. Wi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Functional Art - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Functional Art - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on Americ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Frozen Food Industry - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Frozen Food Industry - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of Ame...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cooper Union - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cooper Union - 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 l...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hosea - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘St Mark's Cathedral.' is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard. 3330 Venezia - Chiesa S. Marco - Cappella Zeno Il Profeta Osea Naya Venezia” is written at the bottom. The artwork represents the statue of the prophet HoseaCathedral of S.Marco of Venice. The stamp Osvaldo Bohm...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Byzantine Relief- Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Relief is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard. The artwork represents a detail of a byzantine relief. The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rear...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Sitting and Relaxing - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo. Photo by Gherlone - Torino. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1989. In the Phoo : Eurovision of 1989 in Laussane, Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in 1960s Good conditions. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt,...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Toscanini Walking in Williamsbu - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Toscanini Walking in Williamsburg - 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 Century. It depicts the great Orchestra conductor...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Claudio Abbado - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Abbado - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Director Alfred Hitchcock - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The British film director Alfred Hitchcock. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dim Sum Woodcut by Printmaker Tim Engelland
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012) Dim Sum!, 1991 Woodcut 8 1/2 x 11 in. Signed dated lower right: T. Engelland, '91 Titled lower middle: Dim Sum! Numbered lower left: 73/150 A lifelong artist, Engelland specialized in oil portraits and landscapes, and also worked extensively in woodcuts and linocuts. He was born on Jan. 5, 1950, in Ames, Iowa, the son of Charles Wilbur “Will” Engelland and Patricia Fairman Engelland.. Tim grew up in Terre Haute, IN, attending Fairbanks Elementary School and Indiana State University’s Laboratory School. He knew he wanted to be an artist from an early age, and was mentored by Lab School’s John Laska, graduating in 1968. He received a BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art; was a Norfolk Fellow at Yale University; and received his MFA from Cornell University, teaching there for two years after graduation. He spent the majority of his career, from 1976-2004, at Deerfield Academy, a prestigious preparatory school in Deerfield, Mass. There he taught art and photography, coached basketball and lacrosse, and served as faculty resident. When the school began accepting female students, Tim designed The Deerfield Girl, a bronze statue to accompany The Deerfield Boy statue standing in the school’s Memorial Building. Along with John O’Brien and Peter Fallon, Tim founded the Deerfield Press, publisher of limited-edition illustrated poems and stories; James Dickey, John McPhee, and Seamus Heaney are among the authors whom the Press published. For several decades, Tim served on the faculty at the Advanced Placement Summer Institute in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and as a consultant to the College Board. He spent sabbaticals in New York City and Boston, and he has exhibited in galleries in those cities and many other venues. His work can be found in the National Library of Ireland, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, and in private collections worldwide. In 2004, Tim returned to Indiana. He was married to Susan Karen Carpenter...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Woodcut

Italian Fascism Era - Litwinoff - Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - Litwinoff - Mussolini is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . By Agence Trampus.
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Photo of Marina Malfatti - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marina Malfatti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Giulietta Masina - Golden Period of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century. Good conditions. Giulietta Masina is considered one of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York's New Coliseum - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
New York's New Coliseum- 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 Ce...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Colosseum View - Vintage Photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colosseum View is a vintage print in salt silver realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century. Good conditions except for some foxing and folding.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Virna Lisi - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi - Golden Period of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions. Virna Lisi Born on November 8...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal. Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa). Good condition.
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Photo of Painting - Portrait of Livia Simonetti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting  - Portrait of Livia Simonetti is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photograph...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

War in Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria - Historical Photo  is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and p...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alain Delon in The Assassination of Trotsky - Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Alain Delon in The Assassination of Trotsky is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1972. Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Natural Rubber Helps meet Needs of the U.S. Economy - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Natural Rubber Helps meet Needs of the U.S. Economy - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Angela Faramo - Vice President of Palermian Prison - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angela Faramo - Vice President of Palermian Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Enrico Berlinguer - Historical Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Enrico Berlinguer is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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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.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Guys Lined Pose for a Picture - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. "La fotografica" photo reportage agency - Torino. By Studio Gherlone. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Samba - Vintage Photo by Rubens Barbosa - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Samba is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Rubens Barbosa. Good conditions and aged.  It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including h...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo -Southern Rhinoceros - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo -Southern Rhinoceros is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Painting of the Beach - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Painting of the Beach is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic al...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Marcella Martoli - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cycle Marathon - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cycle Marathon - 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. ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Children Playing - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Children Playing- 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 Century. ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days Photo - Herds in Grosseto (Maremma, Tuscany)- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days  Photo - Herds is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Old Days - Men in Field - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Men in Field is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and po...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Arches - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Arches -  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century. Information on the rear in Italian Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

S. Gimignano - Vintage Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
S. Gimignano is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1957. Good conditions and aged. The photo depicts a panoramic view of S. Gimignano country. It belongs to a historical...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hay Harvest - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hay Harvest - 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 lif...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulo...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography

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Skimming - Photograph By Giuseppe Marani - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Skimming is one of the best photo on canvas realized by Giuseppe Marani in 2010. Always passionate about landscapes and photography, the artist then d...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Alitalia - Historical Photos - Tel Aviv- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos  - Tel Aviv is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions. 
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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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.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Mariangela Melato - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mariangela Melato - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Impressive Ancient Aiew of Tokyo - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
This astonishing ancient view of a street in Tokyo is an original vintage photo applied on cardboard: 26 x 34 cm. It was realized between the 1880s and the 1890s. Image 21.5 x 27.5 cm. Caption in Italian, in ink hand-written. An incredibly vivid view of Tokyo streets...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Queen Elizabeth Presents The John Player Trophy - Vintage Photo- 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth  Presents The John Player Trophy - Vintage press print realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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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.
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old Days - Gathering - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Gathering is a  vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Photo - Colosseum by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo - Colosseum by is a vintage silver salt photograph realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century.  Good conditions and ag...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Dr. T. Keith Glennan in Technology Laboratory - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dr. T. Keith Glennan in Technology laboratory is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. With the typed notes on the rear. Good conditions exce...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Dukes of Windsor, Wedding - Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Dukes of Winsor, Wedding is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1937.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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.

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