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
Landscape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
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20th Century 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.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Statue - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Statue is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Historical Photo - The Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1922. With hand written notes in the right side.
It belongs to historical album including historical ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Swimmer And Sunbather' 1959 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Swimmer And Sunbather'
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva resort and casino straddles the border between Ne...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families,...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Little Tony - Vintage Photograph by Antonio Ciacci - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Little Tony is a vintage black and white photograph realized by Antonio Ciacci in the 1960s..
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Students - Women's Rights Photos - President Amintore Fanfani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Students -Women's Rights Photos - President Amintore Fanfani is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy.
Good conditions an aged.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on th...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Vintage Photo of Painting by Alessandro Milesi - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Alessandro Milesi is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age 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.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Harry Belafonte- Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Harry Belafonte is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in the 1960s in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photo - 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
The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sunbathing In Burgenstock
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Burgenstock
Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Burgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955.
Gorgeous p...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War Cemetary - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
War Cemetery is a photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. (Photo by ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Cairo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Cairo 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
Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Dr.Pagano - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dr.Pagano 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
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Giuseppe Raggio - Riding - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Giuseppe Raggio is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Album of historical paintings, meticulously capture...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1938.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political even...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Riders - Photo- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Riders is a vintage black and white photograph, realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by F. Gioli - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by L. Gioli is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photo - 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
Vintage Photo of Painting by F- Gioli - Farmer - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting -Farmer is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to an Album of historical paintings, meticulously captur...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi and Simona Cavallari - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Simona Cavallari is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s 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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Historical Photo - The Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, silver salt print, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical mome...
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez- Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Lillian Crawford' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lillian Crawford'
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Historical Places Photo- Lynton and Lynmouth - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Lynton and Lynmouth is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historic...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Architecture - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Architecture is a Historical Photo in black and white realized in the early 20th Century.. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and places, all...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Woman on the Snowy Road - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Woman on the snowy road is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal fam...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Al Bano - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Al Bano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Al Bano in Festival Rose.
Good conditions with some folding.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gallery - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gallery - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Ita...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Triumph of Saint George - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Triumph of Saint George is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Patsy Pulitzer' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Patsy Pulitzer'
1955: Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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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 waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fausto Leali - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Fausto Leali 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 celebrities of the...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Alain Le Garsmeur - Reno 1979 Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
'Reno' 1979
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Signed Limited Archival Pigment Print
A group of Reno City Casino Staff on a break, Nevada, USA in 1979.
Paper size : 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Limited edition
Edition Size 5 only this paper size
Printed 2024
certificate of authenticity provided
All prints are on archival photographic papers and limited edition per paper size offered.
10x12 inches edition size 25
12x16 inches edition size 20
20x16 inches edition size 20
20x24 inches edition size 15
30x20 inches edition size 8
40x30 inches edition size 5
60x40 inches edition size 5
72x48 inches edition size 2
Alain Le Garsmeur was born in France in 1943 and after assisting the likes of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Donald Silverstein became a prolific editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Fiagaro Magazine, The Independent, Newsweek and the The Observer as well as The Sunday Times.
See photo Bio for more details.
1970s 1970 70s Vegas Worker Uniform Casino Nevada Gamble USA Car Vintage Parking lot...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment, Color
Vintage Photo of Paintingby P. Michetti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - The Bridal Procession by P. Michetti is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, p...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice - 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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Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti in a stage costume.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Playboy Party' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Playboy Party'
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner, December 1961.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi with Daniele Formica.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Princess Alessandra of Kent, London -Historical Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alessandra of Kent, London -Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historic...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Taxi Driver. Havana, Cuba
By David Saxe
Located in Hudson, NY
David Saxe - “Photography has always been the simple act of looking and being inspired to strip the unnecessary elements from the scene and frame the image down in a way to discover what is not apparent on the surface. My photographs are as much about me as what I am seeing:
In Southern California, 2010 is a perfect example of this process of seeing. When I first noticed this scene, it was a simple mural of a whale on a wall. After looking at it for a while I realized that by eliminating the sky and foreground from the image the whale now had an undulating rhythm and movement.
In another image Restaurant Hostess, Palm Beach, FL 2012, I would go to this restaurant every week and sit in the bar behind the reception area. One day, I turned around and saw the back of a woman. Through this process of deductive framing, the image became one of dark shadows rhythmically trickling down her back interwoven with the tattoo of the lizard.
David Saxe was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada in 1943 and studied fine art at l’ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal. He started taking pictures in 1970, after being influenced by the work of Robert Frank, and Henri Cartier Bresson. About 10 years ago, he decided to take a workshop with Constantine Manos...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Life in Italy in 1960s - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.