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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 Sea Drive 1967 Limited Estate Edition Supersize Print
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1967. Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and 'Brandy' sporting a sun hat are seated in the swimming pool playing backgammon in the heat of the Mexican sun. Typically 'Slim Poolside...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released. ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roman Arch - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Arch - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of a Child - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child 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 histori...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Stone Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Stone Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari. Good conditions and aged.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait by Vernn Smith - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait by Vernn Smith-  Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

S. Francesco Church - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
S. Francesco Church- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized by Zuecca Uno in the early 20th century. Stamped on the rear. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ravello Cathedral, Rome - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Cathedral, Rome-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ravello Cathedral, Rome - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Cathedral, Rome-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Anderson's Photo. Stamped on the rear. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ambone Cosmatesco Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ambone Cosmatesco Cathedral-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari. Good conditions, aged with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Medieval Column - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Column- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
Located in London, GB
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped C...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'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...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition- Boats Before The Excelsior 1957
Located in London, GB
Boats Before The Excelsior 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition Boats moored before the Excelsior Hotel on The Lido in Venice, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. A typical 'Slim' photograph chronicling the young and glamorous relaxing poolside. Cat...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Casa Montefino' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Casa Montefino' Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Bahamas' A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside in the Bahamas, May 1967. Bey...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Pool In St Tropez' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool In St Tropez' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Ima...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Hotel Il San Pietro' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. Produced from the original transparency Cert...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes'
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfri...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Waterskiing at Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
Located in New York, NY
Waterskiing at Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Waterskiing from the Hotel Du...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Giant 'Sexy Scot' Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'Sexy Scot' by Bob Haswell British actor Sean Connery lounges on a sofa with a cigarette. He is in London during filming of the thriller ‘Woman of Straw’ with Gina Lollobrigida, 28t...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sitting in a hanging chair while having a drink in a bar in the Bahamas, in April 1967. A group of drink...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Laguna Beach Surfer' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Laguna Beach Surfer' A surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. Gorgeous print measuring a very large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Burhop's Seafood' 1979 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Burhop's Seafood' 1979 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A mural advertising Burhop’s Fish and Seafood Retail adorns a building in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1979. Paper size : 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm Limited edition Edition Size 25 only this paper size Printed 2021 certificate of authenticity provided All prints are on archival photographic papers and limited edition per paper size offered. Total editions per image 100 only. 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 Seafood Chicago Graffiti Wall Art...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - 'Saint-Tropez Boucherie'
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Moutain Buffet' Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and Albert Parveaux of 'Pralong 2000', Courchevel, Fra...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
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, Decemb...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. Gorgeous print measuring a large 30 x 20 inches / ca 76 x 51 cm's. Estate Stamped C...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Its A Hard Life' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Its A Hard Life' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Photographer Slim Aarons riding a bike along the quayside with cameras slung round his neck during the filming of 'M...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May 1975. ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'California Garden Party' Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, Califor...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Skiing Waiters' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Waiters' Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine in an ice bucket and the third carryin...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Extraction of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Extraction 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

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

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

Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vase with Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Vase with Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Saint Michel Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Saint Michel Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vase with Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Vase with Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Peacock Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Peacock Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions with foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons - Esther Williams In Florida - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams In Florida Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with friends in Florida, 1955. Gorgeo...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Senator Goldwater' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Senator Goldwater' April 1967: Senator Barry Goldwater (1909 - 1998) in the mountains near Scottsdale, Arizona. Leaning against a buckboard he is dr...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sunbathing In Burgenstock
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

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Archival Pigment

'Natale Rusconi' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Natale Rusconi' Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 1...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Capri Hotel' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capri Hotel' Richard Bolliger, owner of Bolliger Transport Worldwide, holidaying on Capri, September 1989. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Bermudan Hostess
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Thaibok slacks and shirt for a ride in an open carriage, Ber...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Monte Carlo Pool' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo Pool' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print White umbrellas line a swimming pool in Monte Carlo, July 1975. Produced from the original transparency Certificat...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Megachess' A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Porto Ercole' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' A jetty juts out from a rocky shoreline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Monte Carlo' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo' An aerial view of the beach at Monte Carlo, with skyscrapers rising behind, August 1981. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly afte...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Laguna Beach' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Laguna Beach' A beachside garden in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaron...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Party - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Party A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76x76 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Skating Waiter' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skating Waiter' A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Marsha Gayle ' Slim Aarons Estate - 20th century colour photography
Located in London, GB
Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz' Marbella home, Marbella, Spain, 1985. This photograph epitomises the travel style and gl...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'The Grand Plage' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Grand Plage' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1985, The Grand Plage, Biarritz, dominated by the Bellevue Casino and the Hotel du Palais, and the Bay of Biscay bey...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A crew member tends to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, April 1966. Produced from the original ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Helen Dzo Dzo is seen in the centre wearing a white crochet outfit...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

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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