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
Haile Sellassie and Lyndon B. Johnson -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Haile Sellassie and Lyndon B. Johnson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York 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
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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 1960s it is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Flower with Curled Stem - Photo by Cindi Emond - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Photographic paper, matt finish.
Excellent condition.
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2010s 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
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.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ayatollah Khomeini - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ayatollah Khomeini is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Zermatt Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Zermatt Skiing
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size)
Hand-numbered in ink on the front
Blind embossed...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Ancient Japanese Ethnographic Photographs, Tokyo - Albumen Prints - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Japanese ethnographic photographs, Tokyo, is a set of four original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized between the 1880s and the 1890...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Abolhassa Banisadr - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abolhassa Banisadr - Historical Photo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by Telemaco Signorini - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Telemaco Signoriniis a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Some foxing, otherwise good conditions and aged
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Professor Barnard visiting Policlinic Princess Grace in Montecarlo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Professor Barnard visiting Policlinic Princess Grace in Montecarlo black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by Filippo De Pisis - Still Life - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - Still Life is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously ca...
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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 ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans.
40 x 40" / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printe...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
' Santa Maria Smoke ' 1981 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Santa Maria Smoke' 1981
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Villagers sharing a smoke in Santa Maria, a small village on the border with Honduras, Nicarag...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gianni Morandi and Dalida - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Dalida - 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
Fred Bongusto - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bongusto- Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Alfredo Antonio Carlo Buongusto (6 April 1935 – 8 November 2019), ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Enzo Jannacci and Johnny Dorelli - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Enzo Jannacci and Johnny Dorelli s 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 ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait 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
Photo of Marina Malfatti - 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
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
Portrait of Bill Margarita - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bill Margarita is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Riviera Crowd' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Riviera Crowd'
Holidaymakers enjoying lunch by a pool on the French Riviera, 1957.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sl...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pop And Society' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society'
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness, and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Little Tony - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Little Tony is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the music, cinema, and art of Italy with celebrities of the 1970s and 1980s.
...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Winner of Sanremo (Anna Oxa, Fausto Leali, Toto Cutugno) -Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Winner of Sanremo (Anna Oxa, Fausto Leali, Toto Cutugno) is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the music, cinem...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Fausto Leali and Anna Oxa - 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 ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Encounter (Timothy Dalton) - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Encounter (Timoty Dalton) 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
Maria Teresa Ruta, Diego Abatantuono, Gigi Marzullo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Maria Teresa Ruta, Diego Abatantuono, Gigi Marzullo in 1980s.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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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
Heliotechnical Plant in S.Leone - Photo - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Heliotechnical Plant in S.Leone a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Tiber - Historical Rome- Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tiber - Historical Rome in black and white vintage photo of a painting, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and pl...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church- 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticu...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Two-Tone Dress' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Two-Tone Dress' 1956
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The Sea and Passengers- Photo after Painting - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Sea and Passengers is a vintage black and white photograph of a painting 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
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
A Leap in the Dark - Mrco Bellocchio and Michele Piccoli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
A Leap in the Dark - Mrco Bellocchio and Michele Piccoli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1980.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captu...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Canton - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Hong-Kong is a set of two original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
The image on the front and on the rear 21 x 27 cm.
They were realized in...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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
Jean-Paul Belmondo - Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Martin Heidegger - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Martin Heidegger is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Training of Soldiers - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Training of Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - School of Carmini - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - School of Carmini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously capture...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Portrait of Maria Sole Baldari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Sole Baldari 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
Philippe Noiret In Pose - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Philippe Noiret In Pose 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
Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Devil in the Flesh - Film of Marco Bellocchio is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1986.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Fioretta Mari - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Fioretta Mari is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1983.
Good conditions.
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Princess Alexandra of Kent - Historical Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alexandra- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to historical album including photo repo...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Dukes of Windsor - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
The Dukes of Windsor- Royal family is a black and white vintage photo, realized by Herbert Kudford in 1936. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical mo...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vinyl Blondie by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vinyl Blondie
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Debbie Harry of Blondie photographed with a vinyl record in New York 1978
All prints are signed and numbered by the artist....
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons 'Cortina d'Ampezzo' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A rest from skiing at Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1982.
Slim Aarons
Cortina d'Ampezzo
1982 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of auth...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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C Print
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Dapper Lord Snowdon Photo Suit & Tie
Located in Surfside, FL
Lord Snowdon
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Underwater Drink Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Underwater Drink, 1972
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
60 x 40” / 152 x 101 cm - paper size
Estate ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Vermont Winter
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter
Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, Vermont, circa 1960.
Gorgeous pri...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
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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.