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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
Queen In Concert by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Queen In Concert By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition Freddie Mercury and Queen in concert All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 10...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Vintage Photo Of A Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photograph Of A Painting on a paper, Seppia colored photograph, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Relief-  Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of 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

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Adriatic Riviera
Located in London, GB
Adriatic Riviera Men and women - wearing red, white and blue striped tops - relaxing on a small boat, with a red and white mast, and small flags of Germany, USA, Great Britain and I...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on paper, realized in the early 20th Century. It represents the door of The Church of Florence. Gilberti Lorenzo- Anderson Roma ...
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Early 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

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

Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli- Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s. Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Architecture and Art Photo - Saint George Fights the Dragon - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Saint George fights the dragon  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

Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. 1969. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1913.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political eve...
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Places Photo- Old Folkestone - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Old Folkestone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical pl...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
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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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Marilyn Getting Ready To Go Out' by Ed Feingersh Actress Marilyn Monroe prepares to go out to the play ‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’ by applying make-up and pe...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo  is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1913.  Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women's Rights Movement - 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

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Apres Ski
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski The apres ski in Vail, Colorado, March 1964 Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152.4 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Actor Cary Grant
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Pantz Pool 1985 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pantz Pool' Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz' Marbella home, September 1985. Paper Size very large 72 x 48" inches / 18...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Trip' Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. A fabulous scene picturing four young woman canoeing and pedalling on...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tomorrow's Railroads - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tomorrow's Railroads - 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 Cent...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Apres Ski
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski The apres ski in Vail, Colorado, March 1964. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152.4 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Women's Rights Movement - 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 f...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Portrait - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century . The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
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19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"The Rolling Stones Playing Cricket 1968" 20" x 24" in Ed 3/25 by Michael Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Rolling Stones Playing Cricket 1968" 20" x 24" in Ed 3/25 by Michael Joseph Medium: C-Print Comes in black frame British rock band The Rolling Stones is photographed playing ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Giulietta Masina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Giulietta Masina - Golden Period of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions. Giulietta Masina is considered one of the best It...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, August 1981. 16 x 12"...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 Limited Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 72x48” / 183 x 122 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Women's Work - Historical Photos -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Work - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their rig...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

George Barris, "1B" from The Last Photos, photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Franci & Rachael, Intimate photograph of 2 women lying down, Contemporary, Black
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Marina Piccola 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph L...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Lake Tahoe Trip (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Young women canoeing at Zephyr Cove on th...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Blondie Close Up by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie Close Up By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition Debbie Harry (Blondie) New York 1978 All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Paper size 16x20 inches printe...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Historical Photo - BenKhedda - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo-BenKhedda is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical album including historical mom...
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1960s 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

Harlem Rain by Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Harlem Rain by Alain Le Garsmeur A rainy day on the streets of Harlem, New York City, USA, April 1978. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm Printed in 2022 Archival Pigment Print signed limited edition signature and numbering on front edition of 5 only this size FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. Galerie Prints is proud to share with you this extraordinary body of Alain Le Garsmeur's insightful and beautifully captured photographic work, from the late 1970s and early 80s. Alain Le Garsmeur (1943 - ) is an award-winning editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Figaro Magazine,
The Independent, Newsweek, and The Observer
as well as The Sunday Times. Born in France, he later moved to London where he studied at The Ealing College of Art Photography School. He soon became an assistant to great photographers such as Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Donald Silverstein...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Coral Beach' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Coral Beach' A view of Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limi...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Port Life
Located in London, GB
A man stops to watch a young woman tie her sandals on the pavement in Portofino marina, August 1977. Gorgeous print measuring a large 30 x 20" inches / ca 76 x 51 cm’s paper size. ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Landscape - Vintage Photo - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Landscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the late 19th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including...
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Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

National Danish Gymnastics Team: Earth #4
Located in London, GB
Toned silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '20/25', 33cm x 26cm (image size), (49cm x 41cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 2...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Tennis In The Bahamas Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas' Two fashionably dressed women in tennis outfits, stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, with tennis rackets leaning up against...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Virna Lisi - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi 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

Virna Lisi - 1960s
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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, ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. Verbier View 1963 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authentic...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Women's Rights Movement - 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

Fall - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fall- Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century. Applied on a Passepartout Good conditions with folding on the lower and...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Yazid Talking - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Yazid Talking is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s. Fair conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including histori...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Stony House - vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Stony House 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 includin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 44 x 44 inches Signed, dated and numbered edition 22/45 Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Brooklyn One, NY, 2009
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps. Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Historical Photo of Prison Carinola - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison Carinola 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

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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