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
Nadia-Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Disco, Bill Bernstein Set of Four Photographs
By Bill Bernstein
Located in New York, NY
Bill Bernstein
Disco
c. 1970
Set of four Photographs
These iconic images not only document the people and places of the golden age of disco, but also capture the spirit and intensit...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ahmedabad 151209-45 (India, Spice, Street Market, Vibrant, Orange, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Ahmedabad 151209-45
Pigment Print
Year: 2015
Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches
Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches
Signed: On Label
Edition: 8
COA provided
*White frame with s...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ahmedabad 151209-28 (India, Spice, Street Market, Vibrant, Red, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Ahmedabad 151209-28
Pigment Print
Year: 2015
Visible Size: 9.25 x 9.25 inches
Framed: 10.6 x 10.6 inches
Signed: On Label
Edition: 8
COA provided
*White frame with s...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at Roma...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Palm Beach Arts Festival
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Arts Festival
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests at the Palm Beach Arts Festival in the grounds of Bethesda-by-the-Sea church, Palm Beach, Florida, 1964. (...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Golfing at Le Toque'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Golfing at Le Toque
1939 printed later
Silver gelatin print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
A woman in a white suit hitting a golf ball in a sa...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein - Vintage Photograph -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Skiers in Gstaad - Ski Resort Switzerland Fashion Photography Winter Snow Sports
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers in Gstaad - Ski Resort Switzerland Fashion Photography Winter Snow Sports by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Late...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
'Verbier Vacation' Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aar...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later)
Color coupler print
44 x 44 inches
edition of 45
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist
Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind t...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
'Governing Couple' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Governing Couple'
November 1971: Nancy Reagan and her husband film star and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan (later the 40th President of the USA) in Acapulco, Mexico.
Pape...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Lech Ice Bar - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 1...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Eden Roc Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Eden Roc Hotel
1976 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: The luxurious Hotel du Cap Eden Roc at Cap d'Antibe...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Palm Springs Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Desert House Party, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at a desert house, desig...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Dining At The Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dining At The Eagle Club' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969.
Paper Size 24x20 i...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Saks Fifth Avenue
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Nelda And Friends' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nelda And Friends' by Slim Aarons
Set to become another Slim Aaron favourite - it's better known cousins 'Poolside Gossip' and 'Desert House Party' (also listed) are considered to...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The Fighting Police, Historical Photograph - Mid-20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
The fighting Police, Historical Photograph is an original vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the stamp of copyright ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Christopher Lambert - Vintage Photograph - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Christopher Lambert (Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan) - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1984.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Babe Paley
American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William S. Paley, beside the pool at Round Hill, their villa in Ja...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Darkro...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Tennis In The Bahamas Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prof. Pietro Valdoni and Prof. Angelo Biocca - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Prof. Pietro Valdoni and Prof. Angelo Biocca is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
With the typed notes in Italian " the description" on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Great Harbour Cay Marina
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at a marina on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 24" inches / ca 50.8 x 60.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Terry O'Neill, Frank Sinatra Boardwalk (Mid-century Modern Photography)
Located in New York, NY
Frank Sinatra and entourage on Miami Beach
1968 (printed later)
C print
48 x 72 inches
Estate signature stamped numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity from the Terry...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Harbour Isle Beach' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Harbour Isle Beach' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973.
Produce...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Chief of Protocol Osei - Vintage Photograph
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Chief of Protocol Osei Bonsu is a vintage photograph, an original black and white photograph realized by Associated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
16 x 20" p...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steel Factory - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Steel Factory - American Vintage Photograph is a vintage albumen print realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Flight into Egypt - Original Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Flight into Egypt is a b/w photographic detail on Cardboard.
“O.BOHN 3378 VENEZIA SAN MARCO CAPPELLA ZEN FUGA IN EGITTO” written at the bottom.
The image represents The Flight...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
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.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bermuda Race in High Point of U.S. - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bermuda Race in High Point of U.S. is an original black and white photograph realized in the United States in the mid-20th century as part of a series documenting American life in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961. ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Olivetti Factory in Scarmagno - Vintage B/W photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Olivetti Scarmagno is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on the rear.
Automatic high temperature, testing of high integration circuits
Good ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' 1980
Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
'Poolside Secrets' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Secrets'
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Arena Dos, From the series, Acto Uno. Male Nude Limited Edition B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion.
The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Pigment, Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Julie London
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, circa 1957.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Coll...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Marbella Club Bather' Mid-Century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
"Marbella Club Bather," a 1976 Slim Aarons photograph, captures mid-century modern Mediterranean luxury. Limited C-print (1/150), estate-stamped, authenticated.
Slim Aarons
Marbella...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Concorde- Limited edition contemporary art print, City, Black white, Mouvement
By Sam Thomas
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Concorde - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Paris under the snow, France, 2005
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity.
Archival pigme...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival P...
$2,328 Sale Price
35% Off
'Poolside Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Party'
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. This photograph was...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Produced from the original...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Zermatt Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Gorgeous print measuring 72 x 48" inches / ca 182.8 x 121.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
' India Blue ' Limited Edition, Signed Oversize Archival Pigment print
By Tim Graham
Located in London, GB
' India Blue ' Limited Edition, Signed Oversize Archival Pigment print
Huge and exquisite, intensely vivid Archival Pigment print - signed and numbered by photographer on front - th...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
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.