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
Aubrey Hepburn, American Modern Photograph by Bert Stern
By Bert Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bert Stern, American (1929 - 2013) - Aubrey Hepburn, Medium: Photograph, signed and numbered in crayon and stamped on verso, Edition: AP III, Image Size: 22 x 22 inches, Size: 24 x 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girls with Ice Cream - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls with ice cream is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, p...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Landscape with Ruins - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Ruins s a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in the 1960...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Jesus Freaks Outiside St. Peter, Rome - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jesus freaks outiside St. Peter, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including hist...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Telephone System - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Telephone System - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prince Charles and Lord Casey at the Airport - Vintage Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Charles and Lord Casey at the airport - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Church's Altar - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Church's altar is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Laura Hawk at Paestrum' : Mid-Century Modern : Ancient Ruins
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Laura Hawk amid the ancient greek ruins of Paestum on the Gulf of Salerno, 1984
Laura Hawk
1984
C print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Old Days - Woman with Donkey - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Woman with Donkey is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families,...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 6...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment
Located in London, GB
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' 1983
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Channel 1, Reggae recording studios, Kingsto...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Distinguished Palm Beach Golfers 1959 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Distinguished Palm Beach Golfers 1959
Alfred Vanderbilt (background second from right), Sam Snead (golf cart driver) & George Plimpton (centre) playing Golf in Palm Beach.
Samuel J...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Friends - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Friends is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famili...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Five Lemons (Bright, Still Life, Fruit, Nature, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Laura Lloyd
Five Lemons
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 11 x 17 inches
Framed: 15.4 x 21.4 x 1.5 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black frame with standard plex...
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
' 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
Lech Ice Bar 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are in the background.
30x30” / 76x76 cm - paper size
Estate S...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Homeless Families - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Homeless Families is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
The photo depicts the homeless families who have found accommodation in the school.
Good conditions an...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fresco of Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Fresco of Cathedral is a black and white photograph realized by Zuecca Uno in the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by Arturo Noci - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting by Arturo Noci is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Ocho Rios, Jamaica ' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocho Rios by Slim Aarons
Mr and Mrs John James stroll on their fifteen-acre estate that blossoms with half a million poinsettias, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 197...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
NEW: Slim Aarons 'Dixieland Jam in Rome' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An impromptu concert in Rome with American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971), Earl 'Fatha' Hines (1905 - 1983) on piano and Jack Teagarden (1905 - 1964) on trom...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parisian Flower Seller from Paris In Color 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant
Located in London, GB
Parisian Flower Seller from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 76 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framin...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Ocean Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Racing at Baden-Baden - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Princess Victoria and Prince Gustaf of Sweden - Ancient Photo - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Victoria and Prince Gustaf of Sweden is a photographic reinforced albumen print applied on cardboard.
Print of photographic studio on front and back of cardboard: "Thschuhmann & Sohn Karlsruhe ".
Slight abrasion on corners, otherwise excellent conditions.
Dim: cm 17 x 11
In the full-length portrait, Victoria and Gustaf of Sweden show the wedding rings in an informal pose.
The photograph was taken in Karlsruhe, the wedding venue of the two future royals of Sweden...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Slim Aarons 'Palm Bay Club' 1965 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Bay Club' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Roca Llisa' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Roca Llisa' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978.
Produced from the original...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Artist in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously captured.
Good...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nicely Coiffed - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Hotel De Paris In Monaco
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Hotel De Paris In Monaco - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 19...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The Old Days Photo - Children in Hong Kong - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Children in Hong Kong is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Woman with Dog - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Woman with Dog is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal famil...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall is a photograph realized in 1980s.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'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
Old Days Photo - Mountain - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mountain 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 h...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997)
enjoying...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Silla Clemente. From The Nostalgic Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Silla Clemente, 2021 by Ricky Cohete
From The Nostalgic Series
Archival pigment print
Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Snowmass Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A stand-up fondue picnic for skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. The village was opened in 1967.
Estate stamped and hand...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
I29 from The Last Photos, George Barris, hand signed
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
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...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View of Florida Miami Beach - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
View of Florida Miami Beach is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Zermatt Skiing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Zermatt Skiing
1968
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, M...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
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...
Category
1920s 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
The Actor Cary Grant - Film - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Cary Grant in 1960s.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' - Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 - 1975) in the office aboard his y...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Aristotle Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Aristotele Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled. From The Leather ands Skin Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 2024 by Ricky Cohete
From The Leather ands Skin Series
Archival pigment print
Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
The artist explores the intersection b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
The Beatles- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Beatles is an early photograph realized in the beginning of 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Shanghai - Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of two vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
The image on the front and on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm.
...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.