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Modern Figurative Photography

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Sailor, Istanbul, 1994
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones. With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Exercises and Female Games during Fascism in Italy- Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Studio Gherlone, Torino. Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Terry O'Neill, 'Elton John, Dodger Stadium'
Located in New York, NY
Elton John and his Airplane, Los Angeles, CA 1975 (printed latter) C-print Posthumous estate signature stamped edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity Wearing a custom LA Do...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

William S. Burroughs (Stamped) (50% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe William S. Burroughs Photograph insert from Radar No. 1 (1982) Year: 1982 Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches Stamped verso, unsigned Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Beggars Banquet Classic" Photography 24" x 20" in Ed. 4/30 by Michael Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Beggars Banquet Classic" Photography 24" x 20" in Ed. 4/30 by Michael Joseph Medium: C-Print Comes in black frame Size framed: 29 x 28 inch Michael Joseph is a photographer best k...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

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

The 17th-century Ishak Pasha Palace, Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey 1988
Located in Cologne, DE
The photo showcases the historic Ishak Pasha Palace (İshak Paşa Sarayı), built in the 17th century near Doğubeyazıt in the province of Ağrı, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The image, like...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Debbie Harry, NYC (Car Wreck)
Located in New York, NY
Debbie Harry (Blondie), NYC, 1976 Silver gelatin print 40 x 50 inches Signed and numbered edition Debbie Harry of Blondie in a wrecked car on 6th Avenue and 50th Street, NYC. Septem...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. Slim Aarons Beauty and the Beast 19...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-Up for the Filming of ‘Valentino’, London
Located in London, GB
Twiggy & Patrick Macnee – Major John Steed / The Avengers, London 1968 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further pri...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Ladies' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Ladies' A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Photograph Cibachrome Tibetan Monk Chengdu China Portrait Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Mat measures 20 X 26 sight measures 13 X 19.5 Mark Abrahamson is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1944. Mark completed a BA at Whitman College in Walla Wa...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

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...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons - Yacht Holiday (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt's yacht in Marbella, 1967 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaro...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.) Phot...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. Gorgeous print measuring a 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper siz...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

The Heart - Desert Flower
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Desert Flower is a project created by Guilherme Licurgo in collaboration with the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company, using the dancers, Graham technique, and original costumes. Imag...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Desert House Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Desert House Party 1970 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. T...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Dining Al Fresco On Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Belgium Blue #1. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Minneapolis Two, MN, 1997
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative , Portrait, Timeless The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps. Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vijay, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Robert Farber 'Walking the Bulldog'
Located in New York, NY
Walking the Bulldog, 1994 Archival pigment print 30 x 40 inches Signed and numbered edition of 10 Robert Farber (b. 1944) is a renowned photographer whose five-decade career spans b...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Friedl Dzubas New York Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a photo of Friedl Dzubas (Abstract Expressionist) at Castelli Gallery, signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.. Over a 50-year span, McDarra...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Speedboat Landing A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. A modern classic...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Original Hand Signed Rock & Roll Photograph Sly & the Family Stone Woodstock
Located in Surfside, FL
Original signed in gold ink Rock And Roll Photo from the Woodstock music festival. A custom print by Ken Lieberman laboratories in New York hand si...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Vintage Photograph Cibachrome 1981 Beijing China Lingerie Shop Color Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Mat measures 20 X 26 sight measures 13 X 19.5 This one has no mat. Mark Abrahamson is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1944. Mark completed a BA at Whitman...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Catherine Wilke in Capri
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, photographer, healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. the yellow photocopied poster/info sheet is not included. Born in Scotland of a Hungarian...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Christmas Swim 1954 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Brazilian Actress Sonia Braga
Located in Surfside, FL
signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title. Sonia Braga Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian-American actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television credits include The Cosby Show (1986), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), and Alias (2005). Braga was the first Brazilian to present a category at the Oscars. She was announced by Goldie Hawn as one of the most glamorous actresses in the world, before appearing with Michael Douglas, who announced the result of the best short film. Braga competed for many prestigious awards in the United States. For her performance in The Burning Season (1994) she was nominated for the third time for the Golden Globe for best supporting actress. In 1995, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Burning SeasonDuring the 1980s, Braga had relationships with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

St Mark's Cathedral - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
‘St Mark's Cathedral.' is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard. 2390 Venezia-Chiesa S.Marco - Formella Bizantina Rip. Int. C.Naya Venezia” is written at the bottom. The artwork re...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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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.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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

Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti - 1789
Located in Roma, IT
Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti realized in 1789. Written in the Italian language. Good conditions.
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1780s Modern Figurative Photography

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Paper

Color Rock & Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, photographer, healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. the yellow photocopied poster/info sheet is not included. Born in Scotland of a Hungarian...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
Located in New York, NY
A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973. Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing 1973 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print) Estate stamped and hand nu...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp is a vintage black and white photograph. It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914) , heir to t...
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1890s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Terminal Patient Bird Cover
Located in Surfside, FL
Man in Wheel Chair , Titled Terminal patient, Bird Cover Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry, NYC
Located in New York, NY
Debbie Harry (Blondie), NYC, 1977 Silver gelatin print 30 x 40 inches Signed and numbered edition Debbie Harry of Blondie in car, NYC. May 1977. Bob Gr...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Choosing A Top'
Located in New York, NY
Choosing a Top, 1977 Chromogenic lambda print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity Boutique owner Paul Pallardy ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 16 x 16 inches Signed, dated and numbered edition of 100 Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Saint Tropez Beach' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Saint Tropez Beach, 1971 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Skiers In St. Moritz' 1963 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiers In St. Moritz' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Paper size 40...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

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

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C Print, Color

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

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Capri Hotel' 1989 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capri Hotel' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Richard Bolliger, the owner of Bolliger Transport Worldwide, holidaying on Capri, September 1989. Paper size 30 x 40 inc...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Camelback Inn' 1967 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Camelback Inn' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A view of the Camelback Inn, Scottsdale Arizona, April 1967. Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm Printed in 2022 ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Auersperg Picnic' 1979 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Auersperg Picnic' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1979, Prince Franz von Auersperg and his family on a picnic outside the family castle, Salzburg, Austria. Paper si...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Vourekas-Petalas Family' 1978 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Vourekas-Petalas Family' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Greek architect Andreas Vourekas-Petalas beside the Parthenon on the Acropolis, with his wife Alexandra and t...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.

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