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
'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sa...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Dining In Gstaad 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad
Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961.
60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Madonna and Child - Signed limited edition archival print, Mother, Family photo
By Peter Ridge
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Madonna and Child - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has been printed
o...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Paper, Giclée, Pigment, 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 fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Japan, Osaka - Vintage Albumen Prints - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Japan, Osaka, is a set of four original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Image in the front 21 x 26 and three images on the rear 9.5 x 13.5 c...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Places Photo- Eton College Chapel - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Eton College Chapel and Canterbury is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historic...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vogue Dive 1944 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Dive 1944
A Vogue fashion shoot featuring a model jumping on a diving board wearing a bright 1940's yellow floral bikini, Florida USA 1944
by Toni Frissell
30 x 20" inches...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Habitation Leclerc' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Habitation Leclerc' 1975
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Bathers walking down steps to the swimming pool at Habitation Leclerc, Haiti, January 1975.
They...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Neil Young - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Neil Young is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Josèphine Baker Serves Breakfast in Brussels - Vintage Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Josèphine Baker serves breakfast in Brussels is an orignal black and white photograph realized in 1964.
The photo shows the famous singer serving sweets to 3 of his children In Brus...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Church of Frari is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captured....
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Oversize 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
30 x 40" p...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Celebrity Cruise' Costa Smeralda (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Celebrity Cruise' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) on the Aga Khan's yacht on the Cos...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"Free Fallin" Photography 30" x 45" in Edition 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Free Fallin" Photography 30" x 45" in Edition 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 24" x 36" inch
Edition of 7: 30" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II - Photographic Albumen Print - 1896
Located in Roma, IT
Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II is an original photographic albumen print applied on cardboard.
Large size print realized by aggrandisment of glass ne...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Shanghai - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of 4 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
Image 21 x 15.5 cm, 2 of 10.5 x 14....
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hotel - Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2000
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...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Impressive Ancient Aiew of Tokyo - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
This astonishing ancient view of a street in Tokyo is an original vintage photo applied on cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
It was realized between the 1880s and the 1890s.
Image 21.5 x 27.5 cm. Caption in Italian, in ink hand-written.
An incredibly vivid view of Tokyo streets...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Aristotle Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Aristotele Onassis - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1960s.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Lightly damaged (Folds on the angles).
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Life In The Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Life In The Bahamas
A woman sitting in a hanging chair while having a drink in a bar in the Bahamas, in April 1967. A group of drinkers stand and sit at the bar in the background.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Paper size 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm
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.
Edition size 150 only
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
Printed 2022
Caribbean Sea luxury island Bahamas yacht club yachts boating in the Caribbean vivid colors red yellow blue white emerald green light green blue sky light blue clouds palm trees wonderful life people having fun relaxing time summer weather hot and sunny day white sand beach bikinis...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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
16 x 16 inches
Signed, dated and numbered edition of 100
Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Salon Dior, Zaire dress, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Zaire dress, Autumn-Winter 1954 collection, H line. A rare photograph of Christian Dior's dress rehearsal, which demonstrates both the power of LIFE and how much Mark Shaw was truste...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée
Ancient Portrait of Japanese Gymnasts - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Portrait of Japanese gymnasts is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Realized between the 1880s and the 1890s.
Image 21 x 26 cm. Caption in I...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crime and Punishment in Canton, Vintage ethnographic photographs - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Crime and Punishment in Canton, ethnographic photographs, is a set of 6 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They wer...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Tennis In The Bahamas Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas' by Slim Aarons
It really doesn't get much more fabulous than this.
A realtively new discovery in the Archive -two fashionably dressed women in tennis outfit...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Portrait of Franco Battiato - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph of the very original Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato at his debut, in the Eighties, when he returns to Pop music after...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jacqueline Bouvier - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jacqueline Bouvier is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Apres Ski Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1913 – 2006), who ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colosseum View - Vintage Photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colosseum View is a vintage print in salt silver realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for some foxing and folding.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in a scene from the famous movie "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock.
Vintage Photo. Damaged on the right side.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants 1975 - Vintage Photograph - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo- Fiumicino Airport- Chilean Immigrants 1975 is a black and white vintage photo.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and p...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Saint-Tropez Beach' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Beach' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
Produced from the original transparency
Certific...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sun-beds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - South Africa Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
A luxury house in South Africa with stairs leading to the swimming pool in the garden, 1958.
This photograph epitomises t...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 19...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'
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
Captivated Audience by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Captivated Audience
by Arthur Steel
SURREY 1979
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 16 x 12" / 41 x 31 cm
signed a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Blue Seas' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Blue Seas' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
August 1984: Holidaymakers' yachts find a quiet haven off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. (Photo by Slim Aar...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty And The Beast' 1959
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980.
A typical 'Slim' photograph chronicling the young a...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Sardinian Holiday' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sardinian Holiday' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967.
Produced from the original...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Stephen Hawking - Vintage Photograph -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stephen Hawking is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Skiing In Gstaad
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A vapour trail above skiers on a ski slope in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C Type photograph (unframed).
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
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.
We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations.
Keywords
Switzerland 60s ski resort Gstaad town centre ski village...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Ancient Views of Aden - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Aden is a set of four original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm.
Images 15 x 21, two on the front and two on the rear.
They were realized bet...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Ornella Muti in a scene from "Private Access", a 1989 Italian drama film by Francesco Maselli.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons 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
Slim Aarons - Tennis In The Bahamas - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Tennis In The Bahamas - Estate
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Baham...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Lech Ice Bar - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Lech Ice Bar - Estate Stamped
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This phot...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Church of St. Marcellino - Vintage Poster after Mimmo Jodice - 1980s
By Mimmo Jodice
Located in Roma, IT
Church of St. Marcellino is vintage offset print on paper realized after a photograph by Mimmo Jodice in 1980 ca.Name of the artist and title on the lowe...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Offset
'Derby Spectator' Giant Oversize Limited Edition Black and White Photography
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)
Darkroom photograph - beautiful and H...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Technology, Computer Generation - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Technology, computer generation is an original photograph realized by Uliano Lucas.
With the stamp of the photographer on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Fishing Boats' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fishing Boats' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A fisherman in his boat at a Sicilian harbour, 1975.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenti...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Keep Your Cool
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with F...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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.