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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
'Poolside Backgammon' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Backgammon' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. Produced from the origina...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Ancient Views of Shanghai - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of two original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. The Image on the rear 21.5 x 27 c...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Cowboy Taxi' 1979 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Cowboy Taxi' 1979 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A cowboy waits in the passenger seat for his driver in downtown Las Vegas,...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Checkered Flag' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. Produced f...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Sculpture - Vintage B/W photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The sculpture is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard. The artwork represents a sculpture.
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. Behind the two women is a sign board offering ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Florence Baptistery - Vintage B/w Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Florence Baptistery is a b/w photographic print on paper. The artwork represents the detail of The Florence Baptistery. Good conditions. 40287- Florence - Gilberti Lorenzo- An...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni with the Italian Actress Virna Lisi. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Audrey Hepburn In Pink Rome 1955 Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from the Spring/Summer 1955 collection...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ancient Portrait of Geishas, Nagasaki - Vintage Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Portraits of Geishas from Nagasaki is a set of five original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison - b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The actors Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison while talking. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Arc of Janus - Disappeared Rome - b/w Photograph - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo representing Arch of Janus, located nearby S. Giorgio al Velabro church. The arch is thought to have been a boundary marker rather than a triumphal arch, or it was buil...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ancient Views of Colombo - Sri Lanka - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Colombo Sri Lanka is a set of 2 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm. Size of photos: 21.5 x 27.5 cm. Good conditions. Caption in Ital...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

The French Actress Claudine Auger - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w Photo. The French Actress Claudine Auger with her cat. Lightly blurry.
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Dali And Gala' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Dali And Gala' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Silver Gelatin Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front Paper size 20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm Printed 2020 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE : 12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm 20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm 30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm 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. Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. b/w black and white relaxing taking a break cafe restaurant dining art...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Puerto Ricans School - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Puerto Ricans School- 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 Centu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Produced from the original tran...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
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. ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bowling Ball Flag (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Vintage, Funny, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelly Ludwig Bowling Ball Flag Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed: On Label COA provided *Black frame with standard pl...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Apple harvest - Color photo, Limited edition print, Contemporary, Sexy Woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Apple harvest - Limited edition pigment print , 2006 - Limited Editions of 20 Sexy young woman picking apples from the tree Normandy/Brittany , France Signed + numbered by artist ...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...

'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian te...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Cary Grant on the set of "The Eagle and the Hawk" - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Cary Grant, Fredric March and Carole Lombard during the movie " The Eagle and the Hawk , di rected by Stuart Walker . 18/5/1933
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Leisure In Antibes' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Leisure In Antibes' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a water-skier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivie...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

U. S. Information Agency - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
U. S. Information Agency- 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. ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mountain Valley - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mountain valley is a color vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalg...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Soldiering - Vintage B/W photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiering is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1930s in Italy, during Fascism. With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear. Good c...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ancient Views of Suez - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Suez photograph is a set of two original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 26x 34 cm. Image 21.5 x 27 cm and on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm, hand-colored. They...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Terry O'Neill 'Paul McCartney at Ringo Starr’s Wedding'
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCartney at Ringo Starr’s Wedding, 1961 Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Estate signature stamped numbered edition of 50 Paul McCartney plays the piano at the Ringo Starr’s...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Babe Paley - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

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

'By The Pool In Acapulco' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'By The Pool In Acapulco' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A tanned man surrounded by young women in bikinis by the pool at Warren Avis'...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Poolside Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra f...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Lake Tahoe Canoes' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Canoes' by Slim Aarons Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Three young woman are pictured in their red, turquoise and white coloured canoes on ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Daily Bread' 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Daily Bread' 1983 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A bread delivery man with bags filled with baguettes on a snowy street in ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Desert House Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Desert House Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 19...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Conca dei Marini' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Conca dei Marini' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984. Produced from the original transparency Cer...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Paul Georges Studio Painting Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Georges with Painting Jan 6, 1967 Photographer is Fred McDarrah Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agitators and social protests. Fred captured Jack Kerouac frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside Sheridan Square near the Voice’s old office. Not just a social chronicler, McDarrah was a great photo-journalist. For years, McDarrah was the Voice's only photographer and, for decades, he ran the Voice’s photo department, where he helped train dozens of young photographers, including James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Robin Holland...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Blonde Beauties' Oversize C Type
By George Freston
Located in London, GB
'Blonde Beauties' by George Freston From left to right, actresses Julie Christie, Ursula Andress and Catherine Deneuve attend a Royal Film Performance of 'Born Free' at the Odeon, L...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Louis Armstrong Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estat...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Leisure In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Leisure In Antibes' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes o...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969. Produced from the original transpa...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, C Print

'Golf Caddies' 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Golf Caddies' 1983 by Alaine Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Golf caddies on a golf course in South Korea, Asia, 1983. Paper size : 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 c...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aaro...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Let's Dance' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) - Vintage Print, New York
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled - Winter in Central Park (children in snow) by John Albok is a black and white photograph of children playing in a snowy Central Park, with a large barren tree in the foregr...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'C. Z. Guest' 1955 Palm Beach Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her o...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Mustique Tranquility' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Mustique Tranquility' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Meg O'Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the i...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. This photograph epitomises the travel style and gla...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of a...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print 1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticit...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color

Balenciaga, Orange Coat Front, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Balenciaga Orange Coat Front -- Wearing a Balenciaga Orange Coat, a model poses for buyers from I Magnin. Shot in 1953 and published in the September...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Harvey Firestone, Jr.'
Located in New York, NY
Harvey Firestone, Jr. 1950's (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Married couple Harvey Firestone, Jr. and...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. Produced from the original transparency Certifi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. (Photo by ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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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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