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
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
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
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - 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 for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good co...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Es...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in January ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Villa Nirvana, 1972 - Las Brisas Acapulco Mexico Swimming Pool Terrace Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa Nirvana, 1972 - Las Brisas Acapulco Mexico Swimming Pool Terrace Villa by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Vi...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons, Poolside Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann Desert House, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Alice i...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Slim Aarons 'Catching The Sun In Cortina'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catching The Sun In Cortina
1976 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristi...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Pool at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, 1982 - Hotel Resort Coastal Island Sardinian
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, 1982 - Hotel Resort Coastal Island Sardinian by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"P...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
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, ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
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.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marisa Berenson - Elsa Schiaparelli Gogo Schiaparelli American Actress Model
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Marisa Berenson - Elsa Schiaparelli Gogo Schiaparelli American Actress Model by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"M...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Harbour Island 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Handbags and hat shop at Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collectio...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill 'The Beatles'
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill
The Beatles, Backyard of Abbey Road Studios
1963 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
signed and numbered edition 47 of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Nei...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brooklyn One, NY, 2009
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bahamas Speed Week, Nassau, 1963 - Motorsports Vintage Cars Grand Prix in Nassau
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Motorsports Vintage Cars Grand Prix in Nassau, where motorsports enthusiasts gather for the Nassau Grand Prix
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
P...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
A New Method in Building - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A New Method in Building - 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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Launching the Whaleboat - Cape Prince of Wales, pl. 707
Located in Denton, TX
Printed plate number, Curtis's title, date, copyright, and photogravures by John Andrews and Son on recto.
Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder tissue
Known for his remarkable documen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Beach Hut In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach Hut In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at a beach hut at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - Gargoyle
Located in Denton, TX
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
Auriga - Verlag Stamp on paper attached to verso.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,000 Sale Price
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Sotogrande' : Mid-Century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside in Sotogrande
1975 (printed later)
C print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Caption: Bather...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Large Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
From the artist studio in Chelsea New York.
Rafael Saldarriaga was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. Af...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Foreign Language Press - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Foreign Language Press - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Backgammon...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Katharine Hepburn, Montego Bay' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Katharine Hepburn Drivi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Kaufmann Desert House (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Kaufmann Desert House, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at a desert house, de...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'Field Girls' 1985 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Field Girls' 1985
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Mennonite girls working in fields, Spanish Lookout Settlement, Belize, Central America, June 1985.
P...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons, Pool At Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Pool At Las Brisas, 1972
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexi...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964
48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Demonstration of Physics - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Demonstration of Physics - 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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Refuge - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Refuge - 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.
With the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Caracalla Therme 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caracalla Therme 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990.
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Sta...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘.
Signed by Ian Sanderson ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a j...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
40 x 60" inches / 10...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Laguna Beach Surfers'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Laguna Beach Surfers
1970
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Three surfers with their boards at...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo Riva'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Monte Carlo Riva
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
'El Venero' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'El Venero'
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Squaw Valley Snow 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961.
16 x 12" inches / 41 x 30 cm paper size
Estate Stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Marsha Gayle (right) and a friend relax on a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Hats And Braces' 1985 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Hats And Braces' 1985
by Alain le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Young Mennonite men from Orthodox communities in a horse-drawn buggy , Belize, Central America, J...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Produced from the original tr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Il Pellicano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Beach, 1973
Chromogenic Lambda print
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 19...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Gathering, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Poolside Gather...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Relaxing At La Coquille Palm Beach 1954 Oversize Limited Signature Edition
Located in London, GB
Relaxing at La Coquille Palm Beach Florida
Mrs Guinness of Palm Beach 1954
by Toni Frissell-
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing av...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
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, ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Family Pool - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Family Pool - Estate Stamped
Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois.
Gorgeous pr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons ''Social Call, Las Brisas'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Social Call, Las Brisas, Acapulco, 1972
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Char...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Princess Caroline Of Monaco 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Princess Caroline Of Monaco 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.