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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Price: $1 to $1,500
Style: Modern
'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Jean Shrimpton In Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio
silver gelatin fibre print.
Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961
© Victoria and Alb...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition
By John French
Located in London, GB
V&A - John French - Soft Helmets - Limited Edition
Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert Museum,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Fashion Photography Limited Edition
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Evening Elegance' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
A model wearing a fur stole, John French (1907-66), London, 1955
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fashion Photograp...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Space Hats' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Patti Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling ‘Dots and Moons’ hats designed by Edward Mann, John French (19...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Witches' Sabbath - Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
The Witches' Sabbath is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1988.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mr. Carl Edward Sagan - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. Carl Edward Sagan is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the American Astronomer, Carl Edward Sagan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Piglet Tramway - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Piglet tramway is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, pl...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yomeimon Gate - Japan - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Yomeimon Gate - Japan is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the beautiful Yomeimon, the most famous port...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Seventy Feet Below the Circus - Vintage Photo - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Seventy feet below the circus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1964
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical mo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Samba - Vintage Photo by Rubens Barbosa - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Samba is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Rubens Barbosa.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Carnival Parade - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carnival Parade is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Dancers - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancers is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Carnival Parade - Vintage Photo by Ari Gomes - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Carnival Parade is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century, by Ari Gomes.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo-Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of... - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of Defence, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Forest - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a Photograph silver salt print, dedicated to Mrs. Ferrari on paper in the early 20th Century
Signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Glued on a dark greenish Passepart...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Afghan Woman - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Afghan Woman is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dukes of Windsor in Paris - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dukes of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 1970s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events,...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Meeting - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting is a vintage photo, realized in the early-20th Century
Good conditions.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical moments, places, families, artw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Punto Arenas - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Punto Arenas - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Five photographs, applied on a Passepartout:
Good condition and aged margins.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Apple harvest - Color photo, Limited edition print, Woman in an apple tree
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Apple harvest - Limited edition pigment print , 2006 - Limited Editions of 20
Sexy young woman picking apples from the tree
Normandy/Brittany , France...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Pigment, Digital Pigment, Arc...
Mother and Child - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by A. Von Mayden in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Included a Passepartout:46 x 35 cm
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
William S. Burroughs (Stamped) (~30% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe
William S. Burroughs
Photograph, Silver Gelatin Print
Year: 1982
Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches
Stamped verso
Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L.A.G., 1982; Text in German
Gallery COA provided
Robert Mapplethorpe was born November 4, 1946, in Floral Park...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo - BenKhedda - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo-BenKhedda is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mom...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Counsel (outdoor scene, people talking, quiet moment, motion blur, waterfront, )
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Counsel
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 16x16 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-938
Subdued yet color...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert M...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man On the Horse - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Man On the Horse is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by G.V Loune in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Included a Passepartout:35 x 46 cm
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Ostia, The House was built in the time of Emperor Trajan. 1847-1833.
Good condition and aged ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Lady - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a Photograph, Hand-dedicated on paper realized in 1910.
Good conditions.
With a Passepartout.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giddy (rodeo, rider, motion blur, colorful, iconic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Giddy
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Temple of Juno, Wall of Romulus, and Wal...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Children and Madonna - Photograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Children and Madonna is a Photograph silver salt print, realized in 1862.
Hand-dedication on the lower.
Good conditions.
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Promenade BNW (black and white, hot air balloon, surreal landscape, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Promenade BNW
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 14.2x20 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Re...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wide Awake (rodeo, horse, barrel race, colorful, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Wide Awake
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 12x12 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 9...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lyre - Vintage Photograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Lyre is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, of th...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Sculptures of the first century, tombs.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Lady - Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lady is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century by Debenham Gould in Glen View Studio.
With a Greenish Passepartout and Cover wrote: Debenham Gould, Glen View Stu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lyre - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lyre is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, of th...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Farmers - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Silver slat photograph of a painting, hand dedicated to Carlo Ferrari by Simonetta Alfoso realized by G.B. Berra in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and tw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Temple of Juno, Wall of Romulus, and Wal...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pigs - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pigs - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good condition and aged margins.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions.
From Vintage Historical Albumen print.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Novita Landscape - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Novita Landscape - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Eight photographs, four on the front and four on the rear applied on a greenish Passe...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fall - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fall- Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions with folding on the lower and aged margins.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Huston & Brando On Set' (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Huston & Brando On Set' 1967
Director John Huston and actor Marlon Brando on the set of 'Reflections In A Golden Eye,' 1967.
The two iconic movie stars on the set of the film in w...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Old days Photo - Donkeys - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Donkeys is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - The Tree - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - The Tree is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Old days Photo - On the Boat - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - On the Boat is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stieglitz, O'Keeffe Hands w/Thimble, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Old days Photo - Seascape - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Seascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Mother and Daughter - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mother and Daughter is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic albu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Satelite Dish - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Satelite Dish is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including histori...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Seascape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo -Seascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Statue - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Statue - Vintage Photograph is a Photograph applied on a Passepartout realized in the late 19th Century
Good conditions, aged with a cutting on cardboard support on the lower, , Han...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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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