Pop Art Figurative Photography
POP ART STYLE
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
- Bold imagery
- Bright, vivid colors
- Straightforward concepts
- Engagement with popular culture
- Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
to
15
92
28
10
40
97
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
101
166
7
17
57
3
8,402
6,152
267
192
184
81
41
24
19
18
6
6
5
4
112
97
58
154
76
64
58
50
49
35
20
18
17
17
16
15
14
13
12
12
12
10
9
72
71
71
65
51
66
50
14
13
12
75
29
217
24
Style: Pop Art
Paloma Picasso
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eric Mitchell Unmade Beds New York City 1976 (East Village)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Unmade Beds, East Village, New York, 1976 by Fernando Natalici:
Cooler than cool, "Unmade Beds" was photographed on the set of the Amos Poe directed film of the same title - a semina...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann
ROBOTNICS Series
C-Print
2019
Edition S (Edition of 10)
12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered verso
Other Edition Sizes available:
- Edition ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann
ROBOTNICS Series
C-Print
2019
Edition S (Edition of 10)
12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered verso
Other Edition Sizes available:
- Edition ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
"WB35" Abstract Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"WB35" Abstract Photography 50" x 40" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
"WB35"
Year: 2012
Medium: Photography
Print size: 50" x 40" Inches trim bleed
Edition: 10
Artist proof: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
FELA KUTI photograph Detroit 1986 (Leni Sinclair Fela Kuti)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
“Fela in Detroit” by Leni Sinclair:
This much iconic Fela Kuti photograph was captured by legendary Detroit counter cultural photographer Leni Sinclair, 2016’s Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of the year. Of recent note, this image has been featured in The New York Times article 'The Legacy of Fela Kuti’s Music of Resistance: Hear 15 Essential Songs'. This photo is perhaps the most famed concert of Fela ever taken.
Shot by Sinclair at Detroit's historic Fox...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Bianca Jagger and Bob Colacello
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"M13" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M13" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
This Artwork is printed on a highest resolution fine art archival Kodak pearl pigment paper, Print mounted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Iggy Pop photograph Detroit 1968 (Leni Sinclair)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Iggy Pop by Leni Sinclair
One of the most iconic images ever taken of Iggy Pop, this truly one of a kind photograph was shot by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair - 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist of 2016 (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan. 28, 2016).
This photo is featured in the publication 'Rock in Fashion by John Varvatos' as well as two acclaimed rock documentary's: Gimme Danger and 'Danny Says.
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Hand signed, titled & dated in ink on the lower margins by Sinclair
Very good overall condition
Obtained directly from artist. Seller is an authorized dealer rep of Sinclair.
About Leni Sinclair
A recognized leader of the 1960s-70s counter cultural movement in Detroit and a trusted documenter of the rock n’ roll scene of that same era, Leni Sinclair is known for her vivid photographs which captured faithfully the raw drama that unfolded before her lens. But she may be best known for capturing the raucous rock n’ roll scene of that era, including photographs of such rock legends as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and jazz icons such as Miles Davis and Sun Ra.
Focusing her lens on musicians and fellow activists from nightclubs to festivals to street demonstrations, Sinclair captured a pivotal era in American history when art and politics intertwined. Some of her photos – including shots of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and of Nigeria’s rebel music star Fela Kuti – are among the most widely known of their subjects. What seems, at first glance, to be candid scenes featuring musicians, activists, party goers and demonstrators, read together as a more powerful story: that of an American society where art and politics were inextricably intertwined.
Of recent notoriety Sinclair was exhibited at Detroit’s MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) as part of her first major U.S. solo museum exhibition, “Moto City Underground”. The 80-year-old artist, author and social justice organizer still lives in Detroit, where she married politically active poet and jazz critic John Sinclair in 1965 at a Cass Avenue church. Three years later they and a friend started the White Panther Party.
__
Iggy Pop, the designated "Godfather of Punk", is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band the Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. Iggy Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, art rock, new wave, jazz, blues, and electronic. Iggy Pop's hits include, "Search and Destroy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by the Stooges, and his solo hits "Lust for Life", "The Passenger", and "Real Wild Child."
Related Categories
The Ramones. Blondie. The Clash. CBGB. Music photography. Punk photos.
Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Alphabet Masquerade, 47x38,
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
New for 2018 we are please to present Ceravolo's "Alphabet Series" of iconic portraits. Ceravolo has been a master of creating intriguing portraits of iconic personalities for more t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Monoprint
"Butterfly 22" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 50" inch Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 22" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 50" inch Edition 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B22
Year: 2018
Print size: 50" x 50" Inch trim bleed
Framed size: 52" x 52" Inch
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Mick Jagger Grimacing
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each unsigned photo is unique and blind embossed with “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Gould, by descent to Jay Gould
The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs includes hundreds of unique silver gelatin prints gifted by Warhol to Gould during their relationship. Upon Jon Gould’s death in 1986 at the age of 33 from complications of AIDS, the Collection passed to his family from whom the works are now available exclusively through Hedges Projects. The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs features scores of heroic portraits of Gould along with other notable subjects such as Mick Jagger...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Murakami TMF6" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Murakami TMF6" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Murakami Inspired TMF6
Year: 2010
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Framed size: 42" x 42" Inch
Edition: 1/...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Plastic Head: Vintage Greedo Action Figure, rare, vintage, collectable, comic
Located in London, GB
Plastic Head: Vintage Greedo Action Figure - 1978
Greedo has to be one the most memorable characters from the Star Wars franchise. He is a bounty hunter and a member of the Rodian sp...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plastic, Archival Ink
Jon Gould in Empty Pool in Palm Beach
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
RUN DMC photograph New York City 1995
Located in NEW YORK, NY
RUN DMC at KIT KAT CLUB, New York City circa 1995 by heralded NY underground photographer Fernando Natalici. Notes Natalici: "I was taking pictures of DMC backstage prior to the show for the club and asked RUN if I could go on the stage for 2 minutes and get some shots showing the audience reaction, he said: right side, during “Walk This Way'... and the rest is history."
Archival inkjet print.
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Excellent overall condition.
Hand-signed & numbered on the reverse from a limited edition of 20.
Obtained directly from artist.
About Fernando Natalici
New York based photographer Fernando Natalici is best known for his iconographic documentation of the downtown Manhattan art scene of the mid/late 70's and early 80's. Natalici’s portfolio includes sought after images of a young Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Keith Haring, The Ramones and more. As an Art Director, Fernando has played a key role in creating memorable visuals for historic NY venues such as CBGB's, The Mudd Club, Area and Danceteria.
Fernando’s art design featured in the Jeffrey Deitch curated show “Area” at The Hole Gallery NYC in 2013, with his film stills from "Unmade Beds" & "The Foreigner"- two of the most significant underground films of the 1970’s New York Punk scene, exhibited at The Museum of The Moving Image in 2015.
Recent Publications & Exhibits
Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words & Noise (2015)
Another Magazine (London, 2014)
Black Book (2014)
Curbed NY (2014)
Photography Now (2013)
The Museum of The Moving Image (New York, 2015)
The Hole Gallery NYC (New York, 2014)
The Chelsea Hotel (New York 2013)
New York University Tisch School of The Arts (2013)
_
Run-DMC was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s. Along with LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new school hip-hop music. Run-DMC was the first group in the genre to have a gold album (Run–D.M.C., 1984) and be nominated for a Grammy Award.
They were the first to earn a platinum record...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Plastic Head: Vintage Captain Scarlet Doll, rare, vintage, collectable, comic
Located in London, GB
Plastic Head: Vintage Captain Scarlet Doll - 1993:
In 1993, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a popular TV show, experienced a resurgence as it was rebroadcasted on BBC 2, captivati...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plastic, Archival Ink
BASQUIAT Dancing at The Mudd Club, 1979 (Basquiat Mudd Club Boom for Real)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'Jean Michel Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club', New York City, 1979:
This rare Basquiat photograph was taken from Nicholas Taylor’s well-documented portfolio exploring his friendship with Jean-Michel Basquiat - a friendship which began when both collaborated on the historic New York No Wave band, “GRAY” in the late 1970s; before the two briefly lived together in the East Village. Selections from Taylor's portfolio were most notably exhibited as part of the Basquiat retrospective at London's Barbican in 2017 and have been featured in numerous noteworthy publications on Basquiat.
Archival inkjet print.
18 x 24 inches (including borders).
Hand signed & numbered from an edition of 10.
Provenance: Nick Taylor.
Shipped flat using protective materials. Sold unframed.
Lot 180 gallery is an authorized dealer rep of Nick Taylor.
Taylor’s insightful photographs of a young Basquiat have been featured in numerous world renown publications, exhibits and documentaries surrounding Basquiat, among these:
"How Music Powered Basquiat," The New York Times, 9/22/17
Sotheby's "Untitled, 1982;" catalog, May, 2017
Artnet, 9/18/17: Debunking Basquiat’s Myths
The Mudd Club: Richard Boch, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, The Studio of the Street; Diego Cortez
King for a Decade: Jean Michel Basquiat; Taka Kawachi
Recent Exhibitions featuring Taylor's work:
Basquiat: Boom For Real, The Barbican, London, 2017/2018.
New York, New Music 1980-86: Museum of the City of New York (2021).
Nicholas Taylor: Further Background:
Nicholas Taylor (American, b. 1953) is a renowned photographer and musician. Taylor moved to New York in 1977 to pursue a career as a photographer and it was through the vibrant New York art scene that he came to know the young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. It was, in fact, his intimate portfolio of photographs documenting his friendship with Basquiat that rocketed Taylor to fame. The two would collaborate in the No Wave band “Gray” before Taylor launched a successful career as a DJ famous for track-looping. His track “Suicide Mode” would later be used in the soundtrack for Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film “Basquiat."
Circa 1981, Basquiat payed homage to Taylor by incorporating "Nick Taylor" and "DJ High Priest" (a title anointed him by Basquiat) into two separate drawings. While everyone else in the downtown tries to take credit, it was in fact Taylor who first introduced Jean-Michel to Madonna - at the Mudd Club - the very place this one of a kind image was captured.
More on The Mudd Club:
In the 1970s New York City, uptown had the glitz of Studio 54 and downtown had the Mudd Club: a legendary, downtown art scene venue known for pushing the boundaries of nightlife. The space became a natural collision of fashion, art, music, and literature. And the list of guests who walked through the front door reflected that scene: musicians like Grace Jones, Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry, Fab Five Freddy, Marianne Faithfull, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, and Nico; fashion luminaries such as, Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, and Gia Carangi...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Plastic Head: RARE Vintage Robin Doll - 1988, rare, vintage, collectable, comic
Located in London, GB
Plastic Head: RARE Vintage Robin Doll - 1988\
Alongside Batman was his sidekick Robin, who was my favourite because when it came down to playing Batman & ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plastic, Archival Ink
PRINCE Photograph Detroit 1980 (Prince Dez Dickerson)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Prince & The Revolution Photograph 1980 by Leni Sinclair: Prince alongside his first guitarist Dez Dickerson shot by Leni Sinclair, 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist (See The Guardian UK Photo Section, Jan. 28, 2016).
Archival inkjet print. 11 x 14 inches.
Hand signed, titled & dated in ink across the margins.
Some minor corner bending; in otherwise very good overall condition.
Obtained directly from artist. Lot 180 is an authorized dealer rep of photographer Leni Sinclair.
About Leni Sinclair:
Sinclair is a recognized leader of the 1960s-70s counter cultural movement in Detroit, which she amply documented through vivid and dramatic photography. But she may be best known for capturing the raucous rock n’ roll scene of that era, including photographs of such rock legends as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and jazz icons such as Miles Davis and Sun Ra...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Murakami TMF4" Pop Art Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Murakami TMF4" Pop Art Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Murakami Inspired TMF4
Year: 2010
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Edition: 1/4
Artist proof: 1
Other...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bruce Springsteen photograph (the Bottom Line NYC 1975)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Bruce Springsteen Photograph by Fernando Natalici
A rare, striking photo of Bruce Springsteen at the age of 25 captured at The Bottom Line New York, 1975, by celebrated underground photographer, Fernando Natalici.
Bruce and The East Street Band's 1975 shows at The Bottom Line were cited by Rolling Stone in 2004 as among the “50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock & Roll."
Dimensions: 13 x 19 inches
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print
Hand signed & titled in ink from a limited edition of 25
Excellent condition
Seller is a primary dealer rep of Fernando Natalici
As Rolling Stone wrote... In August 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were booked to play ten shows at the tiny New York club the Bottom Line, near Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Springsteen was weeks away from releasing his third album, Born to Run, and his label, Columbia, invited more than 1,000 industry insiders to see what fans of the E Street Band's live shows had long known. As guitarist Steven Van...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Butterfly 3" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 3" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B3
Year: 2018
Print size: 24" x 24" Inch
Edition: 1/24
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
Archival fin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Aretha Franklin Detroit 1976 (Aretha Franklin photograph by Leni Sinclair)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Aretha Franklin by Leni Sinclair:
The 'queen of soul,' Aretha Franklin shot in Motown by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair, this year's Kre...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"Big Captain Jack Donuts" 68x54" One of a kind photo arrangement on canvas
By Candice CMC
Located in Southampton, NY
You have read about the extraordinary donut portraits by Candice CMC on social media world-wide and we are excited and proud to represent her work.
We have included in this listing an image from some of the world-wide Social Media Buzz on Candice CMC
This Very large one of a kind photo arrangement on canvas titled "Big Captain Jack...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Rolling Stones photograph Detroit 1972 (Keith Richards Rolling Stones)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Richards Rolling Stones photograph 1971:
Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards Detroit, 1971: photographed by legendary Rock photograp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Colmadito
Located in San Juan, PR
In this new series Mercado utilizes canvas in big format as a medium to intervene Jack Delano's photographs of Puerto Rican agriculture workers he documented for the FSA in the 1940's. Originally, Mercado intervened Delano's photographs in a C-Print medium , For this new series The Canvas big format creates a new dialogue with the observer.
In this exhibit named “Iconos”, Carlos Mercado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Neon Light, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Photogram
Jon Gould with Magazines in Montauk
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"MT1" Photography (FRAMED) 60" x 60" inch Edition 3/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"MT1" Photography (FRAMED) 60" x 60" inch Edition 3/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 60x60 Inches
Artwork finished size 62x62 Inches
Limited edition 3 of 10
Artist proof 2
Medium:
This artwork printed on the highest resolution exhibition Giclee Baryta museum grade paper. Mounted on half inch Dibond. Coated with a fine art premier...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Blue Jeans
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work which comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s, the acting registrar of the foundation.
...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Polaroid
$24,000
"M16 LED" Photography (FRAMED) 73" x 37" inch Edition 1/2 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M16 LED" Photography (FRAMED) 73" x 37" inch Edition 1/2 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 72x36 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 73x37 Inches
Limited edition 1 of 2
Artist pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment, LED Light
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Transrotor Argos (Photography DIASEC)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5
Mounted in Plexiglas
Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The "World Recor...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"Big Donuts at Tiffany's" Large photographic arrangement of Donuts on canvas
By Candice CMC
Located in Southampton, NY
You have read about the extraordinary donut portraits by Candice CMC on social media world-wide and we are excited and proud to represent her work.
We have included in this listing a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Tina Turner on Nightclub Balcony
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
BASQUIAT Dancing at The Mudd Club, 1979 (Basquiat Boom For Real photograph)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
'Jean Michel Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club', New York City, 1979:
This rare Basquiat photograph was taken from Nicholas Taylor’s well-documented portfolio exploring his friendship with Jean-Michel Basquiat - a friendship which began when both collaborated on the historic New York No Wave band, “GRAY” in the late 1970s; before the two briefly lived together in the East Village. Selections from Taylor's portfolio were most notably exhibited as part of the Basquiat retrospective at London's Barbican in 2017 and have been featured in numerous noteworthy publications on Basquiat.
Archival inkjet print on 310gsm fiber based paper.
11 x 14 inches (including borders).
Hand signed & numbered from an edition of 50.
Provenance: Obtained directly from artist.
Shipped flat using protective materials.
Lot 180 gallery is an authorized dealer rep of Nick Taylor.
Taylor’s insightful photographs of a young Basquiat have been featured in numerous world renown publications, exhibits and documentaries surrounding Basquiat, among these:
"How Music Powered Basquiat," The New York Times, 9/22/17
Sotheby's "Untitled, 1982;" catalog, May, 2017
Artnet, 9/18/17: Debunking Basquiat’s Myths
The Mudd Club: Richard Boch, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, The Studio of the Street; Diego Cortez
King for a Decade: Jean Michel Basquiat; Taka Kawachi
Exhibits:
Basquiat: Boom For Real, The Barbican, London, 2017/2018.
More on Nicholas Taylor:
Nicholas Taylor (American, b. 1953) is a renowned photographer and musician. Taylor moved to New York in 1977 to pursue a career as a photographer and it was through the vibrant New York art scene that he came to know the young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. It was, in fact, his intimate portfolio of photographs documenting his friendship with Basquiat that rocketed Taylor to fame. The two would collaborate in the No Wave band “Gray” before Taylor launched a successful career as a DJ famous for track-looping. His track “Suicide Mode” would later be used in the soundtrack for Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film “Basquiat."
Circa 1981, Basquiat payed homage to Taylor by incorporating "Nick Taylor" and "DJ High Priest" (a title anointed him by Basquiat) into two separate drawings. While everyone else in the downtown tries to take credit, it was in fact Taylor who first introduced Jean-Michel to Madonna - at the Mudd Club - the very place this one of a kind image was captured.
More on The Mudd Club:
In the 1970s New York City, uptown had the glitz of Studio 54 and downtown had the Mudd Club: a legendary, downtown art scene venue known for pushing the boundaries of nightlife. The space became a natural collision of fashion, art, music, and literature. And the list of guests who walked through the front door reflected that scene: musicians like Grace Jones, Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry, Fab Five Freddy, Marianne Faithfull, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, and Nico; fashion luminaries such as, Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, and Gia Carangi...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Jon Gould Sunbathing Shirtless with Jeans Seated in Cape Cod
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Butterfly 14" Abstract Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 14" Abstract Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B12
Year: 2018
Print size: 24" x 24" Inch
Edition: 1/24
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Butterfly 29" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 29" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B29
Year: 2018
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Framed size: 42" x 42" Inch
Edition: 1/8
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Bob Marley photograph Detroit 1978 by Leni Sinclair
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Bobby Marley Photograph by Leni Sinclair:
Reggae icon, Bob Marley, 1978 by legendary Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair: 2016's Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist. Photographed by S...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Johnny Cash - The songs that made him famous - Garrard 209 (Photography DIASEC)
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 3
Mounted in Plexiglas
Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The "World Recor...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"WB12" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"WB12" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
"WB12"
Original photography by Giuliano Bekor
48" x 48" inch
Edition of 10
This artwork printed on the highest resolution archival fine art 100% cotton rag velvet Somerset museum quality paper. Mounted on half inch Dibond. Coated with a fine art premier...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Bob Dylan Concert at Madison Square Garden
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work which comes with a Certificate of Provenance from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts issued by Christie’s, the acting registrar of the foundation.
...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Butterfly 20" Photography 48" x 86" inch Edition 2/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 20" Photography 48" x 86" inch Edition 2/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B20
Year: 2017
Print size: 46" x 84" Inch trim bleed
Framed size" 48" x 86" Inch
Edition:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Ball
Located in East Hampton, NY
From the Hand Series Hand Holding an Eyeball
Edition of 5
Printed to Order
*Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been featured in the June 2019 issue of Black & White Magazine and the photograph Boat House, Springs East Hampton is featured in the June 2019 issue of Luxury Magazine
Gerry Giliberti is a print-based photographic artist who uses graphics, photography, sculpture and digital imagery to create abstract, surrealistic images and constructions that bring the viewer into a new visual world. Having a classical bachelor of fine arts education including printmaking, photography, sculpture, oil and watercolor painting, illustration, etching, silk-screening and other specialized printmaking processes, including archival photographic processing techniques, Giliberti laid the foundation for his unique ability to see simple images among complex textures.
Others:
Hands
Title: Ball
Size: 11” x 15”
Edition: 2/5
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Price: $550
Title: Family
Size: 11” x 15”
Edition: 1/5
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Price: $550
Title: Baseball
Size: 11” x 15”
Edition: 1/5
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Price: $550
Title: Brothers
Size: 11” x 15”
Edition: 1/5
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Price: $550
Title: Zoranne City Boy...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie, Luxman, PD-310
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5
Mounted in Plexiglas
Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"Large Captain Jack Donuts" One of a kind photo arrangement of Donuts on Rag
By Candice CMC
Located in Southampton, NY
You have read about the extraordinary donut portraits by Candice CMC on social media world-wide and we are excited and proud to represent her work.
We have included in this listing an image from some of the world-wide Social Media Buzz on Candice CMC
This large one of a kind photo arrangement on canvas titled "Large Captain Jack...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Golden Maximo Red
Located in San Juan, PR
Mixed Media Photography , hand painted C-Print mounted on a gold acrylic mirror enclosed on a Plexiglass box
In this new series Mercado big format as a medium to intervene Jack Del...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Neon Light, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Photogram
"M14" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M14" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
This Artwork is printed on a highest resolution fine art archival Kodak pearl pigment paper, Print mounted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Bianca Jagger, Rex Smith and Steve Rubell
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"WB2" Abstract Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 90" inch Edition 3/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"WB2" Abstract Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 90" inch Edition 3/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 90x48 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 94x52 Inches
Limited edition 3 of 6
Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"M13" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M13" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
This Artwork is printed on a highest resolution fine art archival Kodak pearl pigment paper, Print mounted on dibon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Octopussy O20" Abstract Photography 40" x 84" in Edition 2/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Octopussy O20" Abstract Photography 40" x 84" in Edition 2/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 84x40 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 88x44 Inches
Limited edition 2 of 6
Artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
"WB9" Photography (FRAMED) 62" x 42" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"WB9" Photography (FRAMED) 62" x 42" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 62x42 Inches
Artwork finished size 64x44 Inches
Limited edition of 10
Artist proof 2
Medium
This artwork printed on the highest resolution archival fine art 100% cotton rag velvet Somerset museum quality smooth surface heavyweight paper. It’s printed with a high saturation finish. Mounted on half inch thick dibond. Coated with a museum quality archival premier print shield with extra UV protection. Custom gallery style matte black finish Roma frame.
WILD BELOW series
Glowing projections of marine life flood the darkness of an aquatic underworld. Evoking the silence following a dive into the ocean, this series gives the viewer a sense of being submerged. Detailed projections create compositional magic on the bodies of human subjects; water droplets render movement and transmit light across the fluid landscape.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art.
Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists.
With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected his craft to an exceptional level of expertise. Composed of light, color, space and form, Giuliano brings ideas conceptualized in his own imagination into reality throughout his work.
Currently living between New York and Los Angeles, Giuliano is often on the move traveling for work and inspiration. Always the restless visionary, he ceases to continually express his fresh and nuanced style.
For Giuliano Bekor, a photograph is an image that comes into being consciously, composed of light, color, space and form. Like a painter, he sketches, refining ideas through pen and pencil well before the shutter clicks. A camera is strictly a means to an end, a way of making a palpable visual record of an idea that gestates in his mind, gains shape by his hand, and resolves through his eye as it peers through the lens.
His subject is the human body, almost always nude. These images delve into the splendor of the body - how it can express the inner meaning of who we are. Limbs, torsos, muscles and bones are exposed as though carved out of a supple, glowing stone that flexes and twists. Many of these photographs feature subjects posed with the eyes obscured, the face covered.
If we look closely, Bekor says, we can see that the body is as much a window into the soul as the eyes. This is a gallery of the soul etched into the forms we assume in the physical world. Through exaggerated contrast between light and dark, smooth and textured, vaporous and tactile, Giuliano deliberately filters the extraneous.
The camera captures the image, but for Bekor each exposure is a transformation - of himself, his subjects, and us. He is digging into uneasy turf, fraught with tension: masculine/feminine, heroic/cowardly, shameless/shameful, eternal/fleeting. The intensity of detail, the fiercely exquisite perfection of the bodies themselves, the unflinching, scrupulous engagement of the lens, negates all pretense of politeness. Confronted, we are summoned to look. So we must. And we do. And we experience the beautiful human forms we inhabit and the silent, eloquent language they speak.
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Giuliano Bekor’s most recent fine art photography solo shows include:
2019 - March Lips The cool HeArt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Buddy Guy – A Man And His Blues – Transcriptor
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5
Mounted in Plexiglas
Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
"M14" Photography (FRAMED) 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M14" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
This Artwork is printed on a highest resolution fine art archival Kodak pearl pigment paper, Print mounted on dibon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Butterfly 5" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 5" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B12
Year: 2018
Print size: 24" x 24" Inch
Edition: 1/24
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
Archival fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jon Gould Walking in Surf
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs
Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mother Goose
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. “Mother Goose” is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA09.00613, FA09.00581, a...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Polaroid
"Butterfly 7" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 7" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B7
Year: 2018
Print size: 24" x 24" Inch
Edition: 1/24
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
Archival f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Butterfly 13" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 13" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B13
Year: 2018
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Framed size: 42" x 42" Inch
Edition: 1/8
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
Pop Art figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art 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 orange, blue, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giuliano Bekor, Axel Crieger, Kai Schäfer, and Leni Sinclair. Frequently made by artists working with Plastic, and Plexiglass and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art figurative photography, so small editions measuring 3.38 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 $280 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work sells for $9,000.