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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
'Haute Route Repose' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Haute Route Repose by Toni Frissell A skier admires the view from the top of a piste on the infamous “Haute Route”, Switzerland, 1961. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edi...
Archival Pigment
'An Alpine Scene In Winter' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
An Alpine Scene In Winter by Toni Frissell The St. Anton ski resort, Austria, 1955. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper siz...
Archival Pigment
Il San Pietro di Positano - Limited Edition C-Type, Slim Aarons Summer Series
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Il San Pietro di Positano, 1984 is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print by 20th Century American Photographer Slim Aarons. 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate S...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Majorelle Garden, Marrakesh, Morocco - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Majorelle Garden, Marrakesh is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print by 20th Century American Photographer Slim Aarons. 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamp...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$6,100
Slim Aarons Dining Al Fresco Supersize Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining Al Fresco Capri 1980 by Slim Aarons Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dinin...
C Print
Sunbathing Antibes, 1976 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing Antibes, 1976 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Sunbathing Antibes, 1976 is a Limited Edition Estate ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Color C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Capri Holiday, 1958 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Capri Holiday, 1958' by Slim Aarons is a Limited Edition Es...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Color C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Digital C-Type print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Like a scene out of an Indiana J...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Poolside Party - Limited Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm unframed. ' Poolside Party ' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. K...
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'Backgammon Players'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people playing backgammon by a swimming pool at Marbella Beach Club, Spain, September 1970. Slim Aarons Backgammon Players 1970 (printed later) C print Estate signature s...
Lambda
Sailing Boats; From the journal Camera Work
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1911. Halftone engraving from a gum bichromate print; 8 x 5 5/8 inches (203 x 142 mm), tipped onto a mounting sheet 8 x 11 3/4 in. 2 mm tear on lower rig...
Engraving, Photogravure
USS Roosevelt, New York Navy Day 1945, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Associated Press Photo. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carriers on the Hudson River, New York, during Navy Day in 1945. Features...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sardinian Holiday Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30 inches / ca 101 x 76 cm's. Estate Stamp...
Color, Archival Pigment
Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
Hand-crafted by world-renowned large format film photographer Bob Kolbrener. This image is available in the following sizes: 10x20 ($2,500) - 15x30 ($3,200) - 20x40 ($6,500). Please ...
Silver Gelatin
Rapallo Port Genoa Italy 1954 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Rapallo Italy by Toni Frissell The port of Rapallo in Italy 1954. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available - please enquire) ...
Archival Pigment
Skiing in St Moritz, 1983 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiing in St Moritz, 1983 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Skiing in St Moritz' is a beautiful Limited Edition E...
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Forest of Mionsi 17 - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1962
By Josef Sudek
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek Forest of Mionsi 17, 1962 Original gelatin silver print 9 x 14 cm (c. 3.5 x 5.5 in) Dated on the back Signed on the back by Petr Helbich (the assistant of Josef Sudek an...
Silver Gelatin
' Seascape I ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Seascape I ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print by Stuart Christian Möller limited edition to 10 only this size - signed A view of the sea during a rainstorm. Gorgeous arc...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Color C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Lunch at Pigna, August 1980 by Slim Aarons is a Limited ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Istanbul 1960 – Galata Bridge – Original Vintage – Black & White
Located in Cologne, DE
Istanbul 1960 – Galata Bridge – Original Vintage – Black & White Photographer: Klaus Redenbacher This captivating black-and-white photograph, taken during a 1960 journey to Turke...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Andros Island' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Andros Island by Slim Aarons Friends prepare for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 30 x 30" inches / 76...
Archival Pigment
New York City Skyline and Ferry, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the dramatic skyline of New York City, with towering skyscrapers rising above the water. In the foreground, a ferry glides across the river, ...
Black and White
Greece in 1957 - Athens (Print 2 of 50)
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. The collection shows the worldwide travels of a then presumably very wealthy family from Belgium and was created in the 1950s and 1960s. The name of the creator of these works is unknown. We purchased the collection and are carefully curating the holdings to find outstanding period photographs within for high quality limited edition prints and large formats - for rooms made for people, with windows into the past. The print is new, limited to a maximum of 50 copies, created on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl. To keep shipping costs low, the work comes to you rolled in a special box.
Color
Corsica Island Paradise, 1984, Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition Print ED.150
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
August 1984: Topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. Slim Aarons Island Paradise 1984 C print (Printed l...
C Print
$7,500
Dune
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in "Fifteen Photographs" (edition...
Silver Gelatin
Siena Rain - Oversize print
Located in London, GB
Siena Rain - Oversize c type - Limited Edition 1/50 by Bernhard Wübbel Beautiful archival pigment print limited to 50 only - numbered and stamped by...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Mackinac To Chicago Sail' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Mackinac To Chicago Sail by Toni Frissell Spectators gather on the jetty as they wait for the Mackinac to Chicago sailboat race to begin. The race covers 289 nautical miles and take...
Archival Pigment
Yacht Holiday C Print by Slim Aarons, Estate Signed, 40x60"
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt's yacht in Marbella, 1967. Slim Aarons Yacht Holiday 1967 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Slim And Sphinx' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim And Sphinx by Slim Aarons circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard’s night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited editio...
Archival Pigment
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Rainy Time Square (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Rainy Time Square (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) Two silhouetted women at bus stop under umbrellas in Time Square, Manhattan,...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print with exemplary provenance is unsigned but bears several stamps from the artist's family on the back of the mount, including the authentication stamp of Adam...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, ...
Lambda
$4,900
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc -Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' by Slim Aarons ESTATE EDITION - numbered and emboss stamped on front. (edition size 150 only) Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, ...
C Print
Nelda By The Pool, 1970, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Slim Aaro...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'The Lure Of Lamu' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Lure Of Lamu by Slim Aarons The resort of Kiwayu Mlango wa Chanu in the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, February 1987. The resort is run by Governors’ Camp of the Masai Mara. (Photo ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Signpost In St. Moritz (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside In Kenya, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz, Switzerland, March 19...
Lambda
'White Horse' Oversize Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Print
Located in London, GB
White Horse By Stuart Möller A white horse gallops along a beach (photo Stuart Möller). Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print Unframed (framin...
Archival Pigment
$2,100
The Hamptons 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Hamptons 1955 by Toni Frissell Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition A beach scene in The Hamptons USA 1955. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment pr...
Archival Pigment
'Boy in Bermuda' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Boy in Bermuda by Toni Frissell Fishy friends and underwater snorkelling on a beach in Bermuda, 1956. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 30 x 40" inches / 76 x...
Archival Pigment
Mill Reef Club, Antigua, 1960 (Unseen)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Mill Reef Beach Club, Antigua 1960 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered ed...
C Print
Holland Canal, Netherlands
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This large, dramatic black-and-white photograph by one of the most important photographers of the 20th-century, Brett Weston, is perhaps the artist's most iconic image. This relative...
Silver Gelatin
Fern Forest III - Archival Inkjet Print, American Modern, 21st Century Print
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest III' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest III' is the second pr...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color
Paris 1952 , a picturesque moment
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...
Black and White
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images) 17th July 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959' by Slim Aarons is...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Swimming In Bermuda Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Bermuda Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...
Color, Archival Pigment
'A Windmill In Portugal' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
A Windmill In Portugal by Toni Frissell A woman takes a break in a wheat field next to an old windmill, Portugal 1946. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 30 x ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern
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...
C Print
The Brooklyn Bridge (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
The Brooklyn Bridge (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) The Brooklyn Bridge and Downtown Manhattan, New York, USA, circa 1959. Ad...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Motorcycling Lord
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Motorcycling Lord Lord Hesketh, Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry, by the lake in the grounds of his family estate Easton Neston House, Northamptonshire with...
Archival Pigment
$3,900
Poolside Host, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far left is Lita Baron....
C Print
Barbados Bliss - Limited Edition Estate Stamp C-Type Print, 16" x 20"
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Barbados Bliss by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Barbados Bliss is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Ty...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$3,600
Slim Aarons Bermuda View 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermuda View by Slim Aarons 1957: View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons (Photo by S...
Archival Pigment
Rainy Embankment (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Fair Fun (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) August 1929: A man standing alone on a rain-drenched pavement on the River Thames Embankment, London...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'On The Hamptons Beach' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
On The Hamptons Beach by Toni Frissell A family return to shore after a lilo adventure on the sea, Hamptons Beach, 1956. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 ...
Archival Pigment
Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Limited Edition Estate C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Rhode Island Surfers, 1965" is a Limited Edition Estate...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 is a Limited E...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Digital, Color
Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Rockefeller Center (1945) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by George Enell/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) circa 1945: The Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, New York City. ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin