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Period: 1980s
Style: Contemporary
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Hotel Cheyenne - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Hotel Cheyenne is a colour vintage photo, realized in the Early 1990s.
The photo depicts the Hotel Cheyenne that creates Western movie set, at Euro Disn...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Katia-Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Katia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1989.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pri...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Morning-Signed limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Morning - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition of 10
This grainy photograph is very beautiful but given its large size it is best appreciated from a d...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...
Brian Ferry, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of British singer and songwriter Brian...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brooke Shields, Martin Hewittin - Endless Love - Vintage Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Brooke Shields, Martin Hewittin - Endless Love - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1981.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Christian - Signed limited edition fine art print, Black white photo, Homoerotic
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Christian - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1984 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pr...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pi...
Ballet/Fetish -Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Contemporary
By Geoff Halpin
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ballet/Fetish - Signed limited edition fine art print - Edition: 1 of 5
Airbrush painting over old black and white photograph
This image was captured on film in 1983.
The ne...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is a 24 x 20 inch digital C-print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. One of Steve McCurry's most iconic images, this photograph features a you...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Digital
Clam - Signed limited edition animal fine art print, Black and white still life
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Clam - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Sepia tone - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1984.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Woman, Dog, Bed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Staging Pictures: Early Polaroids focuses on Stivers' working Polaroid prints, shot with a Hasselblad Polaroid back for instant proofing of lighting and composition of his subjects. ...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cats, Salford - Vintage British interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Ordinary Places' Series, it captures Britain on the brink of change. It was Richard's first colour series and it achieved much success with an exhibition at th...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
Located in Surfside, FL
SEASONS (1981)
This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet)
Star. This one is hand signed and dated verso.
Seasons explores the seasons of Man, W...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Color
Figurative photography , Contemporary Portrait, Sensual Black White - Morgane 2
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 ‘ Morgane 2 ‘ who was captured on film i...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
John and Yoko Kimonos Bed Laugh, NYC, 1980
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Allan Tannenbaum
"John and Yoko Kimonos Bed Laugh, NYC, 1980"
Inkjet print
Paper size: 13 x 19 Inches
Image Size: 8.5 x 12 7/8
Edition Number: From the s...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Tom Petty - Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition C-Prints
Hand Signed by Richard Beland
8" x 10" Unframed
Open Edition
11" x 14" Unframed
Limited Edition of 150
16" x 20" Unframed
Limited Edition of 150
...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Color
Vintage Signed Surrealist Color Photograph Eve Sonneman Cibachrome Art Photo AP
By Eve Sonneman
Located in Surfside, FL
The Deflated World, 1981
Cibachrome, this is the rare AP (Artists Proof) outside the edition of 10
Hand signed by artist and dated
20 × 24 in
50.8 × 61 cm
Eve Sonneman (born in Chic...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Color, Polaroid
Gas Station with Road, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Roadsign and Field is a stunning Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of t...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Tina Chow
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Polaroid
The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
In this photograph, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet is with Saverio Vallone and Marina Souma(?)
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Africa Dove - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Africa Dove is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 20th century, Photo of Night of Trip by Alberto Moravia.
Good conditions, with some decoloration s...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Platinum Palladium silver print, Limited Edition, Motocycle - Brighton 27
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Brighton 27 - Platinum Palladium print over silver on vellum paper
Edition 1 of 8 , plus 2 AP ( Small size )
An old Harley Davidson motorcycle in front of a gas station garage ...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Platinum, Silver
Signed limited edition still life print, botanical close-up, FlowerHead 1
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 ‘FlowerHead 1 ‘ who was captured on film ...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Platinum Palladium print over Gold leaf Limited Edition sensual photo- Nathalie
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nathalie - Platinum Palladium print over 24 carat Gold leaf on vellum paper, Unframed handmade photographic reproduction on sensitised paper
Edition 1 of 8 plus 2 AP ( Medium Size ) ( Another edition in medium size will be available shortly)
Woman in a wet silk bathrobe...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Gold Leaf
Lisa- Signed limited edition fine art print, Black white, Contemporary, Sexy
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , Edition of 10
Morning light in Bordeaux, France.
Lisa posed in the doorway of an old farmhouse
Ian Sanderson rented a ca...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, TX - Children, Kids, House, Black Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Street Champion, 4th Ward, Houston, Texas is a black and white gelatin silver photograph depicting a group of children posing in front of a house. A young boy watches from the porch ...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Halston at the Beach House in Montauk
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo of Prison - Court - Vintage photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison - Court is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Maxi- Signed limited edition contemporary print, Color photo, Oversize, Nude
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Maxi - Signed limited edition archival pigment print on an textured art paper - Edition of 8
Photography : 1988
Bichromate print : 2012
Will be part of Ian Sanderson's future Br...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigm...
Romantic Couple- Paris, Signed limited edition art print, Sepia, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Romantic Couple - Signed limited edition archival pigment print 1988, Edition of 10
Paris,Montmartre
This image was captured on film in Paris in...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Limpia Creek, Fort Davis, Texas
Located in Dallas, TX
"My work is about respecting the beauty that remains and the poetry that is found." - David H. Gibson
David H. Gibson is a lifelong photographer whose first contact with the mediu...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Prince, 1981
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Lynn Goldsmith Limited Edition of 20 ...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Exhibition of Book Rome - Vintage Photo - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Book Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1989.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn & Griner - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Peter Sellers and Karen Lynn by Horn & Griner is a post-dated press print on Agfa Paper.
Print realized by famous photographers association Steve Horn and Norman Griner in 1964 and reprint for a reissure during late '80s from original film-negative.
Red ink archive code and notes on back
Dim: cm 25.5 x 20
Perfect conditions
A famous hilarious and erotic portrait of the British actors Peter Sellers wile impersonating Bela Lugosi...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brooke Shields, Martin Hewittin - Endless Love - Vintage Photo - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Brooke Shields, Martin Hewittin - Endless Love - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1981.
Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fun Tim Engelland Woodcut of a Server with a Goose
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012)
Untitled, 1989
Woodcut
11 x 8 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered lower left 29/250
A lifelong artist, Engelland specialized in oil po...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Woodcut
Franci&..- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Naked women in Camper
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Franci & Michelle - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1988 - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which wa...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...
Technology in Progress - Original Photos - 1980's
Located in Roma, IT
Technology in progress is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Dufoto stamp copyright on the rear.
Good conditions.
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1983.
Black and white photograph.
From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine....
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Daisy's Mantelpiece, Cambridge - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Daisy's Mantelpiece, domestic vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Ordinary Places.
Ordinary Places was Richard's first colour collection shot between 1986-1991 a...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
God Speed Good Fishing, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood, British vintage interior with a nautical theme, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Ordinary Places.
Ordinary Places was Richard's first colour co...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood, British vintage interior with a nautical theme, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Ordinary Places.
Ordinary Places was Richard's first colour co...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Nastassia Kinski for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1983.
Black and white photograph.
From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazin...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Large Photo Collage Miami Beach Art Deco Neon Architectural Photograph Cuban Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Large original, vintage, Ektacolor print collage
Depicts art deco architectural facade of Publix building at Dade Boulevard and Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida. Multiple prints formed into a collage mounted on a stretched canvas.
Printed November 1989. Mounted December 1989. dated lower left.
Includes protective canvas slip covering.
Size: 81"H x 72"W (205.74 cm x 182.88 cm).
Provenance: Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida
This was exhibited at the Norton Museum in Palm Beach and Bears their exhibition label verso.
Rafael Salazar (Cuban- American photographer) was born in Cuba in 1945 and has been a South Florida resident since 1965. He has photographed the development of the City of Miami as well as Miami’s budding art scene over the years. He is primarily known for his panoramic photographs and photo assemblage montages which have both a documentary quality to them but are full of enchantment and depth. Of great importance to him is the preservation on film of art works, especially those of a transitory nature, this has led him to photograph two of Christo and Jeanne-Claude projects; Miami’s Surrounded Islands and the Pont Neuf in Paris. He has also documented the works of Fernando García, Ed Ruscha, and Philip Johnson. His work draws inspiration from his love of the cosmos, spirituality, architecture, Eastern philosophy, and nature. He has been exhibiting his fine art both nationally and internationally for many years. Salazar’s images have earned him a reputation as an innovative and sensitive artist. He has close ties with the Miami-Dade Public Library System and photographed much of the development of Main Library as well as the early exhibitions and events held there. He photographed the library’s Artmobile, painted by New York Realist artist Lowell Nesbitt, an art gallery on wheels decorated with zebra patterns and native flowers that was in service from 1976 until 1992. He also documented the Grand Opening Celebration of the Metro-Dade Cultural Center held in 1986. Since its 1970 start, the Permanent Art Collection has been recognized nationally as a fearless reflection of Miami’s diversity, and an invaluable chronicle of its artistic and social history. Their collection includes Elizabeth Catlett, Purvis Young and Emilio Sanchez.
"Fact and Fiction: The State of Florida Photography...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, C Print
Paola Borboni and Anna Perino - Vintage Photo -1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Paola Borboni and Anna Perino during the show "Savannah Bay" by Ennio de Dominicis.
photo by Massimo Finzi.
Lightly Blurry.
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tony Ward Figure series #2, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 10
Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25
Black and white portrait of nude model Tony Ward.
From personality portraits and advert...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" - Original Photos - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Enea and ISI the computer was born from human "senses" is an original photograph realized in 1986 in Rome by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on the r...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Voyage of Life/Homage to Thomas Cole
By Robert Glenn Ketchum
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
The Voyage of Life/Homage to Thomas Cole
1984
Signed and numbered
Vintage Cibachrome print
30 x 38 i...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
C Print
Vintage Portrait of Steve Jones Showing Titanium - Vintage Photograph - 1989
By Agenzia Ansa
Located in Roma, IT
Steve Jones "The father of nuclear fusion" Showing Titanium is an original, vintage, and black and white photograph realized by "Agenzia Giornalistica Ital...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Guest at a Ball in Harlem, New York
Located in New York, NY
Guest at a Ball in Harlem, New York
1984/printed later
Signed and numbered, verso
Archival pigment print (Edition of 12)
15.25 x 23 inches, image
$2600.00
This work is offered b...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Franco Battiato - Original b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph by the eclectic Italian singer-songwriter, Franco Battiato, who, after experimental beginnings in the Seventies, passes through ...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cats, Salford - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Cats, British Vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Ordinary Places.
Ordinary Places was Richard's first colour collection shot between 1986-1991 and it instantly ...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Queen Live Aid
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper
Signed by the artist, on verso
Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Erotic Shooting by Walter Leonardi - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic shooting by Walter Leonardi is a lot of five photographic print on matt single coated paper.
Prints realized during 1980's on quality dedicated...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
David Bowie
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
Archival Inkjet on paper
Signed by the artist, on verso
Image: 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Sheet: 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Framed: 66.5 x 66.5 x 4 cm
Edition of 10
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Janet, Black and White Photographic Portrait, Nude
Located in New york, NY
Janet, 1981 by Louis Stettner is a 20 x 16in gelatin silver print on fiber paper. In an edition of 5, the photograph Ed 2/5 is signed both recto (photo front) and verso (photo back)....
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Figurative photo, Limited edition nude print, Contemporary, Sensual - Miranda
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 ‘Miranda‘ who was captured on film in 198...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
Waiter Woodcut by Tim Engelland, Deerfield Academy
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012)
Untitled (Waiter), 1987
Woodcut
11 x 8 1/2 in.
Numbered, dated, and signed bottom: 87/100, 1987, T. Engelland
A lifelong artist, Engelland specialized in oil portraits and landscapes, and also worked extensively in woodcuts and linocuts. He was born on Jan. 5, 1950, in Ames, Iowa, the son of Charles Wilbur “Will” Engelland and Patricia Fairman Engelland.. Tim grew up in Terre Haute, IN, attending Fairbanks Elementary School and Indiana State University’s Laboratory School. He knew he wanted to be an artist from an early age, and was mentored by Lab School’s John Laska, graduating in 1968.
He received a BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art; was a Norfolk Fellow at Yale University; and received his MFA from Cornell University, teaching there for two years after graduation.
He spent the majority of his career, from 1976-2004, at Deerfield Academy, a prestigious preparatory school in Deerfield, Mass. There he taught art and photography, coached basketball and lacrosse, and served as faculty resident. When the school began accepting female students, Tim designed The Deerfield Girl, a bronze statue to accompany The Deerfield Boy statue...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
Materials
Woodcut
Seasons 1981 Photo Color Copier Print Photograph Museum Collected Art Xerography
Located in Surfside, FL
SEASONS (1981)
This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet)
Title: Beachball. This one is hand signed and dated verso.
Seasons explores the seasons of Man, Woman, Child, Civilization, Nature and Technology. First digital artwork purchased by the Metropolitan Museum.
Date: 1980-1981
Medium: vintage color photocopy print.
“I worked at The Metropolitan Museum in 1981, when they acquired [Lesley’s] SEASONS portfolio.
We knew we wanted it, even though we didn’t have a category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City.
Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting at the Art Institute Chicago before developing her signature practice using color laser printers to create images. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mead Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major museums, corporate and private collections globally. Lesley Schiff revolutionized the photocopier from being an office tool to just another instrument in the artist's arsenal. Rather than addressing the tool in her work, Schiff instead uses the photocopier like a paintbrush to realize her vision. Once a painter, Schiff says: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct." Painting with light, Schiff's body of work outlines a cycle of life: man, woman, child, civilization, nature, technology. More recent works challenge the viewer to understand the concept of eye-levels and perspectives, reinventing the way we see. Schiff's work was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first digital acquisition, and most recently, was featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art in "Experiments in Electrostatics".
She uses a color laser printer “like a paintbrush” to create her art. She has said about her work and her tool: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct—but no matter how hi-tech my tools become, I’m a painter, but instead of painting with oils, I paint with light.
The Whitney Museum will show Lesley Schiff's pioneering SEASONS portfolio in its entirety. Many prominent collections acquired SEASONS as their first digital artwork.
She participated in the Punk Art show in the 1970's. Her work kind of relates to Fluxus and Dada.
Leslie Schiff moved from Chicago to New York in the early 1970s. Much of her art involves collage and the Xerox photocopy machine. Her images are rooted in her personal psyche and have an intuitive meaning that is not always easily understood. In exhibitions, Xerox sheets are combined and displayed decoratively on the wall. Schiff has also created books; and made video and sound tapes. She was included in the seminal New York/New Wave 1981 exhibition show at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, William S.Burroughs, David Byrne, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kenny Scharf, Steven Sprouse, Andy Warhol and Lawrence Weiner.
She did a “visual biography,” comprised of portraits of Bob Dylan—depicted at different ages, from his 20s to his 60s—illustrations of his lyrics, and images of iconic objects like his sunglasses and harmonica. Schiff collaborated with Matthew Carter...
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Contemporary 1980s Photography
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