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Portrait Photography For Sale
BERT STERN - THE LAST SITTING - MARILYN LOOKING AT YOU, 1962. Photography, icons
By Bert Stern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The Last Sitting - Marilyn Looking at You
Date of creation: 2011
Medium: Iris pigment print
Edition: 72
Size: 48 x 33 cm
Condition: In perfect condition, never framed
Description: ...
Category
2010s Portrait Photography
Materials
Pigment
Detailed, Fashion-Inspired Profile Portrait of an Elite Horse
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Velvet Crest"
The smooth coat and bridle are highlighted in this profile portrait of a delicately arched horse's neck.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl with swans for Greek Vogue
By Iris Brosch
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10
A beautiful dressed girl is standing in the water and 2 swans swims around her.
The artist, photographer and director Iris Brosch, living between New York and Paris,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Candid black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe posed with baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archive...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Catherine D'Lish in Champagne Coupe I - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Catherine D'Lish, Tease-o-Rama, photograph capturing her champagne coupe Burlesque performance in Hollywood. Richard Heeps became well-known for his Burlesque photography as he captu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Blue Boy
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Signed, dated, and numbered, verso
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
22 x 22 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
31 x 31 inches, image
(Edition of 15)
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles and David LaChapelle, James Bidgood revolutionized gay male...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie Diamond Dogs by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, TX
Rare, signed silver gelatin print of David Bowie with a large barking dog for publicity shots for his 1974 album ‘Diamond Dogs’ in London.
12x16" silver gelatin darkroom print, sign...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Antique Signed Original Rare Humphrey Bogart Portrait Photograph
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed and extremely rare photograph of Humphrey Bogart by Philippe Halsman (1906 - 1979). Signed. Framed. Measuring 17 by 21 inches overall and 10.25 by 13.25 photograph a...
Category
1960s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Tattooing)
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print
Stamped and numbered, verso
20 x 24 inches
(Edition of 10)
30 x 40 inches
(Edition of 5)
50 x 60 inches
(Edition of 3)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, loc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white promo photo of Marilyn Monroe posed for her role in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", circa 1953.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault ar...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Audrey Hepburn with Balloons at the Arc de Triomphe
Located in Austin, TX
Audrey’s most beloved movie is arguably Funny Face, in which she plays a bookish girl swept up in the world of fashion, taken under the wing of a magazine editor looking for a model ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Skiing Waiter - Ice Skating Waiter on Frozen Lake in Icy White Winter Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiing Waiter - Ice Skating Waiter on Frozen Lake in Icy White Winter Landscape by Slim Aarons shows a waiter in a white jacket and bowtie ice skating on a frozen lake with a cocktai...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Winter Suntans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
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Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
I am online #8
Located in New York City, NY
Gabriel Wickbold
I am online #8, 2015
44 x 64 inches
160 x 110 cm
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
Framed (Matt Black)
Signed on verso + Signature Lab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Man on Couch)
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Vinhedo, a small town on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Walter Briski, Jr. began his interests in photography at the age of thirteen. He later moved to the city of Sao Paulo to pursue his passion, and after completing his studies at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas, he began his career as a fashion photographer working with top national magazines such as “Brazilian Vogue,” “Brazilian Interview,” and “Trip.”
Soon after, Briski moved to New York City in pursuit of advancing his career. In search of strengthening his art, he learned to master the technique of black-and-white printing while employed at a highly ranked film production house. There, he printed works for artists such as Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, Matthew Barney, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, Steven Sebring, and Ellen Von Unwerth.
In the midst of printing images that were reproduced in magazines such as “Vogue,” “Harper’s Bazaar,” “W,” “L’Uomo Vogue,” “I.D.,” “Arena,” “The New York Times Magazine,” and “Interview,” he also began printing his own photographs. Briski has had the wonderful opportunity to work with top models and celebrities, including the Brewer twins, Carole King...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leonardo Di Caprio, LA, 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 actor Leonardo di Caprio in young age.
From personality portraits and advertising ca...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City, Harlem, Fire Hydrant, Iconic Black and White Photography 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver print signed by the photographer on verso (back of photo).
Provenance: Freed estate
LITERATURE: W. A. Ewin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Taylor Sitting in Boat
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features Elizabeth Taylor sitting with dog in a boat from the movie scene "Lassie Come Home", circa 1943. Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jumping Geoff, 1966 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Sports
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Marilyn Monroe in Swimsuit and Heels Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Boxed vintage original print of Mairlyn Monroe posed in a swimsuit and heels.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of histor...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe Sitting on Bed
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe on a bed.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photographs in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Man Ray's Photo in Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1975.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$224 Sale Price
25% Off
Interviewing Grace (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Interviewing Grace (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bob Harrow/Express/Getty Images)
May 1956: American actress Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) being interviewed by journali...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Don't Give up on Us Baby (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Don't Give up on Us Baby (Till Death do us Part) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Maternum, Horse Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Raphael Macek
Maternum, 2020
Afresco series
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
New York, Harlem, African American Children, Black and White Photo, Fire Hydrant
Located in New york, NY
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 24" x 20" gelatin silver photograph signed by the photographer on verso (back). Provenance: Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Showgirl Loretta Goggi during "Happy Circus". Rome, 24.11.1981.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$35 Sale Price
25% Off
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Natalie Wood with Guinea Pig
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Natalie Wood smiling while holding a pet guinea pig.
Natalie Wood Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age e...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eve Arnold - Two young models check their make-up, 1950, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
Two young models check their make-up backstage at a local fashion show at the Abyssinian Church in Harlem, New York City in 1950.
All available sizes and editions:
24" x 20", Editio...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Cotton, Paper
Kissing - Contemporary British Art, Animal Photography, Tim Flach, Monkeys
By Tim Flach
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
'Kissing' is a stunning C-Type print by contemporary British photographer Tim ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Inchoy by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
The steady gaze of Inchoy and her child.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
$1,774 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris, Jazz Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Daughter China Moses, 1980s
Located in New york, NY
In 1986 African-American musician Dee Dee Bridgewater left the United States and moved to Paris, France where she lived for the next fifteen years with her family, two daughters and ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Katharine Hepburn in Coat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white studio portrait of actress Katharine Hepburn in a coat for her role in "Stage Door", circa 1937.
Katharine Hepburn was an American actress whose career as a Hollywoo...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali and The Beatles Miami
Located in Austin, TX
On February 18th, 1964, just nine days after the Beatles made their acclaimed American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a week before Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) won his first World Heavyweight Championship title...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
A Portrait of the Artist as a young Woman - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman' part of the series 'A Girl Called N.' - 2019
20x24cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signatu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Grace Jones at His Wedding
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in Contact Warhol: Photography Without End, edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer. An iconic book celebrating Warhol's most famous photogr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe . Marilyn Monroe pink angel . The last sitting
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn Monroe pink angel
Mythical photo of the last seance (1962)
ink jet print by bert stern
2012
signed on both sides
certificate signed by the artist in his lifetime
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Lennon and Paul McCartney The Beatles by Robert Whitaker
Located in Austin, TX
Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles pictured during the recording of their annual Christmas message to the groups’ fan club at the Marquee St...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Natalie Wood and Guinea Pig
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Natalie Wood smiling while holding a pet guinea pig.
Natalie Wood Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age e...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dee Dee Ramone on Balcony with Guitar
By Keith Green
Located in East Hampton, NY
Iconic photo of DeeDee Ramone at the Chelsea Hotel in NYC
Dee Dee Ramone on the Balcony 1993 by Keith Green
Chelsea Hotel
Silver Gelatin Print
Rock n Roll Photography
50 and 4 pr...
Category
1990s 85 New Wave Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph, realized in 1968.
In the Photo: Marshal Josip Broz T...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
American classical violinist Eugene Fodor, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American classical violinist Eugene Fodor, photographed for After Dark magazine in 1975. Mitchell dry mounted this photograph on archiva...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Glenn Close, 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 the famous American ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Wild Horses on Sable Island Nuzzling, Calming, Vertical, Ethereal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Caress"
Signs of affection on Sable Island between the horses include nuzzling, like in this image here.
The print series Discovering the Horses of Sable...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Comics Heroes in London painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
SGARRA Robert (1959)
Mix Acrylic paint and photograph Collage
Mount : Wood panel
Dimensions : (H) 150cm x (L)150 cm x (T) 10 cm
SGARRA Robert (1959)
French Painter and Scul...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ernest Hemingway is a black and white photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ted Higby at Skyline Rodeo, 1928
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexiglas, free shipping and a 14 day return policy.
Ted Higby at Skyline Rodeo, 1928
15 x 12 inch gelatin silver print
Image Size: 14 x 8.5 inches
Frame size: 22.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches
Edition of 15
Lora Webb Nichols was born in 1883 and grew up in the small mining town of Encampment, Wyoming. At the age of 16 Lora received her first camera and from that moment and for the next few decades she produced work that is both stunning in its singular voice and revealing in the world it opens up for us.
At first Nichols photographed her family, friends, and the landscape around Encampment, but when the town experienced a copper mining boom Nichols expanded her scope to become a photographer for hire shooting portraits and industrial photographs. When the boom collapsed, Nichols took the risk of opening her own business in Encampment - The Rocky Mountain Studio - which opened in 1925. The studio ran for ten years, accumulating 24,000 negatives that illustrate the lives and environment of the people living in and around the town while creating a distinctive and surprising body of work. If one was to attempt an analogy – Nichols’ pictures fit somewhere between Lartigue and Lange - joyful and generous while objectively intimate. In particular what seems to distinguish Nichols’ work is the way she sees the world from a female perspective. As Vince Aletti...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clark Gable With a Sealyham Terrier
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white capture features smiling Clark Gable carrying pet Sealyham Terrier and looking away.Clark Gable was an American film actor, often referred to as ""The King of Ho...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ezra, color photograph from Homegrown, limited edition, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ezra is a color photograph from Homegrown and is signed and numbered by the artist
“When I began taking pictures,” Blackmon says, “ I was primarily interested in documenting the l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lucky, Color Photograph, Archival Pigment Ink Print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lucky, 2023 is a recent archival pigment ink print by Maggie Taylor. All prints are signed and numbered by Maggie Taylor.
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sophia Loren in Leopard Print Hat
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of actress Sophia Loren in a fur hat, circa 1962.
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a caree...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kubrick On Set, 1963 - Portrait of Stanley Kubrick from the Getty Images Archive
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes.
Taken from...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Old Woman Spring Road (29 Palms, CA)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Old Woman Spring Road (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
44x59cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Art...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Kate Moss London" Signed Limited Edition Framed Archival Pigment Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
"Kate Moss London" by Jake Chessum
Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today.
Jake grew up in Croydon, South London. He studied Graphic Design at St. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for “Neutrogena” featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs' “George” Magazine and in 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to NYC where he still lives with his wife and 2 kids...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: RAYOGRAPH
Date Of Negative: 1923
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
Category
1920s Photorealist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Marilyn Monroe in Dark Hat Vintage Press Print
By Bert Stern
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe close up, wearing a dark hat.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Brave (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Brave (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs
Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.
Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.
Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.
While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.
Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.
Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.
On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.
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