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Portrait Photography For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Pop Art
Style: Renaissance
The End of Love (29 Palms, CA) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The End of Love - Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 -
Edition 1/10 ,
20x24cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 4898.13.
Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Marc Chagall, France, Contemporary French Photographic Portrait of Artist
Located in New york, NY
Marc Chagall in His Studio, France, 1984 by Jean-Michel Voge is a 23.4" x 16.5" archival pigment print edition 2/5 printed by the artist on Japanese Awagami handmade paper -- signed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
65x60cm,
Edition 4/10.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection with white '...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Hockney contact sheet, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait as contact sheet of famous artist David Hockney in Malibu with his little Dachshund.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fashion, Equestrian, Single White Horse with Braided Tail Against Black Backdrop
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Align III"
This award-winning image features the braided tail of a white horse.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details of some of the world’s most elite jump...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
L'ascension, Paris
By Sonia Sieff
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7
Also available in 73 x 100 cm / 28.7 x 43.3 in, Edition of 3, price on request
A very beautiful and naked woman is stepping up a circular staircase in an apartment in P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Female Nude in Yoga Pose, Black and White Photograph of Woman, Kate #10
Located in New york, NY
Kate #10, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed. Signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate. Model and yogini Kate remai...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized Minis - The Girl IV (The Girl) - signed, loose
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Mini
The Girl IV (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2016
signed in front, not mounted.
Digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroids.
Polaroid sized...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot b/w silver gelatin photograph on paper
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Unique Polaroid of Roy Lichtenstein, Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Roy Lichtenstein, 1975
Polaroid dye-diffusion print
Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, bears the Foundation stamp verso
Also acc...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
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
Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Located in Austin, TX
This awesome capture features jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong posed smiling for the camera, circa 1956.
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalis...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Debbie Harry of Blondie
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Debbie Harry by Barry Schultz. Taken backstage at a Blondie show at the Starwood Club, Los Angeles in 1978.
Available in three sizes:
16” x 20” - Sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Cher Barefoot in Car
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning black and white image of Cher, posed barefoot, seated in a car doorway.
Cher is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tales of Bitter Doom - complete series, 25 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom' complete series, 25 pieces
Edition of 7,
30x30cm each, complete 150x150cm plus spaces, 2018
digital C-Prints, based on a Polaroids mounted on Dibond - gloss ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - co signed by Terry O'Neill and Bardot
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Co signed by Brigitte Bardot and Terry O'Neill
40 x 60 inches
Edition Size: 50 +...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie and Cher: Fashion Icons of the Age
Located in Austin, TX
Awesome black and white full-length capture of David Bowie and Cher posed on stage.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music indu...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Divine and Bulldogs, 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 famous actor Divine.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph.
Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta.
In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein standing against mirror with new work in background
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Roy Lichtenstein posing in his studio with new work in the background, extremely unusual image standing next to a mirror. This is ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Lovefight (The Princess and her Lover) from 29 Palms, CA - 2009
120x180cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on 15 original Polaroids.
Certificate and S...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rita Hayworth Sunbathing
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Captivating color image of Hollywood pinup star Rita Hayworth sunbathing, circa 1939.
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s ...
Category
1930s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007
Edition of 10, 20x24cm,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Equestrian Portrait, Classic, Black Horse with Bridle, Reins, and Bonnet
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Black Diamond"
This award-winning image is a fashion-inspired portrait of an elite horse wearing the attire of his discipline.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jaime King
Located in Austin, TX
From a stunning collection of contemporary nudes from celebrated photographer, Markus Klinko, featuring amongst others, Dita Von Teese, Stoya and Aubrey O’Day
This print is availabl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Beatles at Abbey Road London 1967 b/w photograph 'smoke'
Located in Norwich, GB
Paper size 44 x 35”, Image size 40 x 26.5"
Limited Edition of 10 + 2AP’s
On Thursday March 30th 1967 Frank Herrmann was despatched to Abbey Road Studios to cover a story on reco...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Muhammad Ali in Car
By Curt Gunther
Located in Austin, TX
Famed boxer Muhammad Ali posed sitting in a vintage car.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and social activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet "Th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Playboy Bunny doing her make-up b/w archival photograph 17 x25 inch
Located in Norwich, GB
The first Playboy Club in London opened in 1965, following legalisation of gambling in the United Kingdom. Herrmann was dispatched by the Sunday Times to take fly-on-the-wall documen...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Betrayal (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Betrayal - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #723.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Clyde
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP)
Signed and numbered, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes mounting and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY
Located in New York, NY
Hassid & Jewish Bodybuilder, Coney Island, NY
1980
Vintage gelatin silver print
14 x 11 inches
Arlene Gottfried was a New York City street photographer celebrated for her intimate...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol Keith Haring photograph by Ricky Powell
By Ricky Powell
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Ricky Powell Photo of Keith Haring and Andy Warhol:
Medium: C print. 1986.
Dimensions: 8x10 inches.
Good overall vintage condition. Minor signs of handling. Small corner loss...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
A Princess' Life - Polaroid, Contemporary, Portrait, Color, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Princess' Life (High Desert) - 2019
Edition 1/10, 20x20cm.
Digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory # 22182
Not mounted.
Stef...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lightness of Being [Freedom Edition] - Queen, Royalty
By Chris Levine
Located in London, GB
Chris Levine
Lightness of Being [Freedom Edition], 2021
Diasec-mounted giclée print mounted on aluminium composite panel Artist's digital signature, lower right on recto
90 x 70 cm
E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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Day and Night
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day and Night - 2017
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
48x46cm
Archival C-print, based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-111.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Cathy and Shannon) - 2004
20x20 cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature Label
Artist Inventory No. 481
N...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cai by Markus Klinko
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of Cai by photographer Markus Klinko in 2000 in New York.
This print is available in the following sizes, signed and numbered by Markus Klinko
24" high...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota, 1986 - Color Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota by Michael Ormerod is a stunning Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size.
Sta...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #958...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (City of Industry)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (City of Industry) - 2004
38x36cm,
Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
John Lennon Fairground
Located in Norwich, GB
Astrid Kirchherr ( 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Asleep - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Asleep, 2020
50x50cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL2020-833.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Waiting (Sidewinder) - Contemporary, Nude, Figurative, Polaroid, expired
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waiting (Sidewinder) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3173.
Not ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (Group Shower)
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
Louis Armstrong: Legendary Musician with Big Smiles
Located in Austin, TX
This portrait features jazz legend Louis Armstrong up close, posed with a big smile.
Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer, and occasional actor who was one o...
Category
1950s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project,
2007, Edition of 1/10, 20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Signature label and Certifica...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Brigitte Bardot PLATINUM PRINT
Located in Norwich, GB
Only 50 printed throughout the world, unlike O'Neill's silver gelatine editions available in many different sizes.
Uncrossed unlike the silver gelatine version. Notice the collar on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Platinum
Ryan O'Neal
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Ryan O'Neal" is a Pop art Polaroid, Polacolor portrait photograph by Andy Warhol in 1971. The artwork is 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches each and, with the frame, is 9 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches each...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled 02 (Oxana's 30th Birthday) - 2007
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
David Bowie, New York, 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 Singer and Songwriter David Bowie with guitar.
From personality portraits and advert...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
3 Stefanie Schneider Polaroid sized unlimited Minis 'Radha Mind Screen' - signed
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider Polaroid-sized unlimited Minis
'Radha Mind Screen' - 1999 - triptych
signed in front, not mounted.
3 Digital Color Photographs based on the 3 Polaroids.
10.7...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Marilyn Monroe Posed on Car
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Circa 1945 in Los Angeles, California: Before she was the famous Marilyn Monroe, was known as Norma Jeane Dougherty, seen here siting on a sports car in Hollywood.
Marilyn Monroe wa...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Two Georges 25 x 17 signed limited edition b/w archival pigment print
Located in Norwich, GB
Iconic and rare limited edition print direct from the negative, signed lower right hand margin and stamped with photographers own blind stamp.
This is Number 3/25.
Paper size 25 x 17...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée, Archival Pigment
Double Self Portrait in White Mist
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Double Self Portrait in White Mist
c. 1970s
Signed in black ink, l.r.
Vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
This work is...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Divine Nude No.22 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, woman
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.22 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Donkey Basketball
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)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Please n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Playboy Bunny at reception b/w archival photograph 17 x25 inch
Located in Norwich, GB
The first Playboy Club in London opened in 1965, following legalisation of gambling in the United Kingdom. Herrmann was dispatched by the Sunday Times to take fly-on-the-wall documen...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spectral (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.
Spectral (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
Bedroom Plant (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Bedroom Plant (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certifica...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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.
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