Modern Portrait Photography
MODERN STYLE
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.
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Style: Modern
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Milton H. Greene 'Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly'
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tom Kelley : Stella Stevens Suntan
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Ann St. Marie c. 1950's
C print
16 x 20 inches
Edition of 50
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster)
estate signed and numbered in the border
Captio...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Florence Two, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Moody, Figurative, Woman Portrait
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Paris and Amsterdam is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historic...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Woman and Dog - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Woman and Dog is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1912.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political e...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Artist in Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Minneapolis Three, MN, 2016
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch in ‘Myra Breckinridge’'
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Relaxing, 1970
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
American actress Raquel Welch wearing a stars and stripes suit in ‘Myra Breckinridge’, a 1970 America...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Alice Cooper and Family, Los Angeles'
Located in New York, NY
Alice Cooper, Los Angeles, 1974, Printed Later
Silver gelatin print
40 x 40 inches
estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Neill, Alice ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Brooklyn One, NY, 2009
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Keith Richards sitting in front of Bentley, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is pho...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 — Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger with his Aston Martin DB6, 1966 —
Signed Limited Edition Print
by Gered Mankowitz
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is photographed next to his beloved Aston Martin DB...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967'
Located in New York, NY
Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967.
Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity
Norman Parkinson (...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Massimo Listri 'Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I'
Located in New York, NY
Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani I,
2011
C print
edition of 5
39.5 x 47 inches Edition of 5
47.5 × 59 inches Edition of 5
71 x 88.75 inches Edition of 5
framing options also avai...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Princess Margareth and Husband in London - Vintage Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Margareth and husband in London - is a photograph realized in 1962.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
President Kennedy with his Daughter - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
President Kennedy with is daughter is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Rudolf Nureyev- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace H...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Boy (Film by Nagisa Oshima)- Vintage Photo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo in black and white of 1969
Tetsuo Abe in a scene of the film " Boy" directed by the Japanese Nagisa Oshima and presented at the 1969 Ve...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Steve Jones "The father of nuclear fusion" - Vintage Photograph - 1989
By Agenzia Ansa
Located in Roma, IT
Steve Jones "The father of nuclear fusion" is an original, vintage, and black and white photograph realized by "Agenzia Ansa" in 1989.
With the description...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ethnographic Photos from Colombo Sri Lanka - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Colombo photograph is a set of 3 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: 10x14, 10x9.5 and on the rear 21.5 x 27.5
Good conditions...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Portrait of Gene Pitney with his Mother - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gene Pitney with his Mother is a vintage photographic print on matt single-coated paper.
Photograph from United States unknown agency, printed from 6 x 6 film
Excellent...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Terry O'Neill 'Muhammad Ali'
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill
Muhammad Ali, 1972, Printed Later
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O’Neill CBE is one ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cardin Hat Over Paris
Located in New York, NY
Cardin Hat Over Paris, 1960
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British model Celia Hammond wearing a pink coat by French fashion designer Pierre Cardin for Q...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Actor Cary Grant.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'HRH Princess Anne'
Located in New York, NY
HRH Princess Anne
1971
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne sits in a car for a portrait to celebrate her 21st birthday, 1971....
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1987 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
24 x 24 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 40
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tom Kelley : Surfer Girl
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Surfer Girl c. 1950's
C print
30 x 38inches
Edition of 25
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster)
estate signed and numbered in the border
Caption: ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Royal Family
Located in New York, NY
The Royal Family
1980's
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
A portrait of members of the British royal family; L-R: HR...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Pussyfooting 2 (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pussyfooting 2
1958
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film produce...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Norina Pisciotto'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Paola Mussetti, 1982
C print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Norina Pisciotto poses at the v...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Ursula Andress'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Posing At Cap Ferrat
1954
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Swiss actress Ursula Andress in It...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Virna Lisi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
By Ron Galella
Located in New York, NY
Ron Galella (1931)
Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
1980
11 x 14 inches
Silver Gelatin Print
Edition of 20
Signed, dated, titled by the artist.
Described by a nickname of Paparazzo E...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew Leaving Liverpool realized in the 1960s.
Photo by Charles Daws
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn
Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper
Date: New York, circa 1949
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Stamped ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Elizabeth Taylor and her Shih Tzu dog, 1972'
Located in New York, NY
British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor wearing a wig designed by Michael Rasser to match her Shih Tzu dog, Mariposa. Cover story for ‘Woman’ magazine on December 9, 1972.
Elizabe...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studios, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
American film director, screenwriter and actor John Huston, photographed during the filming of his film 'Moby Dick' at Elstree Studios, 1955.
Filmmaker John Huston at Elstree Studio...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Legroux Soeurs’ Hat, 1952'
Located in New York, NY
Apollonia van Ravenstein at the Crane Beach Hotel in Barbados wearing a Jane Cattlin swimsuit with a Charles Batten hat, chiffon scarf from Liberty and Saint Laurent Rive Gauche sand...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Anne - Vintage press realized in the 1950s.
London.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Slim Aarons Archival ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Self-Portrait (Oscar, BAFTA, Tony Award, Labour Party) (27% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Glenda Jackson
Self-Portrait (Oscar, BAFTA, Tony Award, Labour Party)
Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper
Year: 1980s
Image Size: 4.5 x 3.5 i...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
Celia Hammond wearing goggles, for Queen magazine, 1964
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certi...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Iman at King Peter's Bay in Tobago for Vogue, May 1976'
Located in New York, NY
Somali-American fashion model and actress Iman at King Peter’s Bay, Tobago wearing a Shuji Tojo swimsuit. British Vogue magazine, May 1976.
Iman at King P...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Apollonia van Ravenstein in Palm Beach, 1983'
Located in New York, NY
Dutch fashion model Apollonia van Ravenstein at the Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, wearing a Mary McFadden dress on Ronald Bladen’s The X. Town & Country, October 1983.
Apollonia va...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Love you David! (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Phyllis Diller
Love you David!
Black & White Photograph on Archival Kodak Paper
Year: 1993
Image Size: 8.75 x 6 inches (22.4 x 15.4 cm)
Sheet Size: 10 x 8 inches (24.4 x 20.32 cm)
Signed and dated in marker
COA provided
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nude Portrait - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Nude Portrait - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
A woman poses for a nude studio portrait.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Si...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind Fence in Giant 1955
by Frank Worth
James Dean in thought seated behind a barbed wire fence for his role in the film 'Giant', 1955.
James Byron Dean was an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Florence Three, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
National Museum of Rome-Faun - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
National Museum of Rome-Faun is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955
by Frank Worth
paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm
Limited edition of 6 only in this size
Archival pigment print
unframed
Certificate of authe...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Modern portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Terry O'Neill, and Kevin Westenberg. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern portrait photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,806.