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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
Martin Luther King Motorcade
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bowie Recording Pin Ups - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Bowie Recording Pin Ups - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie recording Pin Ups at the Château d’Hérouville, France, July 1973 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are num...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida with Idol
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 22/30 Carbon pigment print Paper size: 17 1/2 x 22 in., Image size: 11 x 15 3/4 in. Titled, dated, numbered, and signed by Nickolas Muray's Estate Nickolas Muray Photo Archives "Muray and Kahlo were at the height of their on-again, off-again, ten-year relationship when these pictures were taken. Their affair had started in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second wife, and shortly after Kahlo’s marriage to Mexican muralist...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Carbon Pigment

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...
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2010s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Pin Ups - David Bowie and Twiggy Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Pin Ups - David Bowie and Twiggy Oversize Print by Justin De Villeneuve 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm Chromogenic print signed & numbered by artist editio...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print, Color

Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Arms Crossed, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r19_6 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17"...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Coco Chanel Sits on Divan, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Coco Sits on Divan, 1957 -- Coco Chanel sits on her massive beige suede divan talking on the phone with a cigarette dangling from her lower lip. She dislikes ph...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco
Located in Denton, TX
Ferrari Team, Pits, Monaco, 1960's Archival pigment print Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 19 x 12 1/2 in. Signed in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Norina Pisciotto'
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...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin, 1951
Located in Denton, TX
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin depicts a window with three faces peering out into the world. A reflection of a large ship is cast onto these young fac...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Frida Kahlo - Black and White Portrait, Celebrity, Woman, Artist, Painter
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaning against a wall, with a dark scarf wrapped around her shoulders. Paper size: 20...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Platinum

Slim Aarons 'Ursula Andress'
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...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Athina Livanos Onassis (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
First wife of Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis, Athina Livanos Onassis, at Palm Beach after her divorce, April, 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ted Williams 'Sarah Vaughan'
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Sarah Vaughan 1948 (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition 25 with certificate of authentic...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dior, Alla Gloved Hand, 1953
Located in New York, NY
The Eurasian-born Alla was one of Dior's divas. When bathed in attention, she was charismatic and wore her clothes with graceful aplomb. Croque-mitaine model, Autumn-Winter 1953 Haut...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Tee Off (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Tee Off (1939) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) 6th April 1939. A man playing golf teeing-off golf ball from tee with driver outdoor. ...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women at Work - Vintage Photograph About Women Rights is an original black and white photograph realized by Marcello Salustri With the stamp of the phot...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie With Lou Reed And Iggy Pop - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie, Lou Reed & Iggy Pop during a press conference at the Dorchester Hotel...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Princess Caroline of Monaco
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco 1981 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the es...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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.
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hippiemobile (1968) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Throbbing Gristle In Culver City (1981) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Brian Duff/Daily Express/Express/Getty Images) circa 1968: Young m...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Peter and Britt
Located in New York, NY
Peter and Britt, 1967 Sharing a lilo, film stars Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) and his glamorous wife model and actress, Britt Ekland spend their holiday on the Costa Smeralda, 1967. ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Frida with the Cactus
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition Signed in black ink on print margin. Titled, dated and print date in black ink on artist label. Paper size: : 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. “Frida told me...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
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 ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Backgammon Players by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change. This is a contemporary pr...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print

Frida with Granizo, Version 2, Coyoacan - Limited Edition Black and White Photo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo, Version 2, Coyoacan by Nickolas Muray is a limited edition platinum print featuring Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her arm wrapped around her pet deer. Edition...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Platinum

Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-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 ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Rodeo (Cowgirl)
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 60 Signed and numbered in pencil on print verso. Harold “Doc” Edgerton was born in 1903, in Fremont, Nebraska. During his summers as a teenager, he worked in his uncle’s ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Freddie Mercury - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Freddie Mercury in purple, London, 1974 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies acco...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mini Car Mini Skirt (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Mini Car Mini Skirt (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Michael Webb/Getty Images) Brigitte Bardot during a break from filming, 'Two Weeks in September' in Whitehall, Lon...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"Caroline (LED)" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 30" in Edition of 3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Caroline (LED)" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 30" in Edition of 3 by Larsen Sotelo FRAMED Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish 40” X 30” inch L...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Grace Jones at Bond’s, New York
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...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lithograph

Valerie Cates in Marbella (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Valerie Cates in Marbella, Spain, 1976 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Nico at Monterey Pop Festival
Located in New York, NY
Ed Caaraeff Nico, 1967 Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Singed and numbered edition of 50 Nico at the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, California, 18 June, 1967. ED CARAEFF is a name recognized by anybody who is anybody in the music industry. A photographer, illustrator and graphic designer, he has directed art for, photographed, and designed hundreds of record album covers from 1967 to 1982 for numerous artists, including The Stooges, Elton John, Steely Dan...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

James Dean Behind Fence in Giant - Oversize Limited Print
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...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sophia Fountain
Located in New York, NY
Sophia Fountain, 1960 color coupler print 16 x 16" ed. of 30
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Airplane)
Located in New York, NY
Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Airplane), 1962 archival print 20 x 24" ed. of 20 $12,500 40 x 40" ed. of 9 $20,000 From creator of poetic images to compelling storyteller, Jerry Schatz...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Marietine Birnie (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Marietine Birnie, 1959 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Marietine Birnie posing with a parasol at the Inland Sea, Gozo, Malta, July 1959. Estate stamped and hand numb...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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 Phyllis Diller (1917–2012) was an American comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, known for her eccentric stage persona, wild hair, self-deprecating humor, and iconic cackling laugh. One of the first female comics to achieve national fame, she influenced Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres and had a strong gay following. Diller openly promoted plastic surgery, earning recognition from the cosmetic surgery industry. She appeared in 40+ films and numerous TV shows, including The Muppet Show, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Cybill, and Boston Legal, plus 11 seasons on The Bold and the Beautiful. Her voice roles included A Bug’s Life...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
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...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Denton, TX
This photograph is a black and white portrait of Frida Kahlo in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel at the New Yorkers School in New York, taken by Lucienne Bloch. The medium of this...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Period of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century. Fair conditions with oxidation.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hello There
Located in New York, NY
Hello There 1955 (printed later) Chromogenic print 20 x 20 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. 1955: ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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C Print

Simon Le Bon
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Gelatin Silver Print Paper size: 10 x 8 inches Framed size: 26.5 x 22.5 inches Dated 'Apr 29 1982' on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, New York This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warhol, and thence, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This work comes with a certificate of provenance and an entry into the Catalogue Raisonne held by the Warhol Foundation.
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

David Bowie With Hunky Dory - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie With Hunky Dory - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie sitting with the Hunky Dory cover, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bob, Mick and Pete, 1978 - Oversize Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Bob, Mick and Pete, by Michael Putland, 1978 Limited Estate Edition Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh backstage after the Rolling Stones concert at the Palladium Theatre, New Y...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

David Bowie, Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, 1973. Duffy Archive.
Located in London, GB
David Bowie, Aladdin Eyes Open, 1973 by Brian Duffy. This photograph was taken during the photo shoot for the album cover for Aladdin Sane, January 1973, London. This is an exquisite FRAMED* Archival Pigment print. *Note delivery includes secure art crating & shipping. Framed in black wood with glass and matt Stamped by The Duffy Archive, UK. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. Gorgeous print measuring 115 x 115 x 3 cm (framed). The image area is 95 x 95 cm. Produced utilising the original contact sheet. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and ship to all international locations. About these images : “It wasn’t until we saw the contact sheets the next day I remember thinking, God this is spectacular. You just knew you had cracked it, boy, did you know it.” Celia Philo DAVID BOWIE: FIVE SESSIONS PHOTOGRAPHS BY DUFFY Brian Duffy photographed David Bowie over five sessions between August 1972 and April 1980, and made the iconic Aladdin Sane album cover image. January 1973–Session two–Aladdin Sane. It has been called ‘The Mona Lisa of Pop’. Who could have imagined that the moment he clicked the shutter on the Hasselblad in early 1973 that one of those images would become known as a cultural icon? – Chris Duffy Some background to the shoot. The background stories to the Aladdin Sane shoot are told in rich detail in the book Bowie Duffy – Five Sessions. In particular it is a delight to read Duffy’s (a self confessed Marxist anarchist) analysis and compare that with the measured tone of Tony Defries. If you don’t have a copy of the book, here’s a flavour of their respective views – which amount to much the same thing – just expressed in different ways. First up, Tony Defries: “I was looking for an iconic cover image and artwork that would help me to persuade RCA that Bowie was sufficiently important to warrant megastar treatment and funding in order to propel him to exactly that status. Engaging a master, world-class photographer to shoot the project /brand and to design the artwork was the best way to send that message. Brian had the ability to make the mundane image interesting and the interesting image fascinating.” Then Duffy: “Tony wanted to make the most expensive cover he could possibly get a record company to pay for, because he realised that if it cost fifty quid, well, so what – but if it cost £5,000 the record company were now having to pay attention. He said “Can you make it expensive?“and I said “No problem old love.” I proposed– One: A Dye-transfer. A genius method of being able to spend the most amount of money to get a reproduction from a colour transparency onto a piece of paper. Two: Get the plates made, where? Switzerland. Then employ me to design it and create it – even better and more wasteful.” The Aladdin Sane session was a real team effort. The location was Duffy’s studio at 151a King Henry’s Road in Primrose Hill, London, which had been the setting for the Ziggy Stardust session the previous August. Duffy had agreed with Tony Defries that his design agency, Duffy Design Concepts, which he ran with Celia Philo, would design the sleeve. Present in Primrose Hill on that January day in 1973 were Duffy, David Bowie, Celia Philo, Tony Defries, French make-up artist Pierre Laroche, and Duffy’s studio manager Francis Newman, who also acted as his assistant that day. Follow-up work on the detailed airbrushing required to create the final artwork was carried out by Philip Castle. What about that lightning bolt flash and the liquid pool? The idea for the lightning bolt came from David Bowie. The realisation of that lighting bolt into the form that appeared on the sleeve was down to Duffy. Its source is believed to be a rice cooker that was in Duffy’s studio – and which had a small logo with a red and blue flash. Francis Newman remembers, “Pierre stared to apply this tiny little flash on his face and when Duffy saw that he said, “No, not like that, like this” and literally drew it right across his face and said to Pierre, “Now, fill that in.”” The red colour was lipstick. Adding the pool of liquid to the collarbone was Duffy’s idea, and this was brilliantly airbrushed in as part of the post-production work by Philip Castle. David Bowie explained the background to Rolling Stone magazine, that it was a “Lightning bolt. An electric kind of thing. Instead of, like, the flame of a lamp, I thought he would probably be cracked by lightning. Sort of an obvious-type thing, as he was sort of an electric boy. But the teardrop was Brian Duffy’s. He put that on afterward, just popped it in there. I thought it was rather sweet.” DAVID BOWIE David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee),[2] was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance; the album's title track topped both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pousada dos Buzios by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Brazil Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change. This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives. All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty. 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Pousada dos Buzios" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons. See also "Buzios" in the gallery listings. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. This image from August 1975...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print

Frida Winking by Lucienne Bloch, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Winking by Lucienne Bloch is a portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair, winking at the camera. Image size: 8.25 x 10.25 in. Mou...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) 1st March 1956. A man swan diving from the high diving boar...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Laura Harring and Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Laura Harring and Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Signed Limited Edition Cannes, 2001 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provoc...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Diptych. From the Frida Khalo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Digital Pigment

Luigi Musso - Maserati (full car), Pau
Located in Denton, TX
Open Edition Signed by artist in black ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photogra...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Paul Lukas "Watch On The Rhine" - 1943 Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull A 1943 black and white portrait photograph of actor Paul Lukas (Hungarian, 1894-1971) by Clarence Sincla...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Goldfinger from the Getty Archive - James Bond on Film, Black and White Print
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...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White

A dancer frozen mid-performance
Located in Cologne, DE
This dynamic black-and-white photograph, taken by Klaus Redenbacher in 1952, captures a male dancer mid-leap in a moment of sheer power, grace, and precision. Suspended in the air wi...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955. Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Eac...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Giclée

Rolling Stones [Avebury Hill]
Located in London, GB
David Bailey Rolling Stones [Avebury Hill], 1968 Archival Inkjet on paper Signed by the artist, on verso Image: 50.8 x 74.92 cm Sheet: 58.4 x 82.53 cm Edition of 10
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

New York City, Harlem
By Harold L. Harvey
Located in Denton, TX
Titled, dated and artist stamp.
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Autographed Portrait of The Kessler Twins - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of The Kessler Twins is a b/w photographic portrait, with the added value of the blue ink autographs by Alice and Ellen Kessler. Original Title: Alice und Ellen Kes...
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

"Saturday Night Fever" Original Vintage 1977 Movie Film Cinema Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
"Saturday Night Fever" Original Vintage 1977 Lobby Card Condition Mint Original vintage 1977 lobby card from the film "Saturday Night Fever" directed by John Badham FRAMING: Pleas...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Paper, Color

Bowie In The Mirror - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Bowie In The Mirror - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie looking into a mirror at Haddon Hall, Beckenham in March 1972 during an interview for Club International ma...
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Villa Vera Racquet Club Pool by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Sports Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change. This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives. All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty. 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Villa Vera...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print

Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Cary Grant Seated Looks Right, 1955. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Eac...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a 20 x 16 inch platinum print, available in an edition of 50. This photographs features a portrait of Frida Kahlo wearing ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Picasso and Skull with Bettina wearing McCardell, Wide, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Picasso with Soft Bettina, Wide, 1955 -- Picasso with model Bettina, photographed for LIFE in 1955 in his new Cannes Villa, La Californie. Top French Model, Bettina Graziani wears an outfit by American Fashion Designer Claire McCardell. The shirt's pattern is in the style of a Picasso still life. All the Picasso paintings pictured had been completed within the past few months. Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of Picasso and Bettina. Picasso is wearing a blue collared shirt and brown shorts. He is standing in his villa. To his right, Bettina stands. She is wearing orange pants...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Giclée

The True Marilyn (1956)
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1956. This work comes in an archival frame presentation. The image alone is approximately 9 x 13. The work was acquired directly from the artist and comes with a COA and lifetime guarantee. Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Florence Three, Italy, 2023
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

Lake Tahoe Couple, Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Photographic Portrait by Water
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change. This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives. All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty. 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Lake Tahoe Couple" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons. If you look carefully, you are able to see the words, "Nevada" and "California" spelled out in tiles on the swimming pool floor. The world of Aarons’s photographs...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Tiger Lady from the Getty Archive - Hollywood Icons, Black and White Photograph
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

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.

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