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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
Portrait of Vladimir Horowitz - Vintage B/W photo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Vladimir Horowitz is a vintage black and white photograph on photographic paper, realized in 1985 by anonymous photographer Good conditi...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Dr. T. Keith Glennan in Technology Laboratory - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dr. T. Keith Glennan in Technology laboratory is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. With the typed notes on the rear. Good conditions exce...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Angelica Hauff - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Angelica Hauff is a b/w photographic portrait of the gorgeous Austrian actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin. Postcard is...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani with Gian Maria Volonté - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani (Rai) and Gian Maria Volonté is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper realized by RAI prints. Go...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage B/W photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper. Good condition. Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt, as some biographies...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fan Mail 1952 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail, 1952. Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released, B...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Director Alfred Hitchcock - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The British film director Alfred Hitchcock. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Sitting and Relaxing - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage photo. Photo by Gherlone - Torino. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal. Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa). Good condition.
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bing Crosby and Friends - b/w Photograph - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Bing Crosby and Friends is an original b/w photograph about Hollywod '40 realized by De Wan Studios. On the back "From left: Edward J. Crowley, Mrs. Crowl...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of John Huston - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The American film director and actor John Huston on one of his sets. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Gene Pitney and Caterina Caselli - Vintage Photographic Print - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Gene Pitney and Caterina Caselli in 1966 is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper. Photograph shooted during XVI° Festival Della Canzon...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Young Girls Posing for a Photo Before a Marathon - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. "La fotografica" photo reportage agency - Torino By Studio Gherlone. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Charlton Heston - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Charlton Heston in the 1960s. Vintage b/w photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

John Huston and Tony Huston - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Film Director John Huston with his son Tony Huston in the 1960s Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fascism - Female Gymnastic Exercises - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from Fascist period. Photo by Gherlone - Torino. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison - b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The actors Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison while talking. Vintage Photo. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli (1985). Vintage b/w photo, very goo condition.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Marthe Keller and Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage color Photo. The actors Marthe Keller and Marcello Mastroianni. Good condition.
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Marcello Mastroianni on the set of "Todo Modo" directed by Elio Petri in 1976. Good condition.
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bernstein with his First Violin - Original b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Vintage b/w Photo of the famous American Conductor, Leonard Bernstein in concert with his First Violin. Early 1980s. cm 23.8 x 18. In Very Good conditions. In back a blue i...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi - Vintage b/w Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni with the Italian Actress Virna Lisi. Good condition.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Male Sports During Fascist Period in Italy - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Gherlone, Torino. Photo dimensions 17 x 23 cm. Includes passepartout.
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Ancient Portrait of Geishas, Nagasaki - Vintage Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Portraits of Geishas from Nagasaki is a set of five original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Claudio Baglioni - Original B/W Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful photograph depicting the Italian singer-songwriter Claudio Baglioni, in the year (1981) in which the single "Strada facendo" was launched, with which he won the Best Singer...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Kevin Westenberg, Pete Doherty, 2008. Signed Limited Edition.
Located in London, GB
Pete Doherty, by Kevin Westenberg, 2008 Archival Pigment Print, Signed Limited Edition Print size 152 x 101 cm signed numbered edition size 3 only th...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage Photographic Print - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari in a scene from the movie "Dal tuo al mio" by Mario Landi.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Autograph Portrait of Hannes Messemer - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph by Hannes Messemer is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German film and television actor, Gerhard Frickhöffer (1913 – 1980): Best-known for the bi...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Carl Lange - Vintage b/w Postcard -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Carl Lange is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actor around the 1960s, with the additional value of a blue ink autograph on ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Lonny Kellner - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lonny Kellner's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the beautiful and talented German actress and singer, Lonny Kellner (Reimscheid, 8 March 1930 – Hamburg, 22 January 2003...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Agnes Fink - Original b/w Postcard Portrait - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Agnes Fink's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of her black ink autograph on the lower margin. Around the 1950s. Excellent condition, collect this item only for lovers of the German cinema! Agnes Fink (Frankfurt am Main, 1919 - Munich, 1994) The German naturalized Swiss actress, Agnes Fink was active in the theater, film and - above all - television. In her forty-year career, she participated in about fifty productions, including cinema and television. Her leading roles include, among others, those in the TV films Maria Stuart...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Richard Häussler Memorabilia - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Richard Häussler Memorabilia is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actor and director, with the additional value of ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima a is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actor during the filming of "Rosemarie kommt aus Wildwest" (1956). With ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Liselotte Pulver - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Liselotte Pulver is a b/w photographic portrait of the German-Swiss actress, with the added value of the blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center....
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Maria Denis - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Maria Denis is a b/w photographic portrait of the Argentine-born Italian actress, with the added value of the black ink autograph on the lower margin: "Cordia...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Mady Rahl - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Mady Rahl is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin. Around 1950s. Postcard in ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Autographed Portrait of Luise Ullrich - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Luise Ullrich is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actress with her parrot. Photo: Senckpiehl, Munchen 27. Around the 1960's. With the additional value of a blue ink autograph on the left margin. Autographed postcard in perfect condition, absolutely to collect for the cinema lovers! Luise Ullrich, born Aloisia Elisabeth Ullrich (Vienna, 1910 - Munich, 1985) The Austrian actress, Luise Ullrich, appeared in nearly 50 films between 1932 and 1981, was awarded in 1941 with the Coppa Volpi as best actress for the film Annelie at the Venice Film Festival.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Paper, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons - Tania Mallet - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Tania Mallet' by Slim Aarons Glamorous Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster bed in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known f...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Portrait of Painter Carlo Ferrari - Original Original Photograph - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original photo on yellowish paper realized in 1870 by an Anonymous Artist of the XIX century. Included original passepartout: 32.5 x 26.5 cm. The state of preservat...
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1870s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari - Vintage Photographic Print - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The Italian actor Amedeo Nazzati in a scene from the movie "Dal tuo al mio" by Mario Landi.
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Maria Montessori by Studio Vasari is a vintage photographic print on Agfa Brovira paper. Photograph realized by the famous Roman photogr...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dalida by Ledino Pozzetti - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Dalida by Ledino Pozzetti is a vintage photographic print on single coated paper. Photograph by Ledino Pozzetti for Fotoreporter Associati ( f.r.a.) Milano. Agency ink stamp on the...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Villa In Sotogrande'
Located in New York, NY
Villa at Sotogrande 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Alfonso Zobel De Ayala at a villa in Sotogrande, Andalusia, Spain, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Lucybelle Crater and her 15 year old son's friend
Located in New York, NY
From a portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints from original Meatyard negatives (1959-71) Printed April 1974 Edition of 130 Credit stamp, verso 7 x 7 inches, image 15 x 12 inches, mount This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. An optician by trade, Ralph Eugene Meatyard was a self-described “dedicated amateur” photographer. He pursued his own vision to produce an exquisitely enigmatic, widely admired body of work. Meatyard began taking photographs in 1950, roaming the backwoods and towns in Kentucky, experimenting with framing, multiple exposures, and blurring to produce haunting, abstracted images of natural and manmade environments. In the late 1950s, he began incorporating monstrous, oversized latex masks...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Robert Plant by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant Robert Plant, New York, 1993 by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
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1990s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Coldplay by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Coldplay by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie s...
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Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida by the Lamp - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida Kahlo
Located in Denton, TX
Frida by the Lamp by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in an armchair with a tall lamp behind her. Signed in pen by artist on prin...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Capucine 1957
Located in London, GB
Capucine French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 – 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. Paper size 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 4...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A Quiet Moment at the Sagrada Família, Barcelona, 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
This vibrant photograph captures a moment in front of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona during the 1960s. The majestic basilica, with its intricate towers reaching into the sky, stand...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color

Portrait of Rose Fitzgerald - Vintage Photo by Ron Galella - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rose Fitzgerald is a b/w photograph by Ron Galella taken in the 1960s. Print on Baryta paper. Stamp of the photographer and stereotype on the back. In perfect conditions. The photo pictures Rose Elisabeth Kennedy (1890-1995) was the wife of Joseph Patrick Kennedy...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

George Hurrell, "Joan Crawford, " rare vintage photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph in sepia tone from the original negative, shot by George Hurrell in 1932 and printed by Hurrell circa 1977. This is a rare photograph as it is o...
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1930s Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Squaw Valley Snow - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Squaw Valley Snow Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Family Snapper 1959 - Official Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper 1959 Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Touch of Dew: Lisa Fonssagrives, New York
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso 16 x 20 inches, sheet size 14 x 18.25 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Lillian Bassma...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New York Harbor and Skyline, 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph offers a captivating view of New York Harbor, with the towering skyline of Lower Manhattan in the background. The United States Coast Guard building i...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White

Tamara Toumanova
Located in New York, NY
Paul Cadmus Collection stamp in black ink, verso; Jon Anderson Collection stamp in black ink, verso This work is made available by CLAMP in New York City.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints Ansel Adams Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin and Polaroid Photograph Prints in Polaroid Photo Album. These measure 10 x 8 4.25 x 3.25. it is a folder titled on it Custom Print by Polaroid the album i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Polaroid

'Gorbals Boys' Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Blackpool Railings' Oversize Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition) Now widely recognised as a Master of Photography - this is considered to be o...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hoop and Ball
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery proudly announces SUMMERTIME Salon 2018, an annual photography exhibit featuring gallery artists as well as a few newcomers. This year’s opening reception will...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool At Las Brisas 1972
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Brisas Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. Paper size 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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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.

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