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
Laszlo Willinger, Lana Turner, original vintage photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1942, and printed at a later date. This photograph depicts American actress and pin-up model, Lana Turner...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
One Day Our Toilet Broke
By Bill Owens
Located in New York, NY
Bill Owens
Before the dissolution of our marriage my husband and I owned a bar. One day a toilet broke and we brought it home,
1971
Print Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches
Print Image Size...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Norman Parkinson 'HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, The Princess Royal
1971
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Her Royal Highness Princess Ann...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Jerry Hall Dive (Diptych)
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Jerry Hall , 1976
C print
16 x 12 inches each
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
American model Jerry Hall wearing a swimsuit by Martil and lipstick...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Laszlo Willinger, "Sonja Henie", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1943. It depicts Norwegian figure skater and film star, Sonja Henie...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Slim Aarons 'Paola Mussetti in Sardinia'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Paola Mussetti, 1982
Fiber print
Paola Mussetti, a science student from Turin, poses in a bikini in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy, in August 1982. (Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Laszlo Willinger, "Mary Martin", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original vintage photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger c. 1940's. It depicts the late movie and Broadway star, Mary Martin...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sign 81
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tom Kelley 'Dorothy Dandridge'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone
c. 1950's
C print
16 x 20 inches
Edition of 50
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster)
estate signed and number...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ted Williams 'Nichelle Nichols dancing at Count Basie's party'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Johnny Frigo, Lurlean Hunter & Johnny Griffin for Downbeat Magazine
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Cecily Godfrey in Hong Kong'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Cecily Godfrey, Hong Kong
1979 (printed later)
Lambda C-print
Estate Edition of 150
Cecily Godfrey relaxes by the pool at her home in Hong Kong, 1979. Her husband Gerald...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Count Basie
1950's (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Count Basie at the Trian...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Dizzy Gillespie for Downbeat Magazine'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
"Cannonball" Adderley at the Blue Note
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida in New York - Skyline, New York City, Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity
Located in Denton, TX
Frida in New York by Nickolas Muray features Frida Kahlo in a colorful red, yellow and blue dress with light blue bows in her hair and a cigarett...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Archival pigment print
image size: 36 x 36 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 15
William Coupon is an...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lily On The Riviera (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lily On The Riviera
1957 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
French soprano Lily P...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marilyn Monroe Monkey business
By Virgil Apger
Located in CANNES, FR
EKtachrome Vintage 1953 .20x15cm
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
$672 Sale Price
49% Off
Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann
ROBOTNICS Series
C-Print
2019
Edition S (Edition of 10)
12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered verso
Other Edition Sizes available:
- Edition ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Alexandra Redo in Mazatlán (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Alexandra Redo
1984
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Alexandra Redo reclining among Mayan statues...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Duchess of Devonshire
Located in New York, NY
Duchess of Devonshire
1952
Silver gelatin print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Deborah Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire and her two children;...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Opera Singer In St Moritz (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Opera Singer In St Moritz, 1978
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
American-born opera singer Karen Davis arrives at the Palace Hotel in a vi...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Norman Parkinson 'Beauty Basics'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Beauty Basics
1950
Silver gelatin print
60 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British ballerina Mary Drage, member of the Royal Ballet,...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Park Service: Grand Canyon - Color Group Portrait, National Park, Landscape
By Neal Slavin
Located in Denton, TX
Park Service: Grand Canyon by Neal Slavin is a color group portrait of the park rangers working at Grand Canyon National Park.
Digital C-Print
Paper size: 17 x 17 in.
Image size: 1...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Limited Edition Abstract Photograph In Frame; Teef Shinin
Located in New York, NY
Being a multiple-disciplinary visual artist has been
his driving force to challenge everything that told
him that a black boy from West Baltimore, MD had
no place in the world. Patri...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Luster, Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn with Flowers'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Audrey Hepburn with Flowers
1955
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
Norman Parkinson, born in 1913 and passing in 1990, was an icon in the realm ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Frida at the Border - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Woman Artist
Located in Denton, TX
Frida at the Border by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo standing amongst others in a city street scene.
Mount size: 20 x 16 in.
Image s...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Paola Mussetti in Sardinia'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Paola Mussetti, 1982
Fiber print
Paola Mussetti, a science student from Turin, poses in a bikini in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy, in August 1982. (Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Archival pigment print
14 x 14 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 15
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alberto Giacometti Vintage Portrait Photo
Located in Pasadena, CA
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901 –1966
Vintage Photo Prints certifies that vintage print is a genuine , authentic, Youssuf Karsh ,vintage quadtone plate pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Villa In Sotogrande'
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sarah's BBQ - Fourth of July, Albuquerque, NM, 1995
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice Gallery endeavors are superbly managed. Whether working with corporate clients, interior designers or established collectors, the Robin Rice Gallery guides patrons throughout the selection process, inspiring them to build a stylish collection or striking décor. The Robin Rice Gallery offers a bevy of styles that Robin has procured with her own signature school of artists.
Suburban, Black and White, July, Fourth of July...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Stratis Andreadis
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Stratis G Andreadis
1961
C print
30 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Professor Stratis G Andreadis, P...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Frida in New York - Skyline, New York City, Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity
Located in Denton, TX
Frida in New York by Nickolas Muray features Frida Kahlo in a colorful red, yellow and blue dress with light blue bows in her hair and a cigarett...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Tom Kelley 'Amanda Chabot Under Hot Lights'
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley
Amanda Chabot c. 1960's
C print
30 x 38 inches
Edition of 25
Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster)
estate signed and numbered in the border
Capti...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Al Fresco Bedroom (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Bedford, New York resident Mary Jane Russell poses with her cats on a four-poster style bed laid out on the lawn, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Located in New York, NY
Steve Mass, the owner of the Mudd Club
Archival pigment print
24 x 24 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 15
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Peggy Guggenheim in Venice'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Peggy Guggenheim in Venice
1978
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
Septemb...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne
1971
C print
36 x 36 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, The Princess Roy...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Neil Young, Musician/Songwriter
Located in New York, NY
Neil Young, Musician/Songwriter 1988
Archival pigment print
image size: 14 x 14 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 40
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in Ne...
Category
1980s 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
Slim Aarons 'Contessa Simona Fede Marzotto'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Contessa Simona Fede Marzotto
1988 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Contessa ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jerry Schatzberg Untitled (Swirl)
Located in New York, NY
Jerry Schatzberg
Untitled (Swirl), 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 Schatzber...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wemen, Pilot Grove, MO, 1975
By Paul Dagys
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones.
With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sun Worship (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sun Worship
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Bianca Volpato sunning herself...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model Gr...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Holiday Hair Check
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holiday Hair Check
1958
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Faith Gibbons checks her hair in t...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Underwater Drink (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Underwater Drink, 1972
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A woman drinking from a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Esther Williams' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Brisas'
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956.
Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
Estate Stamped Col...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 rele...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips, 1971
Silver gelatin print
edition of 50
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petrol...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
Muhammad Ali - 5th St Gym/Miami Beach, FL
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered by Al Satterwhite
AVAILABLE SIZES:
11 x 14 in., Edition of 25
16 x 20 in., Edition of 25
24 x 36 in., Edition of 25
Acclaimed photographer, Al Sa...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ann Poncho, Albany, NY, 1990
By John Dolan
Located in Hudson, NY
John Dolan’s photographs revel in the extraordinary that lies beneath everyday, fleeting occurrences. And in this eloquent collection of twenty images shot in ravishing color and bla...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Capote at Home'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Capote at Home
1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
American author Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette at his apartment in Br...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Midnight at New Workers School - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida
Located in Denton, TX
Midnight at New Workers School, New York City, NY by woman artist Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera sit...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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.