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
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace H...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dream About an Empty House
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
Archival Pigment
Beauty and the Beast (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast
1959
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Came...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Nina Dyer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Nina Dyer
1958 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Fashion model Nina Dyer, wife o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Quien Sabe Ranch, Channing, Texas
Located in Denton, TX
Toned gelatin silver print, 8 x 12 in.
Signed and titled in pencil on mount margin by Bank Langmore
Framing not included.
Western photographer, Bank Langmore, traveled extensively with cattle drives...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,100 Sale Price
34% Off
Harriet At Mougins (Slim Aaonrs Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France, 1957
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaron...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Montecatini
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Montecatini
1980
C-print
Edition of 150
Marie-Louise Scio at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, June 1980.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Sugarbush Ice Bar
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ski Fashion At Sugarbush
1960
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
American socialite and fashion writer Nan Kempner (1930 - 2005) at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Harlem (Girl with Dog in Baby Carriage) by John Albok, 1934
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Harlem (Girl with Dog in Baby Carriage) by John Albok presents a young girl in a dress pushing a baby carriage down the street. A small dog sits in the carriage, looking over it's sh...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colette (Victorian Punk)
Located in New York, NY
Colette (Victorian Punk)
Archival pigment print
14 x 14 inches
Signed and numbered
edition of 10
William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, known princip...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957
Fiber print
30 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace H...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Park Service: Grand Canyon
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
Slim Aarons, Leisure Time In Acapulco (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Leisure Time In Acapulco, 1978
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A woman in a sunhat enjoys a drink in a swimming pool, Acapulco, Mexico, Ja...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke Relaxing' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke Relaxing
1980
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Julie London' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
S...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Capri Cruise (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capri Cruise, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958.
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Portrait of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour 2015
by Kevin Westenberg
Archival Fine Art pigment print - signed, limited edition of 8 only.
DAVID GILMOUR. LO...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Royal Winner, HM Queen Elizabeth II
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Royal Winner, Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth II
1955 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
1955: Prince Philip, captain of the Windsor Park Team, with the Windsor Cup...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool , 1955
Fiber print
Patsy Pulitzer (Patsy Bartlett) relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Ted Williams 'Dr. Martin Luther King'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Dr. Martin Luther King, 1964
Silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition
with certificate of authenticity
Dr. Martin Luther King makes a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. The same day of the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Gloria Schiff at Lyford Cay' : Mid-Century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, 1963
Gloria Schiff
1963
C print
Estate sign...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet in Eleuthera' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Tania Mallet, 1961
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Capucine'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957
Fiber print
30 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainl...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Ice Man, 110th Street
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Unique
Vintage gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
Titled, dated, and artist stamp.
Born in Munkacs, Hungary, John Albok learned photography as a boy. He came to the U.S. in 1921 findin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Helen Dzo Dzo, Palm Springs (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur, 1970
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and other guests at the Kaufmann Des...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Take It Salvador Dali'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Take It Salvador Dali
1970
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
September 1970: With some of his works at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) in a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Frida and Diego with Hat - Black and White Photograph, Portrait, Couple, Artists
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Hat by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. Frida stan...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marvin Gaye
By Ed Caraeff
Located in New York, NY
Ed Caaraeff
Marvin Gaye, 1976
C print
30 x 30 inches
Singed and numbered edition of 50
Marvin Gaye poses for a portrait in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA, March 28, 1976.
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...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Terry O'Neill Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)
Located in New York, NY
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore), 1964
Silver gelatin print
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
English actress Honor Blackman on a beach, circa 1964. Splashes on the s...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 certif...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
Paper size 20 x 30 inches / 51 x 76 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Dolores Guinness, Sardinia
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Penthouse Pool, 1959
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate edition of 150
Dolores Guinness, 1965: Catching the sun's last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia.
...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Alison Cain in Capri'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Alison Cain in Capri
1989
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
US fashion model Alison Cain with ...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Chalet Costi
1968
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Skiers outside t...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Rita Aarons'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Rita Aarons
1955
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Elliott Gould - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo realized in 1970s.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Japanese Director Akira Kurosawa - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Akira Kurosawa during a press conference .
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Elliott Gould - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Elliott Gould in a scene of a film, smoking a cigar and playing cards .
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in August 1st 1934.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including h...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stone Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stone Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Victory or Venus - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Victory or Venus- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Location, Brescia Museum Italy.
Titled in the Italian language on th...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reliquary, Christian Museum - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reliquary, Christian Museum is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Preserved in the Christian Museum of Brescia.
Titled in the lower Italian...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photograph - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ray Bradbury Vintage Photo by Mizuno, is a black and white photograph realized in 1996.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carl Sagan - Vintage Photograph by Randy O'Rundke - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Carl Sagan - Vintage Photograph by Randy O'Rundke - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Sagan by Randy O'Rundke- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in 1991.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Curzio Malaparate - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Curzio Malaparte - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Salman Rushdie - Vintage Photograph by Barry Lategan - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Salman Rushdie by Barry Lategan- Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1980s.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Achille Bonito Oliva - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mickey Spillane - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mickey Spillane - Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mickey Spillane and Sherri Spillane- Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Sheets - Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Sheeps is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
The Ford Motor Company - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Ford Motor Company is a black and white press print, realized in 1960s.
The photo depicts an air view of the Huge Ford Motor Company in Dagenham, Essex.
Good conditions and age...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$108 Sale Price
25% Off
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.