Modern 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
Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Denton, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio
Ed. 33/70
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo Riva'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Monte Carlo Riva
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Marbella House Party, 1967 - Beneath Trees on Spanish Coastline in Nature
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beneath Trees on Spanish Coastline in Nature, brightly dressed guests enjoy conversation and cocktails at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, in Spain
16 x 20" print.
Limite...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Digital
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait - Black and white Photograph - 1998
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white portrait is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1998 by the artist Nikki Bhandari.
Black and white photograph.
Ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$1,506 Sale Price
30% Off
Marilyn Arabian
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Marilyn Arabian
Bern Stern
Print on photo paper
Inkjet technique
Paper dimension: 48 X 33 cms
Photo dimension: 35.6 X 25.4
72 copies
Photo of 1962
Dra...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Bizerba Electronic 5000 - Vintage B/W photo - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Bizerba electronic 5000 is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
The brand's name and model is on objects in the photo.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$44 Sale Price
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Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003) Limited Skate Modern Photography
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #414 (CLOWNS. 2003)
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: 50
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditio...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Maple, Screen
"Glass Eyes" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Glass Eyes" Photography 56" x 40" in Edition 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Comes with COA
Available sizes:
Edition of 15: 35" x 25" inch
Edition of 7: 42" x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Palazzo Ducale di Massa
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Ducale di Massa
The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to control the compo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. - Black and White Photograph, Children
Located in Denton, TX
Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph documenting three children playing on a swing set in a city park.
Gelatin Silver Print
10.5 ...
Category
1930s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Park Avenue, New York City (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1953: A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City.
Archival Fiber print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificat...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams
Billie Holiday
1948 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
40 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition 25
with certificate of authenticity
Billie Holiday on-stage...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mother with Sons, 3rd Ward, Houston, TX
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
Earlie Hudnall, who is one of the most notable African American photographers living today, has extensively documented the African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas.
After serving as a Marine in Vietnam, he enrolled at Texas Southern University, where he studied art under the direction of John Biggers, who became a great friend and mentor. During his time at TSU, he was hired to be a photographer for the Model Cities Program, part of Lyndon Johnson...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Street, People Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 29 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Tomorrow's Railroads - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tomorrow's Railroads - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Cent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$179 Sale Price
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled 2. From The Leather ands Skin Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled 2, 2024 by Ricky Cohete
From The Leather ands Skin Series
Archival pigment print
Image size: 36 in H x 24 in W.
Edition of 10
Unframed
The artist explores the intersection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Former Queen of Iran Farah Diba - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Former Queen of Iran Farah Dibais a vintage photograph realized in the early 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$161 Sale Price
25% Off
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Host'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Host
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Guests by the pool at N...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 40x60 Pop Art Photography Cassette Tape
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
* SPECIAL 1STDIBS PRICE
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
From the artist studio in Chelsea New York.
Rafael Saldarriaga was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. Af...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"50x40" FRIDA KAHLO Photomosaic Pop Art Archival Fine Art Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frida is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$436 Sale Price
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50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Chief of Protocol Osei - Vintage Photograph
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Chief of Protocol Osei Bonsu is a vintage photograph, an original black and white photograph realized by Associated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frida with Granizo - Black and White Portrait, Frida Kahlo, Celebrity, Animal
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo. Frida crouches down to place her hand on the small deer ...
Category
1930s Modern Photography
Materials
Platinum
30x50 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction Photography Cassette Tape Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Capri Bay'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capri Bay
1958 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: 1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri.
S...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
Located in New York, NY
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
1966 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 in - 25 + 5 AP - $ 8,000
16 x 20 in - 30...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons ' Palm Springs Party'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Desert House Party, 1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at a desert house, desig...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Harlem (Three Cowboys)
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
John Albok
Harlem (Three Cowboys), 1938
Vintage gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Titled in pencil on mount margin.
Signed and dated by John Albok in pencil, artist stamp in bl...
Category
1930s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Il Pellicano
1980 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925
Toned silver print
Negative by Edward Weston
Print by Cole Weston (1919-2003)
From: Edward Weston Portfolio, 1971
Published by Witkin-Berley Ltd., Ne...
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kings of Hollywood (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kings of Hollywood (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1957
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (19...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'The Beatles'
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill
The Beatles, Backyard of Abbey Road Studios
1963 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
signed and numbered edition 47 of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Nei...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Eye Of The Beholder'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Eye Of The Beholder
1974 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Terry O'Neill 'Alice Cooper and Family, Los Angeles'
Located in New York, NY
Alice Cooper, Los Angeles, 1974, Printed Later
Silver gelatin print
40 x 40 inches
estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Neill, Alice ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elio Uno and Dos, Diptych. From The Nostalgic Series
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elio Uno and Dos, Diptych by Ricky Cohete
From The Nostalgic Series
Archival Pigment Print
Overall size: 30 in H x 40 in W.
Individual size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Un...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hotel - Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2000
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
Early 2000s Modern Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons Catch Up By the Pool (Aarons Estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up By The Pool, 1970 ( Outtake from the sold out Poolside Gossip Series)
C print
Estate editon of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A desert house in Palm ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Moth and Stump, Interglacial Forest, Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount, with image number "6" in the lower left corner. Portfolio Two stamp with print #6 and set #A in red c...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert Hous)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Party, (Kaufmann Desert House),
1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A poolside party at...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Sign 77, San Francisco
Located in Hudson, NY
Amodaj created the Hoop and Ball series of photographs in June 2010 with dancer and author Shawnrey Notto. The photographs were based on an earlie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing avai...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mid Century 1957 Vintage Corvette, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. White Porsche Cabriolet 911 vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert.
Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Archit...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1947 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1947
Beachwear fashion shoot, 1947.
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples -...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot featuring sunshades, 1948
by Toni Frissell
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing avail...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Girl On The Beach 1948 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Girl On The Beach
1948
Beachwear fashion shoot
by Toni Frissell
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
unframed
(framing available see examples - plea...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Leisure In Antibes'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Leisure In Antibes
1969 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Mid Century Blue 356 Porsche, Midnight Modern Architecture Palm Springs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture.Blue vintage Porsche Car photographed in Palm Desert.
Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Pa...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Demonstration of Physics - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Demonstration of Physics - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
By Bert Stern
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an offset photolithograph, originally shot by Bert Stern in 1967, and printed at a later date. It was photographed for the New York City Ballet production by George Ballachine, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" starring Arthur Mitchell...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$2,000 Sale Price
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Steel Factory - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Steel Factory - American Vintage Photograph is a vintage albumen print realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$179 Sale Price
25% Off
Refuge - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Refuge - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century.
With the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$179 Sale Price
25% Off
Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Sotogrande' : Mid-Century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside in Sotogrande
1975 (printed later)
C print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Caption: Bather...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Modern photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 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, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Slim Aarons, Howard Schatz, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and Pigment Print 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 photography, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $44 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $2,150.