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
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann Desert House
1970
C Print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, desig...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
I Love You to Nantucket and Back
Located in Greenwich, CT
From Debranne Cingari's "Words in the Sky" series, this piece celebrates the playfulness that has long been a signature element of her oeuvre. Cingari combines beautiful landscapes, ...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Metal
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
By Bill Brandt
Located in London, GB
"Backless Fashion" by Bill Brandt
5th November 1949: Paris's latest fashion items place the accent on necklines, using roses, frills, and feathers to emphasize necks and bosoms. Thi...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White
View from Charing Cross Road towards Cambridge Circus, London
Located in Middletown, NY
Gelatin silver print on baryta paper. Later print. Image dimensions 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in (292 × 375 mm); sheet dimensions 12 x 15 1/4 in (304 × 388 mm); archivally matted and framed.
The verso signed "W. Suschitzky", hand annotated and dated "London, Cambridge Circus, Charing Cross...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo - Wallis Simpson - Vintage Photograph - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Wallis Simpson is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal famili...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
48x36 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Exhibition Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS" The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prince Philip and young Prince Charles - Vintage Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Philip and young Prince Charles - Vintage press print realized in the 1960s, by Edward Blackbrow.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline, 1952.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Palms Reflected Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Palm Reflections
by Stuart Möller
Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
signed and numbered in pencil by artist on front
Unframed (framing ava...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pebble Beach 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
40x40” / 101 x 101 cm - paper size
...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
64x48 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
National Museum of Rome-Faun - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
National Museum of Rome-Faun is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
1930s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exotic Hair Care - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Piazza del Popolo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Piazza del Popolo - Vintage Photo is a colored photograph of the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Throws the First Pitch - Giant Oversize Limited Edition Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Monroe Throws the First Pitch 1958
Frank Worth
Marilyn Monroe with Ralph Edwards on a baseball diamond, throwing the first pitch to start a game in 1958.
Marilyn Monroe was an Am...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Maserati 250F, Maserati Mechanics, Monza, Italy
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition
Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in.
Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. Hi...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Florence Pritchett Smith'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model turned fashion editor turned ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Still Life - Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Still Life
by Stuart Möller
Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Archival pigment print
signed and numbered in pencil by artist on front
Unframed (framing available...
Category
2010s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Catch Up By the Pool' Kaufmann Desert House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Hel...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Queen Elizabeth Presents The John Player Trophy - Vintage Photo- 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth Presents The John Player Trophy - Vintage press print realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Conca dei Marini by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Private Island Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Walking the Great Wall - Vintage Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Walking the Great Wall of China - Vintage Photo realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vinyl Blondie by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vinyl Blondie
Debbie Harry of Blondie photographed with a vinyl record in New York 1978
Photo by Martyn Goddard
Printed 2024.
Signed limited edition photograph; edition of 25 in ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons At The Von Pantzs
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside At The Von Pantzs, 1967
Chromogenic Lambda Print
30 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity.
Bathers by th...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Groucho Marx - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Groucho Marx is a black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Dieter Borsche - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Dieter Borsche is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the smoking German actor with big pier...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Gorgeous Joan (1931) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(photo Glasshouse Images / Alamy Archives )
Joan Crawford, on-set of the Film “Possessed”,
1931.
Additional Informati...
Category
1930s Modern Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Period of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Beach at St. Tropez by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Tropical Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Sea Drive by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Water Sports Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography - Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980
Hotel Il Pellicano
1980 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered ...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled 1863. Diptych. Landscape limited edition color photograph
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Peters has gone on to capture and document man’s wider imprint on nature. Whether it’s the graphic symmetry of urban architecture or the abstract choreography of the forms and hues o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Paris 1952 , Arc de Triomphe
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This is a black-and-white photograph of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, taken in 1952. The image shows the monumental arch, a symbol of French national pride and history, locat...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bermuda Beach - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
New York Picnic by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Photographic Cityscape Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Naples 1954, Street music
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This photograph, taken in Naples in 1954, depicts a group of street musicians performing in what appears to be an urban setting. The scene is lively and intimate, featuring a woman i...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Surfing in Biarritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Desert Party - Slim Aarons - color photography 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 40 x 30" inches unframed.
' Kaufmann Desert House '
Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies.
The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs by Slim Aarons - Limited Poolside Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print
Slim Aarons 'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Rockefeller Brothers' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Rockefeller Brothers'
The Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2004), Winthrop (1912 - 1973), John D. Rockefeller (1906 - 1978...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Natale Rusconi' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Natale Rusconi'
Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 19...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Jhelum River' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jhelum River'
A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper si...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Abercorns On Windermere' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Abercorns On Windermere'
James and Alexandra Hamilton, the 5th Duke and Duchess of Abercorn holiday on Windermere Island in the Bahamas, with their children Sophia and James, April...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo'
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Colle...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Barbados' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Barbados'
The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed by English artist Oliver Messel, Barbados,...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Helen & Nelda by the Pool' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Helen & Nelda by the Pool'
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, Califo...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing At St. Moritz'
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sl...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Marbella Birds' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella Birds'
A woman wearing a headscarf on a porch in Marbella, Spain, 1963
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Sli...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'CZ's Dogs' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'CZ's Dogs'
Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs. F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, V...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week'
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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