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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Faraglioni Rocks, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks, Capri, 1974, Printed Later Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
Lambda
Lou Jacobs World Famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown
Located in Middletown, NY
Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Ro...
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Tropical Mustique
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tropical Mustique Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989 Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 60" inches / ca 101.6 x 152...
Archival Pigment
Donna Domitilla Ruspoli - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Donna Domitilla Ruspoli by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16 x 20 paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Donna Domitilla Ruspoli" is a Limited...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon' (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Re-creating astronaut Alan Shepard’s famed golfing on the moon picture, Connery as James Bond plays golf on a deserted film set in Pinewood Studios in London during the filming of ‘D...
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet by Norman Parkinson 1981 American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in a pho...
Archival Pigment
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977 Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill
Located in London, GB
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977 Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill and Faye Dunaway Mint condition C print hand numbered 37 / 50 and hand signed by both photographer ...
C Print
Slim Aarons - Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc - Riva Boats - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' by Slim Aarons ESTATE EDITION - numbered and emboss stamped on front. (edition size 150 only) Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, ...
C Print
$1,900Sale Price|40% Off
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio - Street Photography, Park
By Garry Winogrand
Located in Denton, TX
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio, by Garry Winogrand is a black and white gelatin silver print of two women in matching outfits, walking through a park with people staring as they pass by. Edition of 80 Signed, numbered and misc. notations by Garry Winogrand Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 3/4 x 13 in. Printed 1981 From the Women are Beautiful Portfolio Garry Winogrand was an American photographer from New York. He is known for his extensive documentation of American life.. Winogrand was the recipient of the various Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is included in the George Eastman Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Center for Creative Photography...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Las Hadas' 1974 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Hadas' Guests round the pool at Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico, 1974. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
Archival Pigment
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Pousada dos Buzios' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century American photographer Slim Aarons. Friends and acquaintances lying by the swimming pool at Pousada dos Buzios in Brazil are photographed by Slim Aarons. The man pictured is Italian restaurateur Stefano Monti. Just east of Rio de Janiero city is Buzios, formerly a quiet little fishing village and since the 1960s a bustling, animated, and absolutely upscale seaside resort, littered with fine restaurants, boutiques, and posh pousadas. Pictured here is one such pousada. Also found in Portugal, pousadas offer a blend between luxury hotel and intimate family-run inn. Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. Both 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' were taken in this location. The similarities between 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' are most evident in the subjects: the female sunbather wearing a black and white swimsuit with the straw sunhat appears to be in both scenes, and the female sunbather with short hair wearing the leopard print bikini appears similarly in both scenes. This image from August 1975...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955 Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955 Estate stamped and...
Silver Gelatin
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Skating Waiter by Horace Abrahams
Located in London, GB
"Skating Waiter" by Horace Abrahams 8th January 1938: A waiter skates across the ice at St. Moritz carrying a tray of drinks for his customers. Unframed Paper Size: 60" x 40'' (in...
Black and White
Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing ...
Archival Pigment
Harbour of Hamburg; From the journal Camera Work
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1911. Halftone engraving from a gum bichromate print, 4 11/16 × 8 9/16 inches (119 × 218 mm), tipped onto a mounting sheet 8 x 11 3/4 inches. Signature o...
Engraving, Photogravure
'Pool At Las Brisas' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Brisas' 1972 Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons 'Pool At Las Brisas' by Slim Aarons Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. Two beautiful young women in bikinis...
C Print
Two phases. Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From space, error is projected onto the focal point, error for man. From within, we modify the language of the elements to compose a reuse of the ordinary and bring it into play in a...
Archival Pigment, Color
Street Corner, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
By Rémy Duval
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Street Corner, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives pap...
Photogravure
Rhode Island Surfers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Rhode Island Surfers 1965 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size L...
Archival Pigment
Herefordshire House 1995 Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Herefordshire House' by Christopher Simon Sykes An open window gives a view along a country lane in Herefordshire, from the home of filmmaker John Bulmer and sculptor Angela Connor...
C Print, Color
$2,300
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask - Mexican Artists, Couple, Painter, Kahlo, Rivera
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The couple embraces each other while Frida holds a gas m...
Archival Pigment
Terry O'Neill, Faye Dunaway Oscar Reclining
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977 (printed later) C-print 60 x 60 inches Estate stamped edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity American actress Faye Dunaway take...
C Print
Boating In Antigua (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boating In Antigua (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) American actor Hugh O’Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. . Additiona...
Color, Archival Pigment
George Cameron (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
George Cameron (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach ...
Color, Archival Pigment
Verbier Skier, 1964 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print, 16 x 20
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Verbier Skier, 1964 by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Verbier Skier' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital...
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
$1,340
Theatre (1960) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Theatre (1960) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) A theater audience view from the stage conductor in the orchestra pit, circa 1960s. A...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Toni Frissell 'Courchevel' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Courchevel by Toni Frissell Annik Schäffler and her dog on the mountains of Courcheval, 1970. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm ...
Archival Pigment
'Reigns and Feathers' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Reigns and Feathers by Toni Frissell A decorated horse and its cart await their travels in a Capri market, 1959. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 60 x 40" i...
Archival Pigment
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie, 1976 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies according to print size. Unfr...
Archival Pigment
Toni Frissell 'Hamptons Lilos' 1956 Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hamptons Lilo’s 1956 by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition Friends enjoy surfing the waves in Capri on Lilo’s, 1956. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archiva...
Archival Pigment
Dolores Guinness (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness (1965) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia 1965. Additional Information: U...
Color, Archival Pigment
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images) A model wearing a black cocktail dress and a black velvet wide-brimmed hat, designed by Ronald Paterson...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Steiglitz Circle, Alice Boughton, Head of a Young Woman, c. 1905, signed
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Alice Boughton (1865-1943) Head of a Young Woman in Profile Vintage Platinum Print, c. 1905-1910 Signed in ink lower left (see photo) Monogramedd in ink lower right on mount (see pho...
Platinum
Jake Chessum 'Kate Moss London 1990' Signed Limited Edition Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
Kate Moss London 1990 by Jake Chessum Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 7...
Black and White
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 18, 1 x 22, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Piazza Umberto I, Capri C-Type Print, Aarons Estate-Stamped, Edition of 150
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Al fresco diners beneath the parasols in Piazza Umberto I, Capri, 1958. Piazza Umberto I, Capri 1958, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...
Lambda
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer by Globe Photo Archives FIlm star James Dean behind the wheel of his Porsche racer. James Dean ...
Archival Pigment
The Beatles, Office, Black and White Photography, 25, 4 x 20, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool 1985
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. Pap...
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons, 'Natale Rusconi' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 1978. Slim Aarons ...
C Print
$1,742
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton Photo taken in 1940s Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is considered one of the mo...
Silver Gelatin
Family Snapper Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper 1959 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photogra...
Archival Pigment
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. E...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Poolside Social, 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate C-Type Print from Limited Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Social, 1970 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Poolside Social" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate St...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Prince Philip of Edinburgh - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Philip of Edinburgh is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Photographic Paper
Rose Base. #1. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As an artist, He is fascinated by the opulence and richness of still life of the golden age of Dutch painting in the 17th c. These works, of course, symbolize mortality and the tempo...
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency
Located in London, GB
"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency Teddy the Dog holds onto child actor Jackie Lucas (1919 - 1983) by the tail of his golfing jacket as he tries to play a ball, which is floating in a river. A publicity still for the unreleased Mack Sennett comedy short, 'Rough and Ready', directed by William Campbell...
Black and White
"Street Scene" Germain Krull, Female Artist, Early 20th Century, Urban Scene
Located in New York, NY
Germain Krull Street Scene Stamped on the reverse Silver gelatin print on paper 6 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches Germaine Krull was a pioneer in the fields of avant-garde photomontage, the pho...
Paper, Silver Gelatin
"Peek-A-Boo Beatles" by R. McPhedran
Located in London, GB
"Peek-A-Boo Beatles" by R. McPhedran 14th June 1965: The British rock group The Beatles stand in a window at Twickenham Film Studios, Middlesex. L-R: Georg...
Black and White
Los Leones, St Barts - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Los Leones, St Barts by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Los Leones, St Barts" is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
"Spiral Staircase" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Spiral Staircase" by Fox Photos May 1937: The spiral staircase at St Paul's Cathedral, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Unframed Paper Size:...
Black and White
Jackie Kennedy in Monacco, France
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kennedy, John Walking in the Dunes, 1959 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
JFK Walking in the Dunes -- JFK’s favorite photo of himself was taken by Mark Shaw in 1959 on the dunes near Hyannis Port. This photo has been used frequently, since JFK’s assassination...
Giclée
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper ...
Archival Pigment
Street Scene, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
By Rémy Duval
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Street Scene, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives pape...
Photogravure
$3,588Sale Price|20% Off
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
C Print
Slim Aarons "Keep Your Cool" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collect...
Archival Pigment
Michael Jackson - Photo- 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Michael Jackson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper
Bettie Page in Leopard - Oversize Limited Print
By Irving Klaw
Located in London, GB
Bettie Page in Leopard by Irving Law Photographed by the legendary and infamous Irving Klaw, this 'Master Print' has been meticulously restored and then colorized and presented for the first time ever. Bettie Page was an American model...
Archival Pigment
The Beatles, Black and White Photography, 1967, 20, 2 x 25, 3 cm
By Michael Ochs
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin