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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Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House, Poolside Pairs 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House i...
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Vintage Black and White Photo from Au Revoir Les Enfants, 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Backgammon in Haiti'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool in Haiti, January 1975. Estate ...
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Marilyn Candid Moment (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Michael Ochs
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Candid Moment (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) NEW YORK - MARCH 1955: Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Keep Your Cool - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Keep Your Cool - Backgammon Players Swimming Pool France by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Keep Your Cool is a Lim...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
$1,500
Hamptons Tennis Club 1955 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hamptons Tennis Club by Toni Frissell Girlfriends watch the tennis at a tennis club in The Hamptons in 1955. Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition 20x16" inches / 51 x 41 cm ...
Archival Pigment
Henry Gris – Film Still: What's the Matter With Helen? – Vintage Print (1971)
By Henry Gris
Located in Cologne, DE
Henry Gris – Film Still: What's the Matter With Helen? – Vintage Print (1971) A glamorous moment from the cult psychological thriller starring Debbie Reynolds and Swen Swenson. Captu...
Silver Gelatin
'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Giant Oversize print
Located in London, GB
'Art Deco Greta Garbo' Greta Garbo in 'Mata Hari,' 1931. (Photo: Clarence Sinclair Bull) Beautiful mint condition Giant Archival Pigment print measuring a very large 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm's Edge Prints...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
$555Sale Price|29% Off
Wisc 1709-02-06 (Americana, County Fair, Cotton Candy, Night Sky, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy Wisc 1709-02-06 Pigment Print Year: 2017 Visible Size: 13 x 13 inches Framed: 20.5 x 20.5 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 9 COA provided *Natural wood frame with st...
Pigment
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips'
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petroleuses’ a.k.a. ‘The Legend of Frenchie King’, directed by Christian-Jaque in Spain, 1971. Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips, 1971 Silve...
Silver Gelatin
Star Wars, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Black and White
$1,200
Brigitte Bardot by Reg Lancaster Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
"Bardot" by Reg Lancaster/Getty Images French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot stage name of Camille Javal, dancing in a scene from the film 'Two Weeks In September' with Mike...
Black and White
Slim Aarons Estate Print - The Carlton Hotel 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collecti...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gravestone Detail
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is initialed "AA" in felt-tip ink either by the artist or an unknown hand on the front of the mount. This print comes from the collection of the artist's da...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Coming Ashore' 1973 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Coming Ashore' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto ...
Color
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones 1974
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards being interviewed at Atlantic Records, London 1974 Keith Richards is the legendary guitarist of The Rolling S...
Silver Gelatin
Zermatt Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. 24 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limite...
Archival Pigment, Color
Jake Chessum 'Kate Moss Close Up London 1990' Signed Limited Edition Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
Kate Moss Close Up 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 /...
Black and White
Portfolio of 12 celebrity portraits, 1981 LIMITED EDITION, numbered.
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Middletown, NY
Beaton, Cecil & Daniela Palazzoli (Editor) Cecil Beaton – Portfolio, 1981; Electa Editrice Portfolios - LIMITED EDITION Milano, Italy: Electa Editrice Publishers, 1981. Limited Edition Portfolio. This is no. 785 out of an edtion of 1000. A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves and limitation leaflet with preface. Housed in portfolio and slipcover, portfolio: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in (415 x 317 mm); each print approximately 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in (220 x 170 mm). Subjects include Gary Cooper, 1930s; Buster Keaton, 1931; Marlene Dietrich, 1935; John Wiessmuller, 1933; Greta Garbo, 1946; Marlon Brando, 1947; Audrey Hepburn, 1954; Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin in "High Society", 1956; Marilyn Monroe, 1952; Rudolf Nureyev, November, 1962; Edith Sitwell, 1962; and Pablo Picasso...
Silver Gelatin
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy 1st May 1950: Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) leaning on an ornate urn in Kew Gardens. Original Publicatio...
Black and White
Catherine Wilke - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. (Photo by Slim Aarons) 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size E...
Archival Pigment
"Derby Spectator" by Topical Press Agency
Located in London, GB
"Derby Spectator" by Topical Press Agency A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. Unframed Paper S...
Black and White
'Jamaican Shoreline' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Jamaican Shoreline by Toni Frissell A man pulls his boat ashore onto a coastline in Jamaica. This personal work was done while Frissell was in Jamaica at this time for a fashion sho...
Archival Pigment
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge by Arthur Steel WESTMINSTER BRIDGE LONDON 1969 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints ...
Silver Gelatin
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
$1,340
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Swan Dive (1956) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) 1st March 1956. A man swan diving from the high diving boar...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Massachusetts Evening' Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Print
Located in London, GB
Massachusetts Evening By Stuart Möller A heron in his chosen hunting spot on a misty New England summer morning in Marion, Massachusetts USA, 2013. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm pa...
Archival Pigment
$820
Zig Zag Ovals Diptych, Blue Tones Cyanotype Monotypes, Organic Floating Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Zigzag Ovals is a cyanotype monotype diptych that explores the interplay between fluid forms and structured repetition. Organic white shapes drift across rich blue tonal fields, crea...
Paper, Monotype
$2,900
Nature's First Green is Gold: Abstract Still Life Photograph of Green Plants
Located in Hudson, NY
Colorful, Maximalist style floral still life photograph of green plants and flowers with gold lights and fireworks Archival digital print, made to order 48 x 40 inches, edition of 15...
Archival Ink, Digital
Slim Aarons, Poolside Gaze
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kaufmann Desert House, 1970 C print Estate edition of 150 Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and ac...
Silver Gelatin
Eye Of The Beholder Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eye Of The Beholder 1974 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swimming pool in Capri, Italy, August 1974 unframed c type print...
Archival Pigment
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Jagger And Warhol - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol being photographed at a restaurant. (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate...
Archival Pigment
The Eiffel Tower (1929) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
The Eiffel Tower (1929) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) Eiffel Tower built in 1889 seen from Trocadero wrought iron doors Paris France, circa 1929. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x30'' Printed Later Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' 20 x 30'' 30 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST About the Artist: H. Armstrong ROBERTS (1883-1947) is an artist born in 1883 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a photography sold in 2012. ACTORS ON SET, Bette Davis, Ladies Fashion...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Mulford Lane, Amagansett -Second Edition 1/10
Located in East Hampton, NY
Second Edition 1/10 Printed to Order Also available in 20"x30" . Photo taken in Amagansett NY *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been...
Archival Pigment
'Audrey Hepburn ' Limited Edition silver gelatin print
Located in London, GB
'Audrey Hepburn' Limited Edition silver gelatin print 1958 A gorgeous candid and delicate shot of the fashion and style movie icon Audrey Hepburn, film actress (1929-1993) during a ...
Silver Gelatin
"60x48" 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...
Archival Pigment
$995
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Actress Marilyn Monroe takes the ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Toni Frissell 'The Hamptons' 1955 Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Hamptons by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition A beach scene in The Hamptons USA 1955. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print Unframed ...
Archival Pigment
Sea Drive
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 40 x 60 inches Framing is additional Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Segrist and their family for a drive in a...
C Print
Brooklyn Bridge Tugboat (1953) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Brooklyn Bridge Tug Boat (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts) Downtown skyline manhattan seen through cables of Brooklyn Bridge tug boat i...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jean Serpieri' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jean Serpieri' Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece, Decem...
Archival Pigment
Il Pellicano Pool - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Color C-Type, 16 x 20 Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Il Pellicano Pool by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Il Pellicano Pool' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digita...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing in Lech' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Relaxing in Lech by Slim Aarons A group of people sitting in the sun at the Gasthof Post hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, 1960. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition esta...
Archival Pigment
'Lobster and Crab Catch' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Lobster and Crab Catch by Toni Frissell Local fisherman carry their fresh catch of Lobsters and Crab from sea. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 60 x 40" inch...
Archival Pigment
Waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Limited Edition C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap, Eden...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
'Hotel De Paris In Monaco' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel De Paris In Monaco 1977 By Slim Aarons The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977. (Photo by Slim Aarons) 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size ...
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Pastels Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. unframed c type pr...
Archival Pigment
Porto Ercole Boats - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print, Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Porto Ercole Boats by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Porto Ercole Boats' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Dig...
C Print, Digital, Color, Photographic Paper
Sailing Off Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Off Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Henry B. Cabot Jr. (in black) on Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III’s brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, circa 1959. ...
Archival Pigment
Stuart Möller 'Coast' Unframed Limited Numbered and Signed Edition
Located in London, GB
Palms Beach by Stuart Möller Limited Numbered and Signed Edition A silent ocean pictured on the coast. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archival Pigment Print signed and ...
Archival Pigment
'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968 Silver Gelatin Print English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968. Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
$2,622Sale Price|20% Off
Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Silver Gelatin
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
$1,756
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
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...
Silver Gelatin
Stuart Möller 'Palms Beach' Unframed Limited Numbered and Signed Edition
Located in London, GB
Palms Beach by Stuart Möller Limited Numbered and Signed Edition A morning shot of a costal beach front surrounded with Palm trees. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archi...
Archival Pigment
Barbados Bliss - Limited Edition Estate Stamp C-Type Print, 16" x 20"
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Barbados Bliss by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Barbados Bliss is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Ty...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Nice Pool (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Gues...
Color, Archival Pigment
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel, New York, 1964. Add...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Party (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Party, 1964 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
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