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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'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
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
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
Joan Collins Relaxes Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Joan Collins Relaxes 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. unframed c type print printed 202...
Archival Pigment
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
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
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
Garden Party Huge Oversize Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Garden Party. An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida, 1970. Huge oversize 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
Archival Pigment
'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
'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
Mrs George Cameron - Estate Stamped C-Type Photograph from Limited Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Mrs George Cameron by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Mrs George...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
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
Il Pellicano Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Beach, 1973 Chromogenic Lambda print A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 19...
Lambda
$3,600
Slim Aarons 'Pebble Beach' 1976 Official Limited Estate 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. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper s...
Archival Pigment
Skiing Waiters, 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
Lambda
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
' Betty Grable ' c. 1930
Located in London, GB
Betty Grable, 1930s / Everett Collection. stunning and vivid photograph of classic Hollywood film star Betty Grable. "With the man the world is his hea...
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon - Oversize Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon by Getty Images This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photo...
Archival Pigment
Nena and the Sphinx, 1960 Silver Gelatin Print, Norman Parkinson Estate Stamped
Located in New York, NY
American fashion model Nena von Schlebrügge by George John Villiamy’s faux-Egyptian sphinx at the Victoria Embankment in London. She wears a hat by Rudolf with jewels from Presents o...
Silver Gelatin
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card: A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
Photographic Paper
$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
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
Notorious B.I.G 1991
Located in London, GB
This image, circa 1991, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, is from the first professional photo shoot for the late Biggie Smalls aka The Notorios B.I.G (May 21, 1972 – March 9, ...
Archival Pigment
"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
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
'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
$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
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
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
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 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
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
'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
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....
Black and White
Turn of the century parade Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Located in Middletown, NY
Gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collectio...
Photographic Paper
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
$2,500
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Original, vintage gelatin silver print by famed photographer Tina Modotti of a mural fresco by Diego Rivera. "Negative Side of the Church" from the fresco in the Preparatory School ...
Silver Gelatin, Paper
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terra...
Black and White, 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
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
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
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
Reset I Color 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
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
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
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
$400
Paris 1925 Decorative Art Exhibition, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by French Press Agency, Paris, 1925. International Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris, October 1925, the front of the bui...
Silver Gelatin
Fern Forest II - Archival Inkjet Print, Limited Edition of 25
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest II' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest II' is the second prin...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Monica Vitti
Located in New York, NY
Monica Vitti, 1966 Silver Gelatin Print 60 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50 Posthumous print Italian actress Monica Vitti's one bid for Hollywood stardom was in "Modesty Blaise...
Silver Gelatin
Brigitte Bardot On Set 1966 Large Oversize Print
By Jim Gray
Located in London, GB
Brigitte Bardot 1966 The French actress Brigitte BARDOT in Scotland between two takes of the film A COEUR JOIE Head over Heels directed by Serge BOURGUIGNON. Photo by Keystone-Fran...
Color, Archival Pigment
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
Dior, Renee in Gazette du Bon Ton, 1954 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Renee in Gazette du Bon Ton, 1954. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited ed...
Giclée
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
Dior, Two Models in Vivante Line, "1953", 1956 - Mark Shaw Editioned Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Models in Vivante Line, "1953", 1956. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo ...
Giclée
Dior, Eugenie Wears Clorinde, 1954 - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Eugenie wears Clorinde, 1954 -- The source for this image was a vintage 35mm black and white negative. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper ...
Giclée
At La Coquille Club 1954 Giant Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
At La Coquille Club 1954 by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition Large oversize 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing ava...
Archival Pigment
"Table Tennis Stars" by John Kobal Foundation
Located in London, GB
"Table Tennis Stars" by John Kobal Foundation American actors and friends Henry Fonda (1905 - 1982, left) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) play a game of t...
Black and White
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16 by Jake Chessum 1990 limited edition edition size 20 only this size printed 2024 Archival pigment print numbered and signed by the artist unframed ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Boy Baron' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boy Baron by Slim Aarons 1957: The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron and 10th Baronet Hesketh, fishing in the lake at his ancestral...
Archival Pigment
$6,480
Adele Collins for Vogue Limited Norman Parkinson Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Adele Collins, British Vogue 1959 by Norman Parkinson Archival pigment Print, stamped and authenticated by the Norman Parkinson Archive. Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch a...
Archival Pigment