Photorealist Photography
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
David Burdeny - Khufu with Horses, Giza, Egypt (Photography)
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 21 inches - edition of 7
32 x 32 inches - edition of 7
44 x 44 inches - edition of 10
59 x 59 inches – edition of 5
Ask us for custom frami...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Square Java-Photograph
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Coffee in a square mug.
Measures 8 x 10 inches and is Unframed. Also available: 5 x 7 inches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Covid-Free Cardboard-Photograph
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Photo taken at Eastern Market in Detroit during Covid, 2020--just before the lockdown.
Measures 8 x 10 inches and is Unframed. Also available: 5 x 7 inches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Open - underwater monochrome photograph - archival paper print 35x50"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater monochromatic photograph capturing a young woman in a light tulle dress and unbuckled bra turned away from the camera. The subdued tones create an ethereal tranquility...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Iconics by Fabrizio La Torre - Set # 2 - Roma - 1956 - Vintage Photographs
Located in Brussels, BE
Artworks sold in perfect condition : Set # 2 composed of 5 Gallery Print 30x40 cm
This is an exceptional offer that we are presenting today. For almost four years, here on 1stdibs, a...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
TANNER, ALMOST SPRING
Located in New Orleans, LA
THIS VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PRINT IS FROM AN EDITION OF 3. The photograph of Tanner were originally shot on a Polaroid Land 360 from my series ‘Diary Non Diary’.
Sebastian Perinotti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall nude contact sheet
Located in Austin, TX
Contact sheet print featuring American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, photographed for Norman Parkinson’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
0059
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...
Bryce (View of Osaka, Japan from city's tallest building is in background)
Located in New Orleans, LA
THIS VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PRINT IS FROM AN EDITION OF 3, Bryce was taken in Osaka, Japan at Abeno Harukas, Japan’s tallest building. The photograph was shot on 35mm film on a Contax T3
Sebastian...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe . Marilyn Monroe in chinchilla coat
By Bert Stern
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern
Marilyn Monroe in chinchilla coat
Mythical photo of the last seance (1962)
ink jet print by bert stern
2010
signed on both sides
certificat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
9815
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Bob Tabor is a well-established, New York based, photographer best known for his exquisite large scaled portraits of subjects ranging from horses to seascapes. It is his unique appro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogr...
Flamingo Pops fine art photograph by award winning artist Mieke Douglas
Located in London, GB
'Flamingo Pops' is part of an ongoing series, inspired by 17th Century Dutch Master Painters. Mieke experiments with modern techniques to create 21st Century still life in digital im...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital
Kate Bush
Located in Austin, TX
Absolutely stunning portrait of singer Kate Bush by acclaimed photographer, Gered Mankowitz, taken in his London studio in 1978.
Kate Bush has seen a huge r...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York 1969 by Norman Seeff
By Norman Seeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition fine art print of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, taken in her kitchen in New York by celebrated photographer and filmmaker, Norman Seeff in 1969.
This P...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Picture Frame black and white photograph London Westminster Bridge 1969
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
About the image:
Arthur used to pass a shop in London that sold nothing but antique picture frames and he started to think of what I could use them for, a scene of some kind was unf...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
The Cross and the Old Tree (Hungary)
Located in MADRID, ES
Hungary - Manipulated photography.
As the country where Wei Xiang has lived for more than 30 years, Hungary has become a continuous source of inspiration for the artist. Evocative la...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Icelandic Landscapes 1 (Iceland)
Located in MADRID, ES
World - Manipulated photography
The artist Wei Xiang is an artist who usually travels to obtain sources of inspiration for his art pieces. In this series of photographs manipulated w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
What A Wonderful World photography Louis Armstrong 1968 by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Louis Armstrong practices his scales exclusively for Arthur Steel’s camera whilst awaiting a flight back to his home from touring.
Image unearthed January 2013. Printed Later.
Arth...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital
David Bowie Aladdin Sane contact sheet by Brian Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie Aladdin Sane contact sheet print from Brian Duffy, taken during the phot shoot for the Aladdin Sane album cover. The print features the Aladdin Sane album cover in color ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Mezzogiono al Pantheon, 1958 - Roma - Contemporary Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Mezzogiorno al Pantheon, 1958. At noon, a fountain in the Pantheon Square, work of Giacomo della Porta, (such as so many other achievements of this...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Who with children by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The Who under a Union Jack flag, 1968 by Art Kane
Shot in 1968 in NYC in Morningside Park near Columbia University, Art Kane had plenty of fun with The Who. Kane described them as “...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Cream 1968 by Art Kane
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
British psychedelic rock group, Cream, taken in 1968 by Art Kane, featuring Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.
Cream was a new kind of blues band. British of course, but put...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, AP 2/10. Image: 15.75 x 22.25 in. / Paper: 20 x 24 in. From the set of the film 'Something's Got to Give', this colored photograph features Marilyn Monroe naked in front of a pool. Photograph taken in 1962 and printed in 2023.
In 1962, Schiller received an assignment from Paris Match...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Who under a Union Jack flag
By Art Kane
Located in Austin, TX
The Who under a Union Jack flag, 1968 by Art Kane
Shot in 1968 in NYC in Morningside Park near Columbia University, Art Kane had plenty of fun with The Who. Kane described them as “...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Orgasm - underwater photograph - print on paper 27" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A striking underwater fine art photograph captures a floating figure in a crimson dress against a deep black background. The composition masterfully blends contemporary underwater ph...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Bowie Scary Monsters Clown Contact Sheet by Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality contact sheet print of David Bowie in the Scary Monsters Clown costume from the official Duffy Archive.
Taken from the original negatives from the Scary Monsters and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
MAN RAY (1890-1976), ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY, 1927 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: ABSTRACT RAYOGRAPHY
Date Of Negative: 1927
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 19...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Raquel Welch
By Eva Sereny
Located in Austin, TX
Modern edition, C-Type print estate stamped and authenticated on reverse by a representative of the Eva Sereny archive.
American film star and sex symbol Raquel Welch...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
David Bowie & Twiggy Pin-Ups Contact Sheet, 1973 by Justin De Villeneuve
Located in Austin, TX
English model Twiggy poses with David Bowie in Paris for the cover of his ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973, by Justin de Villeneuve
Justin recalls, "Twiggy and I were staying in the Bel Air Hotel in LA when Peter...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Noel Gallagher from Oasis by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Limited edition fine art print of Noel Gallagher from Oasis, tuning his guitar on the floor of Studio Two, Abbey Road Studios during the recording sessions for Be Here Now in October...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Noel Gallagher of Oasis by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, TX
Noel Gallagher of the legendary band Oasis taken in NEC Birmingham, England in the mid-90s, taken by Jill Furmanovsky (featuring his signature Union Jack guitar).
Signed and number...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Jam "In The City" album cover outtake by Martyn Goddard
Located in Austin, TX
Signed, limited edition print of The Jam. This shot is an outtake from the debut album cover for 'In The City' with photographer Martyn Goddard in May 1977.
Available in the follow...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Milano Palazzo Reale
Located in Milano, MI
Photo taken inside the Royal Palace of Milan.
Marcelo Soulé (Buenos Aires, 1958) trained at the Artistic Lyceum and the Brera Academy in Milan. He lives...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Pigment
Chicago II
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Chicago II is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a trip to th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Mermaids - a book of underwater nude and ocean wildlife photographs
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The book “Mermaids” has the best of Alex Sher’s underwater photography for eight years (2010-2018). It blends human erotics with the beauty of the ocean wildlife - transforming the c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Magazine Paper
Bridges. Chicago I
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Chicago I" is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Tadeusz Zych from the series entitled Black and white States. The photo was taken during a trip to th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Rolling Stones "Stones and Cows" London 1968
Located in Austin, TX
“From the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968. Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Moss Landing - 1965 Original Black and White Photograph
Original black and white photograph of Moss Landing in 1965 by Al Weber (American, 1930-2016). The photograph shows Moss Land...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Monroe nude in Somethings Got To Give by Lawrence Schiller EP5/6
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality print of Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller, taken on the set of Somethings Got To Give in 1962 during the famous naked swimming pool scene
...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prayer Beads, Western Tibet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Prayer Beads, Western Tibet" c.1998, is a photograph by American artist Lisa Kristine, b.1965. It is stamp signed and titled on the back. The photograph size is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Deborah Harry, 1986
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Deborah Harry, 1986
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: Outside the edi...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: RAYOGRAPH
Date Of Negative: 1923
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" Beggars Banquet by Michael Joseph framed
Located in Austin, TX
The Rolling Stones "Mick Feeding Goat" - Outtake from the famous photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion, Hampstead, London, 1968, si...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones, circa 1998, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones
Year: 1998
Medium: Oil on masonite
Size: 16 x 13.5 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
1990s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Masonite, Oil, ABS
Mike Tyson - Stampa su carta in bianco e nero
Located in Napoli, IT
Stampa su carta in bianco e nero del pugile Mike Tyson, con cornice
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Paper, Monoprint
MAN RAY (1890-1976), ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, 1934 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Date Of Negative: 1934
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Nirvana by Chris Cuffaro
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of grunge band Nirvana featuring Kurt Cobain, Chris Novoselic and Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, from acclaimed music photographer, Chris Cuffaro. Taken in March of 1991 in an alleyway in Seattle
Signed limited edition 17x22" print, edition number 24/50
Chris Cuffaro has shot the best of the best in the music world including ground-breaking bands like Jane’s Addiction...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Henry Miller And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge - 1954 Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Henry And Eve Miller On Partington Ridge" - 1954 Original Photograph
1954 original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Henry and Eve Miller at their house on Partington Ridge in Big Sur, California by California photographer Jim Healy (American, 20th C.). Eve Miller sits behind a desk while Henry Miller leans against a bookshelf in their home office in Big Sur. Eve holds a cigarette in her hand, with Henry next to her, leaning his elbow against the bookshelf.
Titled, stamped and dated on verso.
"Henry and Eve Miller on Partington Ridge 1954 photo by Jim Healy"
Stamped "Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur California"
Presented in a white mat.
Mat: 20"H x 16"W
Photo: 14"H x 11"W
Image: 13 1/8"H x 10 5/8"W
Henry Miller was born December 26, 1891 in New York, New York. In 1920 Miller began working for Western Union Telegraph service where his interest in writing began. He soon left for Europe in 1928 where he resided in Paris in 1930. He continued full time with his long and lucrative career as a writer of more than 36 creative and analytical works. Miller's entrance into the writer's circle began with Tropic of Cancer, which still proves to be Miller's most famous work. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn chronicle Miller's lives and loves as an expatriate in Paris. They were both originally published in France by Jack Kahane at Obelisk Press in the mid-thirties. Soon after the publishing of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Miller's other works to date were published in the United States. During this time it was said that "Miller became a legendary character, a kind of folk hero, the Paul Bunyan of literature, larger than life as exile, bohemian, and rebel, the great champion of freedom of expression and other lost causes...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Beastie Boys Adam Yauch MCA Vintage Darkroom Print by Jake Chessum
By Jake Chessum
Located in Austin, TX
Original hand-printed vintage print from photographer Jake Chessum of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, know as MCA, playing double bass in the studio in 1994.
Printed by Jake back in the d...
Category
1990s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tutu Skirt - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on paper 43" x 70"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young female dancer in the pool. The dancer is putting on her tut skirt. The photograph depicts her beautiful naked butt about to hid...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
David Bowie Ohio 1976 by Janet Macoska
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie, photographed performing live on stage in Ohio, 1976 by Janet Macoska
Available in various sizes:
16x20" Lambda C-Type Edition: 25
20x24...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Liquid Fire - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17x23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women with long blonde hair diving in a pool. The realistic photograph is taken with red background.
Original gallery quality archival pigm...
Category
2010s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Archival digital pigment, AP 3/5. Image: 12.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's ...
Category
1960s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dolly Parton
By Ed Caraeff
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print by Ed Caraeff of Dolly Parton taken during the cover session for her album ‘Here You Come Again’ in Los Angeles, CA, US, July...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Jimi Hendrix classic color by Gered Mankowitz
Located in Austin, TX
Jimi Hendrix “Classic Color” 1967 by Gered Mankovitz
Available is the following sizes, signed and numbered by Gered Mankowitz.
16x20” - Edition 50
20x24" - Edition 50
30x40” - Edit...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Led Zeppelin on the Starship 1973
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of Led Zeppelin by Michael Brennan, taken aboard their Boeing 707 ‘Starship’, on their way to Detroit, US, January 31, 1975.
T...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve Martin, On Fifth Avenue, 1977
Located in White Plains, NY
'Steve Martin, On Fifth Avenue,' 1977 by famed American photographer, Allan Tannenbaum. Archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inch photo on 16 x 20 inch on the ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 4 - Travel - 1956 - Vintage Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Fabrizio La Torre’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (1921-2021) Set # 3 - Roma (Italy)
Limited edition of 100 Coffrets for each themes, all artworks p...
Category
1950s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photorealist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Allan Tannenbaum, Lynn Goldsmith, and Jake Chessum. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival 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 Photorealist photography, so small editions measuring 5.5 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 $11 and tops out at $200,247, while the average work sells for $1,930.