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Pop Art Photography

POP ART STYLE

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.

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Style: Pop Art
Harkness Ballet dancers Zane Wilson & Linda Bogsrud nude for After Dark magazine
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Harkness Ballet dancers Zane Wilson and Linda Bogsrud photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972....
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Harkness Ballet principal dancer Dale Talley, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photo
Located in Senoia, GA
Harkness Ballet principal dancer Dale Talley photographed nude in 1978 for 'After Dark' magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This ...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
90 Minutes Vintage Blue, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, pers...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Gold Marilyn - Oversized Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
Located in London, GB
Gold Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximately 40 x 30" ...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro stars of "Heat" for After Dark
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bejart Ballet dancer Jorge Donn, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Bejart Ballet dancer Jorge Donn, 1979. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jac...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Work comes with a Certifi...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Polaroid

Dancer Keith McDaniel, nude, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
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1980s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 15 Piece Rainbow Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Fifteen Piece Rainbow Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Photograph of Caroline Kennedy and Peter Beard
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol. The phot was taken at the premiere party for "Bobby Deerfield" at Tavern on the Green in New York City on September 18, 1977. In attendance was Andy Warhol, Jed Johnson, Monique Van Vooren, Steve Rubell, Michael Goldstein, Susan Blond, Caroline Kennedy, Peter Beard, Grace Jones, Francesco Scavullo, Sean Byrnes, and Margrit Ramme. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Listen to the Bass - Vintage Interior Music Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Captured when documenting the Preston Hall Museum, this atmospheric piece beautifully captures the nostalgic feeling of a record collection, the added detail of 'His Master's Voice' ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Milkshake, Clacton-on-Sea - Vintage Interior Still Life Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Milkshake, a cold drink on a hot day, captured at the seaside in the year of the great British staycation. This enticing pink milkshake in a glistening glass was photographed by Rich...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ghost Rider Cowboy Blue - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ghost Rider Cowboy (Blue), pop art photograph by Natasha Heidler. Natasha Heidler’s seductive images are a playful collection of contradictions. Ghostly outlines collide with vibran...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Kinema Office, Cambridge
Located in Cambridge, GB
Taken in one of Richard's favourite buildings in Cambridge. Cambridge is blessed with many architectural marvels but this former cinema had a particularly unique wooden auditorium, a...
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1990s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 ...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Keith Haring 1 - NYC, 1985 hand signed, numbered twice; hand painted wood frame
Located in New York, NY
Richard Corman Keith Haring 1 - NYC, 1985 (hand signed twice), 2022 Photographic print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultrasmooth paper mounted on Dibond aluminum board. (Hand signed and nu...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Metal

Conductor, Pianist & Composer Michael Tilson Thomas, signed by Jack
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Conductor, Pianist & Composer Michael Tilson Thomas in 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ladies, Wildwood, New Jersey - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ladies, photograph by Richard Heeps, from his Jersey Shore series. Taken in Wildwood, the historic Doo-Wop Town of New Jersey, this kitsch signage is perfect Pop Art and is typical o...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro, iconic nude for After Dark, signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro the iconic nude portrait taken during the photo session for After Dark magazine, 1970, shortly after starring in Andy Warhol's 'Trash'. Vintage 11 x ...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan), signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for 'After Dark' magazine. Signed by Ja...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New World Order Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
New World Order by BATIK Satirical pop art artwork featuring Vladimir Putin, VP J.D. Vance, Donald Trump and Elon Musk in WW2 war rooms. BATIK is a London based fine artist and im...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Turquoise Atomic - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot
Located in London, GB
Turquoise Atomic - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 30 x 30" inches ...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pink Bardot Triptych - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pink Bardot Triptych - Hand Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A beautifully crafted pop art composite of the French sex symbol and French Cinema icon that is Brigitte ...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Cherry Kate - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Pop Art
Located in London, GB
Cherry Kate - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and ...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Wanderlust Goes South, Wells-next-the-Sea - British Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Wanderlust Goes South', a selection of vintage fiction book spines. Photographed by Richard Heeps in a secondhand bookshop in the traditional North Norfol...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Purple and Yellow Palms - Framed Vibrant Palm Tree Pop Photography Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marco Pittori developed a new approach to photography by bringing iconic photographs into conversation with other art forms. His creative artworks are often based on his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a "stitched" work of a nude male model created by Andy Warhol in the last year of his tragically short life. "Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred wor...
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1980s Pop Art Photography

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Thread, Silver Gelatin

Dream in Color 'SIGNS' Installation - Pop Art, Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps' eye for capturing "Sign Porn" has meant he is extremely popular in this genre. He has a big collection of "Signs" from around the world and he is always adding to them...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Dancer Daryl Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection A Side Recording - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'A Side Recording'. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vi...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sandy, Seaside Heights - American Landscape Typography Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Seaside Heights boardwalk beach after Hurricane Sandy American landscape typography photography by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic print f...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

ICES Pink Lemonade, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Pink Lemonade, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea. Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex coas...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART
Located in London, GB
Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited to 10 only Note OTHER SIZES & FRAMING AVAILABLE BATIK is a London based contemporary pop artist fine art concept art conceptual fine art warhol pop art Al Pacino Lindsay Lohan Jane Fonda Mickey Rourke Christian...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Las Vegas Pool Supplies - Contemporary pop art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Las Vegas Pool Supplies, perfect pop-art kitsch from Richard Heeps in this American roadside 'Sign Porn' photography. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection B Side Recording - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'B Side Recording'. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vi...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Joe Dallesandro & Sylvia Miles in 'Heat' nude for 'After Dark'
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles nude in Andy Warhol’s ‘Heat’, 1971, for After Dark magazine. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was publishe...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief Studio Portrait
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief in 1963. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives w...
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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection - Orange, Blue, Pink Trio - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This listing is for three artworks from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Each artwork measures 16"x16". They can be hung any distance apart to suit your space. Each piece is a l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Paul Saltzman (1943) Title: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India (Beatles), suite of four Year: 1966 Medium: Chromogenic prints on photographic paper Edition: 1/50, 3/50, 3/50, 3/50; editions of 50 Size: 24.75 x 24.75 inches, each Inscription: each signed, titled, and numbered by the photographer Notes: Photographed by Paul Saltzman, Rishikesh, 1966; printed by Paul Saltzman, Toronto. Captured when the photographer was twenty-three years old, and studying meditation under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, these images were created at the time when the Beatles, Donovan and others were also pursuing their studies in meditation there. These photographs are rare and may never have been fully editioned. PAUL SALTZMAN (1943) is a Canadian film and television producer, photographer, and director. A two-time Emmy Award-recipient, he has been credited on more than 300 films, both dramas and documentaries. In 1968, at the age of 23, he traveled to India for the first time as sound engineer on the National Film Board of Canada's Juggernaut documentary. He studied meditation to recover after his girlfriend had broken up with him, by mail. He learned meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in the holy city of Rishikesh, India, The Beatles were coincidentally also visiting the ashram. He saw them sitting at a table and asked to join them. Paul McCartney drew up a chair. While there, he spent time with and photographed the Beatles, Donovan, Mia and Prudence Farrow and Mike Love. His photos have been judged "some of the best intimate shots" ever taken of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and have been seen in galleries worldwide. A permanent exhibition of his The Beatles in India photographs...
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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Digital Pigment

Sun 45, Bisbee, Arizona - American Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Sun 45, photograph from Richard Heeps' 'Dream in Colour' series. This stylish interior artwork is made up of deep and dark tones, with a flash of bright yellow. It was captured in a ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Alfred Hitchcock - Pop Art, Photograph in Pink and Blue from the 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Limited edition of 10. Printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310g Archival Paper. Dated and signed with the certificate of authenticity. This photograph portraying American movie director Alfred Hitchcock was created by Enzo Ragazzini in the early 60s, making him a pioneer of Por-Art and a precursor of the photographic creations done through color separation and solarization, like Andy Warhol’s Marylin...
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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Archival Paper, Giclée

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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C Print

RUSSIAN BOMB (SEMIPALATINSK)
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin. Image: 21.75 x 15.75 in. Sheet: 23.875 x 17.875 in. Frame: 32.5 x 26.5 in. Artwork is in exce...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Digital, Paper

NOMAD IV, New York - Contemporary architectural color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Brand new artwork by Richard Heeps featuring the iconic Empire State building in the mist. Photographed in New York City in 2017, he just executed this in his darkroom, printing it i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer. Captured in Las Vegas in 2003 it is part of a series he took over a few years. ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Bert Stern, "Red Scarf", unique photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Original color photograph, from the original transparency, by Bert Stern taken six weeks before Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962. The sitting took p...
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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

Joffrey Ballet dancers in costume for 'The Clowns'
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet dancers in costume for 'The Clowns', 1968. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
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1960s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

ABT principal dancer Cynthia Gregory in 'Swan Lake', Signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancer Cynthia Gregory in 'Swan Lake', 1976. Signed by Mitchell on the ...
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Poor Richard Heads, American Cowboy, Muffler Men - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ghost Rider Cowboy Cyan - Pop Art Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ghost Rider Cowboy (Cyan), pop art photograph by Natasha Heidler. Natasha Heidler’s seductive images are a playful collection of contradictions. Ghostly outlines collide with vibran...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
13 x 19" lifetime vintage color photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth nude, this is the only copy of this color photograph ever signed by Jack Mitchell....
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1970s Pop Art Photography

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Digital Pigment

Prize Bingo, Norfolk - British Color Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Prize Bingo, Norfolk, Richard Heeps' typography sign photography centrally framed in the Kodak rebate border, against an expansive, vivid blue sky, isolating the subject and emphasiz...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection B Side Recording - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler and Heeps Vinyl Collection 7" B Side Recording. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising...
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2010s Pop Art Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection, Tinted Oval Window Cassette - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Tinted Oval Window Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"St. Louis Sunset Donuts" photographic arrangement of Donuts on Rag paper
Located in Southampton, NY
You have read about the extraordinary donut portraits by Candice CMC on social media world-wide and we are excited and proud to represent her work and feature this new creation "St. Louis Sunset Donuts". This one of a kind photo arrangement titled "St. Louis Sunset Donuts" is printed on 100% rag paper by Candice CMC and features a donut created image of the iconic St. Louis Arch set against a sunset skyline of the city of St Louis...
Category

2010s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper

Stardust, Las Vegas - Vintage Vegas Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This cool picture has a classic Americana feel. Richard Heeps pictures beautifully capture parts of Las Vegas which are no longer there. This iconic 'Stardust' sign presented here al...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Debbie Harry photograph (on the set of Unmade Beds), New York, 1976
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Debbie Harry Photograph: NYC, 1976: Debbie Harry East Village, 1976 by celebrated New York photographer Fernando Natalici. Cooler than cool, this classic "Blondie" photo was captured...
Category

1970s Pop Art Photography

Materials

C Print

Dancer Derek Rencher, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category

1970s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Phoenix
Located in Santa Monica, CA
photograph taken in situ with very little photoshop manipulation, dots were stickers placed on the model and the colored paper backdrop
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Photography

Materials

C Print

Phoenix
Phoenix
$3,640 Sale Price
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Pop Art photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art 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, pink, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Heidler & Heeps, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Silver Gelatin Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art photography, so small editions measuring 1.5 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 $175 and tops out at $150,000, while the average work sells for $1,500.

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