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Art Subject: Baby
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin, 1951
Located in Denton, TX
Jewish Refugees, Lydda Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel by Ruth Orkin depicts a window with three faces peering out into the world. A reflection of a large ship is cast onto these young fac...
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20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Surrealist Composition with Dolls
Located in Surfside, FL
From the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection The Ruttenbergs are longtime art lovers who have collected abstract expressionist paintings, African art, sculpture, graphics, old watches and photographs-lots and lots of photographs. They started collecting them in the 1960s when the medium was still the stepchild of the arts. They kept collecting until they had more than 3,000 prints, 99 of which are in the Art Institute exhibit, ``The Intuitive Eye: Photographs from the Collection of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg.`` The show encompasses the entire history of photography with black-and-white and color prints from every genre, It includes street photography by Walker Evans and Garry Winogrand, glamour shots by Edward Steichen and Richard Avedon, nudes by Robert Mapplethorpe and Nicholas Muray...
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20th Century Surrealist Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Chasing the Sun" Nude Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chasing the Sun" Nude Photography 24" x 18" inch Edition 1/15 by Aaron Mcpolin Medium: Archival Giclee Print Available sizes: Edition of 15 24" x 18" inch Edition of 7 32" x 24" i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

TooLess 5680, 3D Nude. Limited edition color photograph. Framed Lightbox
Located in Miami Beach, FL
TooLess 3D versions of the photographs of the TooLess series create a miss perception of the human brain. The first layer of the photo texture is formed by very small black and white...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print, Archival Pigment, Wood

Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Esther Williams Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Slim Aarons, Esther Williams, midcentury modern, Vintage Esther Williams, Vintage Poolside Series, Vintage Movie Stars, Vintage Swimmers...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Giant Baby, Phoenix, AZ
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lilies - 21st Century Photographic Floral Print from Black and White Polaroid
Located in Zürich, CH
Lilies - 21st Century Photographic Floral Print, PolaroidOriginal, Shadow Gapped Frame - Photographic Print on Aluminium Dibond - Edition 10 + 1, with Certificate Lilies is a beauti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Carbon Pigment, Polaroid

USA. Marilyn MONROE (USA). Actress & singer 1955
Located in Toronto, ON
Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Burned (Self Portrait) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Century, Portrait
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Burned (Self Portrait), 1999 Edition of 2/10, 20x20cm Print on Velvet Watercolor, 310gsm, No OBAs, Bright White, Acid Free based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Not ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Untitled (hands on shoulders)
Located in Helsinki, FI
Mikael Siirilä Helsinki, Finland, 2020 Handmade silver gelatin print. The fibre-based photograph is tea-toned, stamped, signed and numbered in pencil on sheet verso. Size 15 x 22 cm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

521 – René Groebli, Black and White, Nude, Photography, Body, Woman, Erotic, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
René GROEBLI (*1927, Switzerland) 521, 1952 Vintage silver gelatin print on Baryta paper Image 27.6 x 19 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.) Sheet 34 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.) Unique Framed Signed and dated on verso This photograph is part of the MoMA permanent collection. René Groebli (born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1927) secured his place among the elite of Swiss post-war photographers with his 1949 portfolio MAGIE DER SCHIENE (RAIL MAGIC). In the early fifties Groebli worked as reporter for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines. During the following years he owned a studio for industrial and advertising photography. In 1957 the American Color Annual named him MASTER OF COLOR. In the early 80s Groebli stopped working for advertising and rediscovered for himself the possibilities of expression that black & white photography offers. In 1999 the Zurich Kunsthaus (Art Museum) showed a representative selection of his photographs from the years 1946 to 1996. With NUDES René Groebli gives us a work for sensuous pleasure that had grown over half a century. In the long history of sensual art photography one is hard pressed to find anyone comparable to the Swiss photo...
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1950s Post-War Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 This is a vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aar...
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1950s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Birkin Spill
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Paper, C Print

Serpentine - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Serpentine - 2018 40x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-1095. Not m...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"Inside" Black & White Photography Ed. of 18 36 x 36 in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Inside" Black & White Photography Ed. of 18 36 x 36 in by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Inside Photography Edition of 18 (36 x 36 inch) by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Year photo was taken: 2016 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Kaleidoscope, Paris
Located in München, BY
Edition 7 A stunning naked breast which looks like a Kaleidoscope. These stunning photographs of Sieff’s subjects in Paris, in their homes, on the shores of Normandy, and in the ga...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hands on Red, by Mira Loew, from the “Bright Bodies” photography series
Located in Dallas, TX
MIRA LOEW (b 1984, Vienna) Austrian born, Mira Loew began her journey as a photographer and filmmaker with audio-visual media training at the Federal Graphic Institute in Vienna, at...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Artist Self Portraits. Set of 6 Photographs.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Photograph printed analogically on 255 gr baryta fiber photographic paper. turned to selenium. 1. OAXACA 2. SANTA MARÍA (SILLÓN) 3. OAXACA 4. SANTA MARÍA 5. LA CASA DE DANIEL 6. CO...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

"Faces 3" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces 3" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

KISS (BLACK & WHITE)
Located in Chicago, IL
Archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art matte paper Edition size: 11 Paper size: 16 x 20 inches Sold Matted with 3" white mat Also, available in 11" x 14&q...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Temple of Isis, Film set photograph by Mario Tursi
Located in Chicago, IL
Century Guild presents a selection of never-before-seen photographs taken on the set of Caligula in 1976 by legendary Italian still photographer Mario Tursi...
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2010s Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gold and gator - black and white photography
Located in New York, NY
"I remember the moment that the idea for Bodyscapes® came to me. I was thinking that the shape and structure of the universe repeated itself at every level and suddenly I had the ima...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

22x22 in. Nude Contemporary Abstract Art photography - Nudes n. 3, Woman, Body
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series). We present this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from time im...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Boy (Film by Nagisa Oshima)- Vintage Photo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo in black and white of 1969 Tetsuo Abe in a scene of the film " Boy" directed by the Japanese Nagisa Oshima and presented at the 1969 Ve...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Invacuo Project #27. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his new photographic art series, Erkaya revolts against individual and social de-sensitization. In order to address the memory and to increase awareness, he uses “gas” against eve...
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Franci ..-Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Franci & Michelle - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1988 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which wa...
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1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...

"Posthumous Remains" (FRAMED) Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Posthumous Remains" (FRAMED) Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed Size framed: 61.5" x 41.5" in OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE: Edition o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Archival Pigment

Japan, Contemporary Japanese Photography, Children, Hands and Feet
Located in New york, NY
The baby in the image is one of Japanese artist Yoshihiko Ueda's children and reveals the photographer's eye for artful composition. The photograph "Hands and Feet" by Ueda is an arc...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

"MW Untitled 1" 40" x 30" in Photography Edition 1/7 by Lika Brutyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"MW Untitled 1" 40" x 30" in Photography Edition 1/7 by Lika Brutyan "MW Untitled 1" 40" x 30" inch Original photography by Lika Brutyan from the "Milky...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Gilded Beauty - observation on iconic French master paintings and gilded frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of observations on French master paintings and their opulent gilded frames GILDED BEAUTY by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches / 152c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Waves - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waves - 2021 20x25cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1087. Not mounted...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Wavering - underwater nude b&w photograph - archival pigment 35x23"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful naked model on her knees at the bottom of the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Lim...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. - Black and White Photograph, Children
Located in Denton, TX
Three Boys on a Swing, Pitt St. N.Y. by Walter Rosenblum is a black and white photograph documenting three children playing on a swing set in a city park. Gelatin Silver Print 10.5 ...
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia
Located in Carmel, CA
Purchased from Peter Fetterman Gallery - Authorized dealer of Salgado's work. No damage issues. Look print moutned on corners. Over Mat included.
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1980s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Memories and Dreams" Photography 32" x 24" inch Edition 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Memories and Dreams" Photography 32" x 24" inch Edition 2/7 by Larsen Sotelo Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish 32” X 24” inch Limited Edi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Mystique #1 – Miles Aldridge, Black Model, Fashion, Glamour, Book, Flower, Sword
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain) Mystique #1, 2018 Chromogenic print Image 152,5 x 118 cm (46 1/2 x 60 in.) Sheet 164.5 x 130 cm (64 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.) Edition of 3, plus 2 AP; E...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

USA. NYC. Marilyn MONROE. 1956
Located in Toronto, ON
Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope USA. New York city. Waldorf Astoria Ballroom. Prior to the filming of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Throne - Contemporary, Nude, legs, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Throne - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-1010. Not mount...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Atlantic Avenue (bugs bunny)
Located in Westport, CT
Photographer Meredith Allen (1964 – 2011) worked in a variety of series, but she is best known for her “Melting Ice Pops.” This series of wonderful c- prints...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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C Print

Wrestling Action, 1975, Black & White Photo, Multiple Frames, Framed & Signed
Located in Chicago, IL
Wrestling action is captured in this multi-framed photography by Art Shay. Five frames show the take down and the referee's decision. The photo is matted with a heavy white mat, si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Reggia di Caserta XIV, Caserta, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Chromogenic Print – Unframed Free Shipping – Ask us for custom framing options. 40 x 48 inches - edition of 5 48 x 60 inches - edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches - edition of 5 "My ph...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, 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 Certifica...
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1970s Pop Art Color Photography

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Polaroid

Nacho
Located in Zurich, CH
Karla HIRALDO VOLEAU (*1992, French-Dominican) Nacho, 2023 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo-rag paper 50 x 75 cm (19 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.) Edition of 2 plus 1 artist's proof Pr...
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

"Hunger" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hunger" Photography 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Kseniya Vashchenko Not framed. Ships rolled in tube. Available sizes: Edition of 15: 29.5" x 24" in Edition of 7: 39" x 31" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital Pigment

Orange Knit with Clasped Hands, figurative and feminine photography, Mira Loew
Located in Dallas, TX
MIRA LOEW (b 1984, Vienna) Austrian born, Mira Loew began her journey as a photographer and filmmaker with audio-visual media training at the Federal Graphic Institute in Vienna, at...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Lisa - Signed limited edition model fine art print, Contemporary black and white
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Lisa ‘ who was captured on film in 1994...
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Temperance/Balance
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition of 22. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Male Nude Model in Bathtub
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Trotting Horse", 1997, Kansas City
Located in Hudson, NY
In "Trotting Horse", Pete Kelly uses the familiar form of a horse and abstracts it monochromatically. The resulting image is reminiscent of a cave wall ...
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1990s Contemporary Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Tony", Lake Oscawana, New York, 2010
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing. Edition 1 of 25. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dog Cabin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Silver gelatin print Edition 8/20 Provenance: General Electric Corporate Collection Heather James Fine Art
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Late 20th Century Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gilded Drama - observation on iconic French master paintings and gilded frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
a series of large scale observations on French master paintings and their opulent gilded frames GILDED DRAMA by Frank Schott 60 x 48 inches ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

France, Paris, 1952 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
France, Paris, 1952 - Elliott Erwitt (Black and White Photography) Signed, inscribed with title and dated on accompanying artist’s label Silver gelatin print, printed later Availabl...
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Late 20th Century Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Planet Plastic I. Limited edition Color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Planet Plastic I 27.5 H in. x 35.5 W in. Edition 6 Unframed Planet Plastic Series This safari series, Marisa in the Congo makes reference to plastic animals and her own plastic i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

`Shibari 2`, Tokyo -from the series `Okurimono` Japan nude rope studio shibari
Located in Oslo, NO
Okurimono Pigment Print About the work : Shibari I is a work by contemporary photographer Christian Houge, from the Okurimono series. In this series, Houge has, through five trips to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto), explored Japans otherworldly subculture and its ritualistic perfection. In this personal art documentary he has ventured into delicate themes such as personal identity, sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The viewers associations are important in meeting this work and ambiguity plays an important role. The images from the Okurimono- series is available in 3 different formats : Images from the Okurimono series is available in 3 different formats : * 50 x 75 cm : edition of 10 + (+2ap) * 80 x 120 cm : edition of 7 + (+2ap) * 113 x 170 cm : edition of 7 + (+2ap) Each print is numbered and signed More work will be sent from the artistry request. christian at soulfood no In this series, Houge has, through five trips to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto), explored Japans otherworldly subculture and its ritualistic perfection. In this personal art documentary he has ventured into delicate themes such as personal identity, sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The viewers associations are important in meeting this work and ambiguity plays a Okurimono (meaning both “gift” and “that which is in-between” in Japanese) - is a word that binds together this comprehensive project developed over five trips to Japan between 2007 and 2018. The series explores the personal pursuit of identity, at times with an underlying darkness as Houge had the chance to be introduced to Tokyo’s subculture. In exploring this theme, Houge has ventured into delicate matters such as sexuality, longing and gender dysphoria. In this particular series, he uses staging as a method to create a story within a story. The artist wishes to question the viewer and provoke a reflection on topics that are often seen as taboos in our contemporary societies. The viewer’s own associations are important in appreciating this work where ambiguity plays an important role. The project started in the Harajuku district of Tokyo which is known as a center of Japanese youth culture and where Houge found some of his first motifs: teenage girls dressing up in post-Victorian dresses or ‘cosplay’ costumes to identify with a character of their favorite comics. Here, the desire to express one’s uniqueness is central and the photographer explores the tension between personal identity and aesthetics shared by all (or at least by the same youth group). In many of his carefully staged photographs, Houge’s models are masked, so as to echo the many social masks we wear in our day-to-day lives. In our post-modern information society, drained of wonder, these enigmatic masked characters also evoke the world of shamans and pagan rituals, therefore injecting a sense of mystery and spirituality that many people are longing for. Symbolism and the many references to ritual and identity in an otherwise suppressed society, may at times create a sense of unease among viewers. The Okurimono project also explores the topic of identity and sexuality in gender dysphoria with Japan’s nyūhāfu (the transsexual ‘new halfs’). Here, the quest for identity coincides with a search of femininity and body image which results in complex physical transformations. Viewers may look at these portraits not having any clue that models are nyūhāfu. Yet, the photographs are staged so that viewers are placed in a disconcerting voyeuristic role while looking at otherwise closed world. Shibari (the art of tying), which originates from the Edo period (1600s), is another territory explored by Houge in his Okurimono series. His striking photographs of female models tied with red rope on a white background take us into this powerful journey into vulnerability and surrender, power and freedom. Through tradition, symbolism and technology, Okurimono also explores the hugely potent symbols that help define parts of Japanese culture and national identity, between old and new. As Art historian Erling Bugge put it: “Christian Houge guides us into a mystery. It resides between the ritualized shapes of the traditional and withdrawn Zen garden in Kyoto and the equally ritualized spaces of futuristic, urban Tokyo. For a westerner, Japan might look familiar, since what is held up for us looks like a futuristic spectacle somehow grounded in a western imagination. This judgment, however, is too easy. In Houge’s photographs, the sense of sameness withdraws and a very different feeling of strangeness creeps up on us. In fact, what this series registers is a remarkable place of alterity in today’s global order, a radical difference bang in the middle of the familiar.” The images of the Okurimono series share a ghostly, otherworldly quality. In reality and dream, ritual and play merge while the boundaries between the known and the unknown dissolve. Christian Houge – Now – Okurimono Christian Houge guides us into a mystery. It resides between the ritualized shapes of the traditional and withdrawn Zen garden in Kyoto and the equally ritualized spaces of futuristic, urban Tokyo. For a westerner, Japan might look familiar, since what is held up for us looks like a futuristic spectacle somehow grounded in a western imagination. This judgment, however, is too easy. In Houge’s photographs, the sense of sameness withdraws and a very different feeling of strangeness creeps up on us. In fact, what this series registers is a remarkable place of alterity in today’s global order, a radical difference bang in the middle of the familiar. This is pushed to the limit in the technological and virtual wonderland of Akihabara in Tokyo, where shop after shop trade in electronic products and computer games, while a weird costume play...
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Early 2000s Nude Photography

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Digital Pigment

Ode to Caravaggio's Narcissus
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 22.25 inches - Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs STATEMENT: e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Crucifix 2
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Bert stern Marilyn Crucifix 2 The last sitting (1962) great and big photo of Marilyn Monroe photographic paper format 61 X 61 cms image 51 x 51 cms signed...
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2010s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Black and white image of a massive iceberg and penguins gathering near the water
Located in US
"""Winter Palace"" Black and white image of a massive iceberg and penguins gathering near the water Grand black and white capture of an iceberg in Antarctica with a sliver of water...
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2010s Minimalist Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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