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Photorealist Art

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
Bark HESPER Unloading Lumber at San Diego
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This bright and serene scene of ships unloading off San Diego, California features a ship with a less than quiet history. The painting shows a typically bright and sunny Southern California day, the deep blue waters of San Diego providing the perfect backdrop for unloading crucial lumber for construction. The painting has Thimgan's eye for detail including the historic ship he's depicted, surely with a knowledge of her history, and his ability to so perfectly depict California's coastal landscape and surrounding waters. Some ships of legend get their reputations not for speed or daring rescues, but for the amount of chaos which happens onboard. Sailors, being generally a superstitious lot, could spread a ship's reputation like wildfire. As with the supposedly haunted places on land, the odd instances become larger tales whispered over strong drink in port or at worst, printed in bold newspaper headlines. The best crews don't want to serve aboard such vessels, so only the most hardened men sign on. Tempers flare and conditions deteriorate. Over time a ship gains the nickname of "hell ship" or "blood ship." This was the fate of the Bark HESPER. HESPER was purpose built in 1882 for the Pacific "Triangle Trade" - carrying lumber to Australia, coal to Hawaii and sugar to California, though she took on other cargoes in her career. The wooden bark of 603 tons was built by the Halls Brothers...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Happy, Nude, Contemporary art, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Happy, Sise: 53x43.5 inches, (135x110 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at the "Happy" oil paintin...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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 Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

The Cramps by Jill Furmanovsky
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition fine art print of Poison Ivy and Lux Interior from influential 1970s and 1980s punk band The Cramps taken by Jill Furmanovsky in 1981...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lone Star
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
An iconic representation of Cottingham's neon sign paintings
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

'An Object of Interest', Manhattan, Smithsonian, Hard-Edge Photo-Realist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Besser' for Arne Charles Besser (American, 1935-2012) and painted circa 1995. Born in Illinois, Arne Besser first attended art sch...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Foundry - Black and White Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
High contrast photo by Peter Stackpole (American, 1913-1997). The photo shows a hot bar of metal on a large machine, about to be worked. The metal is g...
Category

1930s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Er Fusto, Roma Ciampino Airport (1953) Full Framed Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition The artwork is mounted on dibond and fixed in American floating box (black metal frame) This...
Category

1950s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

White Crucifixion- Self Portrait With Marc Chagall, Painting, Acrylic on MDF
Located in Yardley, PA
On this painting you see me looking at Marc Chagall's 1938 painting White Crucifixion. The painting dramatically calls attention to the persecutio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

David Bowie 1972 Contact Sheet Print, Framed
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition contact sheet of print David Bowie by Barrie Wentzell, taken during an interview at 252 Regent Street, London in January 1972. One of the images was used on th...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

El Puerto
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

David Bowie & Twiggy Pin-Ups album cover, 1973 by Justin de Villeneuve
Located in Austin, US
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

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Airplanes live in Flight, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Airplanes live in Flight Sise: 27.5x35.5 inches, (70x90 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind, "Airplanes live...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin live on stage 1975
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Jimmy Page, lead guitarist of British rock band Led Zeppelin on stage at the Olympia stadium in Detroit, US, January 31, 1975, taken by Michael Brenna...
Category

1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Metus (Fear)
By Yonder Castillo
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Two sisters wrapped in webbings and covered in spiders. This artist has dove deep into the fear of arachnophobia. When looking at this piece people at first spot the dew on the webbi...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Porcelain and Тurquoise - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 48x35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women diving next to the bright turquoise dress she just took off. Original gallery quality print signed by th...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Garlic Scapes" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Garlic Scapes" is a handmade, original oil painting that hyper realistically depicts curly sprouts of garlic with a dark background....
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Breaking Waves Ocean Art, Contemporary Realist Seascape Painting Beach House Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Breaking Waves [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look I always enjoy panting the sea. Through careful observation i am inspired to capture the anatomy of waves as they break and wash to shore. In this large square painting in cool blues I have tried to create a calming immersive view. Artwork by Jo Quigley...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. 26/35. Image: 13.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's Got to...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Tom Waits, Mantello, 1992
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Tom Waits, taken in Paris 1992 by Guido Harari 16x20" giclee print Guido Harari has photographed many music legends in his prolific career in Italy. Lou Reed said about him: "I'm always happy when Guido takes my picture because I know it will be a musical picture...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

David Bowie at Frida Kahlo's House
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of David Bowie by Fernando Aceves. Location: Frida Kahlo’s House, Mexico City Date: October 1997 "Before his Mexico City concert, David Bowie commissio...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

RL 29
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 Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...

In the park
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Watercolor and mixed media on paper, it comes framed in a white passe-partout.
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Everything has its Time, Landscape, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Everything has its Time, Sise: 71x53 inches, (180x135 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Ice and snow...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Morrissey by Kevin Cummins
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition silver gelatin print of English singer and songwriter Morrissey, photographed whilst on his 'Kill Uncle' tour in Cologne, Germany, May 1991. This Morrissey pr...
Category

1990s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

La Madre
Located in New York, NY
Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Luv Shines 2, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2023
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"Palazzo Veneziano", photography by Dimitri Bourriau (39x59), 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Palazzo Veneziano", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15. Dimitri Bourriau is a French p...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Color

Amy Winehouse at the laundromat
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition print of Amy Winehouse taken at a laundromat in London by Jake Chessum. Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot with Amy Winehouse. It was a classic February day: cold, wet, foggy and dark by about 4pm. We met at her flat and went to a few of her local haunts: a cafe, a launderette, Primrose Hill. The record company were very hands off and didn’t pressure us to do any particular set ups. We just went with the flow. She was really entertaining: funny, smart and cooly indiscreet. I am a huge jazz fan and I remember we talked about music, London and New York.” Jake Chessum offers prints in multiple...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Arcangelo, Interior Photography, Contemporary Artwork, Light Art Photography
Located in Deddington, GB
"An incredibly decorative villa from the 1700’s, which had been semi-restored to it’s former glory and is now awaiting it’s future. A very well known Italian composer was born nearby...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Paper

Mono-Poli III - Realism, Photorealistic Oil Painting, Colorful, Hyperrealism
Located in Salzburg, AT
„He is a declared painter with full awareness of his conceptual past. His works, near to photo-realism, show objects in a garish intense coloristic. It is the process of painting, th...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Il passo sospeso del pedone, Roma 1962 - Full Framed Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in perfect condition Limited Edition of 5 + 2 AP The artwork is mounted on dibond and fixed in American floating box (black metal frame) The passo sospeso del pedone. Hesitant gait of the pedestrian who faces snow and car traffic in Piazza San Silvestro. Artwork printed on baryta paper 310 grs museum quality pigment inks, limited edition of 7 copies in total Brussels Art Edition is the custodian of the archives of the great Italian photographer Fabrizio La Torre. For almost 10 years, long and meticulous work has been carried out to restore these negatives and present these photos to collectors and the public. This year, we have practically completed the "Rome" file, this city where Fabrizio was born in 1921, where he spent a large part of his life, and where he was passionate about the daily life of its inhabitants in this period. 1950s-60s. Like all the films of post-war Italian neorealist cinema, La Torre was able to capture these moments of sincerity and simplicity in a city that had not yet been transfigured by modernity. While a few streets away, world famous actors and sexy starlets met in the rhinestones and glitter of the Dolce Vita, Fabrizio gazed into our simplest feelings, friendship, love and envy. of humour, those which truly make life sweeter and more beautiful. As a preview, we present here a selection of these never seen before photos Fabrizio La Torre (b. Rome 1921 d. Brussels 2014) was an Italian neo-realist photographer working during the period 1950-1960 who left behind a body of work focussing on three specific geographical areas: Italy, North America, which he spent several months visiting in 1955 and Asia where he lived for five years (1956-61). Fascinated by the task of capturing moments of truth and intimacy which characterise the human condition all over the world, he gives us moments of insight into life which reach out to us bridging time and distance. He holds up to us an affectionate and benign mirror, always knowing, sometimes amused but never mocking. In 1965, success came knocking at his door: he was offered the possibility of exhibitions and publication but he turned it down for reasons he never fully explained. The most we can do is note that this was also the time when the immense talent and historical importance of the photographic works, produced a century earlier by his grandfather Enrico Valenziani, were discovered. This may have made him feel he could not compete, particularly as he came from a family which was possessed of multiple artistic talents but in which no-one claimed to be an artist. Perhaps he saw himself as “a photographer” who was just the grandson of one of the founding fathers of Italian photography...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. of 35. Image: 13 x 18.5 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's Got to Give', this colored photograph features Marilyn Monroe in a pool with her leg resting over the edge. In 1962, Schiller received an assignment from Paris Match...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Salvador Dali 1963 Silver Gelatin Signed Limited Edition Photograph - Ben Martin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Signed Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Photograph was authorized by the Ben Martin Estate. Ben Martin was TIME Magazine’s first New York Bureau staff photographer covering wars, fashion, politics, arts, business, and sports for TIME, Life, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated for thirty-three years. He immortalized evocative images that defined the 1960’s. In this series of legendary photoshoots, Martin captured the unedited complexity of each artist's personality, art, and surroundings. This black-and-white photograph of Salvador Dali...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Rolling Stones "Between The Buttons" outtake by Gered Mankowitz framed
Located in Austin, US
The Rolling Stones, taken in London back in 1965 by Gered Mankowitz. An outtake from the shoot for the front cover of the 1967 Rolling Stones album, Between The Buttons . The photog...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Mick Jagger with camera by Baron Wolman signed 11x14" limited edition print
Located in Austin, US
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones by the legendary late photographer, Baron Wolman, Taken on the set of "Performance" in London, September 1968. One copy available Signed limited e...
Category

1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Barbara Streisand'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Barbara Streisand, 1969' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. 9/35. Image: 13 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. This black ...
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1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, 18 mai 2021, 19h58,
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 18 mai 2021, 19h58, Paris, France, 2021 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In mi...
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2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

0311
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 Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Digital, Photogram, Archival Pigm...

Apriel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18 x 24"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful topless young woman, Apriel swimming in the pool. Original gallery quality archival pigment print signed by the artist. Pap...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Amen, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Amen Sise: 31.5x23.5 inches, (80x60 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind, Ready to Hang "Amen" is an oil paint...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Willie Nelson at the 4th July Picnic 1979
Located in Austin, US
Willie Nelson, taken at the 4th July Picnic in 1979 in Austin Texas by photographer Scott Newton Signed limited edition print, printed on heavyweight cotton ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Flying Carousel, photography by Dimitri Bourriau (39x59), 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Flying Carousel", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15. Dimitri Bourriau is a French pho...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Color

Lotus No. 65 (Photo-Realist Still Life Painting of Pink & Green Lotus Flowers)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photorealist still life painting on canvas of a light pink lotus flower with brown lotus pods and green petals against a light grey background "Lotus Number Sixty-Five" oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 49 x 49 x 2 inches with a dark wood frame Signed lower left Excellent condition and ready to hang Painted with the exactness of a still life photograph, this hard edge realist painting by artist Frank DiPietro features a light pink lotus flower, with lush green leaves on a pale grey background. Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are utilized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting. About the artist: Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
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2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 ...
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1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Esperanza, Screenprint by Audrey Flack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Esperanza by Audrey Flack, American (1931) Date: Circa 1972 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 34 in. x 24 in. (86.36 cm x 60.96 cm) Published by Shorewood
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1970s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Bob Dylan "Fans Looking in Limo" The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1966, framed
Located in Austin, US
Musician Bob Dylan with fans looking into his limousine, London, England, 1966 by Barry Feinstein. Posthumously printed by Barry Feinstein's official estate, using the original nega...
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1960s Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Apriel - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 38" x 46"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful topless young woman, Apriel swimming in the pool. Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist. Limited edi...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Metal

Antique American School Trompe L'Oeil Pear Still Life 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing quality 19th century pear still life oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 4.5L x 8H.
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1880s Photorealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dolly Parton
Located in Austin, US
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

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Floating Between Wars - Contemporary, Cityscape, Skate, Woman, Winter, White
Located in Berlin, DE
Floating Between Wars, 2021 Oil on canvas 23 5/8 H x 19 11/16 W in. 60 H x 50 W cm The painting imagines a city in a continuous present in which elements of the past intertwine with...
Category

2010s Photorealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

David Bowie "Watch That Man IV" by Sukita
Located in Austin, US
16" x 20", signed limited edition print of David Bowie by Masayoshi Sukita. Taken at RCA Studios, New York, 1973. As featured in the new movie, Moonage Daydream. This print is also ...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

C Print

Co-signed Raquel Welch on the cross by Terry O'Neill
Located in Austin, US
Co-signed by both Raquel Welch and photographer Terry O'Neill, 20x24" silver gelatin print. Actress Raquel Welch in a photo conceived by photographer Terry O'Neill after Welch noted that she was afraid that the press would "crucify" her for her film choices, taken on the Fox Lot in the late 1960s. Originally deemed too scandalous for promotional use at the time, the photo wasn't published until 30 years later, on the cover of The Sunday Times...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan
Located in Austin, US
Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan taken at The Big 60, Austin Texas in 1993 by photographer Scott Newton. Signed limited edition print, printed on heavyweight ...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kate Bush "Sensual World" - First print of the edition
Located in Austin, US
Kate Bush by Guido Harari, taken during the official photo shoot for her album The Sensual World in 1989. Guido Harari recalls, "I collaborated with Kate for over ten years, doing her official press photos for “Hounds of Love”, “The Sensual World”, “The Red Shoes” and on set photography for her film “The Line, The Cross & The Curve”. She wanted me to avoid the iconizing of previous shoots, and find a different way of capturing her more naturally. Shooting in the studio for hours allowed for much improvisation as there were to be no props or fancy sets. I used different techniques more to entertain ourselves rather than to experiment! And it worked!" First print...
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Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

Amy Winehouse 12x16" print
Located in Austin, US
Signed limited edition 12x16" print of Amy Winehouse taken in London by Jake Chessum in 2004. Limited edition number 7/20 Jake recalls the session: “I travelled from NYC to London in February 2004 to do a press shoot with Amy Winehouse. It was a classic February day: cold, wet, foggy and dark by about 4pm. We met at her flat and went to a few of her local haunts: a cafe, a launderette, Primrose Hill. The record company were very hands off and didn’t pressure us to do any particular set ups. We just went with the flow. She was really entertaining: funny, smart and cooly indiscreet. I am a huge jazz fan and I remember we talked about music, London and New York.” Jake Chessum offers prints in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

4636
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 Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper...

Kate Bush Underwater Tryptich
Located in Austin, US
Underwater triptyc of Kate Bush captured during a photo shoot in London in 1989 Signed limited edition print, number 4/50 Guido Harari revealed during an i...
Category

Late 20th Century Photorealist Art

Materials

Giclée

Photorealist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist art 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 art 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, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alex Sher, Gregory Block, Lowell Nesbitt, and Ian Hornak. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $585,000, while the average work sells for $2,404.

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