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Silver Silhouette Tower
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gallery, Malibu. CA BOOK: Perspective on Coastal Beauty, From Malibu to Manhattan Beach 2005 Along the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Silhouette of Metro Plains", Bogomir Bogdanovic, Watercolor, Impressionism
By Bogomir Bogdanovic
Located in Dallas, TX
that he is most known for of New York. "Silhouette of Metro Plains" was painted in 1994 and is a half
Category

1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s
Category

1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouette Of People Walking On New York City Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Time Silhouette —Mid-Century Modern
By Edward August Landon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon, 'Time Silhouette', color serigraph, 1969, edition 30, Ryan 201. Signed, titled, and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Silhouette of Running boy. Pink and Magenta Wall Guaymas Mexico
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Figurative Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset, Animal Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Solitary Running Horse Silhouetted against Blue Mountain
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary galloping horse is captured in silhouette against a blue mountainous landscape. This
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Photograph of Camels Silhouetted Against a Bright Orange Oil Fire in Kuwait
By Steve McCurry
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Steve McCurry Struggling camels silhouetted against the oil-fire, al-Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, 1991
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Egrets in Flight: black & white photograph, silhouette of birds & trees in sky
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Silhouette Man in Central Park with Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Tiger, Lion, Panther, Wolf, Bear, Cat Predator Silhouette Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
illustrated books, such as The Animals Own Story Book by Ellen Babbit for Century Co.(1930), Here They Are
Category

1920s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

"Current Cameo" Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas Silhouette Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
abstracted silhouette of a female figure. The artist's technique of layering paints, handmade papers, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

August Edouart Silhouette Cut Paper 1840 "Rev & Mrs E H Cumpston"
By August Edouart
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "The Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Cumpston" a silhouette cut by August Edouart is in
Category

1850s Romantic More Art

Materials

Paper

Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed
Category

1980s Impressionist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Manhattanhenge, Big Sun Sunset Manhattan Street Golden Light Silhouetted People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

manhattanhenge, Big Sun Sunset Manhattan Street Golden Light Silhouetted People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed
Category

1980s Impressionist Color Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Photographic Paper

"Poise" Life-Size Silhouette Portrait Framed Mixed Media on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
silhouette of a standing female figure. The artist's technique of layering paints, handmade papers, and gold
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Toulouse-Lautrec, The Chap Book, TLautrec, Philadelphia Museum of Art (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
have the faculty of summing up an epoch, of silhouetting its characteristic traits and gestures. Henri
Category

1940s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

New Yorkers Crossing the Street in Silhouette High Contrast, Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Figures silhouetted by extreme lighting yield a dramatic and powerful view of New York City life
Category

2010s American Realist Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Joyful Jazz Trumpet Player in Silhouette Floating Orange Sunset Los Angeles
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Born to Bloom XXIV" Contemporary Silhouette Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame
Located in Baltimore, MD
abstracted silhouette of a female figure. The artist's technique of layering paints, handmade papers, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Flowing Cameo XII" Textured Profile Silhouette with Fluid Detail in Warm Tones
Located in Baltimore, MD
extension of this, Christopher’s work often includes handmade papers, vintage roadmaps, and repurposed book
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

The Searchers (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Dog on Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
with collaged antique book pages was created by Louise Laplante in 2022. The vivid silhouettes of one
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Boy To Man: The Young Speaker (Vintage collage with Fedora & Boots Silhouette)
Located in Hudson, NY
chalk on vintage book pages. A contemporary spin on a coming of age story. Louise Laplante introduces
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Little Esops, Many Leaps (Chalk Drawing on Vintage Book Collage Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Chalk on vintage collaged paper with book cover 24 x 31.5 inches With vintage book pages serving
Category

2010s Assemblage Mixed Media

Materials

Chalk, Paper, Found Objects

An Organization of Birds: Figurative Drawing of Colorful Birds on Antique Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of flying bird silhouettes in retro colors on vintage collaged book pages
Category

2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jump of the Tiger, Cuba
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
where young boys aged 8-18 learn Greco-Roman style wrestling. Once home he could not get the silhouetted
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Memories of Hotel Del Coronado
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
them in a new context. She began to paint the silhouette of the Life Guard Tower more as a pop art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Presidential Portrait of John Tyler by William Henry Brown
Located in Larchmont, NY
William Henry Brown (American, 1803-1883) Silhouette Portrait of John Tyler, 1844 Lithograph Sight
Category

1840s American Impressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Heard of Elephants on African Plane at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouetted elephants trek across a desolate African landscape are backlit by a soulful sunset
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chic Fashion Model with Fireworks Explosion of Color - Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
on a pedestal. She is depicted in silhouette as a burst of zoomed fireworks explodes behind her
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A silhouetted man looks out to infinity and ponders the buried memories on the hallowed grounds of
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Sport Is the Right of the People
By Laurence Salzmann
Located in Hudson, NY
where young boys aged 8-18 learn Greco-Roman style wrestling. Once home he could not get the silhouetted
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

New York Fog with Statue of Liberty Orange Glow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early morning light caresses a semi-silhouetted Staten Ferry Boat as it passes a fog-enshrouded
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
stands poised. In the lower right, spectators peer onto the field. The awning of the stadium, silhouetted
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
stands poised. In the lower right, spectators peer onto the field. The awning of the stadium, silhouetted
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

In Search of Icarus: mythology painting w/ pink, violet birds & blue sky
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
birds and figures of the mythological Icarus silhouetted against the sky. It is signed, titled, and
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hellebore, Center Star (Still Life of Golden Sunburst, White Flowers on Indigo)
By Julia Whitney Barnes
Located in Hudson, NY
light. The ghostly silhouettes of arranged cut flowers, leaves and weeds are transferred to the paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor at Sunrise Staten Island Ferry
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Staten Island Ferries lead the eye to a silhouetted Statue of Liberty caressed by golden
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Law of The Flaming Frontier - 1920s Western Interior with Guns and Rifle
By Harold Edgar Wenck
Located in Soquel, CA
), he had a variety of careers in the West. In 1951, he published a book of poems and drawings entitled
Category

1920s Realist Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Flora Full Circle (Gold & Indigo Blue Cyanotype of Botanical Mandala, Framed)
By Julia Whitney Barnes
Located in Hudson, NY
ghostly silhouettes of arranged cut flowers, leaves and weeds are transferred to the paper using this
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

1970 Haitian Mod Gold Painting Portrait of African American Woman Emilcar Simil
By Emilcar Similien (SIMIL)
Located in Surfside, FL
beauty, elegance, and grace. This is done in a silhouette style reminiscent of Kara Walker. Emilcar Simil
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Canvas

Statue Of Liberty Framed By Trees And Streetlamp In Battery Park, New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Statue Of Liberty and New York Harbor is framed with a light post and silhouetted of trees. This
Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Full Circle Day/Night (Gilded Mandala Cyanotype of Gold Flowers on Indigo Blue)
By Julia Whitney Barnes
Located in Hudson, NY
photography method; the ghostly silhouettes of arranged cut flowers, leaves and weeds are transferred to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

We Are All Fisherman. Figures and Out of Focus Lights San Francisco Bay Bridge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
back something good. The semi-silhouetted figures are not specific individuals but every man
Category

1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Inkjet

Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor with Orange light on Statue of Liberty
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
the Statue of Liberty in semi-silhouette. The image was shot over 50 years ago but somehow looks fresh
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Man Music (Modern Drawing of Orange, Black, Blue, & Grey Fedoras on Sheet music)
Located in Hudson, NY
music sheets was made by Louise Laplante in 2016. The vivid silhouettes of men's hats are stenciled onto
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Untitled Three, Black and White Female Figure on Umber Brown Handmade Paper
By Jessica Maffia
Located in Kent, CT
In this hand-cut paper collage on paper, black and white patterned paper is cut into the silhouette
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Handmade Paper

Black Hippie Red Sombrero n' Flute Central Park Music Festival 60's Celebration
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
isolated him from the crowd so that his silhouette and redness of his sombrero would stand out with graphic
Category

1960s American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled 9, Paper Collage, Female Swimmer Figure in Brown on Teal Green
By Jessica Maffia
Located in Kent, CT
In this hand-cut paper collage on paper, light brown paper is cut to form the silhouette of a
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Handmade Paper

Untitled 13, Handmade Paper Collage, Female Swimmer Figure in Brown, Bright Teal
By Jessica Maffia
Located in Kent, CT
In this hand-cut paper collage on paper, light brown paper is cut to form the silhouette of a
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Handmade Paper

Untitled 14, Paper Collage, Female Figure, Yoga Pose, Ledger Paper, Siena Brown
By Jessica Maffia
Located in Kent, CT
blue ballpoint pen is cut to form the silhouette of a delicately outlined female figure doing yoga with
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Handmade Paper

Hompage Magritte, Called Woman Seen From Behind, Original Gouache
Located in Stockholm, SE
mysterious and thought-provoking silhouette. The absence of facial features draws the viewer's attention to
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

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