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An Ideal Eclipse, Part I

An Ideal Eclipse, Part I

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

always used the tools at hand and of their time …. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Summer Flowers with Lavender Bells

Summer Flowers with Lavender Bells

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

for photographs is now virtually instant because of digital cameras and computers. Photoshop can

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media
Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media

Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media

Located in valatie, NY

environment. Projection has long been transforming space, from shadow plays to camera obscuras and magic

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Smoke Stacks Variation
Smoke Stacks Variation

Smoke Stacks Variation

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

59th Street Bridge
59th Street Bridge

59th Street Bridge

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue
Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue

Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building at Night
Chrysler Building at Night

Chrysler Building at Night

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building Through Window
Chrysler Building Through Window

Chrysler Building Through Window

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

World Trade Center
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera. The ephemeral

Category

Early 2000s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Autumn Garden Walk
Autumn Garden Walk

Autumn Garden Walk

By John Atkinson Grimshaw

Located in New Orleans, LA

and often used a camera obscura in developing his compositions. He strove relentlessly to perfect his

Category

19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France
Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France

Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France

By French House & Garden

Located in Valladolid, ES

bellows you have to slide the aforementioned wooden box. The camera obscura, for its part, has different

Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Iron

"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish
"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish

"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

Unavailable|$11,000

Camera Obscura

By Valle Nieto

Located in Cathedral City, CA

An assembled sculpture by Valle Nieto from 1992.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Metal

IAN RUHTER. From the 'Color Field Project', 2019
IAN RUHTER. From the 'Color Field Project', 2019

IAN RUHTER. From the 'Color Field Project', 2019

By Ian Ruhter

Located in Santa Fe, NM

silver test strips from camera obscura. Signed on prints verso. Total frame dimensions: approx 12 x 27

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Obscura
Abstract Obscura

Abstract Obscura

Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW

The idea behind the artwork is taken from, camera obscura, being a darkened enclosure in which

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad
Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad

Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad

By Ron Arad

Located in Vienna, AT

LIght Object "Smartie Light" "I.P.C.O." (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) by Ron Arad manufactured

Category

Early 2000s English Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Fiberglass

Orbs, Twin Pines, archival photograph, framed

Orbs, Twin Pines, archival photograph, framed

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

hand and use as a lens to photograph through which like a camera obscura inverted the image. With the

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

orbs, Beaver Pond, archival photograph unframed

orbs, Beaver Pond, archival photograph unframed

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

hand and use as a lens to photograph through which like a camera obscura inverted the image. With the

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cloche I

Cloche I

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

reflection, a camera obscura of sorts. All these layers merge together and explore intrinsic paradox

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Cloche III

Cloche III

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

reflection, a camera obscura of sorts. All these layers merge together and explore intrinsic paradox

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Cloche II

Cloche II

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

reflection, a camera obscura of sorts. All these layers merge together and explore intrinsic paradox

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Utopia 7, 2014, hand coated albumen print

Utopia 7, 2014, hand coated albumen print

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

as an artistic medium - having influences from the age old camera obscura, to 19th century albumen

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Utopia 6, 2014, hand coated albumen print

Utopia 6, 2014, hand coated albumen print

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

as an artistic medium - having influences from the age old camera obscura, to 19th century albumen

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Utopia 2

Utopia 2

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

as an artistic medium - having influences from the age old camera obscura, to 19th century albumen

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849
Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849

Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849

By Nathaniel Mills

Located in Sittingbourne, Kent

camera obscura. An esplanade with an entrance toll-booth controlled access to the pier which was roughly

Category

Antique 1840s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest
Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest

Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest

By Doe & Hope

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Camera Obscura, the Magic Mirror, and various other contraptions that have captivated people for

Category

Vintage 1910s English Shadow Boxes

Materials

Smoked Glass

Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura
Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura

Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura

By Abelardo Morell

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Abelardo Morell, Coban/American b. 1948. 'Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street from

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Camera Obscura: St. Louis View, Looking East, in Building Under Construction

Camera Obscura: St. Louis View, Looking East, in Building Under Construction

By Abelardo Morell

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 30) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Abelardo Morell was born in...

Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print
Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print

Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print

Located in Astoria, NY

Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) Camera Obscura, "Central Park looking northwest in office", Gelatin

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Prints

Materials

Plastic

Cylinder Pinhole Ring

Cylinder Pinhole Ring

By Nissa Kubly

Located in Sante Fe, NM

camera obscura effect. These cameras can take nearly any form.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver, Brass

Tree ( Pinhole) Necklace

Tree ( Pinhole) Necklace

By Nissa Kubly

Located in Sante Fe, NM

camera obscura effect. These cameras can take nearly any form. Positive Film – In LIGHT + METAL

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver, Brass

Observer
Observer

Observer

Located in Columbia, MO

Spiritualism in the United States starting in the late 1840’s. Using a portable camera obscura, various pinhole

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Willows

Willows

Located in Columbia, MO

the late 1840’s. Using a portable camera obscura, various pinhole cameras, scans of detritus, and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Mine Road No. 2

Old Mine Road No. 2

Located in Columbia, MO

the late 1840’s. Using a portable camera obscura, various pinhole cameras, scans of detritus, and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

"Mixed Flowers"
"Mixed Flowers"

"Mixed Flowers"

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

picture for you. Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time. Camera obscura, compass

Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil, Photographic Paper

Windsor Nocturne

Windsor Nocturne

By Henry Pether

Located in London, GB

, Pether uses a personal technique, covering his canvas with blue before using a camera obscura to obtain

Category

Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Camera Obscura For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the camera obscura you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect camera obscura among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right camera obscura is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, blue and brown. A camera obscura from Abelardo Morell — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in archival pigment print, pigment print and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Camera Obscura?

A camera obscura can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $14,625, while the lowest priced sells for $499 and the highest can go for as much as $30,000.