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Candy Darling
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. 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 Art...
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Candy Darling
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Polaroid print glued to board. This work is unique. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warh...
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling Iconic ‘After Dark’ magazine cover shot
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling ‘After Dark’ this is the iconic cover shot, vintage 11 x 14
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling Studio Portrait
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling. This is a print
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Candy Darling & Dorian Gray (nude), signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Candy Darling and Dorian Gray (nude
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Candy Darling & Dorian Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Candy Darling and Dorian Gray (nude
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Candy Darling, portrait for After Dark, signed by Jack
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Candy Darling photographed for After
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
with Andy Warhol transvestite superstar Candy Darling in his hit play "Vain Victory: the Vicissitudes
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Candy Darling star of 'Vain Victory', Color 17 x 22"
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Candy Darling photographed as 'Donna Bella Beads' in the hit play "Vain Victory
Category

1970s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Veronica Lake at a party w/ Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morrissey
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Jack Mitchell's Manhattan apartment, with Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morrissey. Veronica was
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Film noir actress Veronica Lake at a party with Andy Warhol and Candy Darling
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Jack Mitchell's Manhattan apartment, with Andy Warhol and Candy Darling. Veronica was being considered
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

French film poster - Flesh - Andy Warhol - Paul Morrissey
By Andy Warhol
Located in PARIS, FR
film debut of Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling. Flesh premiered at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre
Category

1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper

PENNY ARCADE - MISERIA
Located in Portland, ME
Ridiculous, was featured in an Andy Warhol film, worked with Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, and Patti Smith
Category

1990s Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Olympic Gold Medal winning British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Paul Taylor dancer Hernando Cortez, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancers Tim Michaels, Jerry Evans, Jeff Hornaday, Larry Cole, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Olympic Gold Medal British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Gary Cook, multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model 'Brahm' photographed for After Dark, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model 'Brahm' multiple exposure for After Dark, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model 'Brahm' photographed for After Dark, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Christopher Aponte, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Kevin Brown, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

David Boyce & Manuel Gonzalez 'Lovers' silhouettes, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer and choreographer John Clifford, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

David Boyce & Manuel Gonzalez multiple exposure, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model 'Brahm' multiple exposure for After Dark, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Nick Caturano, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nick Caturano and Carol Amink, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

American classical double bass virtuoso Gary Karr nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Daryl Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Daryl Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer & Choreographer Geoffrey Holder nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer and Choreographer Louis Falco nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Brian Destazio, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male Model Brian Destazio, Dot Pattern Projection Nude, Signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Harkness Ballet principal dancer Dale Talley, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Choreographer & Martha Graham dancer Tim Wengerd, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Derek Rencher, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancers Brian Power & Manny Rowe, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

After Dark male model Mikel Peters, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Kirk Peterson, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kenny Ortega, star of 'Hair' touring company, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Kirk Peterson, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

After Dark male model Mikel Peters, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Brian Poer, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancer Keith McDaniel, nude, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Guitarist, instrumentalist & songwriter Peter Kaukonin, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Guitarist, instrumentalist & songwriter Peter Kaukonin, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancers Joseph May III, Tom Fowler nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, and Andy Warhol himself. Some days in my studio seemed
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, and Andy Warhol himself. Some days in my studio seemed
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Kenny Ortega, star of 'Hair' multiple exposure, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, and Andy Warhol himself. Some days in my studio seemed
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theatre dancer Marco Paredes 'Narcissus' signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
. And there were the Warhol people, Ultra Violet, Sylvia Myles, Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy
Category

1960s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK 2003 Kill Your Darlings, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Candy Darling For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate candy darling for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Contemporary versions now, or shop for Contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking for a candy darling from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a candy darling to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, black, orange and more. Artworks like these — often created in silver gelatin print, archival pigment print and pigment print — can elevate any room of your home. A large candy darling can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller candy darling, measuring 4.25 high and 3.75 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Candy Darling?

The price for a candy darling in our collection starts at $400 and tops out at $9,250 with the average selling for $563.

Jack Mitchell for sale on 1stDibs

Over his four-decade career, photographer Jack Mitchell chronicled the changing cultural landscape of mid- to late-20th-century America by capturing the greatest influencers and innovators in the performing and visual arts.

Mitchell, a master of lighting patterns in photography who had his first portrait published at the age of 15, organized more than 5,400 photographic sessions in his lifetime involving a list of sitters that is as astounding as it is long. A veritable roll call of heroes and idols, his studio guests include painters, dancers, actors, comedians, singers, composers, directors, writers, impresarios and anyone else who helped shape the zeitgeist.

During World War II, when he was only 16 years old, Mitchell photographed Veronica Lake for a Daytona newspaper. It was his first celebrity gig, but that didn’t stop the audacious wunderkind from asking the actress to sweep back her signature “peekaboo” locks so he could get her full face in the frame. Lake, who was in Florida to help the war effort and at the peak of her career, politely obliged, and the two later became lifelong friends.

Mitchell, who was openly gay (his long-term partner and manager, Robert Plavik, died in 2009), also struck up a close relationship with Gloria Swanson. From 1960 to 1970, he served as her personal paparazzo, snapping a variety of “candid” shots of the aging but eternally glamorous actress as if she were a pre-mobile/pre-social-media reality star.

The diverse publications in which Mitchell’s work has appeared — in addition to the New York Times, there’s Rolling Stone, Dance Magazine, People, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Time, Harper’s Bazaar and Newsweek — testify to the power of his arresting visual language and its ability to transcend themes and disciplines.

Mitchell also famously shot a series of intimate portraits of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in November 1980, just one month before the Beatles singer was assassinated. A picture from this session became the cover of People’s memorial issue, one of the magazine’s best-selling editions to date.

The showbiz gloss should not distract from Mitchell’s meticulous approach to photography. He insisted on producing his own prints in order to achieve what he deemed museum-quality patina and definition.

“Jack shot many rolls of black-and-white film, and always some color transparencies, of every famous person he photographed,” says Craig Highberger, a friend of the late photographer and the executive director of the Jack Mitchell Archives.

In the world of dance, the field for which Mitchell is best known, his striking and incisive shots of legendary performers and choreographers reflect the visceral energy that these luminaries introduced to the discipline in the 1960s and ’70s, widely considered the Golden Age of American dance theater.

“Jack’s photographs of dancers during his lifetime are a historic chronicle of an amazing period in dance history. He was Alvin Ailey’s dance company photographer from 1961 to 1994,” says Highberger, noting that Mitchell’s collection of 10,000 black-and-white Ailey prints now belongs to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Mitchell’s dance images are at once ethereal and powerfully dynamic. Not only do they evoke movement through elegant poses and disciplined muscular tension, but they also convey an intimate energy radiating directly from his subjects, as if he had magically unlocked a reflective mood or a character trait, without contrivance.

The collection of authentic Jack Mitchell photography on 1stDibs includes his black and white photography, color photography, nude photography and more.

A Close Look at Pop Art Art

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

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

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

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finding the Right Photography for You

Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.

The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later. 

Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. 

What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.