Flurry - underwater photograph - print on aluminum
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young woman in red dress dancing underwater in a pool.
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Metal
Flurry - underwater photograph - print on aluminum
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young woman in red dress dancing underwater in a pool.
Metal
Sold|$1,100
Ignited, Nudes. The Alignment series. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the series “The Alignment” which is materialized from video footage shot with two ballet dancers underwater; he is carrying on the theme of water as a source of rebirth and flow.
Color, Archival Pigment
Hermes Scarf Exposition Universelle Silk 90cm Orange Jaune Multi New
By Hermès
Located in West Chester, PA
Absurd humor and nods to history punctuate this multicolored map in which dinosaurs frolic under a cloche and penguins dance underwater. A Tower of Babel transformed into a spiral sl...
Dancing Flowers - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 24” x 18”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in cyan tulle dancing with the bougainvillea flowers on neutral black background.
Archival Pigment
Bombardment - Circular Birdcages, painted Old Masters Style, Colourful and Light
Located in Milton, AU
Somehow all of us learning how to adapt to it and being in a way what feels like an underwater dance or swing.
Oil
Sold|$9,500
Underwater Study #2826
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light.
Archival Pigment
Sold|$8,500
Underwater Study 3350
By Howard Schatz
Located in Lawrence, NY
Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light.
Archival Pigment
Dance Study: Shannon Chain #16
By Howard Schatz
Located in East Hampton, NY
Schatz first established a following in the 1990s with two collections of underwater photography, Water Dance and Pool Light.
Archival Pigment
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