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Retro Sci Fi Art

Surreal Road, Monument Valley,  Sci-fi Photography,  Science Fiction
Surreal Road, Monument Valley,  Sci-fi Photography,  Science Fiction

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of

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1970s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Unearthly Sci-Fi Landscape

Unearthly Sci-Fi Landscape

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Mitchell Funk was a pioneer of Sci-fi photography. This work was does for a promotional campaign

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1980s Futurist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Photographic Paper

Ed's at Rockefeller Center,  Sci-Fi  Surreal
Ed's at Rockefeller Center,  Sci-Fi  Surreal

Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

art Hahnemuhle paper. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi Photography and "Color Photography" In

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1990s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sci-Fi  Sand Dunes to the Moon

Sci-Fi Sand Dunes to the Moon

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Mitchell Funk was a pioneer of Sci-Fi photography. He was a frequent contributor to Omni Magazine

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1980s Futurist Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Blue  Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography
Surreal Blue  Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography

Surreal Blue Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

trailblazing Sci-fi photographs for Bob Guccione's Omni Magazine in the 1980. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of

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1970s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi and did a lot of work for Omni Magazine

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1980s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Inkjet

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow
Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

Stonehenge and Eclipse with Pink Sci-Fi Glow

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-fi and did a lot of work for Omni Magazine

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1980s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Inkjet

"Saturn 3" Preliminary Poster Maquette for Sci-Fi Film
"Saturn 3" Preliminary Poster Maquette for Sci-Fi Film

"Saturn 3" Preliminary Poster Maquette for Sci-Fi Film

Located in Fort Washington, PA

"Saturn 3." Preliminary poster maquette for the 1980 science-fiction film of the same title. Artist unidentified. Unsigned, not dated.

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1980s Retro Sci Fi Art

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Oil

Sci-Fi Symmetria – Mixed Media Collage, Hungary 1970s
Sci-Fi Symmetria – Mixed Media Collage, Hungary 1970s

Sci-Fi Symmetria – Mixed Media Collage, Hungary 1970s

Located in Debrecen, HU

Sci-Fi Symmetria – Mixed Media Collage, 1970s Dimensions: 60 × 43 cm (unframed) 83 × 63 cm (framed

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1970s Hungarian Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City

Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close

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1970s Conceptual Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Three Oval Glows

Three Oval Glows

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of

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1970s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Delorean Club - Color Group Portrait, Vintage Car, Sci-Fi
Delorean Club - Color Group Portrait, Vintage Car, Sci-Fi

Delorean Club - Color Group Portrait, Vintage Car, Sci-Fi

By Neal Slavin

Located in Denton, TX

the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the

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1980s Contemporary Retro Sci Fi Art

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Archival Pigment

Vintage MCM Sci-Fi Signed Original Ink Sketch of Man’s Face
Vintage MCM Sci-Fi Signed Original Ink Sketch of Man’s Face

Vintage MCM Sci-Fi Signed Original Ink Sketch of Man’s Face

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A fantastic vintage original ink sketch on paper. A cool sci-fi drawing of a man’s face. Little

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Sci-Fi Mind Bending Alien Head with Scary Bulging Eyeball - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Located in Miami, FL

Inspired by Italian Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Illustrator Bernard D'Andrea creates a startled person in profile. Unlike Arcimboldo, D'Andrea constructs a girl's head out of people ...

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1970s Retro Sci Fi Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil

Celestial Metamorphosis -Nude Sci-Fi Woman becomes a Flower in Outer Space
Celestial Metamorphosis -Nude Sci-Fi Woman becomes a Flower in Outer Space

Celestial Metamorphosis -Nude Sci-Fi Woman becomes a Flower in Outer Space

By Wilson McLean

Located in Miami, FL

Legendary illustrator Wilson McLean depicts "Celestial Bodies" of all sorts floating in the inky black expanse of space. This is a story about a transition from a human to plant. A n...

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1980s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Astrology Fantasy  - "A Love by the Stars"  - Sci-Fi  Alignment of the Planets
Astrology Fantasy  - "A Love by the Stars"  - Sci-Fi  Alignment of the Planets

Astrology Fantasy - "A Love by the Stars" - Sci-Fi Alignment of the Planets

Located in Miami, FL

Hane paints a dreamy nocturne - a fusion of earthy and celestial bodies with circling birds around a central vertical axis. Created on assignment for De Beers' highly published ...

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1970s Surrealist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

TODT 1993 Barrel Lift Art Sculpture Alien Sci-Fi Dystopia Exhibit
TODT 1993 Barrel Lift Art Sculpture Alien Sci-Fi Dystopia Exhibit

TODT 1993 Barrel Lift Art Sculpture Alien Sci-Fi Dystopia Exhibit

$4,200Sale Price|30% Off

H 72 in W 39.5 in D 59 in

TODT 1993 Barrel Lift Art Sculpture Alien Sci-Fi Dystopia Exhibit

Located in Dayton, OH

1993 "Barrel Lift" Art Sculpture by TODT Alien Sci-Fi Dystopia Exhibit 72" TODT life-size art

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1990s American Retro Sci Fi Art

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Metal

Sci-fi vase by Marc Newson for Cor Unum, 1993
Sci-fi vase by Marc Newson for Cor Unum, 1993

Sci-fi vase by Marc Newson for Cor Unum, 1993

By Marc Newson

Located in PARIS, FR

Marc Newson Sci-Fi vase Cor Unum Ceramics & Art glazed porcelain Signed with stickers

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1990s Dutch Retro Sci Fi Art

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Ceramic

Barbarella (1968, Italy/France)
Barbarella (1968, Italy/France)

Barbarella (1968, Italy/France)

$448Sale Price|20% Off

H 55.12 in W 39.38 in D 0.04 in

Barbarella (1968, Italy/France)

Located in Roma, IT

Phillip Law, Ugo Tognazzi. Famous sci-fi pop-art artwork with Barbarella in space with laser gun and

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1960s Italian Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

Recent Sales

Original Vintage Film Poster Queen Of Blood Alien Sci-Fi Horror Movie Spider Web
Original Vintage Film Poster Queen Of Blood Alien Sci-Fi Horror Movie Spider Web

Original Vintage Film Poster Queen Of Blood Alien Sci-Fi Horror Movie Spider Web

Located in London, GB

Original vintage movie poster for an American science fiction horror film Queen Of Blood directed by Curtis Harrington and starring John Saxon, Basil Rathbone and Judi Meredith - Hid...

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1960s Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster For Mad Max Cult Movie Futuristic Sci-Fi Film Mel Gibson
Original Vintage Poster For Mad Max Cult Movie Futuristic Sci-Fi Film Mel Gibson

Original Vintage Poster For Mad Max Cult Movie Futuristic Sci-Fi Film Mel Gibson

By Bill Garland

Located in London, GB

Original vintage movie poster for the cult science fiction film Mad Max - The maximum force of the future - directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson with music by Brian May ...

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1970s Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

Sci-Fi Themed Space Cadets
Sci-Fi Themed Space Cadets

Sci-Fi Themed Space Cadets

Located in Houston, TX

Neon colored sci-fi themed painting of two space cadets. Signed by the artist in the bottom right

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Late 20th Century Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Gouache

"Chi-Sci-Fi" Large Modern Industrial Robot Abstract
"Chi-Sci-Fi" Large Modern Industrial Robot Abstract

"Chi-Sci-Fi" Large Modern Industrial Robot Abstract

Located in Houston, TX

Large scale warm tonal industrial abstract painting with robots, UFOs, and space ships. The work is signed by the artist Robert Sandman who lives and works in Houston, Texas. The can...

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1970s American Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

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Oil

Sci-Fi Themed Space Cowboy with Monster
Sci-Fi Themed Space Cowboy with Monster

Sci-Fi Themed Space Cowboy with Monster

Located in Houston, TX

Sci-fi themed painting with a Space Cowboy standing over a dinosaur looking creature. Signed and

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Late 20th Century Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

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Gouache

"Sci-Fi" vase by Marc Newson, Cor Unum Ceramics & Art
"Sci-Fi" vase by Marc Newson, Cor Unum Ceramics & Art

"Sci-Fi" vase by Marc Newson, Cor Unum Ceramics & Art

Located in Chicago, IL

"Sci-Fi" vase by Marc Newson, Cor Unum Ceramics & Art, 1993, glazed porcelain, impressed signature

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Late 20th Century Australian Retro Sci Fi Art

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Porcelain

Large Sci-Fi Movie Poster for the Utopian Film Metropolis Directed by Fritz Lang

Large Sci-Fi Movie Poster for the Utopian Film Metropolis Directed by Fritz Lang

By Heinz Schulz-Neudamm

Located in London, GB

starring Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Originally issued for the sci

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1990s British Art Deco Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

'Star Wars' Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1977
'Star Wars' Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1977

'Star Wars' Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1977

By Tom William Chantrell

Located in Devon, GB

, genre-defining, sci-fi trilogy. Two styles of art were used for the original theatrical release of Star

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1970s Australian Post-Modern Retro Sci Fi Art

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Paper

Sci-Fi Lithograph by Craig Hodgetts for Literary Classic, Ecotopia
Sci-Fi Lithograph by Craig Hodgetts for Literary Classic, Ecotopia

Sci-Fi Lithograph by Craig Hodgetts for Literary Classic, Ecotopia

Located in Treasure Island, CA

illustrating Ernest Callenbach's pioneering utopian sic-fi novel Ecotpoia, in which California and the Pacific

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1970s American Steampunk Retro Sci Fi Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Pair of K. M. Galloway Large Abstract Expressionist Paintings, 1980
Pair of K. M. Galloway Large Abstract Expressionist Paintings, 1980

Pair of K. M. Galloway Large Abstract Expressionist Paintings, 1980

By Galloway

Located in San Francisco, CA

by K. M. Galloway, presented as a thematic diptych that calls to mind austerely surreal sci-fi and

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1980s American Expressionist Retro Sci Fi Art

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Metal

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