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Upside Down
By Ulas & Merve
Located in New York, NY
self-portraits. They have won awards from PDN and IPA. and their work has been shortlisted in Athen
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Upside Down
Upside Down
H 26.3 in W 39.5 in
Upside Down
By Carlos Tirado
Located in ATLANTA, GA
approximately 10 x 10 cms. Using this technique, Tirado has created portraits of internationally recognized
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Red Desert (Stranger than Paradise) - Contemporary, self-portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions herself by
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dead Relatives - Glenn Brown, contemporary art, abstract, portrait, auerbach
By Glenn Brown
Located in London, GB
upside-down. Indeed, contrary to superficial interpretation, Brown’s work ventures beyond mere trompe
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Upside down - Nude Female Portrait Oil Painting, Realistic, Polish artist
By Janusz Szpyt
Located in Warsaw, PL
Janusz Szpyt was born in 1960, he is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Graphic design faculty and painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1983 onward, he became the m...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Upside Down, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Christel Haag
Located in Yardley, PA
"Upside Down" is an abstract, gestural and dynamic painting on thick paper, painted with high
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of Hans Bol, the Painter, at the age of 58
By Hendrik Goltzius
Located in New York, NY
very good, balanced impression, with exquisite detailing. This portrait of Bol was taken in the last
Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Bohemian Woman - Rare and Signed Graphite Portrait Drawing on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bohemian Woman - Signed Graphite Portrait Drawing on Textured Paper Portrait of a woman in a
Category

1970s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper

'Upside Down', Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Dan Nash Gottfried
Located in Yardley, PA
: bottom left :: Canvas :: Portrait :: Original :: Framed: No
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Hanging woman (drawing) Claes Oldenburg marker portrait of upside down woman
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg framed drawing on matboard picturing a woman hanging from some kind of wire or rope, held up by a pulley. The Hanging Woman is a recurring motif in Oldenburg's work, ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Felt Pen, Permanent Marker

Muddled 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Muddled speaks to my feelings about the present, the whole world has turned upside down right
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Muddled 2
Muddled 2
H 24 in W 24 in D 1 in
Stranger than Paradise II - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

On the Rocks (Long Way Home) - 80x79cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Stranger than Paradise I - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Stranger than Paradise I - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max turning (Long Way Home) - Last
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max turning (Long Way Home) - Last
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H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Stranger than Paradise II - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary, Analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Randal Ford - Upside Down Sloth, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Randal Ford
Located in Greenwich, CT
kingdom. As a portrait photographer, my intention is for these animal portraits to speak to us. What they
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Luster, Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print...

Christina's World (gets turned upside down by Cpl. Dew Wright)
By Diana Thorneycroft
Located in Montreal, Quebec
earliest exhibited work provided provocative and similarly eerie self-portraits. Thorneycroft’s more recent
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Agent X, Queen 1 (Gold) , Floral Art, Celebrity Art, Silhouette Art, Flower Art
By Agent X
Located in Deddington, GB
Queen, each placed face-to-face and beautifully balanced, one upright and the other upside down. As
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Giclée

La Montera
By Pierre Ambrogiani
Located in London, GB
superstitious and consider that if the montera falls upside down, that will bring them bad luck. This artwork is
Category

1960s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Fire, mixed media portrait of nude woman
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser, Gouache

"Smoker", contemporary, pencil on paper, portrait, collage, drawing
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s portrait “Smoker” is a pencil drawing on paper with collage 22 inches by 14 ½ inches
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Pencil

Grün VI (Green VI) - 21st Century, Georg Baselitz, Green, Portrait
By Georg Baselitz
Located in Köln, DE
is upside down, what is characteristic for his oeuvre. The artwork is signed, numbered and dated, 86
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Small Town Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
place. If this can be considered the upside of her work, the downside is that she never positions
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Polaroid, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Shadow, figurative portrait of nude woman on panel, mixed media
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Crayon, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil, Inkjet

Turban, mixed media portrait of nude woman wearing floral headpiece
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser

Black Stockings, mixed media portrait of nude woman, neutral colors
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser, Fabric

Matador, mixed media portrait of nude woman in dark garden
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf, Metal

Montera, mixed media portrait of woman wearing skirt and hat, green
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil, Laser, Fabric

Red Skirt, mixed media portrait of nude woman wearing mask, orange
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser

Silver Eve, mixed media portrait of woman with flowers, neutral colors
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Silver

White Queen, mixed media portrait of nude woman with feather headpiece
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Crayon, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil...

Salud Johnny - Inspirational Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Ramparts - Inspiration Portrait of a Lone Soldier Staring Out at Viewer, Oil
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Eve and the Birds, mixed media portrait of nude woman with crows
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil, Laser

Yellow card, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Laurent Proneur
Located in Yardley, PA
Yellow card. Life is worth to live, even upside down... :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

My General
Located in Sempach, LU
century, who needs a war? And then, bam, your world turns upside down. The portrait of the army commander
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

My General
My General
H 39.38 in W 25.6 in D 0.6 in
Dandelion Sky: Copy of Iryna Protsenko's Painting, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
different angle. How can children do it. Summer, tanned children hanging upside down on a pole and laughing
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Georg Baselitz, Limited Edition Signed Book, XXL Monograph
By Georg Baselitz, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
world upside down: trees, factories, eagles, or nude self-portraits actually painted on their heads
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

1970s MAgriTTA Chair Roberto Matta for Simon Gavina Editions, Italy, 1970
By Simon Gavina Editions, Roberto Matta
Located in Camden, ME
Magritte. The apple and black bowler hat are derived from Magritte's 1946 self-portrait "The Son of Man
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Foam, Polyester

Antique Pair 2ft6" 76cm Royal Vienna Porcelain Vases on Stands 19th Century
Located in London, GB
mostly in the form of Porcelain such as Portrait plates, Urns &Vases, and elegant Chinaware. Most bear a
Category

Antique 1870s Austrian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Hand painted Vase 19th Century
Located in London, GB
mostly in the form of Porcelain such as Portrait plates, Urns &Vases, and elegant Chinaware. Most bear a
Category

Antique 1880s Austrian Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Shaolin Monks Training by Steve McCurry, 2004 Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
depicts four monks hanging upside down against a bright blue wall. Their hands are pressed together in a
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital

No Pasaran - Lone Soldier Symbolizing the Human Desire for Equality and Freedom
By William Blake (b. 1991)
Located in Chicago, IL
pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Early Jonathan Adolphe Painting, Dated 1983
Located in Larchmont, NY
& inscribed verso: Jonathan Adolphe, Middle #2 Panel, Stolen From the Mirror, 1983, please don't stand upside
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pop Art Woman Female Artist India Set 7 Etchings set Ed 4/7 Storytelling
By Sonal Varshneya Ojha
Located in Norfolk, GB
then she went to kashmir and Rajesh Khanna's film was being shot there mummy loved to make portraits so
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Dame Elisabeth Frink. Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. A Representation of Destruction.
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
post-war artist. It has been said that she was more concerned with representing mankind that portraits
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Florecer 1
By Nico Amortegui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
using abstract expressions of colors as backdrops for his portraits and still lifes, Amortegui adds
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Wild Flowers
By Nico Amortegui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
using abstract expressions of colors as backdrops for his portraits and still lifes, Amortegui adds
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Large Pop Art Woman Female Artist India Set 25 Etching set Ed 4/7 Storytelling
By Sonal Varshneya Ojha
Located in Norfolk, GB
then she went to kashmir and Rajesh Khanna's film was being shot there mummy loved to make portraits so
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Rare Vintage Art Deco "White Bottoms" Lithograph Pochoir
By Georges Goursat (Sem)
Located in Surfside, FL
is having a great time. Tangoville sur Mer featured caricature portraits of well-known men and women
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Vintage Art Deco "White Bottoms" Lithograph Pochoir
By Georges Goursat (Sem)
Located in Surfside, FL
is having a great time. Tangoville sur Mer featured caricature portraits of well-known men and women
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
question that Burning Man is more mainstream than it’s ever been before, but the upside of this is this
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

El Pulpo Mechanico, 21st Century, Landscape Photography, Contemporary
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
mainstream than it’s ever been before, but the upside of this is this year I encountered a much more
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe by André De Dienes - 'Marilyn Stretching', Vintage Portrait - B&W
By Andre de Dienes
Located in Cambridge, GB
earliest and perhaps best known photographers of Marilyn. His life was tragically turned upside down at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fashion Model (Upside Down)
By Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer
Located in New York, NY
includes landscape, fashion, still life, vintage, portrait and conceptual images by artists whose work is
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eyes
Located in London, GB
JR's first ever print release, "Eyes" comes from an edition of 50. The piece can be flipped upside
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Screen

Eyes
H 39.38 in W 13.78 in
Marilyn Monroe 'Umbrella Girl on Beach' by André de Dienes - Black and White
By Andre de Dienes
Located in Cambridge, GB
life was tragically turned upside down at the age of fifteen, when his mother committed suicide; thus
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oil Painting with Double-Sided Portraits
Located in Cathedral City, CA
finished one, he then flipped over the canvas and painted the other portrait. They are upside down on
Category

Vintage 1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

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Upside Down Portrait For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact upside down portrait you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many contemporary, Pop Art and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for an upside down portrait from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add an upside down portrait to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, gray, orange, black and more. An upside down portrait from Stefanie Schneider, Deborah Bigeleisen, Randal Ford, Georges Goursat and Agent X — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paper, polaroid and photographic paper, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Upside Down Portrait?

The price for an upside down portrait in our collection starts at $280 and tops out at $27,091 with the average selling for $1,390.
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