Karin Rosenthal Art

American, b. 1945

Quite unconsciously, a body/landscape motif entered my photographs, a result of living on islands in Greece during a year’s fellowship twenty years ago. I loved to watch the light change hourly on the mountains that joined the sea like giant birds gliding into water. As my photographic vocabulary evolved during that year, those fascinating surroundings rematerialized within my water nudes. Thus began an inspirational dialogue with nature, continued first in Greece and then on Cape Cod, where my settings grew to include woods and dunes. The infrared images, shot in those new environments, further explore harmonious resonances, as the body takes on the character of dune or atmosphere. My desire to photograph nudes was born of the water, of a passion for being in and meditating upon still waters. Wanting to make statements about human nature as I had before in portraits and street pictures, I sought a way to photograph people in water to create images of a psychological, dreamlike, and emotive nature. When I began the Nudes in Water series in 1975, I felt that water, the source of all life, should display an equivalent density to flesh, invoking a cauldron of creation and a visceral visual connection between body and nature. These motivations were to become the foundation for all photographs that followed.

Artist: Karin Rosenthal

Karin RosenthalEthereal Couple, 1995

$2,000

Ethereal Couple

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalLove Knot, 1991

$2,300

Love Knot

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalSantorini, 1981

$3,000

Santorini

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalFrog Princess I, 1988

$2,300

Frog Princess I

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalBottoms Up, 1994

$2,000

Bottoms Up

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalSource, 1998

$2,300

Source

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalFather/Son I, 2002

$2,000

Father/Son I

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalVortex, 1997

$3,000

Vortex

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalFloating Hand, 2002

$2,000

Floating Hand

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalDream

$2,000

Dream

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalRipples, 1994

$2,300

Ripples

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalReverie, 1988

$2,600

Reverie

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalNude in Landscape, 1981

$2,500

Nude in Landscape

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalFunny Feet, 1989

$2,000

Funny Feet

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalNude with White Line, 1994

$2,000

Nude with White Line

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalPods, 1995

$2,300

Pods

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalSquiggle Nude, 1996

$2,300

Squiggle Nude

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalNude Underwater, 1989

$2,300

Nude Underwater

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalDream, 1997

$1,710

Dream

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 35) Signed and numbered in ink, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Category

1990s Other Art Style Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalDune, 1996

$2,000

Dune

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalSantorini, 1981

$3,000

Santorini

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in New York, NY

Karin Rosenthal Santorini, 1981 Gelatin silver print 10h x 10w in

Category

1980s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Karin RosenthalLily Pads

Price Upon Request

Lily Pads

By Karin Rosenthal

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel for our multi-faceted but brie...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Leonard FreedKate #7, Two Nudes, Signed Vintage Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed, 2002

$2,500

H 8 in W 10 in

Kate #7, Two Nudes, Signed Vintage Black and White Photograph by Leonard Freed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #7, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on vers...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Michael L Abramson70s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer, Framed, 1974-1977

$2,475Sale Price|20% Off

H 18.9 in W 14.97 in D 1.58 in

70s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer, Framed

Located in London, GB

"I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role," Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago's Numero Group ...

Category

1970s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silv...

Roberta FinebergAlabaster Nude, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary, Signed, 14x11 in by RF, 1994

$2,000

H 14 in W 11 in

Alabaster Nude, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary, Signed, 14x11 in by RF

By Roberta Fineberg

Located in New york, NY

Shot on film, this is a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions, suggesting a Greek sculpture. A feminine and stat...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #2, Sculptural Nude, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 8x10, Vintage 2002, 2002

$2,500

H 8 in W 10 in

Kate #2, Sculptural Nude, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 8x10, Vintage 2002

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #2, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of print). Mo...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #6, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 10x8, Vintage 2002, 2002

$2,500

H 10 in W 8 in

Kate #6, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 10x8, Vintage 2002

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #6, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 10” x 8” signed black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photo). For the nude ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #1, Sculptural Nude Pose. Black and White Photograph, Signed Vintage, 10x8, 2002

$2,500

H 10 in W 8 in

Kate #1, Sculptural Nude Pose. Black and White Photograph, Signed Vintage, 10x8

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #1, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a 10" x 8" handprinted, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of print). Mod...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #4, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 8x10, Sculptural Pose, 2002

$2,500

H 8 in W 10 in

Kate #4, Female Nude, Signed Black and White Photograph, 8x10, Sculptural Pose

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" signed black and white photograph, stamped vintage on verso (back of print). Model and yogini Kate is complicit for a very self-possessed playful shoot. Covering her face with her hair piled high in the form of a wave, Kate is transformed sculpturally. The self-assigned nude photo series...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedYoga Portraits, Kate Series, 4 Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints by Leonard Freed, 2002

$9,500

H 8 in W 10 in

Yoga Portraits, Kate Series, 4 Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints by Leonard Freed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

The Kate Series, 2002 by Leonard Freed came perhaps as a welcome reprieve from the social-documentary subjects he tackled. Standing apart from Freed's portraits in Harlem, photograph...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

John StoddartJane March (Limited Edition of 25) - 20x24 In. - Celebrity Photography, 1992

$1,650

H 24 in W 20 in

Jane March (Limited Edition of 25) - 20x24 In. - Celebrity Photography

Located in New York, NY

This fine art print features actress and model Jane March, posed topless on the rooftop of the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris in 1992. This risqué iconic b...

Category

1990s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Leonard FreedKate #3, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Art, 2002

$2,250

H 14 in W 11 in

Kate #3, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Art

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Freed captures the playfulness and sensuality of a very self-possessed young woman in Kate #3, 2002 in the photographer's Female nude series "Kate." This is an 11" x 14" gelatin silv...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #4, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Study, 2002

$2,500

H 11 in W 14 in

Kate #4, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 11x14, Female Nude Study

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #4, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is in the photographer's female nude series "Kate." For the study of a female nude, model Kate is both yogini and photographer wh...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Leonard FreedKate #3, Portrait, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 10x8, Vintage, 2002, 2002

$2,500

H 10 in W 8 in

Kate #3, Portrait, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 10x8, Vintage, 2002

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Kate #3, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a 10” x 8” hand printed, signed by the photographer black and white photograph, stamped "vintage" by the Freed estate on verso (back of photograph)....

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Karin Rosenthal Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Karin Rosenthal art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Karin Rosenthal art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Karin Rosenthal in silver gelatin print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Karin Rosenthal art, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Preston Buchtel, Bruce Weber, and Molly McCall. Karin Rosenthal art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,710 and tops out at $3,000, while the average work can sell for $2,300.