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Mitchell Funk Art

American, b. 1950

Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of color photography. In 1970, he participated in one of the first color photography shows at the Brooklyn Museum titled “Images en Couleur." In 1971, he was included in the visionary books Frontiers of Photography and Color (Life Library of Photography), both published by Time-Life. He has done more than 50 photography magazine covers, including covers for Newsweek and Life.

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Artist: Mitchell Funk
Dog Walkers in New York Snow Store
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A heavy snow fall creating a fantasy world of shape in Manhattan. Single Yellow Taxi with lights on creates a counter point to the whites and soft grays ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper

Doggie Day Care
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs at play while owner work. Shot from the a New York City sidewalk. Signed and dated on lower right, 3/15 numbered on verso, unframed. printed later Other sizes available,, othe...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cable Car Silhouette at Sunset San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dreamy color scheme and reflections of light on the cable car tracks evokes an ethereal mood to this well know Nob Hill location. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper

Late Light Russian Hill, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Sentinel Building, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Warm light reflects off the Sentinel Building distinctive facade creating a counterpoint to the cool greens and blues and evoking a rich visual experiences of color that is commens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Film

Sunbathers Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
People are reduced to patters when rows of sun worshipers are caught with a 105 mm lens. Signed and dated lower right Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper

Dog shadow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Park with top view, long shadows and bright color. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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Mitchell Funk Art

Boats in a Marina
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper

Painted Wooden Wall Abstract Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Empire State Building Wonderland
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Empire State Building serves as a backdrop as snow flakes create wonderland of soft reds and blues. Signed and dated on lower right, numbere...
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Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Art

Golden Gate Bars, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Unique camera angle frames the Golden Gate's red vertical tower in between red metal bars of the same color in foreground. Bold color and graphic shapes have defined Mitchell Funk's...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Spire Glowing in Gold Light, Manhattan Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In a continuing project, "Mitchell Funk Photographs the Chrysler Building for 50 years," the present work is a stellar example of how Funk takes one of the most photographed world i...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Tower Billionaire's Row New York City Supertall Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk takes skyscraper photography to new heights. The Central Park Tower rises to the mind-numbing height of 1,550 feet, but through Funk's lens, it soars even higher in one...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Black Dog Walks at Central Park with Raking Light: Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography- literally. Early light explodes through two Manhattan skyscrapers on a crisp winter day to illuminate Central Park South from an oblique angle. A black dog is c...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Skyline Supertalls in the Most Eye Dazzling Dramatic Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
There have been many color photographs of the New York skyline, but this masterfully lit and high-impact image by Mitchell Funk dazzles the eye and engages the mind more than any on...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken3
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The mid-town Manhattan skyline as it looked from Weehawken in 1974. It may be barely recognizable from todays version but there still are a few unmistable landmarks. In the upper r...
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1970s Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Early Morning Light Turns Chrysler Building Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early morning light turns the spire of the Chrysler Building and the surrounding buildings orange. Photographer Mitchell Funk was at the right place at the right time to capture nat...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Night with New York Skyline Vista
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building rises like a rocket ship in a glittering sky, conveying a sense of boundlessness. An aura of soft light caresses the scene, giving it a touch of mystical signif...
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1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Upper East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched atop a York Avenue highrise, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures an early morning winter vista of Manhattan. To the right of a big puff of smoke and to the right of the Twin...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1995, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from the Weehawken, New Jersey vantage point, the iconic spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its he...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Sunset - New York Skyline in Silhouette with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"The Chrysler Building at Sunset" photograph showcases the mid-town skyline's clean and sharp silhouette. To the extreme left is the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Quebec City with Vintage Car on Crisp Autumn Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a perfect day with intense direct lighting to create a photograph that is as much abstraction as it is representation. Funk lies on his stomach to ...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge exemplifies how to take boilerplate tourist subject matter and make into an original visual. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Birds in Monochrome San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The semi-silhouetted arch of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge is caressed by the soft, warm tones of a setting sun. Above, a flock of birds circle as if to pay homage to the soaring e...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fashion Model In Green, Street Photography of Abstract Wall Women Yellow Coat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fashionable woman in a solid yellow coat passes in front of an oversized Fashion Model On a Green Billboard on New York's Madison Avenue. In the foreground, an equally solid yello...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Art Deco Chrysler Building in Blue and White
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The majestic Art Deco Chrysler Building soars in between Manhattan's skyscrapers. The cropping is radical and exudes a sense of urban exactitude, seamlessly woven into the light-fi...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Epic Orange Sunset over Spiritual Sea with Solitary Boat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary boat is dwarfed by a colossal setting sun on a spiritual sea. The image suggests that a larger force is out there and that humans are just a part of the grand scheme. Th...
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

St Patrick's Cathedral in a Golden Celestial Glow in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celestial golden glow on St Patrick's Cathedral is sheathed in an equally heavenly sky. The image is not only beautiful but communicates a spirit of the divine as all elements lea...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Divine Intervention: Central Park Ambulance Scene Bathed in Golden Glowing Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Divine Intervention? Magical, almost angelic light envelops an ambulance event in Central Park. The body language of the surrounding crowd and the open ambulance door indicate a seri...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bethesda Fountain Dancing Waters in Central Park - Monochromatic Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters flow down from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. The water forms an energized abstract pattern in a monochromatic color scheme. Mitchell Funk's use of backlightin...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Light Reflections off a New York City Skyscraper with Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dramatic golden light reflecting off a New York City skyscraper with the moon communicates more than just a document of a skyline. This image is about the aesthetic power and perhaps...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This dramatic image of an oversized sun with a silhouetted plane gracefully passing through conveys the transience of time. Two spires of the Triborough Bridge are centered in the co...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gathering of Birds on Wires In Miami
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Strong light illuminates an upward view of an exaggerated cluster of gathering birds. The birds' warm golden color in chiaroscuro contrasts with the soft blue tropical Miami sky and...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Yellow Moon Over Manhattan in the 1970s
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A recurring motif in Mitchell Funk's work is the inclusion of an oversized moon. It signifies a celestial presence. This work, "Yellow Moon Over Manhattan," is an early example, but ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Empire State Building Art Deco Skyscraper Silhouetted, New York in the 1970s
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Empire State Building is vividly portrayed as a stand-alone Art Deco skyscraper in an uncluttered New York City sky. Surrounding it is the emptiness of midtown Manhattan. It allo...
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1970s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Man and Dog in New York City Park Early Morning Light Impressionism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From a high angle, we see early morning light skim across the surface of an outdoor basketball court, creating long, dramatic shadows and poetic patterns. In the center of the compos...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gritty Street Photography with Geometric Billboards Manhattan Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A moment in gritty street photography is captured where street billboards and a solitary figure strike a perfect grid-like compositional balance. Signed, dated, and numbered 3/15...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A girl is shrouded in a golden mist of shimming water droplets emanating from a fountain. This image looks like something post-impressionist Georges Seurat would paint, but in realit...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful New York City Facade with Blue, Yellow and Red Squares like Mondrian
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mondrian came to New York City in the 1940s, and the city's real-world grid-like street design inspired him to create his famous Broadway Boogie-Woogie series, composed of primary co...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Hazy Day, Central Park West Towers Cradle Orange Red Sun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City with a thick, warm grey haze, giving the sky a surreal quality. Sunset enhanced the hazy effect. Photographer Mitchell Fun...
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2010s Tonalist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Brooklyn Bridge with Blue Sky Golden Windows and Red Kite
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Why is this view of the Brooklyn Bridge, a blue sky, and golden windows no longer visible? The image is a creation from Mitchell Funk's mind. It comprises three photographs with colo...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Ice Skaters at Night Purple Sky in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A blur of Central Park ice skaters at night fills the foreground of this dreamy image of one of New York City's most iconic spots. The purple sky and bluish ice add to the overall ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bikini Window Abstraction Times Square - Urban Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme late light darts down a street in Times Square. It illuminates a colorful and semi-abstract window display. A single female figure at the extreme right of the compostion sh...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Human - Tree Fusion - ( Photographic Abstraction )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
While in Central Park, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment where a leafless tree trunk and a faceless human with a flowering hat have a symbiosis. They are both weird lookin...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fleeting Glance in Fleeting Light - Washington Square Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funks' signature style is to energize traditional photojournalism/ street photography with overly dramatic light, color, and composition. This wo...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut. Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Public Statues. Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, senior citizens were fixtures on New York City park benches. In this image, golden light conveys the expressive nature of a disparate relationship between an old man an...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Retro Urban Street Photograph - A Conversation in Blues and Reds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two men have a conversation and joke-it-up on the steps of a boarded-up store named Nicks Cleaners. The whole scene is awash in dreamy blues and reds. Absorbing the influence of bot...
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1980s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Fashionista in Pink Ensemble on New York City Rainy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography meets Fashion Photography in this boldly graphic image of a stylish woman with an umbrella crossing the street. The composition is minimal as its color scheme is b...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
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1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

A New Skyline is Born - The Manhattan Queens Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched high on the roof of an East Side highrise, Mitchell Funk merges the boroughs. Funk creates a new New York City Skyline composed of buildings and smokestacks by selecting the...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pas de Deux - Romantic Tango Partner Dance in Central Park Bandshell
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Tango Dancers immersed in their art, strike-the-pose under the towering classical half down. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was there at the perfect moment to capture a non...
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2010s Romantic Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Art: Literally - Painted Manhattan From Above Abstract Patterns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures abstract street patterns in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Absorbing the influence of both the Color Field and Non-Objective painters, Funk ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chic Fashion Model with Fireworks Explosion of Color - Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A chic, high-fashion model clad in high heels and a chic hat holds a refreshing drink as she sits on a pedestal. She is depicted in silhouette as a burst of zoomed fireworks explode...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Florence with Orange in the Sky - The Rebirth of the Renaissance
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fresh and bold paintbrush characterizes a classic view of Florence. Mitchell Funk's application of vibrantly bold orange effects a rebirth of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Wra...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dreamy Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada - Red and Oranges
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two light sources reveal that this is not a straight shot. As a pioneer of multiple-exposure photography, "Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada" is typical of Mitchell Funk's experime...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Noguchi Cube in Negative Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Generations ahead of his time, Mithcell Funk rejects straightforward documentary photography and interprets the Noguchi Cube in a style as fresh and inventive as the Cube itself. It...
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1970s Futurist Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Empire State Building Spire at Idyllic Sunset Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk revisits popular tourist locations and shoots them in a way that perhaps millions of tourists never imagined. Not unlike Pop Art, he shows us a new way to look at icon...
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Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk art, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bill Jacobson, Carol Inez Charney, and Oz Van Rosen. Mitchell Funk art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,000 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.

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