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Mitchell Funk Photography

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
San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset
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 American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: United Nations 2
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taken from Long Island City, this tightly cropped composition emphasizes bold silhouettes while revealing the interplay of two of New York City's most iconic buildings. The horizonta...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue and 38th St
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
" Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue and 38th St." was photographed looking uptown from the rooftop of a building on Third Avenue and 38th St. In the for...
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2010s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Tribeca
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: Tribeca" is captured by Photographer Mitchell and is part of his exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line" - It may take a moment, but its presence always seems to be in the picture. At least, that was the case in the past. ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Central Park Reservoir
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building is not only ever-present, but its uniquely shaped spire attracts the eye unlike any other structure. "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Central...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building In Cool Blue, Grey and Silver Palette
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mithcell Funk captures the Chrysler Building as it stands between two neighbors. Compositional exactitude adds to the overall visual appeal of Funk's formal compo...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 30 Rock Twilight
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A wide-angle view of the Midtown skyline is captured from the top of 30 Rock at twilight. The afterglow of the setting sun combined with the self-generated light from the high-rise ...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building With Yellow Bus. "New New York Skyline"
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building has new neighbors, and together, they form the "New New York Skyline". Captured from a downtown location, Photographer Mitchell Funk's style of hyper-lighting w...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Park Avenue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A giant moon is unexpectedly pictured resting between two skyscrapers on Park Avenue. This image was done as an assignment for a Business Week cover. The editors wanted a high-drama ...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sheep Meadow in Central Park with Billionaires' Row Buildings
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This luminous photograph is of the Sheep Meadow which is a vast 15-acre verdant field in Central Park. It's enjoyed by sunbathers, frisbee throwers and fun-seekers who physically g...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattanhenge and the Illuminated Crown of the Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East 42nd Street glows with a deep red from the afterglow of Manhattanhenge. One-point perspective adds drama with converging lines culminating at a vanishing point at the Hudson Ri...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City at Sunset from New Jersey - Manhattan Skyline with Blue Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 lr recto, unframed, other size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women With Hat In Bus Window, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Women framed In San Francisco bus window. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes ar...
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Early 2000s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: 30 Rock Observation Deck
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unobstructed view of lower Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rock is obstructed by a figure in a solid red hooded jacket. The figure becomes a dominant abstract shape in ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Long Island City Industrial
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A simple yet complex structure always characterizes Mitchell Funk's work. In present work, the first concept is that old New York City icons emerge above new construction. The secon...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Muscular Black Man Pondering in the Fountain's Mist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man in the Mist. Lost in thought and cloaked in a veil of mist and smoke, a young black man stands atop a fountain's pilar and ponders the world. The adjacent light post's shape ech...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage Las Vegas Motel Sign - Mid Century Sky Ranch Motel
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A perfect day with penetrating light and a deep cobalt-blue sky was the ideal context for Mitchell Funk to photograph the punchy primary colors of a mid-century Las Vegas hotel sign....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühl...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Burlesque Show Place Pigalle, Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Burlesque Show in Miami Beach facade with vintage car, Kathy King, Cindy Ember headline at the Exciting International Revue, Collins Avenue, Miami, 1974. This was what a strip club...
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1970s Pop Art Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972. Signed ...
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1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage New York Skyline - Impressionist Yellow and Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From Weehawken, New Jersey, we see the vintage mid-town Manhattan skyline as it appeared in the winter of 1974. In the foreground, a perfectly positioned white cruise ship sprouts sm...
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nude man on Endless Surreal Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and number lower right recto, Other sizes available unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Gramercy park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building, which is particularly true from Gramercy Park looking uptown. In this tightly cropped view, Photographer Mitchell Funk composes the ...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Snow Storm, By Mitchell Funk, Landscape Photography, Impressionism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Snow comes to Manhattans' Central Park and veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captures it. Besides the understated muted beauty of the image, it's a document of emptiness in ...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Black Liberation Army Protest in Central Park - Civil Rights - Black Panthers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A bold Black Liberation Army banner is featured among drummers and hippies in a 1971 Central Park protest. We see a rudimentary Super 8 video camera recording it all in the lower le...
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: 30 Rockefeller Observation Deck
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building. In 1980, it was easier to see it because there was less clutter in the Manhattan skyline. From the Observation Deck of 30 Rockefel...
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1980s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building: Abstract Expressionist Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A 1930s Art Deco icon is interpreted in the frenetic technique that recalls the Abstract Expressionist painters of the 1950s. As if he were painting with light, visionary photographe...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Raining with Sunshine: Three Horses in Autumn Rain and Golden Light in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For 55 years, Mithcell Funk has been capturing the emotive power of color and light. In the present image, "Raining with Sunshine," Funk captures three horses lined up in a row and ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tribeca Street Photography with New York City Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A typical street scene in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood is photographed unexpectedly. Pedestrians are depicted walking in front of a reflective surface, which results in a typ...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tribeca Window Reflections with Red Abstract Billboard
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A transformative photograph with emotive color emerges from the lens of Photographer Mitchell Funk. For him, it's about capturing extreme light as it strikes form. In the present i...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Museum Mile, Manhattan Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A movie is being shot on the streets of New York. High power "Klieg Light " blow out the background while street light act as fill. The rain pours down ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, 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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The New New York Skyline - Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The New New York Skyline with Chrysler Building is depicted in shimmering sliver light and set against a deep cobalt blue sky. It incorporates the newly constructed supertalls: One...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Neon Signs Broadway Theater District in Dramatic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden light skims off the facades on West 44th Street as Neon Lights create a second light source that beckons. Two of Broadway's most famous mainstays, Sardis Restaurant and The S...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment

Surreal Kayak Party in Foggy Metaphysical San Francisco Bay with Muted Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The weather phenomenon that defines San Francisco, fog, separates a party of Kayakers from the iconic skyline. It puts them into an enigmatic limbo-like state. Photographer Mitchell ...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami Demolition
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. New building rises as old building falls and a new Miami is created. Shot on Brickell Avenue. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower left recto , unf...
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1990s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Tenderloin Colorful Street Scene. Hip Girl Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A colorful street scene in San Francisco's Tenderloin is captured as a hip young girl walks in front of a hyper-colored convenience store window. Photographer Mitchell Funk has app...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Leafless Tree Monochromatic Winter Snow Scene in Central Park in Warm Greys
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A monochromatic winter snow scene in Central Park with a leafless tress raises questions. How can a city with over 8 million people jammed into a small space yield an expansive, unp...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Jazz Building In North Beach, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street scene and architecture in the North Beach district of San Francisco. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms. Signed dated and number...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New Yorkers Crossing the Street in Silhouette High Contrast, Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Figures silhouetted by extreme lighting yield a dramatic and powerful view of New York City life. This is a stunning example of Mitchell Funk blending the abstract with the represen...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Man Tree Duet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a dance performed by man and nature. Both gesture in unison as a pair. Defined by their dark expressive outlines, these shadows are revealing the true nature of the objects t...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Row Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
THis cassic view of beautiful painted Victorian architecture in San Francisco was inspired during Queen Victoria's reign. The print is signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, u...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Poodle Dog in Golden Amber Morning Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures a magic moment. The image features a graceful lunging black poodle in pursuit of something outside the image area. The poodle is center...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami at Night, Brickell Avenue Street Scene Neon Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk transforms a Miami street scene at night with glowing neon signs into a complex abstract pattern. A recurring element in Funk's iconography is secondary a...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fetish Spanking, Folsom Street Fair - Gay Interest BDSM
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Folsom Street Fair featuring public spanking - Gay Interest This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and nu...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rural Americana Window Joyful Flowers - Abstract Color Norman Rockwell America
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A joyful display of flowers adorns a country house's outdoor window. It's straight out of Norman Rockwell's America. The composition is formal, with rectilinear lines painted in a de...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sanctuary of Peaceful Yellow Tulips Red Tulips Blooming in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In this Mitchell Funk photograph, The Central Park Conservancy of Flowers is bursting into bloom with the seductive color of yellow tulips and red tulips. In the upper left-hand cor...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Light on Solitary Figure in Central Park - Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays rim light a single figure sitting on a Central Park Bench. He becomes more of a shape than a specific individual and, as such, blends i...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elegant Manicured Topiary Garden San Francisco - Tree Sculpture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A row of four verdant topiary trees mimics the shape and cadence of elegant windows in a home in the Sea Cliff section of San Francisco. The overall resulting image is a combinati...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Black Hippie with Blond Afro, Washington Square Park - Henri Ghent Black Curator
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, weekends at Bethesda Fountain were a gathering place for the radical, glamorous, and hip people of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regular speakers there. Po...
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1960s Street Art Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet

Big Blue Waves Ocean District San Francisco - Visual White Noise
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Can a photograph reduce stress and anxiety? Photographer Mitchell Funk says yes with his high-angle shot that harmoniously unifies sea and land. A pleasing relationship is created ...
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1990s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Graffiti Wall with Little Green Man - Urban Art Sci- fi
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Against popular belief, there really are little green men populating New York City. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk, isolates an urban art wall painting in the looming above a park with people mulling around. It's a striking composition as with the central figure framed between windows. A small American flag...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of photography 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 photography, 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 Seb Janiak. Mitchell Funk photography 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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