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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
Joyful Birds on Roof of a Pink, Summer Beach House East Hampton, Abstract Photo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Three Gulls sit atop a colorful pink and white beach house near East Hampton. The lead gull is captured with his wings spread and poised to take flight. The picture evokes the summ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric 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

Angel to the Rescue. Near Death Drug Overdose - Lower East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A disheveled young man lies passed out on Ludlow Street in New York City's Lower East Side. As if he was invisible, herds of pedestrians shuffle by. An angel benevolently comes to hi...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage Red Porsche with Classic Volkswagen Mini Bus - Vintage Cars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A bright red 1970s Porsche is photographed and fills the composition's foreground. It's bright red color functions more like a color field painting. This is a trail-blazing image. ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Staten Island Ferry in Magenta New York Harbor by Mitchell Funk, Color Field
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York Photographer Mithcell Funk creates an image with a broad expanse of mostly flat magenta. His representation of space is flat and simplified. In the center of the picture pla...
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1970s Color-Field 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

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

Dale Chihuly, Life Magazine,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Inkjet Archival Print. The Shot was done on a Life Magazine assignment on "Glass Artists" 1981. The three essential elements are presented in a bold fr...
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1980s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Art Deco Marlin Hotel On South Beach, Miami Beach with Hot Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pink Cadillac car in front of the classic art deco Marlin on Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

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

Chrysler Building Crown at Night with Glowing Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As the sun sets and the lights come on, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the quintessential image of the Chrysler Building's Art Deco crown in a glowing sky. The vaulting progres...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist 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

Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This highly dramatic photograph shows a dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as they appeared in 1998. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures mid-town New...
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1990s Impressionist 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

Chrysler Building Spire With Abstract Architectural Patterns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Seen through two surrounding buildings, the Chrysler Building's spire emerges as a cool blue Art Deco statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a precise angle so that the photog...
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2010s Abstract Geometric 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

Model Sailboats In Central Park Pond, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated with multiple light sources, Dog and Central Park with Model SailBoats is composed of soft blues blending into verdant greens. Monet-like Impressionist reflections in ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

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

Golden Light on 1970s Road - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. At a time when most color photographers were just pointing cameras and snapping images mostly during boring mid-day light, Mitchell Funk was innovatin...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

Painted Ladies Victorian Architecture, Alamo Square San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Famous Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a colorful image of the classic scene of San Francisco's colorful Victorian Architecture. This is no...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Scene with the Real Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The real street art in New York City is literally the lines painted on the street pavement. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk expands the boundaries of the popular art term by captu...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Empire State Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bathed in the warm glow of late afternoon light, the Mid-Town Manhattan skyline glitters in a rich palette of gold and magenta. In the foreground, the Empire State Building rises li...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

New York Skyline in Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. New York Skyline in Blue Signed and dated on lower right, numbered LR Recto, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed, other sizes available. Mitchel...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Photography

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Photographic Film

Statue of Liberty and Ferry in Morning Mist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pink Flamingos are social animals. They gather in large groups and chat it up. Their gregarious natures is a benefit for photographers. Individually the bird is a living sculpture. A...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The male peacock is a living work of art. Mitchell Funk has captured a moment of full display with iridescent coloration. Arguably, the male peacock ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

Cocktails San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping is $100, Cocktails San Francisco , Drink up. Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay with Sailboats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's most iconic scene is capture in Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay with Sailboats. Popular Photography Giant Billboard in Times Square on 48th Street. Popular Ph...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Las Vegas Motel with Mid-Century Street Sign and Palm Tree
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a formal composition of vertical and horizontals. Pioneering color photographer, Mi...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Streets of San Francisco at Night from the Inside of a Taxi Car
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected view of the streets of San Francisco at night is captured by Street Photographer Mitchell Funk. From the inside of a taxi cab, we view the driver in profile as he tur...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

South Beach, Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
South Beach, Miami Beach is captured at the precise moment where the color in the sky is echoed by the color in the streetscape Signature: Signed , dated l...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Bow Bridge with Silhouetted Figures Post-Impressionist Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Post-Impressionist Golden Light illuminates six figures on Central Park's Bow Bridge. They are depicted in casual poses unburdened by everyday stresses. The low-angle backlighting s...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Man in Colorful African Theme Clothes Illuminated by Shaft of Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Rays of golden light burn through New York's streets and illuminate a man dressed in a vivid African-themed shirt with matching shorts. He dominates the composition that emphasizes ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
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1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Golf Course Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golf Green A large area of Yellowish Green covers the pictorial surface and accented by a terra cotta building in the foreground. The photographer captures the perfect moment on wha...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

Alamo Square Victorian Houses, San Francisco - Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Alamo Square Painted Ladies with modern skyscrapers in background, San Francisco. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. ...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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

Deer Louse Point East Hampton in Ginger Sky - Nature's Splendor
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's Splendor is captured with deer grazing at sunset on East Hampton's famous Louse Point. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are avai...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of Green Eyed Sci-Fi Star Trek Girl in Golden Light in Times Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a green-eyed Sci-Fi Star Trek girl illuminated by intense golden light. In most portrait photography, the subject collaborates with the ph...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
42nd Street glows, but not from Broadway marquees' bright lights. It's from Street Photographer Mitchell Funk, who captures the setting sun of Manhattanhenge, which, along with stree...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The joy of photography is on full display as Mitchell Funk captures the moody blues and reds of San Francisco's California street . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on vers...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Vista
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. San Francisco Vista Signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, , Edition 4 of 15, Unframed, other size available
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Blue Zoom, New York Skyline, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
With an upward zoom and a slow exposure, Photographer Mitchell Funk reimagines one of the world's most iconic landmarks. The photograph is a lyrical evocation of a normally cold stre...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Admiral House, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Admiral House, San Francisco Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building in Silver and Gray Tones Abstract Spacial Relationships
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In Mitchell Funk's continuing series about redefining New York City icons, he allows light and camera angle to change the subject's look and alter the sense of place. In this work, ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Funky Green Car in San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Funky Green Car in San Francisco Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed, other size available, printed later, Print...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Nude Man Spouting in the Desert - Gay Interest- Born from Mother Earth
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
We are all born from Mother Earth. Mimicking a plant or tree, a muscular man standing on his head emerges upward from the desert ground with is legs spread out like branches. Seen f...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Bright Green Car In Front Victorian House, San Francisco, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco victorian house. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Can a street ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Warm Puffy Clouds. San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Golden Gate Bridge is depicted in warm golden light. Mitchell Funk's photograph is of an American classic shot in an original way. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right re...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, 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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