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Mitchell Funk Abstract 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
Louse Point View, East Hampton
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Louse Point View, East Hampton , A harmonious blend of primary colors in the foreground with a muted landscape characterizes this work. signed and dated on lower right, numbered o...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Three Girls in Pink
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Three Girls in Pink Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 4 of 15, Unframed, other size available
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2010s Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mother and Child Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mother and Child Abstract Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 3 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco China Town Lanterns Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
China Town Lanterns Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, on Hahnemühle paper. Other sizes available. San Francisco
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

New York Street in Snow Storm
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York Street in Snow Storm. A normally common street scene is elevated into moody and impressionistic artistic statement. Signed dated lower right signed dated and number...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Yellow Dog
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 2 /15 Powerful and unexpected graphic shows that street photography does not have to be gritty or about social is...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Shoveling
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Signature: Signed , dated lower right numbered verso LR Recto 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. New York City blizzards collaborates with the p...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sledding in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A festive crowd exploits a rare snow fall in New York. Colorful people fill the picture in an "All-over" composition as if it were an energenic Jackson Pollock drip and splash pai...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Construction Worker on Roof
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, other sizes available
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

Guggenheim Museum and Bus
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available,, other sizes available
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

American Flag in Neon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and figures punctuate the scene. Signed and dated ...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Louse Point, East Hampton, Abstract Photography in Green and Beige
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated numbered Edition 2 of 15, lr verso - Other sizes available, Printed Later. Unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Naturalistic Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ocean Drive South Beach
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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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Abstract City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Photo-Abstract impressio...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hard Hats in Street Smoke, New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15, other size available, printed later, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Times Square Loco Lights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

Three Oval Glows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of illustrators and painters have rendered their fantastic ideas on paper and canvas. The decades of the 1920’s - 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Lower Manhattan Multiple Exposure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
World Trade Center Tower 2 is still under construction in this very early example of how color photography can be true to it's namesake . Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 P...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Silhouetted Figures on New York Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
500mm lens and high angle transforms pedestrians into a Rorschach test of abstract and intertwined black shapes . Signed and dated on lower right, num...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This ia an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
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1960s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gritty Color Truck - Abstract Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Though the eyes of an artist, a dirty truck looks beautiful. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 r, other size available, unframed, printed later Printed on Hah...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Abstract Photography

Colorful People Central Park Snow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract 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 Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film

Pink Umbrellas in the Snow, New York City, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower left recto 3/15 , other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"....
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Basketball Player, Early Morning Light Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Long shadows from early morning light create an abstract pattern in a New York City park. In the right-hand corner, you will see a single figure in the final position of a jump shot,...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building. A Third Avenue bus creates a blur of color as it passes in front of the Chrysler Building. Photographer Mitchell Funk took the pres...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract 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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building from 30 Rockefeller Center
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From the observation tower of 30 Rockefeller Center, The Chrysler Building is seen looking east. Its spire is bathed in a golden glow from direct light. An orange sunset appears to i...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract 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 Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fun Bird Party in Miami, Blue Sky Golden Light. Nature Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unusually robust gathering of birds is captured in Miami by Photographer Mitchell Funk. We named it Bird Party because they seemed to be having so much hanging out, signing in tu...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Adobe Mission Church in Taos New Mexico
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church in Taos was photographed in 1973 by Mitchell Funk. The image is characterized by radical cropping and a simplification of elements and is set ...
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1970s Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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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 Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Multiple Exposure of Colorful Flowers St. Patrick's Cathedral
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1971, and most photographers were shooting in black and white. Fine Art Photography was not yet in the mainstream vocabulary of museums — almost no art galleries considered or ...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Follow The Light - Abstract Photography Golden Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk follows the light. Come along with him and become illuminated. Ephemeral rays of golden light strike an Upper East Side pre-war facade under renovation. The resulting...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Golden Light Illuminates a Romantic Couple in Central Park - Amber and Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden sunlight filters through the autumn trees to illuminate two lovers on a Central Park bench. As a popular tourist location, Central Park is endlessly photographed. But Mitch...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Contrast of Two Art Styles - Graffiti Bus & Blue Umbrella on Rainy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A contrast of two art styles describes this street photograph. A school bus-covered chaotic brush-stroked graffiti is juxtaposed with a symmetrical, color field-like umbrella compose...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

A Paddling of Ducks on an Amber Cinnamon Pond
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Ducks float on a cinnamon pond in loose formation, forming an overall pattern. Their arrangement recalls the work of minimal artists of the 50s and 60s. Yet, a single duck breaks r...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Two Boots and an Umbrella - Red and Black Color Field Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. A downward view of a wet monochromatic Manhattan street references color-field painting. Flat geometric sections of color are accented by an alternati...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Urban Landscape Golden Sky with Melting and Dissolving Glass Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Through an 800mm lens, late afternoon light dissolves a glass skyscraper into a glistening and glimmering rectangle. Atmospheric conditions assist the optical illusion where the peri...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Boy Playing with Bubbles In Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bubble Encounter. Biomorphic abstract shapes from manmade monumental bubbles evoke the character of living forms. They echo the natural forms of the rocks but in a softer, lighter wa...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tennis Court in Snow with Footprints Green and Wine Color Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An aerial view looking down on a Manhattan tennis court is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time. The interplay of large areas of color, pattern...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Birds in Flight over Manhattan - Minimalist Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Since 1969, Mitchell Funk has been a Minimalist Photographer. His signature style focuses on reducing pictorial elements to their essentials. In this recent image, shot in 2023, he continues the tradition but takes it to a new level. Funk captures a magic moment of a flock of alternating dark and light-colored pigeons in flight. He frames the shot as if it were a painting by Kenneth Noland...
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2010s Minimalist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Bird on a Ledge Impressionist Color Tudor City Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography can be beautiful. Bird on a Ledge by street photographer Mitchell Funk is an exceptionally distinctive example of shooting the streets of New York and getting a lo...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Primary Colors in Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Window Reflections in Red and Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a Street Photographer who shoots gritty themes that come out beautifully. In "Manhattan Window Reflections," a typically drab street scene is transformed into a vivi...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of abstract 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 abstract photography, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Stuart Allen, Monika Bravo, and Eva Mueller. Mitchell Funk abstract photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,200 and tops out at $65,500, while the average work can sell for $5,500.

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