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Mitchell Funk Color 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
East Village Bums, Tramps Smoking and Drinking at Blue Green Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Four East Village down-and-out derelicts and apparent friends sit on a step and engage in a lively chat. They are smoking and drinking. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the...
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1960s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Taxi Portrait - Lost in Thought in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk's signature hi-color/design photography merges with photojournalism in this introspective New York City Taxi Portrait. Signed, dated, numbered low...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Urban Art Street Photography of Bus and Billboard Red Jacket Figure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A tourist bus adorned with punchy hi-key graphics passes in front of a soaring Times Square billboard of similar nature. Street Photographer Mithcell Funk captures the precise momen...
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2010s Street Art Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fifth Avenue at Rush Hour with Extreme Intense Light, Neutral Palette
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Occupying the lower third of the picture plane, a herd of humans stride down Fifth Avenue. They form an overall pattern. The top of the picture is also comprised of a simple pat...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Snowy Night, Rainy Night in Manhattan with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Timeless Cherry Blossoms in Central Park Pre-War Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Blossoms in Central Park with a lone figure in a blue shirt set against the iconic pre-war architecture of Central Park West. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on v...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Graffiti Street Art Photograph in Red and Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti-clad New York City Street scene with wall shot by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk in his trademark colorful style. In Funk's oeuvre co...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Downtown Manhattan Skyline with Graffiti Wall, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The towering glass skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan are framed by a colorful rooftop graffiti wall in this captivating photograph by street photographer Mitchell Funk . The fine art p...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Acrylic, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Twin Towers, World Trade Center with Green Filter
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. The image is signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available, Printed Later
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1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Victorian Row Houses in First Light and Billowing Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's famous Victorian Row Houses are soaked in the golden light of early morning. The dramatic clouds above take on the same color scheme of th...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene which allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spacial and color harmony. ...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Big Moon over Magenta Sea - Pink Crashing Wave at New Jersey Shore
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran photographer Mitchell Funk strikes a fine balance between abstraction and representation in this optically pleasing color photograph. The sky turns pink magenta as waves cras...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected marquee at the base of upscale 30 Rockefeller Center beams neon into the night. The 1930's art deco monolith is lit up like a silver spaceship as it thrusts into an ink...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Museum Light, United Nations and Chrysler Building, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The United Nations Building is positioned next to the Chrysler Building. Two iconic New York City architectural masterpieces are juxtaposed from the precise lens of veteran New York ...
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Early 2000s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Old New York Brooklyn Heights Promenade by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 1972, Bathed in magical golden light. There is a sense of loneliness akin to Edward Hopper paintings where ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color 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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lipstick Building, Citicorp New York Multiple Exposure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In Camera Multiple Exposure of two iconic New York Landmarks merge together in a harmony of soft colors and overlapping shapes . Signed and dated on ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Covid-19, Cherry Blossom Park Avenue. No Cars but One Lone Figure and Dog
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. There is beauty in disaster. Underlying a seemingly picturesque springtime New York scene lurks the question - " Where's the Traffic and People." Yet...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Hasidic Jewish Family Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of a Hasidic Jewish Family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge bathed in Godly light. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is sig...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Romantic Flatiron Building in Autumn Colors of Orange and Yellow, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City's early example of a skyscraper from 1902 is depicted in an artistically abstract way. It is photographed with autumn foliage in the foreground and with the iconic tri...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Purple San Francisco Victorian
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Color Purple by man and by nature. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Top , Art Deco Architecture New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's the epitome of Art Deco Architecture. The top of the Chrysler Building is lit by golden light in this photograph of a classic New York City scene. Photographer Mitchell Funk s...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Cable Cars in Front of Bay Bridge at Dawn San Francisco.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Cable Cars on Nob Hill against a peach sky. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 unframed, printed later, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

High in the City ( Blowing Smoke and Vaping Upper East Side )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Other size available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a different type of street photogr...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image of Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park was shot at magic hour. That's when the light is late in the day and skims over the surfaces of the grass and build...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Chrysler Building Top , Art Deco Architecture New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's the epitome of Art Deco Architecture. The top of the Chrysler Building is lit by golden light in this photograph of a classic New York City scene. Photographer Mitchell Funk s...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Pastel Alley In North Beach, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful houses on Fresno Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet

Fashion Red Hat in Paris
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Hat in Paris. Style above it all. A graphic statement in red, black and green Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unf...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Astor Place Subway Kiosk, Cooper Union Station
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Astor Place Subway Kiosk, Cooper Union Station depicts a juxtaposition of contrasting architectural styles from different centuries. In the foreground, i...
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2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Trumpet Player: Soulful Rainbow of Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participat...
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1980s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

Sailboat at Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, unframed printed later, other sizes available. Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was c...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

San Francisco in Gold with
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Luminous late afternoon light baths the city in soft golden energy. I lone Motorcyclist adds a dynamic to this well structured composition. Signed and dated on lower right, number...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Umbrellas, Rainy New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15, other size available, unframed
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Magical light on road. Litchfield, Connecticut
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. As if it were illuminated from an unearthly source, a Ford Falcon glows as it cruises down a country road. Mitchell Funk pioneered the use of late, dr...
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1960s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Big Red Shoe On Fremont Street In Downtown Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract image of large red high heel shoe in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art phot...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

New York City, Lower Manhattan Blue Skyline with Boats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 5/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pionee...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

New York Skyline, Hotel Dixie
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early in1970's Mitchell Funk was one of the very few photo innovators who used extreme late afternoon golden light. In "Hotel Dixie, 1975, the intense light not only illumin...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Empire State Building Magenta Architecture Manhattan Skyline, Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two New York City architectural icons juxtaposed with each other in a magenta sky. The Empire State Building and the Twin Towers shot before a Manhattan building boom gives a clear ...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Gold Rush
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. golden light explodes Signed dated and numbered on the lower right, 2/15 other size available, unframed
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2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Central Park Heroic Statue
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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Academic Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York Skyscraper in Golden Burst of Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes spiritual. Late afternoon golden light bounces back at the viewer and transforms a building into something more than a building. Signature: Signed and dated on ...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, Times Square, Golden Light, Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A pushcart street vendor selling hot dogs is somehow transformed into something bigger. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the scene in extreme golden light. As a result, ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Manhattanhenge 2021 with Mystical Object - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon light from Manhattanhenge skims across the asphalt of East 72nd Street. The circular shape of a manhole cover in the foreground echos the ...
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2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

United Nations and Manhattan Skyline wrapped in Divine Light with Jet Ski
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
United Nations wrapped in Divine Light while a man on a Jet Ski passes glides in front on the East River Bright golden light rushes down 42nd street and cloak...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Black Hippie Red Sombrero n' Flute Central Park Music Festival 60's Celebration
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A black hippie enthroned in a majestic red sombrero is captured playing a flute at a Central Park music festival in 1969. This was the same year the youth "counterculture" celebrat...
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1960s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Empire State Building Bathed in Luminous Golden Light, 1970s New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden late afternoon light bathes the majestic Empire State Building in luminous color as it pierces a dramatic sky. This image is not only stunning in its visual beauty but also a ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cute Black Dog Against a Graphic Yellow Orange Wall in Mexico
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An observing black dog is captured against a yellow and red Coca-Cola sign in Guaymas, Mexico. Shot in 1970, Mitchell Funk was innovating in color photography, which is what many col...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful Field of Flowers with Redhead Child - East Hampton Like Monet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Through Mitchell Funk's lens, a field of colorful flowers in bloom turns into a Monet-like Post-Impressionist painting. A lone redhead child punctuates the composition as she prance...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

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 Color Photography

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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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of color 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, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, archival 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Carol Inez Charney, Lucille Khornak, and Gerard Giliberti. Mitchell Funk color 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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