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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
Vintage Sign Holiday Inn - Mid Century at Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Retro Holiday Inn neon sign on a foggy night with vintage cars. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Victorians
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Victorians explode with color and charm in this graphic depiction. Direction light enhances the ornate details and heightens the color saturation Signed dated lower...
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2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1980, conventional thinking suggested that one highly dramatic photograph of the New York skyline would be a sufficient artistic statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk felt there w...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken 2
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building. Through the lens of Photographer Mitchell Funk, The 1991 Mid-Town Manhattan skyline is seen at sunset from Weehawken, New Jersey. ...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Monochromatic Golden Gate Bridge in Fog, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a moody moment of monochromatic minimalism. Iconic San Francisco is depicted with utter simplicity. The Golden Gate bridge is stripped of color and form and is reduced to a f...
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1990s Minimalist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

California Street On Rainy Day, San Francisco In Blue Tones
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
People with umbrellas crossing California Street on rainy day with cable car In the background. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, oth...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Crown, Classic New York City , Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Precise composition with magical late light is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work. Signed, dated and numbers Edition 2 /15 lower right. Printed later, unframed, other size availab...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic 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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Looking Up With Lazy Yellow Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This upward view of the Chrysler Building and the adjoining former Mobil Oil Building features distinctive New York City landmarks. However, it is not a standard cell phone image ta...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan Bathed in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon golden light reflects off the metallic facade of the Twin Towers, turning them into two graphic shapes that tower above the lower Manhattan skyline. Glittering reflect...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Las Vegas Dunes Hotel Neon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer in shooting neon signs with dramatic angles, acute compostion and powerful color. Although this is a nocturnal image it has vibrant life energy. ...
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1980s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
:ate golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The sun sets at Manhattanhenge with the Chrysler Building's crown illuminated, creating a dual lighting source. Enter Mitchell Funks light-filled world in which his photographic ima...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Glowing Gas Station
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary figure pumps gas under an unearthly shroud of alien-like l ight. Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available, Printed on Hahne...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building in Multiple Exposure of Blue and Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color 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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Greater East River
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1998, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. From the vantage point of the Greater East River/ Flushing Bay, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the Chrysler ...
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1990s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Tudor City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It used to be that wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. With Manhattan's rapid growth, you now must look a little harder. This image was taken on the plaza in front of Tudor City...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Points Towards the Heavens
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As it soars above smaller buildings, The Chrysler Building spire resolutely points to the heavens. The flat white sky emphasizes the spire's silhouette, allowing it to dominate the ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Porsche
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Trees On Foggy Lane In East Hampton New York - Mutted Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Car lights on foggy street in East Hampton N.Y This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other siz...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

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

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas Neon , 1974, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
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 3/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper 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 Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Moondog in Infrared Against Black Rock CBS Building, Street People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moondog, was a blind American composer and musician. He was a fixture in front of the CBS building Black Rock on 6th Avenue and 5nd street. Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tra...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Starbursts over Mid-Town Manhattan -Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Streetlights on Manhattans' Sixth Avenure transform into a starburst of kaleidoscope color through an act of creativity from Photographer Mitchell Funk. The emanating light is a m...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sydney Opera House, Modern Photography Cover , Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover, February, 1987 Triple exposure of silhouetted men on a hill, against plexiglass colored shapes echoing the bold iconic architectural curves of the opera h...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue Central Park South with Kelly Green Roof
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Plaza Hotel in New York City looks differently in this detailed view. Photographer Mitchell Funk has honed in on a less studied part of the historic French Renaissance-inspired ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Las Vegas Shopping Center Bonanza by Mitchell Funk Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mithcell Funk embraces his long-held graphic aesthetic highly keyed bold colors and strong design, while late afternoon light skims across the surface of an empt...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

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

Hell's Kitchen , New York City, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots an upward view of an old walkup in Hell's Kitchen with golden glittering light against a hot sky. The warm colors vaguely allude to the distr...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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 Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic 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 Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Miami Beach Lifeguard Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Miami Beach lifeguard tower with parasailing in the background. . This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, da...
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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 Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Color

Roof Top Jazz Trumpet Player Celebration of Life, Fireworks in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celebration of Life is symbolized by a rooftop Black Jazz Musician hitting the high note just as a fireworks display lights up the New York sky. Signed ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Magenta Sky at Dusk , Serene Sky in Blue and Magenta Running Man and Boats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A lone figure is captured running against a Magenta Sky at Dusk. He is small in the frame, with the vastness of nature as a backdrop. This image was taken in 1972 and exemplifies Pho...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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

Top Of Chrysler Building Against Dramatic Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building art deco skyscraper. Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, 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

Warm Light Of Sunrise After Snowstorm In Central Park, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The lone person in Central Park Sheep Meadow is looking at the skyline. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, low...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A vibrant orange sunset silhouettes the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. In the foreground, a partly out-of-focus green street light occupies the top half of the composi...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Beautiful Nature Colorful Duck Swims in a Pond of Blue and Yellow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A red-billed duck swims in a pond of impressionist yellow and blue colors that please the viewer's optic nerve and soothe one's mood. The image is as abstract as it is representation...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Neon Bar and Grill Sign Tenderloin at Night Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Sometimes the simplest images are the most complex. Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage is more than a bird portrait. It's a portrait of a bird as a living work of abstract ar...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Bridges of New York City at Sunset Vibrant Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A unique vantage point, a vibrant sunset, and bleeding colors give this view of New York's Whitestone and Throgs neck Bridges a dreamy quality. This archival color photograph by ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Urban Art Street Art, Graffiti Wall In Soho, New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti wall in Soho district in Manhattan was photographed in 2007 that's more than a decade before the Urban Art craze had seized the attention of the art world. Art photographer...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Desert Landscape with Blue Mountain and Magenta Moon - Monument Valley
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Surreal Desert Landscape" is an example of Mitchell Funk's early work. It depicts Monument Valley in an unexpected way. It's 1976 and color photography was not even seriously acknow...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge, Urban Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
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1990s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Times Square Cell Phone in Neon Reds - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses a Nikon Z8 mirrorless megapixel camera to photograph the screen of a Times Square tourist's cell phone camera. The resulting image is a photogr...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chelsea: Old New York West Side Highway Industrial Trucks In Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Old New York is captured. Angelic golden light caresses an industrial scene truck at a Chelsea West Side loading dock in 1972. The lighting transforms a gritty and oil-soiled space i...
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1970s 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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