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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
Sun Reflector with old men in the park. Vintage New York Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The glorification of light was an early theme Mitchell Funk employed in his street photography. Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elderly Husband and Wife Group Street Portrait Against a Manhattan Red Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 50 years ago, in 1972, it was q...
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1970s Post-War Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag in Neon Reflections of Red White and Blue, Patriotic New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
American Flag in Times Square rendered in Neon. Patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and fi...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Camel Caravan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto, 3/15 Unframed, printed later, other sizes available. Mithcell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-Fi Photography a...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Times Square in the 1960s - Portrait with Dancing Sign - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Even at the age of 19, street photographer Mitchell Funk forged a unique style of street color photography. It was based on formal and exacting compositions with an emphasis on stron...
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1960s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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

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

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

Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
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2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Airplanes Yellow Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic depiction of a regional airport on Long Island.
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Red and Yellow Boats in East Hampton
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Inverted sailboats at Louse Point beach become bands of horizontal color in the beautiful study of summer. Dr. Toby Israel discusses scenes of nature that you can project yourself ...
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Early 2000s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Crown United Nations, 42nd Street Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A tightly cropped view of Midtown Manhattan from across the East River in Queens yields a view of the city that only an artist can provide. This perfect arrangement of buildings can ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami Beach, Art Deco South Beach Ocean Drive,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dazzling colors express the fun and exciting night light of the famous tropical beach resort Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other siz...
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1990s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Neil's Coffee Shop
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An upward view of a rare old sign in Manhattan's upper east side is transformed into an abstract composition of bold colors and strong shapes Signed, dated numbered lower right and ...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of a dog walker with five dogs set against a post-impressionist background of warm oranges and cool blues . Signed, Dated, number 3/15 Lower left recto, unframed...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jazz Musicians: Night Blue City Lights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Since the late 1960's Mitchell Funk has pioneered powerful bold and graphic images. His work is about the color and the shape Signature: Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, ...
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1980s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Clouds, Color Photography, Clyfford Still
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A single house juts out into a vast sky and sea of Long Island. The image takes inspiration from the epic 19th-century paintings and the American West with vast unending sky and untamed landscapes. Yet the composition is quite radical and evocative of the simple shapes of Color Field painter Clyfford Still...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, unframed, other sizes available . P...
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1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Green Dog Yellow Dog, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Green Dog is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time. The photograph is signed dated, numbered, 3/15 lower right, another...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available Mitchell F...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

The Dance of Pink Lights on a New York City Snowy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's hand held pre-dawn New York street scene evokes a simultaneous state of beauty of unexpectedness. This is a straight shot. He used a Nikon D5 and 400mm while he was w...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Miami Causeway in Blue, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The underside of a blue bridge in Miami is transformed into a statement of about urban color. It's a hauntingly beautiful night image of Miami in blue and is punctuated with a red st...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Urban Art Bus Driver and Graffiti, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art comes to the intersection of street photography. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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Photographic Paper

New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection with vibrant and intense color by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Long Island City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower right recto , 3/15 other sizes available, unframed, printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper The Crysler Building is seen in the step wit...
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

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

Yellow Girl in Blue Bars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Yellow Girl in Blue Bars is a grab shot. The result is a vibrant interplay of primary colors. Blue bars and blue jeans merge with yellow hair and yellow shoes...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Flatiron Building with New Sun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 3/15 Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dreamy Bronze Statue in Central with onlookers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper It's an in-camera multiple exposures of two figures on a Central Park bench...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Dinosaur Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dinosaur , Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframed , Other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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Early 2000s Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Simplified Landscape Miami, 70s Car
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Printed later, Other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Flatiron Building Multiple Exposure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated lnumbered ower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later This work is decades ahead of it's time. An in camera multiple exposure...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rainbow of Color Refection in Car Window - (Abstract Photography)
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funk encountered a newly painted wall in Queens, New York. Next to the wall was a newly washed red car. This was red meat subject matter for...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Tug under Brooklyn Bridge New York Skyline Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of Old Tug Boat as it passed under the Brooklyn Bridge and set against the 1970's lower Manhattan skyline with Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It was shot ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Boats in a Marina
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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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bowery Bum's Bottles
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Other size available , Printed later Still life of cheap boose bottle created by a homeless person in the Bowe...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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 Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fifth Avenue Legs
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Leg Show. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York Skyscrapers with Green Sky and Divergent Perspective
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure of 3rd Avenue in Manhattan and car depot in Weehawken New Jersey. The viewer looks up at the buildings and down at the cars and yet they are seamlessly u...
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1970s Futurist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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

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

Colored Walls, 42nd st. New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color field painting meets Color Photography Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
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1980s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography

Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor at Sunrise Staten Island Ferry
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Staten Island Ferries lead the eye to a silhouetted Statue of Liberty caressed by golden morning light. The entire composition is framed by a pyramid shape formed by ship cranes...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Blue Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image from the imagination of Mitchell Funk was the cover photograph for Popular Photography Magazine, May 1978, It is signed and numbered on lower right, as well as titled ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Road with Motorcycle and Bicycle,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Visual relationships abound in this photo. The ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Park Avenue on an Red Impressionists Rainy Day Twilight, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. This moody twilight image of Park Avenue d...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Bridge in Blue and Gold, Color Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed , Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Child in Pink on Father's Shoulders Against Cherry Blossoms
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Out-of-focus figures in the foreground create basic shapes of color akin to Vuillard and the Nabis painters. Shot with a long lens and set against colorful blooming foliage of New Yo...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs are a wonderful and joyful gift to us all. ln a continuing series, Mitchell Funk explores the dog's playful nature and captures it in dramatic early morning light. The magic...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 198...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

New York Classic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower left recto , other sizes available, unframed, printed later
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

East Hampton Sunset , Nature Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Sunset , Signature: Signed , Dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. printed later, Printed on Hahne...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

China Town San Francisco - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Large horizontal areas of aquamarine blue at juxtaposed with magenta and yellow create a dynamic and lively pictorial surface for a San Francisco facade signed and dated on lower r...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hard Edge Abstraction - Signs and Shapes, Modern Photography Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978 Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Other size...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Yellow Golden Light, Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late 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 and printed later, ...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Autumn in Central Park with Fall Foliage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Clearly, the most beautiful time to be in Central Park is during the Autumn when leaves turn from green to vibrant golds, rich browns, saturated reds, and warm dreamy yellows. This ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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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