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
Wall Street, Negative Color, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of negative color, abstract and color photography. This image was shot in 1970 and foreshadows major color photography movements more than 40 years in the...
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1960s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Florida Parking Lot
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Central Park in the Snow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available,
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20th Century American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Photographic Paper
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Upper East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched atop a York Avenue highrise, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures an early morning winter vista of Manhattan.
To the right of a big puff of smoke and to the right of the Twin...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Emerges from the New York Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building's spire is captured rising from behind a skyscraper on Third Avenue in New York City. It is framed perfectly within the upper left-hand quadrant of the picture ...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Majestic Spire of the Chrysler Building Rises into a Sepia Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The close-up of the Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building is depicted majestically rising into a mood sepia sky. Looking at this work is an uplifting experience. It not only pleas...
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1990s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building at Sunset - New York Skyline in Silhouette with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"The Chrysler Building at Sunset" photograph showcases the mid-town skyline's clean and sharp silhouette. To the extreme left is the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge exemplifies how to take boilerplate tourist subject matter and make into an original visual. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge with Birds in Monochrome San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The semi-silhouetted arch of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge is caressed by the soft, warm tones of a setting sun. Above, a flock of birds circle as if to pay homage to the soaring e...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Epic Orange Sunset over Spiritual Sea with Solitary Boat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary boat is dwarfed by a colossal setting sun on a spiritual sea. The image suggests that a larger force is out there and that humans are just a part of the grand scheme.
Th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
St Patrick's Cathedral in a Golden Celestial Glow in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celestial golden glow on St Patrick's Cathedral is sheathed in an equally heavenly sky. The image is not only beautiful but communicates a spirit of the divine as all elements lea...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bethesda Fountain Dancing Waters in Central Park - Monochromatic Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters flow down from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. The water forms an energized abstract pattern in a monochromatic color scheme. Mitchell Funk's use of backlightin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
American Flag on New York City Bus - Moody Street Art Abstraction.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A large decal of an American Flag is pasted on the interior of a New York City bus. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a close-up of the bus as it passes by on the street. Th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Light Reflections off a New York City Skyscraper with Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dramatic golden light reflecting off a New York City skyscraper with the moon communicates more than just a document of a skyline. This image is about the aesthetic power and perhaps...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York Skyline from Central Park in Deep Gold and Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Color Photographer Mitchell Funk once again sets the standard for originality and inventiveness. His use of hyper-lighting and composition produces a retina-numbing imag...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This dramatic image of an oversized sun with a silhouetted plane gracefully passing through conveys the transience of time. Two spires of the Triborough Bridge are centered in the co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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 ...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut.
Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Billionaires Row - New York Skyline from Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A familiar scene to all New Yorkers and millions of tourists is pictured in a way that none see with their own eyes in person. This luminous image of the Billionaires Row skyline is ...
Category
2010s Romantic Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
A New Skyline is Born - The Manhattan Queens Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched high on the roof of an East Side highrise, Mitchell Funk merges the boroughs. Funk creates a new New York City Skyline composed of buildings and smokestacks by selecting the...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Duck, Turtles and Gold Fish in Central Park Pond Basking in Sun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A gathering of different animal species has one thing in common: The sun. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a congregation of Central Park residents basking in the warm light of s...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Prism Pigeon Perched on Promenade - Moody Bronze Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A sparking plumaged pigeon is perched on a railing in the Carl Schurz Park promenade. Street Photographer Mitchell captured him while a young woman sits on a park beach...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Florence with Orange in the Sky - The Rebirth of the Renaissance
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fresh and bold paintbrush characterizes a classic view of Florence. Mitchell Funk's application of vibrantly bold orange effects a rebirth of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Wra...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Street Art Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Empire State Building Spire at Idyllic Sunset Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk revisits popular tourist locations and shoots them in a way that perhaps millions of tourists never imagined.
Not unlike Pop Art, he shows us a new way to look at icon...
Category
Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Outrageous Flowers Colorful Hats at Easter Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two participants at Fifth Avenue's Easter Parade flaunt their artistic Millinery.
Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captured this dramatic and hyper-colorful double portrait...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Motorcycle on Manhattan's East River Drive with Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's approach to the industrial world is always poetic. One would not think of a city highway to be aesthetic, but Funk seeks out beauty in unexpected places. "Motorcycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The San Remo Central Park West Framed by Cherry Blossoms Flowers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A circle of cherry blossoms frames the two spires of the iconic San Remo. This is not a staged image. Photographer Mitchell Funk found the right location, angle, and arrangement of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Businessman Running Against a Colorful Background
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A black businessman is captured dashing down the street against a colorful wall. The image is slightly blurred, adding a sense of beauty and moodiness to the image and creating harm...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Joyful Jazz Trumpet Player in Silhouette Floating Orange Sunset Los Angeles
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
At sunset, a trumpeter strikes a high note above it all. The dreamy, out-of-focus lights of hip Los Angles represents his music in visual terms. Funk is ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Photography of Eccentric Women with Colorful Cloths and Yellow Umbrellas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photograph of an eccentric woman with a brightly colored hat and colorful clothes pushing a baby carriage with a dog occupant. She stands in front of a window display with bri...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cherry Blossoms in Bloom, Urban Garden of Central Park with The San Remo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The majestic Renaissance Revival San Remo Apartments act as a backdrop to Central Park's magnificent Cherry Blossom display. Under the colorful blooming tree, a sitting single femal...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
New York City Abstraction - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cobblestone Road to Lower Manhattan Skyline in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Magical golden light skims off a 19th-century cobblestone road that appears to lead into an equally antique-looking lower Manhattan skyline illuminated with golden light.
As a proge...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses of a 500mm telephoto lens to capture the two subjects lost in thought. Selective focus throws the background out of focus and creates a dreamy...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The alignment of the planets comes together in a perfect magical moment. A man sets foot on a terrace - an airplane comes into frame - golden light strikes the perfect pitch - atmosp...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow in Central Park Billionaire Row - Monochromatic Grey and Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photography pioneer Mitchell Funk is famous for blending representation with a broad emphasis on abstract qualities. He is a photographic minimalist cropping out extraneous d...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lower Manhattan Skyline in Gold Light with Moon. New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City seen uniquely through the artful lens of Mitchell Funk. We all have seen images of the financial district in Lower Manhattan but this original in a very artful way.
T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Conversation: Late Afternoon Impressionist Light in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal: make color photography full of color in what was then a nascent ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1970s Post-War Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids having Fun in front East Village Yellow Wall, Street Photography in Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids with Colorful Clothes in Brooklyn Park - Color Photography Pioneer
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 street with Kodachrome. His goal is to make color photography full of color. In this image, notice how the colors of the kids...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flowers Melt Snowy New York - Joyful Red Roses on a Blustery Gloomy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
They say that New York City is full of contrast and contradictions. So is the case in this unexpected street photograph by Mitchell Funk, where we see the joyful optimism of a of bo...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers are captured in leisure time with a magical golden rim light that transforms the subjects into shapes.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes avail...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
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.