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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Hips Horizontal - Rare Signed in White on Recto
By Ruth Bernhard
Located in Carmel, CA
Vintage photograph printed by Ruth Bernhard.
Rare signature signed on recto in white pen.
Excellent Condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$12,800 Sale Price
28% Off
Racetrack - large scale desert landscape panorama under mesmerizing night sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
highly detailed photographic capture of the mesmerizing night sky above the California desert
Racetrack by Frank Schott
48 x 88 inches (122 x 224cm)
signed edition of 7
24 x 40 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
H2O VI - large format photograph of sun reflections - Homage to David Hockney
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format Panorama photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Cloud Forest III - large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extra large scale photograph of lush tropical rainforest botanical tableau, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the fantastical jungle pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$4,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Tree Study III - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study III by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
H2O I - large format abstract photograph of sun reflection on pool water surface
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
H2O l by Erik ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Seascape XIV - large format photograph of monochrome blue water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seascape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Standing Ovation - conceptual vignette with red velvet curtain and marble floor
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale interior photograph of conceptual vignette with dark red velvet curtain and white Carrara marble floor
Standing Ovation (2016) by Frank S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Topiary I - large format photograph of ornamental shaped urban street tree
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photogaph from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and whimsical botanical art of topiaries' green minimalism
Topiary I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 20 x 16
By Michael Ochs
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Indigo Maple Triptych (3 original cyanotypes: total 24 x 54" wide)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are 3 separately framed hand-printed monotypes on heavy cotton cold-press watercolor paper with a slight texture. Framed and matted they would span 78" about inches and with ga...
Category
2010s Minimalist Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Monotype, Photogram
Nizza - large format photograph of summer beach scene in South of France
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
observation of a Mediterranean beach scene in Nice, France, on a hazy summer day
Nizza by Frank Schott
25.5 x 40 inches (65 x 102cm)
edition of 25
signed
48 x 75.5 inches (122 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink
Aeroglyph XT1940 - large format photo of light painting in nocturnal landscape
By Reuben Wu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aeroglyph XT1940 by Reuben Wu, a large scale original photograph from an ongoing photography series, capturing large temporary geometries traced by light carrying drones in ethereal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott
country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd
46 x 72 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott
country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd
48 x 72 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Giallo Fiorito ) - large format botanical still life
By Linda Rosewall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Spring Clover II (hand-printed botanical cyanotype, 14 x 24 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This long narrow blue and white monotype was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual flowers of fresh-cut Dutch clover growing wild. This unique print is the same size as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
California Dusk - large scale photograph of iconic desert landscape sunset
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Dusk by Frank Schott
from a series of photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
48 x 72 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Journey's End II (Hand-printed cyanotype, 18 x 10 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Unframed. 2023. Signed on the back. Narrower than "The Journey's End."
This photograph was taken a year after the artist's husband died, revisiting the same path but photographing ...
Category
2010s Realist Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photogram
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7517) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD7517 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2021
Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai
Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara
2020
Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg
Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London
Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco
Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Topiary II - large format photograph of ornamental shaped sidewalk trees
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photogaph from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and whimsical botanical art of topiaries' green minimalism
TOPIARY II by Fran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Redwoods - large format nature observation panorama of green redwoods forest
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
a large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature biotope, a highly detailed observation of the natural beauty of the Northern California redwood forest
Redwoods by Erik Pawassa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Moonlight Magnolia Diptych (Two 8.5 x 11" hand-printed cyanotypes)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are two separate 11 x 8.5 inch (45 x 60 cm) original hand-printed original cyanotype photographs sold together. Cyanotypes are an antique photographic process dating back to t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7517) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD7517 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Moonlight Magnolia III (24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a hand-printed photograph using the 170-year-old cyanotype process. This is a negative (reversal of the dark and light tones) of the original photograph of a branch of a magn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Private Road With Clouds Extra Large Panoramic
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph by artist.
Signed in pencil lower right recto by artist.
Very rare size.
Framed in black wood and Conservation Clear Glass
Frame dimension ...
Category
1990s Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$32,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Aspen Study I - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study I by Frank Schott
a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
IRIS II - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of dark green and brown tones
from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human eye and a pupil's unique abstractions
Ir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Flora Italiana (Waratah Red) - large format botanical still life photograph
By Linda Rosewall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Seascape I Diptych (framed) - abstract photograph of water color cloud horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
SEASCAPE I Diptych ( framed ) by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic works capturing the sea blue color palette of the ocean
2 Panels
86.75 x 58 inches / 220.35cm x 147.3cm
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Giclée
Tree Study I - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study I by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Untitled 803 - lith silver gelatin print
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Untitled 803, 1997 - Unique lith silver gelatin photographic print - 10 x 8 inches.
image = 8 7/8 x 7 inches or 22.5 x 17.8 centimeters/ ppr 8 x 10 inches vertical. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stratosphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Flora Italiana (Papavero Bianco) - large format botanical still life photograph
By Linda Rosewall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of Italian flowers with highly detailed captures
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Bianco )
delicate white poppy flower petals
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm)
signed edition of 25
64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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About the artist
Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act.
The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera.
At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Moonlight Magnolia Triptych (Set of three 8.5 x 11" hand-printed cyanotypes)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are three 11 x 8.5 inch (45 x 60 cm) original hand-printed original cyanotype photographs sold together. Cyanotypes are an antique photographic process dating back to the nine...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of a billboard against ultramarine blue night sky from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana signs and billboards in landsc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$1,140 Sale Price
40% Off
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD14491) large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction. She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD14558 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII, Los Angeles
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII, Paris, France
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Kunsthaus-Göttingen, Germany
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Jackson Fine Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Crimson) - large scale photographic details of baroque Italian palazzo
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Untitled (Crimson)
40 x 40 inches / 102cm 102cm
signed edition of 25
58 x 58 inches / 147cm x 147cm
signed edition of 7
archival quality fine art pigment print
limited art edit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Final Season 1095
By Alyson Belcher
Located in Burlingame, CA
Alyson Belcher's Final Season is a photographic meditation on the fragility and quiet resilience of life, shaped by personal experiences of loss and the witnessing of loved ones in d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pigment
Figure Untitled 1015 - lith silver gelatin print 16x20 in
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Untitled Figure 1015, black and white female nude draped in a silk mask.
2004 - Unique lith silver gelatin photographic print.
image = 14 1/2 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shades of Pale - abstract photograph of painterly details of blue toned wall
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shades of Pale (Wallscape) by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and wallscape color palettes
48 x 66 inches / 122cm x 168cm
edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$3,300 Sale Price
25% Off
Hemisphere I (framed) - large photograph of abstract liquid cloudscapes in water
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale framed photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Desert Sunrise (22 x 13 abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyano...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Tree Study IV - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study V by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Seascape V - large format photograph of monochromatic black white water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale abstract b&w photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic water surface
SEASCAPE V by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm
signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Seascape X - large format photograph of monochrome blue water surface & horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seascape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Winding Path (18 x 11 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
New as of Jan. 1, 2025. This is a brand-new addition to the artist's ever-growing series of foggy woods in northern California near San Francisco. These tall eucalyptus trees are the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
Flora I - large format photograph of abstract botanical liquid cloud explosion
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale abstraction of floral water clouds in a liquid landscape
FLORA I by Christian Stoll
25 x 40 inches (64 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
48 x 76 inches (122 x 193cm)
sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Plumeria Blossoms, Hilo Hawaii
By Don Worth
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin silver print, printed 2005; Printed and signed 'Don Worth' in pencil lower right, dry stamped 'Don Worth...Archival Print by Don Worth' in the lower margin, annotated in penc...
Category
1990s Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
FLOW II - large format photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Flow'
Flow II by C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Misty Evening Poppies (20 x 14 inch cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the silhouettes of the native Californian Matilija Poppy also known as giant tree poppies and Coulter's Poppy. They grow over 4 feet tall and appear each year in summer.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
YES - XXL format photograph of conceptual motivational message sign at night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana signs in landscape of the American West
YES by Frank Schott
58 x 81 inches (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Sunflowers
By Walter W. Nelson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Walter Nelson – American (1942- )
Title: Sunflowers. From the Fleur portfolio
Year: 1981
Medium: Dye transfer color photograph
Sight size: 14.25 ...
Category
1980s Realist Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Caleidoscope lI - abstract colored reflections and patterns
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing abstract color play of muted tones and surreal shapes, from a series of still life works created entirely in camera
Caleidoscope II by Christian Stoll
40 x 28 inches (1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Seascape VIII - large format photograph of abstract aqua colored water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of large scale photographs capturing a mesmerizing color palette of classic blue and sky tones
SEASCAPE VIII by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches / 152cm x 122cm
edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Paper
Silver Vines II (24 x 18 inch cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Although this looks like a screen print or woodcut, it is actually a form of 19th-century photography, a cyanotype. This pale blue-gray is a very difficult color to achieve with the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Topiary III - large format photograph of ornamental shaped tree in urban setting
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
TOPIARY III by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and striking art of topiaries' green minimalism
60 x 48 inches (152 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Wheels ( 48 x 64" / 122 x 163cm )
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wheels by Frank Schott
48 x 60 inches / 122cm x 152cm
edition of 7
signed
32 x 40 inches / 76cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
archival quality fine art pigment print
limited art ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
pink cadillac ( 60"x 48" / 152 x 122 cm )
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
pink cadillac by Frank Schott
60 x 48 inches ( 152 x 122 cm )
edition of 7
signed
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on certi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
UNTITLED
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of works capturing conceptual signs in iconic landscapes
captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details
CLOUD STUD...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
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