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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Roger Jackson 'Park Stones" Rolling Stones Limited Edition Photograph 16x12
Located in San Rafael, CA
January 11, 1967: Top British pop group the Rolling Stones taking a stroll through London's Green Park, from left to right, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones (1942 ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Cheetah Who Shops' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-year-old cheetah who was flown to Britain from Kenya. (Photo by B C Par...
Category
1930s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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 - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Sisters Embrace
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph on matt paper.
Loose print.
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$260 Sale Price
35% Off
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 - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Hip" Dune, Death Valley
By Jeff Nixon
Located in Carmel, CA
Edition AP
Hand printed by artist.
Matted on archival board.
Category
1980s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ecumenical Service, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
By Geir Jordahl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Geir Jordahl – American (1957- )
Title: Ecumenical Service, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Year: 1987
Medium: Silver Gelatin photograph
Sight size...
Category
1980s Realist Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sigrid
By Michael Andreas Russ
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph titled "Sigrid" 1978 is an original gelatin silver print by famous German photographer and artist Michael Andreas Russ, born 1945. It is signed, dated and titled in t...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hips Horizontal
By Ruth Bernhard
Located in Carmel, CA
A rare large hand printed photograph by Michael Kenna.
Original certificate of authenticity purchased from a Carmel gallery.
Mint condition.
Framed in gun metal grey.
Signed in pen...
Category
1970s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big Sur Bather, Nude In Outdoor Shower
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph by artist.
Edition 1/30
Available in other sizes
From negative 2.5 x 2.5" Rolleiflex
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$300 Sale Price
25% Off
Framed black&white Unique Silver Gelatin Print "Condense 3"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black and white unique gelatin silver print, (chemical print on fiber-based paper), in white frame. There is no glass or acrylic covering the work to highlight the texture of the paper.
Betsy Kenyon...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photogram
Prehistoric Rain Forest, Oregon
By Geir Jordahl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Geir Jordahl – American (1957- )
Title: Prehistoric Rain Forest, Oregon
Year: 1988
Medium: Silver Gelatin photograph using infrared film
Sight size: 8 x 19.75 inches.
Framed size: 16.25 x 26.25 inches
Signature: Signed on the mount
Edition: 50. This one: 2/50. (Fewer than 50 were actually printed)
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original metal frame. Frame in fair condition
This photograph depicts a lush area in Oregon with many ferns and trees as well as a painted dinosaur head...
Category
1980s Realist Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Victoria, Portrait of a beautiful woman
Located in Carmel, CA
Framing available.
A stunning powerful photograph. Tom Millea was known for his exceptional platinum printing.
Loose print.Signed.
8x12" pigment print
Category
1970s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Layers, Antelope Canyon Arizona
By Bruce Barnbaum
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist.
Signed in pencil.
Printed 1999
Framed in gun metal frame.
Mint Condition
Category
1990s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Limited Edition Photograph, 16 x 12
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 - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled, Portrait of a Woman
By Michael Andreas Russ
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph "untitled, Portrait of a Woman" c.1980 is an original gelatin silver print by famous German/American photographer and artist Michael Andreas Russ, born 1945. It is in...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Harry Benson 'Ali in Training' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 30 x 30
By Harry Benson
Located in San Rafael, CA
American Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), training in his gym, 21st May 1965. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty ...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled 20251 - lith silver gelatin print
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Untitled 20251, figurative black and white male nude.
2001 - Unique lith silver gelatin photographic print.
image = 22 3/4 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Colorado" - Black & White Landscape Photograph of the Rocky Mountains and River
By Edward Alfano
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Colorado," is currently framed and matted by a high-end Los Angeles based frame shop, with a sealed back, archival materials and museum plexiglass. This black and white aerial photograph of the Rocky Mountains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wall Scrawls, Hornitos California initialed EW
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Original Edward Weston!
Framed in black.
Initialed in pencil on lower right of dry mounted photograph. Dated 1940 in pencil. Excellent Condition.
Category
1940s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,000 Sale Price
70% Off
Ed Feingersh 'Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment' Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
By Ed Feingersh
Located in San Rafael, CA
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
1950s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Man Ray Inspired Nude Woman Posing with Flowers
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist.
Dry mounted on board.
Taken with Rolleiflex on film.
Other sizes available.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$200 Sale Price
60% Off
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
1930s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Woman with lace knickers and black boots
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph.
Loose print on archival mat paper.
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Devils Silde, San Mateo California
By Minor White
Located in Carmel, CA
Framed in Rounded Wood. High Quality Muesum Glass.
Photograph in major museums and galleries around the world.
Own part of history!
Category
1940s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Balancing the Orb, Rhodes, Greece
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist. Loose print.
Cannot be rolled.
Framing and matting available for an additional fee.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x30
By Reg Lancaster
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969.
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Hungry Elephant' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's Inn Road, London, 16th December 1936. Mae is helping to publicis...
Category
1930s Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Brave (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Brave (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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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.
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, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) 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.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Corner, Northern California
By William Scott
Located in Carmel, CA
A hand printed silver gelatin photograph by the artist.
Print Date 2003
Edition #12
Matted 18x22"
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Reg Lancaster 'Francoise Hardy' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x30
By Reg Lancaster
Located in San Rafael, CA
1969: French singer, Francoise Hardy sitting on a motorbike. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we offer premium quality pr...
Category
1950s Modern Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Franciscan Church, Lithuania - Crucifixion
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist.
Exquisitely framed in museum quality glass and black wood.
Edition 4/25
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman With Flag, Mexico City
By Tina Modotti
Located in Carmel, CA
From a Portfolio printed by Mother Jones. Authorized copy. Stunning reproduction. Limited Edition. Certification of Authenticity.
Category
1920s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Reg Lancaster 'Birkin and Gainsbourg' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
By Reg Lancaster
Located in San Rafael, CA
By photographer Reg Lancaster, English actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, at home in Paris, 1969.
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we ...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
One Good Summer, Vintage Looking Trees By River
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed Platinum Photograph.
Artist is Australian
Beautiful blacks and creamy whites.
Original 1/1
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
$423 Sale Price
34% Off
Dog Walk, NYC
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed silver gelatin photograph.
Funny quirky taken downtown New York.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Taking Pictures
By Michael Andreas Russ
Located in San Francisco, CA
This photograph "Taking Pictures" c.1980 is an original gelatin silver print by famous German photographer and artist Michael Andreas Russ, born 1945. The photograph size is 7.65 x 12 inches, sheet size is 8.5 x 12.65 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About Michael Andreas Russ.
Michael Andreas Russ (born January 1945Taking Pictures in Berlin) is an German/American photographer, photo designer and film director. Russ' career as a photographer began in New York in the late 1960s where he photographed his fellow acting students. Self-taught, he eventually moved to his own studio off Union Square, Manhattan and connected with the local underground art scene. Photograph by Russ was published on the cover of “Art Direction Magazine of Visual Communication” with a Gertrude Stein quotation: “The composition in which we live makes the art which we see and hear” In his early years Russ focused on men's fashion magazines and erotic sequential photographic scenes for Playboy Press books. He eventually experimented with distinctive photographic techniques, turning 35mm black and white film into chemically toned, masked, solarized and hand colored, one of a kind silver gelatin prints. These 'TinTones' as Russ would call them eventually became the trademark of his work. They were published in popular fashion and lifestyle magazines and brought him international recognition in the art world. His work was published in major fashion, lifestyle and avant-garde magazines, GUNNARS, Mode International, Mode Avant Guarde, PHOTO Magazine, Zoom (photography magazine), as well as German Playboy (magazine), Photo Reporter and cover art to IL Magazine. He also contributed sequential 'sujets de chambre' to Vogue magazine His erotic postcard edition "The Compagnie" became part of the permanent collection of the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, an annex to the Louvre museum.
Selected Exhibitions.
1980: Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Louvre Annex, Paris). "Postcard edition The Compagnie"
1983: China Club...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Breaking Waves, Big Sur Coastline Carmel - Sepia Toned
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed and Sepia Toned By Artist
Beautiful Dramatic Scene
Available in other sizes
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Agave #2
Located in Carmel, CA
Gorgeous latge photograph.
Edition 1/5
Signed and dated in pencil on recto
Matted to 31x34"
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Pigment
Redwoods In Fog, California
Located in Carmel, CA
Pigment Print
Print Date 2013
Hand printed by artist
Edition 1/15
Outer dimensions 16x22" Corner Mounted
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Slyvie's Lounge, Nude with Sofa
By Kim Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Retired negative!!
Framed beautifully in wood & museum glass frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
'Carmel Nude Ranch' Californian Cowgirl Standing from Behind
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph by artist.
Dry mounted on acid free board.
Taken in Carmel California.
Edition Print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$490 Sale Price
30% Off
Lillies in Glass Vase, Still LIfe
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by the artist.
Signed in pencil on verso.
Unique / Rare
Obtain from the artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
'Head of David Bowie' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
British pop singer David Bowie in concert at Earl's Court, London during his 1978 world tour. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner,...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Tules, Sky, and Isosceles BOOK & PRINT SET
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed Photograph by the artist
Signed in pencil on recto
Edition 30/75
Printed 2008
Comes with a limited edition hard bound slip case cover book 'Fractal Dreams'
Signed, titl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,150 Sale Price
65% Off
Windy Hill, Stand of Trees Sepia Toned
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand Printed and Sepia Toned by Artist.
Printed 2011
Edition 5/20
Over Matted.
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Classic Nude, Studio Nude
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
A exquisite classic nude figure study by one of the masters of photography. Mint Condition. Hand printed by Brett Weston.
Signed in pencil on lowe...
Category
1970s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bare Trees By River
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Beautiful tonality to this particular piece. Not in an edition.
Gifted by artist.
This negative is retired and the current value is over $15,000.
16x20 is signed and numbered (framed)
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,500 Sale Price
65% Off
Billowing Clouds Over Bay Bridge, San Francisco
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Roman Loranc hand printed photograph.
Retired Negative and artist is no longer printing.
Limited Edition
Dry Mounted to board.
Some minor damage to lower right hand side (see pics) -...
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$2,400 Sale Price
60% 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 - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Girl In Black Lace Bra
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed by artist. Dry mounted on board.
Signed in pencil on recto
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$300 Sale Price
50% Off
heels, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Daniel Grant
Located in Yardley, PA
black + white toy-camera image from the series 'my affair with diana' 10x10 image size in edition of 50 (price increases as edition sells). printed on hahnemuhle bamboo sustai...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Apollo Study #3, Versailles France - Unique Photograph WITH NEGATIVE
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Rare one of a kind photograph with original negative included on the back. In some cases Roman would make a single photograph from a negative and then put the negative with the print...
Category
Early 2000s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$7,000 Sale Price
65% Off
Blue Oak At Dusk
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Hand printed photograph by the artist. Signed and numbered on verso. Mint condition. Framed in silver metal frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD6329) - figurative landscape 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.
AD6329 (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
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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, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes and Succulents (2018) with a debut at Musee Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2019. Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum exhibition in Germany and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, the Perez Art Museum in Miami, the 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, Australian Centre for Photography and Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan.
Mona Kuhn currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024
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 - Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Franciscan Church of Assumption & Confessional, Lithuania (sold as set)
By Roman Loranc
Located in Carmel, CA
Both photographs are hand printed by the artist. Dry mounted on acid free board, signed and numbered. Framed in stunning ornate silver metal, with a unique over mat.
Sold as a pair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman's Hands - lith silver gelatin print / unique still life photograph
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
John Casado - Woman's Hands - lith silver gelatin photographic print - 10 x 8 inches vertical. Professionally matted and backed in an archival presentation mat and sleeve. outer dim...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Death Valley Oasis
Located in Carmel, CA
Loose print.
Hand printed by artist.
No damage. Mint condition.
Signed and titled in pencil with notations
No markings on verso.
Category
1980s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Easy Listener, February 2018
By Nick Veasey
Located in Napa, CA
X-ray digital C-type mounted onto Dibond, with Plexi face
We live in a world obsessed with image, what we look like, what our clothes, houses, and cars look like etc. Nick Veasey counters this obsession with superficiality by using x-rays to strip back layers and show what is under the surface. Often, integral beauty adds intrigue to the familiar and challenges our automatic reaction to physical appearance by highlighting the beauty inside.
Society is being increasingly inhibited by security and surveillance. Take a flight or go into a high-profile courtroom and your belongings will be x-rayed. The post arriving in corporations and government departments is often x-rayed. Security cameras...
Category
2010s Bay Area - Black and White Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
Desert Crossing - large scale photograph of dramatic desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Desert Crossing (2023) by Frank Schott, from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed editio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Black and White Photography
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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
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Welcome to the Surreal and Sensual World of Mona Kuhn
The photographer made her name shooting luminous nudes. Her latest works reframe what an image can hold.
Some of the Best Beatles Photos Were Taken by Paul McCartney
A trove of recently unearthed personal photos adds another dimension to the abundance of press images of the Fab Four.
This Photo of Big Sur Reveals the Awesomeness and Intimacy of Nature
When a beachcomber accidentally stepped in front of Jeffrey Conley’s camera, a perfect moment was captured.
Queen Elizabeth’s Life in Photos
She was one of the most photographed women in history, but the world’s longest-reigning queen remained something of a mystery throughout her decades on the throne.
Photographer to Know: William Klein
The noted lensman brought a bold sense of irony to fashion photography in the 1950s and '60s, transforming the industry. But his work in street photography, documentary filmmaking and abstract art is just as striking.
David Yarrow Tells Us the Tales behind His Wild, Wild Photography
To capture many of the cinematic images in his new show, the famed photographer traveled to the still-rugged parts of Alaska and the Rocky Mountains, shooting supermodels and carnivores alike.
Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!
The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.
John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.