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Item Ships From: USA
Cone 4, San Francisco
By Nenad Samuilo Amodaj
Located in Hudson, NY
Amodaj created the Hoop and Ball series of photographs in June 2010 with dancer and author Shawnrey Notto. The photographs were based on an earlie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Phillipe Halsman Portrait Photography Lauren Bacall Black and White Framed 1944
By Philippe Halsman
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman in 1944 and exhibited at the International Center for Photography. Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
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1940s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Wood

Spin - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 17.5" x 17.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a young model in the pool with red background. Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist. Limited edition ...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Letter P ( 48 x 71" / 122 x 188cm )
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
LETTER P by Christian Stoll large scale conceptual photography playing with viewer's perspective incredible details in this body of work, a series of environmental stills playing w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

K7 menu (Americana, Midwest, Fun, Yum, Diner, Flag)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kevin Vivers K7 menu Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 9 x 13 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed COA provided *Black frame with standard plex Kevin Vivers has been ...
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2010s American Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Willow Tree
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed, dated, and numbered, verso 19 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) 29 x 22 inches, image (Edition of 15) 39 x 30 inches, image (Edition of 15) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. A stylistic precursor of such artists as Pierre et Gilles...
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1960s Other Art Style USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 617.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 617. Canter; bareback; rider, 106, nude; white horse Clinton. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 8 5/8 x 13 inche...
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1880s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Hard Work (Americana, Midwest, Horse, Field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kevin Vivers Hard Work Archival Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 9 x 13 inches Framed: 18 x 22 inches Signed COA provided *Black frame with standard plex Kevin Vivers has bee...
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2010s American Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Eden-Roc Pool 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
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1970s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Eden-Roc Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Eden-Roc Pool 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
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1970s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests relax by the swimming pool at Lilly Pulitzer's pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Lilly Pulitzer is seen at centre (wearing headscarf) on the lap of her husband, Pet...
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1960s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Green Pool
By Liz Von Hoene
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistication and whimsy. Whether she’s shooting for brands like Dove, Diet Pepsi, Credit Suisse, L’Oreal, Tampax and Ligne Roset or diverse collaborative partners like Badgley Mischka, DSW, Kate Spade, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Target, Liz gives even the most familiar, everyday scene a fantastical twist. She transports us from the realm of the ordinary into the extraordinary. Starting with a no-nonsense approach, she lets the magic happen in front of the lens as simply as possible to keep the unexpected as human as possible. Liz’s personality is evident in her work as a photographer and director: at every turn, a sense of playfulness and polish, scaffolded by a carefully calculated vision. She meticulously compiles inspirations and influences, ranging from the everyday to the magnificent, making each image more inventive than the last. Liz Von Hoene is part of the Trunk Archive...
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2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled XIII, XIV, and XV From the Series Chiromorphose. Hands
By Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, Nico Baixas explored them like someo...
Category

2010s Aesthetic Movement USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Cerro. From the Cerros, series. Limited Edition B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire. The harsh lights and shadows ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Floaty
By Liz Von Hoene
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Liz Von Hoene is an award winning fashion photographer and director known for her immaculate concept driven images that strike the right balance between sophistica...
Category

2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled IV. From the Series Chiromorphose. Hands. Black & White Photography
By Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, Nico Baixas explored them like someo...
Category

2010s Aesthetic Movement USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Blue Bird - large format photograph of iconic utility truck at night
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blue Bird by Erik Pawassar 48 x 65 inches (122 x 165cm) edition of 7 signed 30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Eternal Recurrence #54, Framed. Mixed-media collage on paper
By Natasha Zupan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category

2010s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Seated Ballet. One of a kind intervened photograph mounted on aluminum
By Efren Isaza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Seated Ballet by Efren Isaza Measures: 65 x 48 inches Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum, intervened by the artist Signed, titled, dated and annotated by the artist on verso ...
Category

2010s Other Art Style USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Other Medium, Acrylic, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Hot Water - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 64" x 43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving in a pool in front of bright red background. There is no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and prac...
Category

2010s Photorealist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA This is an estat...
Category

1950s Realist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

We Know Our Place
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the Seabrook estate, New Jersey. 40 x 40 inches $3950 ...
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1950s Realist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Pretty As Me
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Animal Visions All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicab...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Burning II - Gestures - analog C-Print, printed by the Artist - 40x40cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Burning II' (Gestures) 38 x 37cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label arti...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Counsel (outdoor scene, people talking, quiet moment, motion blur, waterfront, )
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn Counsel Medium: Digital Photography Year: 2021 Size: 16x16 in Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-938 Subdued yet color...
Category

2010s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled V. From the Series Chiromorphose. Hands. Black & White Photography
By Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, Nico Baixas explored them like someo...
Category

2010s Aesthetic Movement USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

The Letter P of HOPE ( 27 x 40" / 68 x 102cm )
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
LETTER P by Christian Stoll large scale conceptual photography playing with viewer's perspective incredible details in this body of work, a series of environmental stills playing w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Untitled I. From the Series Chiromorphose. Black & White Photography
By Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, Nico Baixas explored them like someo...
Category

2010s Aesthetic Movement USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
Category

2010s Conceptual USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Untitled III. From the Series Chiromorphose. Hands. Black & White Photography
By Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, Nico Baixas explored them like someo...
Category

2010s Aesthetic Movement USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Night at the Movies 8
By Soo Burnell
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I wanted to photograph the pools to show the beauty of the architecture, while minimizing the modern elements. I love the geometry of the tiles, the lines on the bottom of the pool and the typography of the signs. Since my first Poolside exhibition in 2018, I have travelled to London, Paris, Manchester and Glasgow to add to my collection. Focusing on composition, carefully using blocks of color to show interesting shape and proportion. The eye is drawn to the architecture, then the symmetry and reflections, and finally to the models, which feels more intimate.‘ Although my first collections were heavily inspired by my love of Wes Anderson's work, I’ve also been looking to other cinematic imagery from directors like Terrence Malick and Stanley Kubrick, while still keeping my signature style.’ We are so lucky to still have these beautiful old pools and maybe the photographs will remind people how lovely they are." - Soo Burnell...
Category

2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
Category

1950s Realist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Chicken and Egg
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Chicken and Egg Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 12x11in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA pro...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Chicken and Egg
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Willow, New York
By Patricia Heal
Located in Hudson, NY
Edition #1/10 This is the frame price listed. The photograph are available in the additional sizes listed unframed. Veteran artist Patricia Heal documents her visual narrative o...
Category

2010s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Giclée

Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas ( Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tennis in the Bahamas, 1957 Chromogenic lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Two women stand talking t...
Category

1950s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Houston Street, NY
By Haik Kocharian
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white, urban, architecture, men, man, weather, snow, New York, New York City, street, winter, car, figurative, photo, photography, film photography, b&w, winter, street pho...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Yellow Haul - large scale photograph of iconic yellow truck
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Yellow Haul by Erik Pawassar 30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 48 x 63 inches (122 x 160cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on label custom/larger sizes are available on request ________________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Renée's Dream XV (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream XV (Days of Heaven) - 2006 Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. Edition of 10, 50x50cm, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Parking - large scale photograph - urban architectural element
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Parking by Frank Schott from a series of photographs capturing urban observations onto humanity and its constructs 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed 48 x 72 inches...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Untitled 2. From The series Horse and Dancer. B&W Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For this series the artist explores the moment when nature in animal form intertwines with the human form, there you can learn true balance. -In this series the artist studies the ba...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

White Lagoon
By Carla Sutera Sardo
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category

2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Planet of the Apes XI - Polaroid, Color, Nude, Men, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Planet of the Apes XI, 1999, Edition 1/10, 40x40cm, Signature label and Certificate. not mounted, Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schul...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 57x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breas...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper

Untitled (Oilfields)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Oilfields) - 2004 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 1207. Not mounted. OILFIELDS...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Blumenfeld, Juliette Greco, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Erwin Blumenfeld
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category

1980s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Offset

Elio, Uno. Male Nude. Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Channeling the energy of “water-signs” in astrology, he captures these mysterious men thru a romantic lens. The embrace of the shadows and the light mixed with the gaze of their bodi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Soeur I
By Carla Sutera Sardo
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category

2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Rhythm Bar (nightlife, retro decor, bright colors, motion blur, bar)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn Rhythm Bar Medium: Digital Photography Year: 2021 Size: 16x20 in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-937 Brightly colo...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Will to be Weird
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I often combine food with portraits. On the surface, this absurd combination appears to reject any sense of reason (an extension of my own twisted sense of humour)...
Category

2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

'Untitled' based on an original Polaroid, 20th Century, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (29 Palms, CA), 1999, 20x24cm, Edition 1/10, Photograph printed on Velvet Watercolor, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label, not mounted Artist Inventory Num...
Category

1990s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Porcelain and Тurquoise - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 24x17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young women diving next to the bright turquoise dress she just took off. Original gallery quality print signed ...
Category

2010s Photorealist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rayas Three. Fashion Sepia Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Throughout his exploration of movement of the body, with modern and ballet dancers, as well as a focus on the male physic; he has concentrated on the curves and lines of the their a...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Framed Little Buddha sepia phothograh, Archival Pigment Print
By Robert Curran
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Little Buddha by Robert Curran Image size: 24 x 16 inches Framed 41.5 x 34 x 1 inches Archival pigment print/ signed by the artist 1998     Robert was born in Manhattan and moved to...
Category

1990s Modern USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

The Blue Lagoon and The Red Circle
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Beauty, elegance and fierce attitude defines Elena’s eye-catching work. She is known for her high impact colorful portraits. Her style is permeated with the passion for highly aesthetic, strong and elegant imagery, with saturated colors and play of light. Diving into her world means opening the doors of a minimalist and stylized world in which sublime female models play freely to the camera. ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Originally from Russia, Elena Iv...
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2010s USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
By Christian Rothmann
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
Category

2010s Street Art USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Zeppelin - monumental photograph of iconic pioneering airship (48” x 69”)
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format monochromatic photograph Zeppelin by Christian Stoll 48 x 69 inches (122 x 175cm) edition of 7 signed 28 x 40 inches (71 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed archival fine ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Falling Stars - Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, Polaroid, 21st Centur
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Falling Stars - 2021 Archival C-Print based on an original Polaroid on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper, not mounted. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Signature label and certificat...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Automobili I (Ferrari) - details at iconic Italian race car performance garage
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Automobili I by Frank Schott a series of Industrial Style still life photographs (Ferrari) - details at iconic Italian race car performance garage 48 x 72inches / 122cm x 183cm edi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Andrew Moore - White House, Cuba, Photography 1998, Printed After
By Andrew Moore
Located in Greenwich, CT
Archival Pigment Print Classic Havana All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 30" x 40” - Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs 40" X 50"- Edition of 5 + 2 Artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Party In Bermuda, Estate Edition (1970 on the Yacht Ondine in yellow and red)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic photograph of 70's vintage seagoing glamour, captured onboard the wood-trimmed deck of the yacht 'Ondine' in Bermuda, June 1970. Figures in the foreground are offset by cheery yellow and red. A United States yacht ensign flag flies the foreground, alongside the flag of Scania, the flag of the Swedish-speaking Finns (an unofficial red flag with a yellow cross used in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland to represent the Finland-Swedes., which may be flown in addition to the Finnish blue and white flag). Guests wear coral, navy, pastels, and whites, including classic vintage Pucci. The ship's name and home marina of New York are stenciled in gold on the white hull. Slim Aarons Party in Bermuda...
Category

1970s Realist USA - Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

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