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Style: American Modern
Christmas Traffic - American Christmas Tree Traffic Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Traffic - American Christmas Tree Traffic at Night with Car Lights by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estat...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Photography

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C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

9/11 - Twin Towers in Angelic Light, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Since its construction, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center. More specifically, he has been recording how light affects and transforms the two giant monoliths. Like us all, Mitchell was inspired by the formidable presence of the two buildings. Living in Brooklyn Heights with great views of lower Manhattan gave him a special advantage and opportunity to assemble some of the most iconic Twin Tower images ever taken. To Mitchell Funk, the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center were the perfect synthesis of commerce and art. Most modern architecture is simply functional. Minoru Yamasaki's Twin Towers were in fact something quite radical. They were a steel and glass expression of Minimalism on the grandest scale in human history. Everything in the towers was stripped down to its essential quality with nothing extraneous added ….. except light. The way the buildings reflected light made them unique and inspired Mitchell to record them in color for 32 years. Although, the exterior was actually made of a very reflective blue/grey stainless steel the warm light of daybreak and sunset could change their color and transform them from buildings into and mystical monumental sculptures. With the help of the sun as a key player, Mitchell’s images of the Twin Towers progress from the mystical to the spiritual as they reflect the sun’s intense golden energy. Under these conditions, one could argue, that the Twin Tower housed the same type of divine energy as the adjacent churches. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, one could interpret Twin Tower sunset images differently. A sunset can be a symbol for the end of the day or simply The End. The 1969 image “Dead End” is a visual prognostication. The North Tower is under construction in the background and in the foreground, Mitchell has framed it between two street signs that read Dead End. In Mitchell’s Twin Tower photographs, he is not taking a tourist picture that says “here I am on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American abstract photograph by California artist Lloyd Ullberg circa 1938
Located in Colfax, CA
Surrealist photograph by Lloyd Ullberg from the 1930s. Lloyd Ullberg was a highly talented self-taught American modernist photographer whose works were published in major American p...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires) Silver gelatin print, c. 1960's Signed in pencil lower right Provenance: Gift of the Artist Akron Art Museum, 32.96.TR ...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Color Abstract Art Landscape Photography Large C Print Photo Terry Evans
Located in Surfside, FL
TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944) "Terraced Plowing," September 4, 1990, Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand signed in margin in pencil L/R, ...
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1990s American Modern Abstract Photography

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C Print

Elm Tree
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Elm Tree Silver gelatin print, 1965-1966 Signed in pencil on the mount lower right (see photo) Dated in pencil "1965-66" lower left (see photo) Provenance: Gift of the Artist ...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled Abstract Color Photograph Interior 1970 s Woman Photographer
By Lorie Novak
Located in Surfside, FL
Lorie Novak is an artist and Professor of Photography & Imaging at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Associate Faculty at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. She us...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Photography

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C Print

untitled (study of shadows and brick building)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (study of shadows and brick building) Silver gelatin print, c. 1960-1965 Signed in pencil lower right on the mount (see photo) Provenance: Gift of the Artist ...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Color Abstract Art Landscape Photography Large C Print Photo Terry Evans
Located in Surfside, FL
TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944) "Between Kearny and Salina," June 13, 1990 Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand signed in margin in pencil L/R...
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1990s American Modern Abstract Photography

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C Print

Annette Cords, Local Generation, 2014, Tapestry, Wool, Cotton
Located in Darien, CT
Jacquard weaving is at once simple and complex. The language used to set up weave structures is straightforward and binary: the warp is either up or down. With the Jacquard loom, h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Photography

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Tapestry, Wool, Cotton

Early modernist photograph by abstract photographer Lloyd Ullberg
Located in Colfax, CA
Abstract black and white photograph by Lloyd Ullberg. Lloyd Ullberg was a highly talented self-taught American modernist photographer whose works were published in major American pe...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Coolidge Dam, Arizona, printed later
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Coolidge Dam, Arizona Gelatin silver print, (1938), printed later, circa 1980 Unsigned A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward Edition of 5 or 6 examples...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Architectural Gelatin SIlver Print Vellum Photograph Mark Citret Vintage Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Mark Citret, American, b. 1949. "Third Story Arches", Fort Point, 1998 Silver gelatin print hand signed and editioned 1/45 in pencil along lower edge. Published: "Along the Way" Mark Citret, Published Custom & Limited Editions, San Francisco, 1999. Plate #23. Dimensions: Image area measures 8.25"h x 6.25"w., Frame measures 17.5 x 14.5 Mark Citret was born in 1949 in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in San Francisco. He began photographing seriously in 1968 and received both his BA and MA in Art from San Francisco State University. He has worked on many photographic projects over the course of his career and continues to do so. From 1973 to 1975 he lived in and photographed Halcott Center, a farming valley in New York's Catskill Mountains. In the mid to late 1980s, he produced a large body of work with the working title of "Unnatural Wonders", which is his personal survey of architecture in the national parks. He spent four years, 1990 to 1993, photographing "Coastside Plant", a massive construction site in the southwest corner of San Francisco. Since he moved to his current home in 1986, he has been photographing the ever-changing play of ocean and sky from the cliff behind his house. Currently, he is in the midst of a multi-year commission from the University of California San Francisco, photographing the construction of their 43 acre Mission Bay life-sciences campus. He has taught photography at the University of California Berkeley Extension since 1982 and the University of California Santa Cruz Extension since 1988, and for organizations such as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Ansel Adams Gallery, and Santa Fe Workshops.He was included in the Weston Gallery exhibition NIGHT VISION: PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE DARK works by: Berenice Abbott, Wynn Bullock, Mark Citret, Harold Davis, Robert Frank, Ernst Haas, Chip Hooper, Rolfe Horn, Dale Johnson, Robb Johnson, Michael Kenna, André Kertész, Bob Kolbrener, Paul Kozal, Sally Mann and Jerry Uelsmann and PATTERNS IN ARCHITECTURE works by Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, Oliver Gagliani, Pirkle Jones...
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1990s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Vellum, Silver Gelatin

Red Wave, Photograph, circa 1975 by Michael DeCamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
This photograph was created by American artist and avid scuba diver Michael DeCamp. DeCamp's abstract photos have an enigmatic quality, and the interactions between shapes and colors...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Light Abstraction
Located in Denton, TX
Artist stamp on mount verso. Vintage gelatin silver print 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.
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Early 20th Century American Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: 30 Rockefeller Observation Deck
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building. In 1980, it was easier to see it because there was less clutter in the Manhattan skyline. From the Observation Deck of 30 Rockefel...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower with flocks of people
Located in Miami, FL
The arching shape of a 20mm lens reflected in the grand arches of the Eiffel Tower. Flocks of meandering tourists give a sense of scale Grandiose wrought iron tower...
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Early 2000s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper

Life Magazine Cover July 1980, Mithcell Funk Lighthouse
Located in Miami, FL
alternative photo - done on assignment in Cape Hatteras Signed lower right, numbered, 3/15 dated
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1970s American Modern Abstract Photography

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

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Photographic Paper

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

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Inkjet

American Flag in Neon
Located in Miami, FL
The patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and figures punctuate the scene. Signed and dated ...
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2010s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag in Neon in New York City Street Scene at Night
Located in Miami, FL
The patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and figures punctuate the scene. Signed and dated ...
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2010s American Modern Abstract Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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