Modern Abstract Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
The Excitement Planet. The Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his series entitled “Broken Planet,” Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets” based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, anger, anticipation, fear, loneliness, jealousy, disgust, trust, greed, joy, racism, and shame.
In these images, the artist works with various fragments of colored glass and other debris that he collected from the streets near his home in Atlanta during the COVID-19 quarantine and political protests. Zoltan assembles these pieces in his studio and re-photographs them to symbolize the current crisis of political and environmental problems. At this moment, the most pressing issues of our time concern ourselves and the future of our culture and our planet. In a sense, the artist takes the pieces and puts them back together to reconstruct a fragmented world.
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do nothing about it.” -Albert Einstein
Zoltan Gerliczki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Trust Planet. Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Color Photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his series entitled “Broken Planet,” Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets” based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Greedy Planet. The Broken Planet Series. Abstract Digital Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his series entitled “Broken Planet,” Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets” based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, anger, anticipation, fear, loneliness, jealousy, disgust, trust, greed, joy, racism, and shame.
In these images, the artist works with various fragments of colored glass and other debris that he collected from the streets near his home in Atlanta during the COVID-19 quarantine and political protests. Zoltan assembles these pieces in his studio and re-photographs them to symbolize the current crisis of political and environmental problems. At this moment, the most pressing issues of our time concern ourselves and the future of our culture and our planet. In a sense, the artist takes the pieces and puts them back together to reconstruct a fragmented world.
“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do nothing about it.” -Albert Einstein
Zoltan Gerliczki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
The Broken Hearts Planet. Abstract Digital Color Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his series entitled “Broken Planet,” Zoltan depicts a broken planet alongside 13 other “planets” based on the most common human feelings or behaviors, such as happiness, sadness, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a dramatic backstage scene with Gar...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Merton of the Movies" Lobby Card, USA 1948
Located in Cologne, DE
Merton of the Movies, USA 1948, Director: Robert Alton, Cast: Gloria Grahame, Red Skelton. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas ...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
New York City Glitter
SIGNED
LIMITED EDITION
Located in London, GB
'New York Glitter' by Stuart Möller
A building in Manhattan, New York City, New York, 2014.
A beautiful image of a high rise building in the iconic city of New York, that appears ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Sex Flower
signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Flower' by Stuart Möller
Wonderfully raw and sexual capture of a hibiscus flower following a rain storm.
An exquisite Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print.
Edition Size 3 only...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hotel Il San Pietro
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il San Pietro' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979.
In his words, he photographed 'be...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a poignant moment betwe...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Prince of Pirates", Lobby Card, USA 1953
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "Prince of Pirates" (1953) featuring John Derek, Barbara Rush, and Carla Balenda. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases scenes from the swa...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Love Me or Leave Me", Lobby Card, USA 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Love Me or Leave Me, USA 1955, Director: Charles Vidor, Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Doris Day.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's re...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Gary Merrill and Jan Sterling.
This vintage cinema memorabilia piece showcases a dramatic arrest scene alongside...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"The Human Jungle", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original scene photo from the film "The Human Jungle" (1954) featuring Jan Sterling and Gary Merrill. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a tense moment between Jan Sterli...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Merton of the Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1948
Located in Cologne, DE
Merton of the Movies, USA 1948, Director: Robert Alton, Cast: Red Skelton, Charles D. Brown, Virginia O'Brien. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the tim...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Giddy (rodeo, rider, motion blur, colorful, iconic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Giddy
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a scene with John Garfield performing as ...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Yellow Leaf II
Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Yellow Leaf II ' Signed Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
limited edition to 10 only this size - signed
Gorgeous Archival pigment print on Hahanemühle art pape...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Pride and Prejudice", Lobby Card, USA 1940
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Pride and Prejudice" (1940) featuring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures an elegant a...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"The Pride and the Passion", Lobby Card, USA 1957
Located in Cologne, DE
Original color lobby card for the film "The Pride and the Passion" (1957) featuring Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a tense scene between...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Human Desire", Lobby Card, USA 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Human Desire" (1954) featuring Gloria Grahame and Glenn Ford. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece ca...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford, John Garfield, and J. Carrol Naish. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a pro...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Humoresque", Lobby Card, USA 1946
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures an intense and dramatic...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Lobby Card, USA 1939
Located in Cologne, DE
Original lobby card for the film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) featuring Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, and Maureen O'Hara. This vintage cinema memor...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Dark Wave I
SIGNED Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dark Wave I' by Stuart Möller
Beautiful capture of a single wave at dusk. Seascape, abstract landscape.
An exquisite SIGNED Limited Edition C Print.
* Edition Size 10 only this ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Walt Disney
s Pinocchio" Lobby Card, USA 1940
Located in Cologne, DE
Walt Disney's Pinocchio, USA 1940, Animation, Lobby Card, The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release.
Pinocchio is a 1940 Americ...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"A Fine Pair", Lobby Card, Italy 1968
Located in Cologne, DE
A Fine Pair, Italy 1968, Director: Francesco Maselli, Cast: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's r...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Angel Heart" Lobby Card, USA 1987
Located in Cologne, DE
Angel Heart, USA 1987, Director: Alan Parker, Cast: Robert de Niro, Mickey Rourke, The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release.
An...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Phone Call from a Stranger", Lobby Card, USA 1952
Located in Cologne, DE
Phone Call from a Stranger, USA 1952, Director: Jean Negulesco, Cast: Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie. The lobby cards would have been di...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"It Happened at the World
s Fair", Lobby Card, USA 1963
Located in Cologne, DE
It Happened at the World's Fair, USA 1963, Director: Norman Taurog, Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of t...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"Kissin
Cousins ", Lobby Card, USA 1964
Located in Cologne, DE
Original Lobby Card, Kissin' Cousins, USA 1964, Director: Gene Nelson, Cast: Tony Farrel, Pamela Austin, Yvonne Craig, Elvis Presley
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
"The Pom Pom Girls", Lobby Card, USA 1976
Located in Cologne, DE
Original Lobby Card, The Pom Pom Girls, USA 1976, Director: Joseph Ruben, Cast: Jennifer Ashley, Lisa Reeves, Susan Player, Cheryl Smith, Diane Lee Hart, Crown International Pictures...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Peonies Breaking Pattern: Abstract Still Life Photograph of Pink
Green Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Colorful, Maximalist style floral still life photograph of pink, green, yellow, and cream colored flowers and succulents
Archival digital print, made to order
40 x 40 inches, editio...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital
Leaf Damask (Contemporary Abstract Still Life Photograph of White Leaves)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted still life photograph of white leaves
Archival digital print
40 x 40 inches, edition of 15
Additional sizes available
This contemporary, archival digital print was made b...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital
The Sky is Wide Open: Abstract Still Life Photograph of Purple
Green Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Bright, Maximalist style still life photograph of purple and green flowers and yellow lights against a black background
Archival digital print, made to order
30 x 30 inches, edition ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind, 1982, Photogravure
Located in Denton, TX
Morocco 93 by Aaron Siskind presents an abstract image, a close up of a textured rock slab. Small dark square holes scatter across the rock. The subject is cropped, emphasizing the t...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas
A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972
Gorgeous print measuring 72 x 48" inches / ca 182.88 x 121.9 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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
...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Tapestry, Wool, Cotton
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Swimming In The Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959.
Gorgeous print measuring a huge 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm’s paper size....
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Elephant - Limited Edition - Oversize print
Located in London, GB
Elepahnt
by Justin Creedy Smith 2001
The legs of an elephant in the the temple area of Siem Reap (Siem Reap province, Cambodia).
Photo, 02.12.2001.
Exquisite giant oversize 40 ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
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
...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
(SLIM AARONS Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II'
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of the Piazza ...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave
by Justin Creedy Smith 2005
Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco.
Photo, July 2005.
Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm
silver gelatin print
signed and numbered by the artist.
1/50
biography
Justin Creedy Smith is a British photographer.
Having graduated with a bachelor of arts degree – including a thesis on the role of war photography as a propaganda tool – he moved to Paris in 1984. Initially working as a studio assistant, his apprenticeship in fashion and advertising photography was both intense and diverse. He rapidly started assisting on a free-lance basis the likes of Horst P. Horst and Steven Meisel.
From 1985 until 1987 he was assistant to Peter Lindbergh.
In 1987 he travelled to Japan for the first time, a voyage that had a profound impact on him. Returning to Europe in 1988 he started working for Japanese magazines...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled
SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Untitled ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print abstract image of a natural chasm in a cornfield.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed an...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rain II
SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
Located in London, GB
' Rain II ' SIGNED Limited Edition Oversize print
by Stuart Möller
Beautiful large print of rain falling onto water.
40 x 30" inches paper size - signed and numbered by the arti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Boca Raton - Estate Stamped
A swimming pool in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, circa 1978.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dione and Tethys
Located in London, GB
'Dione and Tethys' 2005
printed 2025
A beautiful large 16x16" inches / 40 x 40 cm
archival pigment print
Breathtakingly exquisite Cassini image of two of Saturn’s moons
Dione ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Speedboat Landing
Oversize Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing'
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, 1973. A modern classic 'Si...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brazilian Conceptual Modernist Photograph Jose Yalenti Architectural Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
José Yalenti, (1895-1967) Brazilian Photographer
"Beiras" (Sides)
Photo, numbered 5/15, circa 1950, (printed later) on premium luster photo paper with ultrachrome ink.
Art: 15" H x 11" W; Frame: 20 1/4" H x 14 1/4" W.
Provenance: Dickinson Roundell Gallery
José Yalenti’s Architecture photos seem at first disorienting, abstract black & white and grey surfaces, cut through by startlingly straight lines and a variety of surface textures. Much of his work is of mid-century Latin American architecture, by the likes of Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx.
José Yalenti was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1895. On April 28, 1939, a group of photography aficionados, including Yalenti, formed the Foto Clube Bandeirante, later changed to Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, or FCCB.
Starting in the late 1940s, a contingent of FCCB photographers began creating photographs of abstracted architectural motifs (as in Architecture or Twilight), and eventually became known as the Escola Paulista, or “Paulista School.” Yalenti was among the members of the unofficial Paulista School. Between 1945 and 1960, the Paulista School photographers explored the rapidly changing formal qualities of São Paulo. By photographing skyscrapers and stairways at steep angles, creating closely cropped compositions from found geometric motifs, and capturing the flattening effects of shadows, Paulista School photographers investigated the new physical perspectives emerging in the urban environment. They created a distinctively Modern aesthetic that used strong contrasts of light and dark, geometric forms, linear compositions, and collapsed space to assert photography’s status as an artistic medium.
As part of their pursuit of photographic Modernism, Yalenti and his fellow Brazilians adapted the stylistic innovations of U.S. and European photographers such as f.64, New Objectivity, Dada, Surrealism, and the Bauhaus, to the Brazilian context. Along with his FCCB compatriots—Thomaz Farkas, Geraldo de Barros, and German Lorca, among others—Yalenti explored the formal properties of black-and-white image-making.
Yalenti and the Paulista’s School’s abstract photographs responded to the new trends in Brazilian Modernist architecture being developed by young architects in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1939, Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Affonso Reidy broke ground on the Ministry of Education and Health Building (MES), the building that would define Brazilian architectural modernism. The Rio-based team combined elements of Le Corbusier’s undecorated structural purity with Brazilian regional design to produce a more organic and “tropical” Modernism that responded to the local culture and climate.
The sinuous and sensuous curves of Yalenti’s photograph are directly influenced by stylistic developments in architecture at the MES, including the building’s covered entry and its organically abstract contours. By 1957, when Yalenti created Architecture or Twilight, Brazil was globally recognized as an architectural leader. MoMA in New York City organized a popular exhibition of Brazilian architecture in 1943 (“Brazil Builds”), and highlighted the country again in its survey show "Latin American Architecture since 1945," that ran from 1955–56. Brazilian photography...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Glen Canyon
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Mounted on Crescent Board. Printed in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Colony - Abstract, Black and White, Bauhaus, Modern Art, Geometric, Woman Artist
By Ida Lansky
Located in Denton, TX
Colony by Ida Lansky is an abstract black and white photograph, composing of various geometric shapes in varying achromatic tones.
Gelatin Silver Print
9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Mounted wit...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stuart Möller, Adolph Studly, Mitchell Funk, and Howard Schatz. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern abstract photography, so small editions measuring 3.63 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $18,000, while the average work sells for $2,200.
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