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Modern Color 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 Romanones (1976) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, and her family sitting in the garden of her home, Spain, 1976. Abou...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Abaco Islander (1968) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander (1968) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His an...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Il Pellicano Pool - Porto Ercole Hotel Il Pellicano Swimming Pool Sea Views
Located in Brighton, GB
Il Pellicano Pool - Porto Ercole Hotel Il Pellicano Swimming Pool Sea Views by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Il...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Ca...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Raquel Welch in ‘Myra Breckinridge
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Relaxing, 1970 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50 American actress Raquel Welch wearing a stars and stripes suit in ‘Myra Breckinridge’, a 1970 America...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Gloria Schiff 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. 20 x 20" inches / 51...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
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 Color Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing On Capri 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - on ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Rise. From The Inner Light Box series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In INNER LIGHT, Eduardo Rezende transforms the silhouette into a threshold — a boundary between the visible self and the hidden territories that dwell inside each person. Photographe...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, LED Light, Textile

Stardust Inside. From The Inner Light Box series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In INNER LIGHT, Eduardo Rezende transforms the silhouette into a threshold — a boundary between the visible self and the hidden territories that dwell inside each person. Photographe...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Lights, Textile

Van Gogh. From The Janela do Tempo series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Janela do Tempo is a visual meditation on impermanence and transformation — an ode to the fleeting nature of urban life. In a city where change is the only constant, Eduardo Rezende ...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Canvas, Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Edition Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 195...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Young Velvets Limited Edition Estate Print Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets 1949 (Photo Norman Parkinson) Fashion models wear a variety of hats on the roof of the Conde Nast Building against a view of the New York skyline for Vogue, 1949, Manh...
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1940s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cabot Family (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cabot Family (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Mrs. Henry Cabot Jnr with her children (left to right) Henry Bromfield Cabot III, Camilla Foote Cabot, and Andrew Hull...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Caleta Beach (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Caleta Beach (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel Boca Chica c...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Dapper Cricketers (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Dapper Cricketers (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group of cricketers in team uniform, Bermuda, 1957. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x4...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Rolex Daytona 60x45 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frida in the Blue House with Plants, 1943. Color Portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (1960) Limited Edition Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

Anchorage Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Anchorage Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A view of the Anchorage Hotel on Dickenson Bay, Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Built by a Scottish coup...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Marina Piccola 1954 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Marina Piccola' Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Eternal Recurrence #15. Large limited edition color photograph
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...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Boca Raton (1978) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Boca Raton (1978) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A swimming pool in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, circa 1978. Additional Information: Unfr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Black Sea Limited Edition Signed print
Located in London, GB
' Black Sea ' Limited Edition Signed print 2012 by Stuart Möller edition of 10 only this size. unframed. A crashing wave emitting spray. Stuart Möller's background is in fine ar...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Socialites, 1970, Kaufmann Desert House, Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, Ca...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Klosters Ski Bus 1951 Giant Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Ski Bus 1951 Skiers take a lift in a VW camper van bus, Klosters, Switzerland, 1951. by Toni Frissell 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Polo Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Polo Party 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Wrapped Reichstag (I) (German Parliament, Blue Sky)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped Reichstag (I) (German Parliament, Blue Sky) Color Photograph on Archival Paper Year: 1995 Size: 11.81 x 15.74 inches (30 x 40 cm) Photographer: Wolf...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Anne Anka (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Anne Anka (1976) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Al...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Cortina d Ampezzo Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
A chairlift up the mountain in Cortina d'Ampezzo, February 1962. Slim Aarons Cortina d'Ampezzo 1962 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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, August 1973. A modern classic...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sixty-eight-foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

California Fashion (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
California Fashion (1956) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A woman posing by an ornamental pond, wearing a sleeveless, two-piece outfit, San Diego, California, Octo...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edga...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer R...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Newport Tennis Week, 1954 - Tennis Tournament Rhode Island Poodle Spectators
Located in Brighton, GB
Newport Tennis Week, 1954 - Tennis Tournament Rhode Island Poodle Spectators by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Barbados Bliss - Ava Marshall American Socialite Barbados Portrait Bougainvillea
Located in Brighton, GB
Barbados Bliss - Ava Marshall American Socialite Barbados Portrait Bougainvillea by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

60x40 "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Archival Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival luster paper. These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced. Edition of 150. *This print can be hung vertic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

"Air Jordan" 50x60 Nike Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Air Jordan" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rolex Daytona 50x40 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 - Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Boutique Palm Beach Shopping
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 - Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Boutique Palm Beach Shopping by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons, Snowmass Village Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Two women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes of Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. Slim Aarons Snowmass Village 1...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Drinks On The Beach (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Drinks On The Beach (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A waiter serves drinks on the beach at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. Additio...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis in San Diego 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956. 16 x 16" inches / 4...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer R...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Garden Party Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Garden Party (1970) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) An elegant garden party. Miami, Florida, 1970. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20x20'' Printed ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, C Print

40x60 Journey "ESCAPE" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is new release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become more than just timeless music. They encapsulate an era instantly...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Whatever hurts with all kind of pills. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Motorboats in Antibes, 1969 - Watersports on French Riviera by Hotel du Cap
Located in Brighton, GB
16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Motorboats in Antibes' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Centu...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Pills of Zoltan. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Pebble Beach (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach (1976) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas gras...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lounging In Verbier Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Verbier Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 by Slim Aarons printed 2025 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sea Drive Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Tha...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

40x60 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" Cassette Photography Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "BORN IN THE USA" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cushing Home (1966) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cushing Home (1966) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Members of the Cushing family outside their home, ‘The Ledges’ in Newport, June 1966. Additional Information: ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Modern color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern color 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 color 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, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Toni Frissell, and Alain Le Garsmeur. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for color 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 $36 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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