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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
Curling (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Curling (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Heinrich Dite and Leonie Heller play a variety of curling in Lech, Austria, 1961. Additional Information: Unframe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Dal Lake (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dal Lake (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. Additional Information: Unframe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

The Racist 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, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Cortina d Ampezzo (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1982 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A rest from skiing at Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1982. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Bahamas Speed Week 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The High Life 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The High Life' Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends during a stay in St Tropez, August 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Sta...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Eton-Harrow Match (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Eton-Harrow Match (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Lord’s achieves its sartorial and social pinnacle for a school event – the annual Eton-Harrow Match, 1955....
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Gstaad Station (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Gstaad Station (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Travellers with their skis waiting at Gstaad Station, 1961. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 2...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Portrait of David Bowie, 1973 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies according to print...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ursula Andress (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Ursula Andress (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock, in Rome, Italy, circa 1955. About this Image: Ursula And...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lake Tahoe Canoes (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Canoes (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Siz...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lake Tahoe Trip (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Additional In...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Mara Lane (1954) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane (1954) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing co...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Merle Oberon (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon (1958) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrial...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

French Leave Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Leave Hotel 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera in ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Oz Tennis Stars Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn Swims - signed limited edition C print 22 of 50
Located in London, GB
Artist: Terry O'Neill (1938-) Title of artwork: Audrey Hepburn, 'Audrey Swims', 1966 Technique: C-Print Edition size 22/ 50 only Signature: Certificate O...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons Megachess 1993 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Megachess' A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, 1969. unframed c type print prin...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Poolside Socialites 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Socialites' Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woman in 18th...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Barbados Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Peace And Plenty Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Peace And Plenty 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Walking Up Cortina D Ampezzo - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Coll...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Police Patrolman (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Police Patrolman (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Beverly Hills police patrolman Lee R. Hathaway leaning on the roof of his car to write a report, Bedford Dr...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, Calif...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing Princess - Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Skiing Princess - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Princess Luciana Pignatelli on a skiing holiday in Lech, Austria. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing Waiters (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waiters (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Snow Round The Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Snow Round The Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964. Additional Information: Unframed...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica 1983 Limited Edition Archival Pigment
Located in London, GB
'Channel One Recording Studio Jamaica' 1983 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Channel 1, Reggae recording studios, Kingsto...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Model In A Red Dress 1960 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Model In A Red Dress 1960 A fashion shoot featuring a model in a red dress in front of a yellow aeroplane 1960. by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archiva...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Pool In Jamaica
Located in London, GB
The covered swimming pool at Stanley Vaughan's home in Montego Bay, Jamaica, March 1970. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamp...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hot Food Stall Xinjiang 1985 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Hot Food Stall' 1985 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Uyghur stall holders selling hot food at Urumqi market, Xinjiang Provin...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Ostrich from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2023 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avail...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Villa Nirvana Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Villa Nirvana 1972 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. unframed...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - BIKINIS IN HAITI
Located in London, GB
Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in January 1975. Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roof Top Pool Monte Carlo (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
Located in London, GB
'Roof Top Pool' by Slim Aarons An exquisite Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate stamped and issued C Print. limited to 150 only Gorgeous print measuring a large Oversize 24 x 20 inc...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Palm Springs Life Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Life 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk’s dese...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Deauville Casino
Located in London, GB
Deauville Casino An exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Desert House Party, 1970, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Desert House Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party 1970 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Pal...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

David Bowie - limited Mick Rock Estate edition print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie (photo Mick Rock) - signed limited edition print David Bowie backstage, 1973. (photo Mick Rock) paper size : 24x20 inches / 51 x 61 cm Stamped and numbered by the Est...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956. Additio...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie in pink hat, 1972 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies according to print...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Love scene by the wayside: horses in North Jutland, Denmark around 1985.
Located in Cologne, DE
The photo shows two horses facing each other over a wooden fence in a rural setting, seemingly captured around the late 20th century. The vibrant brown coats of the horses stand out ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Swimming In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Swimming In The Bahamas 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. 16 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Positano Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Positano Beach 1979 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Rolex Daytona 50x40 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art
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

The Joy Planet. The 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, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Fauna #3. Figurative Digital Color Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“I am presenting women as powerful as any man. Each woman is decorated with the most common and beautiful flowers. Each picture is powerful in color, energetic, and pure in nature, their expression is innocent.” Your images point toward qualities of women that go largely unseen, yet you seek to reveal through beauty and wonder. The colors and shapes perfectly illustrate the idea of “beauty and wonder” in a way that only nature could produce. Your painterly...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests around the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, in Antibes on the French Riviera, August...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Broken celebrity #7. Abstract and Flowers Digital Color Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Broken celebrity #7, by Zoltan Gerliczki From the series "Broken Celebrity" Archival Pigment Print Image size: 25.5 in H x 31.5 in W. Edition of 6 + 2AP Unframed 2014 All Prices ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Fauna #5. Figurative Digital Collage Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“I am presenting women as powerful as any man. Each woman is decorated with the most common and beautiful flowers. Each picture is powerful in color, energetic, and pure in nature, their expression is innocent.” Your images point toward qualities of women that go largely unseen, yet you seek to reveal through beauty and wonder. The colors and shapes perfectly illustrate the idea of “beauty and wonder” in a way that only nature could produce. Your painterly...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Espina. From the Viva series. Male Nude Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissance. He brings hints of the fauna of his native South American vibrant and passionate colors. Bringing them...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Pigment, Archival Pigment, Color

Fauna #1. Fauna series. Figurative Digital Color Collage Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“I am presenting women as powerful as any man. Each woman is decorated with the most common and beautiful flowers. Each picture is powerful in color, energetic, and pure in nature, their expression is innocent.” Your images point toward qualities of women that go largely unseen, yet you seek to reveal through beauty and wonder. The colors and shapes perfectly illustrate the idea of “beauty and wonder” in a way that only nature could produce. Your painterly...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Paris Flower Market from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Flower Market from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Young Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Young Society Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, April 1964. 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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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