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Modern Figurative Photography

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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
Slim Aarons Poolside Backgammon
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Backgammon 1972 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obreg...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Women s Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Friedl Dzubas New York Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a photo of Friedl Dzubas (Abstract Expressionist) at Castelli Gallery, signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.. Over a 50-year span, McDarra...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Extraction of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Extraction of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Private Island, Philippines
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Private Island 1973 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Mary Lau Toda's private island in the Ph...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s. From Alinari archive. Good conditions and aged.
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1910s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Apres Ski, 1963 - Winter Ski French Alps Switzerland Travel Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Apres Ski, 1963" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th C...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons, CZ s Dogs
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons CZ's Dogs 1955 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons "Beverly Hills Hotel" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collection) Limited Edition Estat...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Nice Pool" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. (Photo by Slim Aarons) ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Porto Ercole" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. (Photo by Slim Aaro...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc" Unframed Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collection) Limited Edition Estate St...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Squaw Valley Snow" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Squaw Valley Snow Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collection) Limited Edition Estate Stamped Prin...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Skiing Holiday" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith, 1977. (Photo by Slim Aar...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Keep Your Cool" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collect...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.  It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp is a vintage black and white photograph. It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914) , heir to t...
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1890s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "El Venero" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
El Venero El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collection) Limited Edition Estate Stamped P...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Tiziana 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tiziana' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper si...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Brazilian Actress Sonia Braga
Located in Surfside, FL
signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title. Sonia Braga Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian-American actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television credits include The Cosby Show (1986), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), and Alias (2005). Braga was the first Brazilian to present a category at the Oscars. She was announced by Goldie Hawn as one of the most glamorous actresses in the world, before appearing with Michael Douglas, who announced the result of the best short film. Braga competed for many prestigious awards in the United States. For her performance in The Burning Season (1994) she was nominated for the third time for the Golden Globe for best supporting actress. In 1995, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Burning SeasonDuring the 1980s, Braga had relationships with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Sailor, Istanbul, 1994
Located in Hudson, NY
Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones. With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Original Hand Signed Rock Roll Photograph Sly the Family Stone Woodstock
Located in Surfside, FL
Original signed in gold ink Rock And Roll Photo from the Woodstock music festival. A custom print by Ken Lieberman laboratories in New York hand si...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Beauty and the Beast
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. Slim Aarons Beauty and the Beast 19...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Stewart Granger and Caroline LeCerf - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. Stewart Granger and Caroline LeCerf in Via Veneto Rome .
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons - Yacht Holiday (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt's yacht in Marbella, 1967 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaro...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Portrait of Natalia Ginzburg - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Natalia Ginzburg is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Let s Twirl Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Let's Twirl' Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beverly Hills party held at James Mason's home. Paper Siz...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Color Rock Roll Photo Hand Signed Woodstock Music Festival African American
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, photographer, healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. the yellow photocopied poster/info sheet is not included. Born in Scotland of a Hungarian...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Color

Minneapolis One, MN, 2016
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps. Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing
Located in New York, NY
A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973. Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing 1973 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print) Estate stamped and hand nu...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

The Fullers - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Picnic - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190S...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Doric Colonnade - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Doric Colonnade is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fan Mail 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt J...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Maserati 250F Formula One Cars, Pau
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print, 11 x 16 1/2 in. Jesse Alexander was considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world. Jesse Alexander was involved in photography and especially motorsports photography since the early 1950s when he covered the original Mexican Road Race. He then spent many years in Europe covering Formula One...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"The Rolling Stones Playing Cricket 1968" 20" x 24" in Ed 3/25 by Michael Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Rolling Stones Playing Cricket 1968" 20" x 24" in Ed 3/25 by Michael Joseph Medium: C-Print Comes in black frame Printed later British rock band The Rolling Stones is photogr...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Ormond Gigli Girls in the Windows
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 44 x 44 inches edition of 45 Signed, numbered and dated by the artist Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind t...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati 250F, Reims, France
Located in Denton, TX
No Edition Signed in ink on print margin by Jesse Alexander Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in. Image size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. "Fangio is exiting a slow corner and looks ov...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Old days Photo - Border Pass - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Border Pass is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Fountain - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Fountain is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Christmas Swim - Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Christmas Swim 1954 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Bowling - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bowling - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Century. With th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Norman Parkinson Golfing at Le Toque
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Golfing at Le Toque 1939 printed later Silver gelatin print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and numbered on verso A woman in a white suit hitting a golf ball in a sa...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 - 2003) with a large Great Dane dog, at her Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Flo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Old days Photo - The Villa - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - The Villa is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includin...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Gathering - Vintage Photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Gathering is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old days Photo - Stony House - vintage photo - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Stony House is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lili Livi 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lili Livi' Lili Livi poses by Lake Como, Italy, circa 1960. Lili is the daughter Madame Camilo Livi. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bahamas Windsurfing 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Windsurfing' Windsurfing off Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, April 1983. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis In San Diego California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, Octobe...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Kings of Hollywood
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lake Tahoe Trip (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Young women canoeing at Zephyr Cove on th...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative 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 figurative 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, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper 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 figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.