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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
Luxury Dining 1955- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Surfing Brothers 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Surfing Brothers 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey’s Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father i...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

Terry O Neill, Elton John, Dodger Stadium
Located in New York, NY
Elton John and his Airplane, Los Angeles, CA 1975 (printed latter) C-print Posthumous estate signature stamped edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity Wearing a custom LA Do...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

Nadia-Signed limited edition nude photography, Contemporary black white, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Nadia - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Sexy photo shoot of a woman in profile, hunched over an old dentist's chair with a su...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Pearl Jam by Kevin Westenberg Oversize Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Pearl Jam by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie s...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skiing Waiters, 1955
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. 1969. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Cushing And Neri
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Cushing and Neri 1973 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
Located in Brighton, GB
Desert House Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.) Phot...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Bahamas Speed Week, Nassau, 1963 - Motorsports Vintage Cars Grand Prix in Nassau
Located in Brighton, GB
Bahamas Speed Week, Nassau, 1963 - Motorsports Vintage Cars Grand Prix in Nassau by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later....
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

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

Robert Farber Walking the Bulldog
Located in New York, NY
Walking the Bulldog, 1994 Archival pigment print 30 x 40 inches Signed and numbered edition of 10 Robert Farber (b. 1944) is a renowned photographer whose five-decade career spans b...
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1990s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vintage Photograph Cibachrome 1981 Beijing China Lingerie Shop Color Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Mat measures 20 X 26 sight measures 13 X 19.5 This one has no mat. Mark Abrahamson is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1944. Mark completed a BA at Whitman...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, August 1981. 16 x 12"...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dining Al Fresco On Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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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1980s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

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

Debbie Harry, NYC (Car Wreck)
Located in New York, NY
Debbie Harry (Blondie), NYC, 1976 Silver gelatin print 40 x 50 inches Signed and numbered edition Debbie Harry of Blondie in a wrecked car on 6th Avenue and 50th Street, NYC. Septem...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Minneapolis Two, MN, 1997
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative , Portrait, Timeless The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps. Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

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 Style Debutante Ball
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Debutante Ball 1958 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity A debutante ball held at the Copley Pl...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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

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

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

Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti - 1789
Located in Roma, IT
Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti realized in 1789. Written in the Italian language. Good conditions.
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1780s Modern Figurative Photography

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Paper

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

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

Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

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

Disco, Bill Bernstein Set of Four Photographs
By Bill Bernstein
Located in New York, NY
Bill Bernstein Disco c. 1970 Set of four Photographs These iconic images not only document the people and places of the golden age of disco, but also capture the spirit and intensit...
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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

The Heart - Desert Flower
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Desert Flower is a project created by Guilherme Licurgo in collaboration with the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company, using the dancers, Graham technique, and original costumes. Imag...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Desert House Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Desert House Party 1970 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. T...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Deauville: Daisy Spéranza
Located in Denton, TX
Blind stamp on print. Numbered in pencil on print margin. Gelatin silver print, 5.75 x 7.5 in. Time/Life portfolio 261/5000. Printed under the direct supervision of Jacques-Henri Lar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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 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

Vijay, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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

Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Terminal Patient Bird Cover
Located in Surfside, FL
Man in Wheel Chair , Titled Terminal patient, Bird Cover Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-Up for the Filming of ‘Valentino’, London
Located in London, GB
Twiggy Patrick Macnee – Major John Steed / The Avengers, London 1968 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further pri...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Belgium Blue #1. 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 Figurative Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

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

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 Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Vintage Photo of Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.  Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

Ormond Gigli Girls in the Windows
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 16 x 16 inches Signed, dated and numbered edition of 100 Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Girls in...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography

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C Print

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

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

CZ s Dogs 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's Dogs' Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Vil...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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

The Old Days - Historica - 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

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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.

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