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Style: American Realist
Winston. Super Long Taste, Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
This was shot just a few blocks north of the world trade center site. In the 1970's there were still 19th century walk up buildings, including this one that hosts a cigarette Billboard Signed...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

World Trade Center
Located in New York, NY
Photogravure from the Tom Baril 'Manhattan' Portfolio. Edition of 75, signed by the artist on bottom right. Framing: acid free, archival framed, cotton rag mat. Glazing: Optium museum plexi. A graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts, Tom Baril spent over fifteen years as Robert Mapplethorpe’s master printer. His subjects include urban architecture, seascapes and meticulously detailed botanical and nature photographs. Baril’s work demonstrates a command of technique that results from his extensive experience as a master printer. Baril developed a unique toning process that enriches the color and opulence of his photographs. Tom Baril is inspired by the nature studies of modernist photographers such as Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Karl Blossfeldt. A similar attentiveness to the clarity of line, form, pattern and texture characterizes Baril’s still lifes. In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Photogravure

President Ronald Reagan
Located in New York, NY
President Ronald Reagan Archival pigment print image size: 48 x 48 inches Signed and numbered edition of 10 William Coupon is an American photographer, born in New York City, k...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both...
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1950s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

Rose
Located in Houston, TX
Rose, 2013 Chromogenic print, ed. 10, 12 x 12 inches image size, 16 x 20 inches paper size, 20 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches framed size. Amy Blakemore’s new photographs depict a variety o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Photography

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C Print

Donald Trump, Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985 Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000 36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000 24 x 24 inches, edition of 25, $5,000 14 x 14 inch...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Angel to the Rescue. Near Death Drug Overdose - Lower East Side
Located in Miami, FL
A disheveled young man lies passed out on Ludlow Street in New York City's Lower East Side. As if he was invisible, herds of pedestrians shuffle by. An angel benevolently comes to hi...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Having a Topping Time
Located in New York, NY
1959: Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons...
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1950s American Realist Photography

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Lambda

President Bill Clinton
Located in New York, NY
President Bill Clinton Archival pigment print image size: 36 x 36 inches Signed and numbered edition of 25 William Coupon is an American photog...
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1990s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

President Gerald Ford
Located in New York, NY
President Gerald Ford Archival pigment print image size: 14 x 14 inches Signed and numbered edition of 40 William Coupon is an American photog...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Antarctica #105 Small, Iceberg, Limited Edition Photograph, Blues, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #105 small is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 13x19. It is on 17x22 archival paper...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica #119 Small, Color Photograph, Limited Edition, Travel, Iceberg
Located in Riverdale, NY
This photograph is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 13x19. It is printed on 17x22 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is curre...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica 25, Iceberg, Photograph, unframed, home office, Travel, Blues
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #25 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 13x19 and it is printed on 17x22 archival pa...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Painted Ladies Victorian Architecture, Alamo Square San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Famous Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a colorful image of the classic scene of San Francisco's colorful Victorian Architecture. This is no...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Patagonia 103, Travel, Iceberg, Mountain, Photography, Blue, Limited Ed., Framed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Patagonia 103 is a 20x30 photograph, printed on 24x36 archival paper. It is signed, numbered and framed. It is framed with a white frame to 28.5 x 39. Edition of 5. John Conn got...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Pacific Heights, San Francisco by Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a "Street Photographer" - Literally. Painted stripes of lemon yellow lead the eye into an expanse of cerulean blue over San Francisco Bay. Signed and dated on lo...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Antarctica #119, Color Photograph, Limited Edition, Travel, Blue, Water, Iceberg
Located in Riverdale, NY
This 20x30 photograph is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. It is printed on 24x36 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is currently framed in ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica #2, Limited Edition, Photograph, Penguin, Iceberg, Framed, Kids Decor
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #2 is a limited edition photograph taken by John Conn in 2010. It is 13x19 and framed in a white frame. It features a penguin on an ice. It was printed in 2019. John ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Fly to the Sky. Boy Holding Big Bird in the Bronx
Located in Miami, FL
The big bird is a painting. I painted it. It's oil on canvas. I mounted it on plywood and silhouetted it with a jigsaw. I took the silhouetted bird with me on the subway. We each had our own seat on the trip from Brooklyn to the Bronx The station has changed. In a Google stock image photo, you can see the geniuses have destroyed the beautiful character of the station. The early 20th-century signage and lighting fixtures have been changed by soulless and cheap-looking replacements. Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Double-take. Street Photography with Eerie Blue Eyed Billboard
Located in Miami, FL
A photograph of a photograph can be as real as reality. Illusion and reality on the streets of New York are on display in this double-take street photograph by Mitchell Funk. The f...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Antarctica #118, Iceberg, Limited Edition Photograph, Blue, Gray, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #33 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30. It is currently unframed. It is an ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica #121, Iceberg, Limited Edition, Photograph, Blue, Travel, framed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica #121 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30 printed on 24x36 archival paper. It ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica 66, Iceberg, Photograph, Blue, Pink, unframed, home office, Travel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Patagonia #32 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 13x19 and it is printed on 17x22 archival pap...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Antarctica 3, Penguins, Ocean, Photography, Travel, Waves, Black, White, unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antarctica 3 is a limited edition photograph which is part of the Antarctica/Patagonia Series by photographer John Conn taken in 2010. The image is 20x30 and it is printed on 24x36 ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Anti-Vietnam War Protesters Hippies in Central Park with American Flag
Located in Miami, FL
An attractive ffemale Hippie in Central Park during an Anti-Vietnam War protest and sandwiched with another image of an American flag. The print is signed...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Twin Towers, World Trade Center in Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
An iconic view of the Twin Towers shortly after completion is depicted with an angelic light that encompasses the buildings and transforms them into golden columns that point up.... ...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hard Times - Street People in Monochromatic Grey New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1971, it was qu...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Homeless Souls in Bryant Park, Manhattan - Vintage New York Homeless
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
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1970s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Times Square in the 1960s - Portrait with Dancing Sign - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Even at the age of 19, street photographer Mitchell Funk forged a unique style of street color photography. It was based on formal and exacting compositions with an emphasis on stron...
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1960s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New Yorkers Crossing the Street in Silhouette High Contrast, Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Figures silhouetted by extreme lighting yield a dramatic and powerful view of New York City life. This is a stunning example of Mitchell Funk blending the abstract with the represen...
Category

2010s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gun Hill Road. Boy Holding a Big Bird - Staged Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The big bird is a painting. I painted it. It's oil on canvas. I mounted it on plywood and silhouetted it with a jigsaw. I took the silhouetted bird with me on the subway. We each had our own seat on the trip Brooklyn to the Bronx The station has changed. In a google stock image photo, you can see the geniuses have destroyed the beautiful character of the station. The early 20th-century signage and lighting fixtures have been changed by soulless and cheap looking replacements. Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
Category

1970s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

One Two Three - The Subway Riders
Located in Miami, FL
They are three distinctly different people. They are living in their own little personal world but yet share the same space. New Yorkers lost in thought and though apart they descen...
Category

2010s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Hackers Falls original framed and signed photograph by Roman Crescimanno
Located in Dallas, TX
In the heart of northeastern Pennsylvania’s dense woods lies a breathtaking two-tiered waterfall, a natural masterpiece surrounded by the vibrant colors of fall. The cascading water ...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Children Gaze out San Francisco Street Car into the Rain, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Cute kids gaze out into the rain. Observed in primary colors, these primary schoolers are framed by the bold yellow and purple of a streetcar window. Mitchell Funk brings the comp...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fifth Avenue Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Leg Show. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Single Scull
Located in Miami, FL
Idyllic moment moment composed in a perfectly balanced composition. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed Printed on...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elephants in Mexico, Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Done on assignment for Life Magazine, It was photographed outside Tampico Mexico. Elephants were transported to Mexico from for rehab after training in Oregon. The photographer and h...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Board

Purple Victorian Houses San Francisco - The Painted Ladies
Located in Miami, FL
The city that boasts the most Victorian Houses San Francisco and the best of them are the That Painted Ladies. The Color Purple . San Francisco Victori...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Camel, Petra, Jordan
Located in Miami, FL
Quintessential view of this historic place depicted with graphically powerful silhouette. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 4 of 15, Printed later. Unframed
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American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Surfer at Golden Gate
Located in Miami, FL
A lone surfer contemplates San Francisco bay as a splashing white wave of water partially obscures his view. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, ...
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American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Legs Haight Ashbury, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old West with Dramatic Dark Blue Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Piercing white light breaks through the clouds to illuminate an abandoned gas station in Arizona. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/1...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Back Dog in New York Park
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rural Americana Window Joyful Flowers - Abstract Color Norman Rockwell America
Located in Miami, FL
A joyful display of flowers adorns a country house's outdoor window. It's straight out of Norman Rockwell's America. The composition is formal, with rectilinear lines painted in a de...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old House and Truck in 1970 s Urban Scene
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut. Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Retro Urban Street Photograph - A Conversation in Blues and Reds
Located in Miami, FL
Two men have a conversation and joke-it-up on the steps of a boarded-up store named Nicks Cleaners. The whole scene is awash in dreamy blues and reds. Absorbing the influence of bot...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Miami Beach at Night - Ethereal Wolfie s Restaurant Neon
Located in Miami, FL
The ethereal neon sign of a Miami Beach classic glows at night. Customers of Wolfie's Restaurant are seen through a window, while a backlit bus stop lightbox illuminates a single ma...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Soho - Houston Street with Early Color Field Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated in rim lighting, a lone man sits crouched in front of an early example of street art. A giant abstract painting raises seven stor...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Saturated Blue Sky Small Town, Early Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Like William Eggleston, Mitchell Funk is an early trailblazer of color photography with unexpected images created in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This image shows a close-up of a ...
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1970s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Abandoned Homeless Man on the Steps of Bryant Park - Street Photography in Color
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category

1970s American Realist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eccentric Bulldog Portrait with Red Sweater in the Tenderloin, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Weirdness is not just restricted to people in San Francisco's notorious Tenderloin district. A proud and eccentric-looking dog hams it up for the lens of photographer Mitchell F...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Back Dog in New York Park
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

East Hampton Leisure Boating
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated by late afternoon light, this popular pond becomes an evocation of a lyrical landscape. Signed dated and numbered lower right recto , 2/15 Printed later, other size avai...
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Early 2000s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chimp Behind Bars. Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Perfectly composed composition depicts caged adult chimpanzee staring out from his confinement. Editorial assignment on Chimpanzees and Animal issues. Life Magazine...
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1980s American Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Copacabana
Located in Singapore, SG
Mixed media by Nemo Jantzen. Handmade resin domes on board. Introducing a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, where music, memory, and art collide. High-Quality Craftsmanship. This is more th...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Epoxy Resin

Bottoms Up
Located in Singapore, SG
Handmade resin domes on board with unparalleled craftsmanship by Nemo Jantzen. Every inch of this piece is crafted by hand, with careful attention to detail. "Bottom's Up" is a stunn...
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2010s American Realist Photography

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Epoxy Resin, Photographic Film

Faye Dunaway, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway, 1968 archival print 40 x 40" edition of 9
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1960s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Faye Dunaway, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway, 1968 archival print 40 x 40" edition of 9
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1960s American Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

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