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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
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Unsigned Framing op...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Nude Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. A...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of 2...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky Masson lithographs many images
Located in Middletown, NY
Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al. Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...
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20th Century Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph

"BUTTERFLY HEART" 48x36 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment pop art print of butterflies creating a heart shape created by DESTRO – signed limited edition. Paper Size 36×48 inches edition of 150 Signed and number...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

A History of Sex (Head)
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In the portraits of The History of Sex, taken in 1996 in the Netherlands, the camera looks directly at the models, who respond in kind. Eyes first seems to be the guiding principle o...
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1990s Modern Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Silicone

Marilyn Candid Moment - Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador Hotel in New York City
Located in Brighton, GB
American actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on the sofa of her suite at the Ambassador Hotel in New York whilst reading 'To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting', the classic guide to a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XI and XII. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine IX and X. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XX and XXI. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Aventure d une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Louis Armstrong on Stage - Louis Armstrong Trumpet Player Concert Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Louis Armstrong on Stage - Louis Armstrong Trumpet Player Concert Photograph World renowned trumpeter and jazz musician Louis Armstrong is photographed on stage during a concert. 1...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

30x50 Tupac Shakur 2pac "All Eyez On Me" Cassette Photography Pop Art Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "All eyez on me" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Commissionaire s Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Commissionaire's Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print The commissionaire of a London luxury hotel greets an unexpected guest, a small Dachshund, who is clearly d...
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20th Century Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. Additional Information: Unframed ...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Andre de Dienes – Nude, 1950 – Original Vintage - Black and White
Located in Cologne, DE
Andre de Dienes – Nude, 1950 – Original Vintage This striking black-and-white photograph by André de Dienes, taken in 1950, captures a poised nude model reclining on a modernist chai...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple at Party - Black and White Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph A couple relaxes and laughs on a spacious sofa on the terrace of a villa. The party is still in full swin...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Alfred Stieglitz, Hands, Dorothy Norman, 1947 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite halftone print after Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), titled Hands, Dorothy Norman, originates from the 1947 folio Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio, 1864–1946. Published by T...
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1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Offset

Zig Zag Ovals Diptych, Blue Tones Cyanotype Monotypes, Organic Floating Shapes
Located in Barcelona, ES
Zigzag Ovals is a cyanotype monotype diptych that explores the interplay between fluid forms and structured repetition. Organic white shapes drift across rich blue tonal fields, crea...
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2010s Modern Photography

Materials

Paper, Monotype

36x48 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Carmen II - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 35"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph captures a naked female figure enveloped in flowing crimson fabric against a deep black void. The composition features rich burgundy and wine...
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2010s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XIV and XIII. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Two Palms" Black White Photography 27" x 18" in Edition 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Black & White Photography 27" x 18" in Edition 1/24 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin fin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel, New York, 1964. Add...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, 1980
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke 1980 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Catherine Wilke...
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1980s Modern Photography

Materials

Lambda

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Spring Break, 1950s - Bonita Springs Palm Beach Florida Students Spring Break
Located in Brighton, GB
Spring Break, 1950s - Bonita Springs Palm Beach Florida Students Spring Break by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Set of 2 Aventure d une libertine Photographs. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Watercraft Indian Natural Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Sailing Watercraft by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Digital C-Type print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Lovesick" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lovesick" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Available...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Rolex Daytona 30x30 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

R2D2 30x40 First Release , Star Wars, Photography Pop Art, Movie, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" "They encapsulate an era...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

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 Photography

Materials

Lambda

Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
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1980s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Zermatt Skiing, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Slim Aarons Zermatt Skiing 1968 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

Fern Forest III - Forest Woodland Fern Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest III' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest III' is the second pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine XVII and XVI. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Couple Sharing a Chair at Party - Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Couple Sharing a Chair at Party - Romantic Couple Silver Gelatin Photograph An amorous couple embraces intensely at a party, almost catching the attention of nearby partygoers... Th...
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20th Century Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Po...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Black and White

Nude C type print
Located in London, GB
Exquisite Oversize C print unframed. Stamped & certificate of authenticity provided. image keywords : Modgliani female nudes colour graphic com...
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2010s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Fl...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival Pigment Print Hand signed by David Bowie Edition 23/25 Duffy Archive stamp to margin Taken b...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled, From the series Acto Uno. Male Nude Limited Edition B&W Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, by Ricky Cohete From the series "Acto Uno" Archival Pigment print Small size: 20 in H x 30 in W. Edition of 13 + 1AP Unframed 2020 Black and White Photograph All prices a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Cecil Beaton, Marilyn Monroe, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Marilyn Monroe, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...
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1980s Modern Photography

Materials

Lithograph

Fern Forest II - Fern Forest Landscape Woodland Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest II' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest II' is the second prin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d'Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7850 - Th...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Black and White

Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980 Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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1980s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson Limited Estate Print Anne Gunning for Vogue
Located in London, GB
Anne Gunning for Vogue Estate Print by Norman Parkinson Fashion model Anne Gunning in a pink mohair coat outside the City Palace with an elephant, Jaipur, India, photographed for V...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d une libertine V and VI. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Category

1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Modern photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 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, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Slim Aarons, Howard Schatz, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and 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 photography, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $44 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $2,150.