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Modern Photography

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Jeanloup Sieff - Intimode - Les Dessous de la mode
Located in Cologne, DE
From a Portfolio with 26 exclusive works of Jeanloup Sieff, limited to 200 copies. The photograph of Jeanloup Sieff has been produced as Collotype under the direct commandment of the...
Category

1980s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photogravure

"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Mary Davenport, Gerrit Graham, Vincent Gardenia. The lobby cards would have been displayed inside th...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Color

Rowing off Sicily, 1975 - Mediterranean Vacations Sicily Italian Destination
Located in Brighton, GB
Rowing off Sicily - Mediterranean Vacations Sicily Italian Destination by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Rowing ...
Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Leonard Dalsemer - Palm Trees and Blue Skies in Nature by Swimming Pool
Located in Brighton, GB
Leonard Dalsemer - Palm Trees and Blue Skies in Nature by Swimming Pool 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Leonard Dalsemer' is ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

Walter Rudolph, Tunisia 1980
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Rudolph His photographs are reminiscent of the jet-set photographer Slim Aarons. Walter Rudolph discovered the world as a photographer on the idea, travel was his passion, hi...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Color

Ford Bronco 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Aluminum Print Ford Bronco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Bronco" 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

Rue Mouffetard. Black and White Photograph. Fashion in Paris
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arrived from Cologne, lives in a small room on Boulevard St-Marcel. Every weekend, he goes to the market on rue Mouffetard...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are in the background. 20 x 20"...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

60x40 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ardizzones House - Portofino Villa Beatrice Italian Riviera Escape Mediterranean
Located in Brighton, GB
Ardizzones House - Portofino Villa Beatrice Italian Riviera Escape Mediterranean 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

C Print, Color, Digital, Photographic Paper

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones - 20th Century Monochrome Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones - 20th Century Monochrome Photograph Mick Jagger caught mid-performance. The camera lens closes and Jagger's hand is still moving, lending a dynam...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Slim Aarons Poolside In Arizona 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Arizona' Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jackie Onassis, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Views of "Spina di Borgo" - Vintage Photos - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Views of Spina di Borgo is a lot of two vintage single-coated photographic prints. On the back a violet stamp "Fotovedo Roma..." and some hand-written notes in lapis reporting the da...
Category

1930s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
David Bowie is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

"Marilyn Monroe and Paula Strasberg" 16 x 24 in Ed. 57/75 by Lawrence Schiller
Located in Culver City, CA
"Marilyn Monroe and Paula Strasberg" 16 x 24 in Ed. 57/75 by Lawrence Schiller Silver Gelatin print Edition 57/75 Signed and numbered by the artist Printed later Marilyn Monroe and...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Arena Tres, From the series Acto Uno. Male Nude Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion. The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Poolside Dreams Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
January 1970: Helen Dzo Dzo at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Poolside Drea...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons Hotel Du Cap 1969 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Poolside In Sotogrande - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Having A Topping Time 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons George Hamilton Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton' American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Paris Market Shoppers 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant size
Located in London, GB
Paris Market Shoppers from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant Oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Arc...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Virna Lisi - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi - Golden Age of Italian Cinema is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions. Virna Lisi Born on November 8, 1936, she began her film ca...
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1990s Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

GTO - Ford Pontiac GTO American Muscle Car Urban Landscape Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
'GTO' is an Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Morgan Silk. GTO by Morgan Silk is available in this size of 17" x 24" in an edition of 25. The iconic Ford Pontiac ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color

New Year At Romanoff’s 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
New Year At Romanoff’s 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart ...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Black Hippie Red Sombrero n Flute Central Park Music Festival 60 s Celebration
Located in Miami, FL
A black hippie enthroned in a majestic red sombrero is captured playing a flute at a Central Park music festival in 1969. This was the same year the youth "counterculture" celebrat...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Paul Almasy - La Comédie-Française, Paris, c. 1954 - Original Vintage Print
Located in Cologne, DE
Title: La Comédie-Française, Paris, c. 1954 Photographer: Paul Almasy Format: Black-and-white, original vintage print This elegant photograph captures the iconic Comédie-Française in...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Poolside Dreams, 1970 - Poolside Gossip Poolside Glamor Palm Springs Poolside
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Dreams, 1970 - Poolside Gossip Poolside Glamor Palm Springs Poolside 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

Barbara Zhollner - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Barbara Zhollner is an original black and white photograph realized in 1960s. Good conditions.
Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Bluebird Press Photos" by Central Press
Located in London, GB
"Bluebird Press Photos" by Central Press 9th January 1935: Cameramen filming British racing driver Malcolm Campbell as he poses with a new Bluebird whic...
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1930s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White

Istanbul 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph, taken by Klaus Redenbacher in Istanbul in 1960, captures the silhouette of the Hagia Sophia with its iconic domes and towering minarets against a haz...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Coffee with Dali, 1955 - Salvador Dali Black and White Portrait Madrid Hotel
Located in Brighton, GB
Coffee with Dali, 1955 - Salvador Dali Black and White Portrait Madrid Hotel by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. C...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Marilyn In Grand Central Station (1955) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Actress Marilyn Monroe takes the ...
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1950s Modern Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Autographed Portrait of Dieter Borsche - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Dieter Borsche is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the smoking German actor with big pier...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
The Swiss American photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt was a robust contributor to the New York art scene as a documentarian and participant, from 1935 until the end of the ce...
Category

1940s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Snowmass Gathering, 1968 - Apres Ski Aspen Colorado Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Snowmass Gathering, 1968 - Colorful Winter Sports Gathering at Snowmass at Aspen Photograph by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Pri...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Visiting Las Vegas, 1962
Located in Cologne, DE
This black and white photograph captures a classic street scene in Las Vegas, likely from the 1950s or 1960s. The image showcases the Fremont Street area with its bright neon signs and vintage casinos...
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1960s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White

Nassau Sailing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Nassau Sailing A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971. 16×20 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Backstage At The Muppet Show by Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Backstage At The Muppet Show by Arthur Steel Backstage At The Muppet Show – Elstree Studios, England 1978 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produc...
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1970s Modern Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Additional Informati...
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1950s Modern Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Medusa in the dirt #1. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As an artist, He is fascinated by the opulence and richness of still life of the golden age of Dutch painting in the 17th c. These works, of course, symbolize mortality and the tempo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

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Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. E...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color

Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Hal Morey/Getty Images) Beams of sunlight streaming through the windows ...
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1930s Modern Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Saint Tropez 1971 - Sunbathing French Riviera St Tropez Beach Harbour Port
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez 1971 - Sunbathing French Riviera St Tropez Beach Harbour Port by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Sa...
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20th Century Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

French Stately Home, 1956 - Versailles Castle Grounds French Royal Family
Located in Brighton, GB
French Stately Home, 1956 - Versailles Castle Grounds French Royal Family by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Frenc...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

David Bowie 1972
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland David Bowie David Bowie at his home Haddon Hall, Beckenham, Kent, UK 1972 David Bowie was a visionary British singer, songwriter, and actor known for his eclecti...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Poolside in Sotogrande, 1975 - Spanish Port Town Coastal Hotel Villa Pool
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside in Sotogrande, 1975 - Spanish Port Town Coastal Hotel Villa Pool by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Pools...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

"Ali vs Frazier" Muhammad Ali Portrait 40x60 Photomosaic Pop Art Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali vs Frazer" is a 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 of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tim Curry Rocky Horror - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Tim Curry Rocky Horror - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Tim Curry, in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1974 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

"Air Jordan" 50x60 Nike Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Air Jordan" 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 hundre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Drugs, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Drugs is a Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24". States of America is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photog...
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1990s Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Blue Blondie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Debbie Harry photographed in New York City in 1978. (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size ...
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1970s Modern Photography

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Archival Pigment

Prague : Royal Garden - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1969
Located in Paris, IDF
Josef Sudek Prague : Royal Garden, 1969 Original gelatin silver print Dated 1969 on the back (see picture) 12.5 x 16.5 cm (c. 4.7 x 6.3 in) Authenticated by the collection stamp on...
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1960s Modern Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails for Apres Ski Drinks
Located in Brighton, GB
Drinks at Gstaad - Models Pose in Furs with Cocktails in Gstaad by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" Digital C-Type Print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

Catacombs 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Taking inspiration from Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Catacomb images look at the macabre beauty of the human anatomy, recollecting his time in the Paris Catacombs. This collectio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Photography

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Photographic Paper

Lounging On The Sugarbush Slopes, 1960 - Warren, Vermont
Located in New York, NY
Skiers relaxing on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one of the largest ski resorts in New England. Loungi...
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1960s Modern Photography

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C Print

Scotti s Yacht, Monte Carlo, 1981 - Luxury Sailboats in Monte Carlo in Monaco
Located in Brighton, GB
Scotti's Yacht, Monte Carlo, 1981 - Luxury Sailboats in Monte Carlo in Monaco by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'S...
Category

20th Century Modern Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

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