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Art Subject: Animal
Anthony Gonzales, Spanish Ranch, Nevada
By Adam Jahiel
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered.
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
One
Located in New York City, NY
47x71 inches (120x180cm)
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed - Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based in Stockho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
$16,500
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 693.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 693.
Elk; galloping.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches
Muybridge copyright imprint below i...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Male lion with a lage mane walking towards the camera, making eye contact
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Male lion with a lage mane walking towards the camera, making eye contact
Male lion with an enormous, impressive mane walking towards the viewer
Exceptional Creatures is a limited...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shipwreck Dreams, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
Shipwreck Dreams
The Bahamas, 2021
20 x 30 in / Edition of 6 - $4,500
Also available:
32 x 48 in / Edition of 6 - $7,500
40 x 60 in / Edition of 6 - $10,500
50 x 75 in / Edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Titian
s Daughter
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Much of Keith Hamilton's work is a comment on human perception: how our mind tries to recognize patterns and make sense of a complex world. Because context greatly influences how we ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leap by Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
"Flight at Dawn"
Adams River, British Columbia, Canada - 2018
Archival pigment print
Available sizes:
Edition of 6: 20in x 30in (50.8 x 76.2cm) - $4,500
Edition of 6: 32in x 48in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Medaglia D Oro - Whiskers, Stallion Studio Portrait
Located in London, GB
Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion filly Songbird and two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty.
Medaglia d'Oro - 'Whiskers' by John Reardon...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival P...
The Transumanza - Photograph by Cindi Emond - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Transumanza is a lovely photograph on Pearl photographic paper realized by the artist Cindi Emond in 2020.
Edition of 10 prints. Hand-signed on the back and numbered. Perfect co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
William Wegman (b. 1943) is an American photographer celebrated for his whimsical images of his beloved Weimaraner dogs.
This photograph is from Wegman's "Improved Photographs" seri...
Category
1970s Conceptual Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Green Gloster Consort
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition 1 of 25.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
God Bless Mom
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 20, printed on aluminum.
Guadalupe Laiz is an international artist, photographer and explorer born and raised in Argentina. Guadalupe’s main focus for the past ten years has ...
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Veil Between Worlds by Paul Nicklen - Contemporary Fine Art Wildlife Photography
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
"Veil Between Worlds"
Silver Bank, Dominical Republic - 2017
Edition of 20: 24” x 36” (61 x 91.4 cm) $3,500
Edition of 15: 31” x 46.5” (78.7 x 118.1 cm) $7,500
Edition of 10: 40” x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cloud Horses, New Mexico, 2002
Located in Hudson, NY
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through February 26th, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available then. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flights, Scotland, 2015
Located in Hudson, NY
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through February 26th, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be available then. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kroma: Morpho Godarti Tingomariensis
Located in New York, NY
This image is from the series "Kroma". Pascal Goet looks for flowers, butterflies and other insect of items from the microworlds to attract our attention to the beauty of nature.
P...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Color Photography
Materials
Color, Dye Transfer
Araquém Alcãntara - Jaguarete #16, Brazil
Located in New York City, NY
ARAQUÉM ALCÂNTARA
Jaguarete #16, Brazil, 2018
40 x 40 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print - Black box frame matt - Regular Plexiglas
Araq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Serenitas Horse Portrait
Located in New York City, NY
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex relationship between humans and horses is an enduring one. The horse’s distinctive blend of grace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Eyes of a Jaguar (Animal Print, Black and white Photography)
By Paulo Behar
Located in New York City, NY
Paulo Behar
Eyes of a Jaguar 2017
32x32 inches - Edition of 9
Also available in:
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 7
60 x 60 inches - Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print - Framed in m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pair of Hummingbirds
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) saw that silver salts darkened in the sun and invented a photographic process he called “photogenic drawing” — in which images were made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Greater Roadrunners - Limited Edition Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Birds
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Greater Roadrunners by Cheryl Medow is a limited edition color photograph, featuring two roadrunners amidst a hazy landscape. The sand filled terrain with desert shrubs leads back to mountains in the distance. The two birds are alert, perhaps looking for their next meal or watching for approaching predators.
Greater Roadrunners is listed as a 21 x 24 inch archival pigment print, with the image size measuring 16 x 20 inches. This size is available in an edition of 10. This photograph is signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin. It is also signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Available in multiple sizes with varying edition sizes.
*Frame not included
Santa Barbara art photographer Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter her world, both real and imagined.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autumn Owl, Photograph, Canvas (stretched)
Located in Yardley, PA
An Ontario Owl taking off in flight within an Autumn setting. :: Photograph :: Color :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
Canvas
Kori Bustard And Zebras - Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Bird, Landscape
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin by Cheryl Medow
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso by Cheryl Medow
Paper size...
Category
2010s Surrealist Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Giraffe in grass, Giraffe, animal, Africa, black and white photography
Located in München, BY
Edition No. 7/12
image size 28,5 x 35,6 cm
signed and numbered
Framed with mat and anti-reflex glass
A giraffe is lying in the tall grass in front of Mount Kenya.
Joachim Schmeisse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elegant cropped portrait of a male lion with a large mane in black and white
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Face to Face"
Elegant cropped portrait of a male lion with a large mane in black and white
Black and white close up cropped portrait of a male lion with a mane
Exceptional Creat...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Xantippe #2 from the series, Chattel - White Goat, Farm Animal, Portrait
By Kevin Horan
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled, dated and copyright.
Paper size: 17 x 13 in., Image size: 14 x 11 in.
Kevin Horan is a photographer based in Langley, Washington, USA. He is working on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephants walk together across dusty earth beneath drifting clouds
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"March"
Elephants walk together across dusty earth beneath drifting clouds
Black and white image of a small herd of elephants walking across the dusty ground with thick clouds in b...
Category
2010s Minimalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yellow-billed Stork Strolling, from the series, Envisioning Habitat - Bird
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Yellow-billed Stork Strolling by Cheryl Medow is a photograph depicting a large bird with bright colored features walking through a grassy marsh landscape.
Archival Pigment Print
P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Queen of Africa
Located in New York City, NY
47x71 inches (120x180cm)
Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed - Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based in Stockho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Doe and Fawn. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 589.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 589.
Ambling (single foot); bareback; white horse Clinton.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 5 3/8 x 18 inches
M...
Category
1880s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Peter Beard - Elephant
s Embryo, Uganda, Platinum Print- Unsigned
By Peter Beard
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elephant's Embryo, Uganda
Aributed to Peter Beard/Unsigned
The original photograph "unsigned" but documented by its inclusion in "Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits, The End of the Game...
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
State of Grace, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Fikry Botros
Located in Yardley, PA
A roseate spoonbill in flight :: Photograph :: Color :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Sig...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
The Wolf. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Araquém Alcãntara - Lion and lioness II, Tanzania, Africa
Located in New York City, NY
ARAQUÉM ALCÂNTARA
Lion & Lioness II, Tanzania, Africa, 2012
60 x 48 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print - Framed
Araquém Alcântara, 64 ye...
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Domino (Horse Portrait, Afresco series)
Located in New York City, NY
Raphael Macek
Domino, 2020
Afresco series
60 x 40 inches
Archival Pigment Print
Edition of 7
Framed
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty series.
The legendary and complex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
White Horse, Maine by George Krause, 1963, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
White Horse, Maine by George Krause is a 17.5 x 23 inch archival pigment print. This photograph features a light colored horse laying on its side in the grass with its back facing the viewer.
This photograph is signed and dated in pencil on print margin.
George Krause is an American photographer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1937. Krause studied at the Philadelphia College of Art where he explored...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Award winning wildlife photos- “Zebras” Prix de la Photographie Paris - framing
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
2010, Serengeti, Tanzania, black and white wildlife art photography
Migration of Zebra 15 x 45'' Edition of 50
- backmounted and frameless, and ready for installation.
Drawn fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Crane(s) I, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
Located in Yardley, PA
500 million birds of different sorts and species stopover at the Hula Valley, in northern Israel, on their flights between Europe and Africa. The main migrating season is in the fall...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
A lone white horse sticks out amidst the herd of darker horses in this black and
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"A lone white horse sticks out amidst the herd of darker horses in this black and white image
A black and white image of a herd of horses with one white horse among many darker colo...
Category
2010s Minimalist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jaguarete #2, Brazil
Located in New York City, NY
Araquém Alcântara
Jaguarete #2, Brazil, 2018
70 x 105 cm
27.5 x 41 inches
Edition of 10
100 x 150cm
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 10
120 x 180 cm
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 10
Archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Soul of the leopard
Located in New York City, NY
Available sizes:
32x47in ed.20
40x60in ed.15
47x71in ed.10
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
Björn Persson is an internationally renowned artist based i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled IX. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled VIII. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Beach Games. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The diptych comprises two digital photographs and presents a series of photographs that reimagine play with children’s toys by placing them in real-world settings.
Desert Games prese...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Woodland Game 2. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The triptychs comprise three digital photograph and presents a series of photographs that reimagine play with children’s toys by placing them in real-world settings.
This transforma...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lioness, South Africa (Wildlife Africa)
Located in New York City, NY
Araquém Alcântara
Lioness, South Africa, 2008
70 x 105 cm
27.5 x 41 inches
Edition of 10
100 x 150cm
40 x 60 inches
Edition of 10
120 x 180 cm
47 x 71 inches
Edition of 10
Archiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Untitled XI. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 15 The Elegant. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 16 The Watchful. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 14 The Furious. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 11 The Confused. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 10 The Visionary. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 13 The Startled. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 12 The Goodhearted. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Savanna Games. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The polyptich comprise four digital photograph and presents a series of photographs that reimagine play with children’s toys by placing them in real world settings.
Savanna Games pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Return of the Hunter, Chandra Mahal, Jaipur, 2012
By Karen Knorr
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV Plexi ($1,250 value), free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy. Offering local pick up from our Los Angeles location.
This is one of the last remaining editions from one of the most popular images from Karen Knorr's acclaimed "India Song" series.
The Return of the Hunter, Chandra Mahal, Jaipur, 2010
31.5 x 39.5 inches, 34 x 42 x 2 inches framed
Archival pigment print
Edition 1 of 5
Karen Knorr Artist Biography -
While Knorr’s images take some of their inspiration from the Indian tradition of personifying animals in literature and art, there is another almost subconscious strain to her work. Going back to the time of cave painting we see that these early visual artists not only recorded their lives and surroundings, but used art to express themselves. The depiction of animals in symbolic and powerful ways and the urge to create these images with the best tools at hand is a line stretching from these unnamed cave painters to Karen Knorr.
Playfully combining technologies and genres, Knorr mixes digital...
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Elephant Mother and Baby at Leg, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Africa, Elephant, Art
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England)
Elephant Mother and Baby At Leg, Amboseli
2012
Archival Pigment Print
Sheet 142 x 178 cm (55 7/8 x 70 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10; Ed. no. 4/10
Print only
Nick Brandt is a contemporary English photographer. His work focuses on the disappearing natural world. Since 2001, he has photographed the changing African continent and established a style of portrait photography of animals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elk I ed. 2/40
Located in Bozeman, MT
Francois' Animalia series is described as “a photographic menagerie of startling, sensitive portraits.” The series started when the artist saw a giraffe poking its head over a fence ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Black and white print of a herd of elephants in low grass in East Africa
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"""Tusker's March""
Black and white print of a herd of elephants in low grass in East Africa
Herd of elephants walking through the low grass in Amboseli National Park
Offered in a...
Category
2010s Minimalist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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