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Mitchell Funk Color Photography

American, b. 1950

Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of color photography. In 1970, he participated in one of the first color photography shows at the Brooklyn Museum titled “Images en Couleur." In 1971, he was included in the visionary books Frontiers of Photography and Color (Life Library of Photography), both published by Time-Life. He has done more than 50 photography magazine covers, including covers for Newsweek and Life.

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Artist: Mitchell Funk
Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 1972 . The work has not only optic...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

Vintage Red Ferrari in Florence, Italy - Race Cars, Red Sports Cars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A cluster of vintage red Ferraris lounge on displayed in a square in Florence, Italy. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was struck by the unexpected site and documented the scene em...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Starbursts over Mid-Town Manhattan -Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Streetlights on Manhattans' Sixth Avenure transform into a starburst of kaleidoscope color through an act of creativity from Photographer Mitchell Funk. The emanating light is a m...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Magic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneering color photographer with more than 50 photography magazine covers from 1970 to mid 1990s. The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right...
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2010s Aesthetic Movement Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Urban Art Street Art, Graffiti Wall In Soho, New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti wall in Soho district in Manhattan was photographed in 2007 that's more than a decade before the Urban Art craze had seized the attention of the art world. Art photographer...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Dessert Road to Infinity in the American West
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An endless road is pictured in a timeless landscape. As the road winds through the vast expanse of the American West, the grandeur of the surrounding landscape minimizes a solitary c...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Central Park Reservoir
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building is not only ever-present, but its uniquely shaped spire attracts the eye unlike any other structure. "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Central...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower in Jackson Pollock Drip Lighting - Paris France
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
When the Eiffel Tower was conceived in 1886, it was to be a symbol of aesthetic avant-garde thinking. In 1994, Photographer Mitchell Funk pays homage to Gustave Eiffel's spirit of ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building in Colorful Multiple Exposure - A Triumph of Color and Design
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with multiple in-camera exposures of the Chrysler Building, producing a triumph of color and design in motion. No less than t...
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Street Art: Literally - Hot Pink Umbrella - Like Rothko
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City is renowned as a center of world-class Museums and tastemaker Art Galleries. However, some of the greatest art is street art mad...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire in Golden Light Intersected with Airplane, Art Deco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An uncanny juxtaposition of sleek design. The bold geometric forms of the Chrysler Building Spire are set against the equally sleek lines of a contempo...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Dogs Running In Park With Early Morning Light, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
High angle view of dogs in park with long shadows. . Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Big Blue Waves Ocean District San Francisco - Visual White Noise
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Can a photograph reduce stress and anxiety? Photographer Mitchell Funk says yes with his high-angle shot that harmoniously unifies sea and land. A pleasing relationship is created ...
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1990s Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge exemplifies how to take boilerplate tourist subject matter and make into an original visual. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lipstick Building, Citicorp New York Multiple Exposure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In Camera Multiple Exposure of two iconic New York Landmarks merge together in a harmony of soft colors and overlapping shapes . Signed and dated on ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Snow in Central Park Billionaire Row - Monochromatic Grey and Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photography pioneer Mitchell Funk is famous for blending representation with a broad emphasis on abstract qualities. He is a photographic minimalist cropping out extraneous d...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Black Hippie Red Sombrero n Flute Central Park Music Festival 60 s Celebration
By Mitchell Funk
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 American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Kids in Snow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shot in Washington Square Park, a magical moment of kids in bright colored coats are caught. It's results in not just a poignant moment but a marvelously balanced abstract pattern
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1990s Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Eiffel Tower At Dusk With Dramatic Sky, Paris France
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Eiffel Tower Paris's most iconic and romantic landmark is depicted in a romantic and moody light. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, p...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

1980s Manhattan Skyline Night Photograph Pan AM Buildin, Signed 2/15 Color Print
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What appears today as a vintage 1980s Manhattan Skyline was, in its time, the most awe-inspiring of all urban vistas. Photographer Mitchell Funk captured its grandeur in 1985 as a n...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elephants with tusks in Mexico, Life Magazine
By Mitchell Funk
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 ...
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1980s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Blue Zoom, New York Skyline, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
With an upward zoom and a slow exposure, Photographer Mitchell Funk reimagines one of the world's most iconic landmarks. The photograph is a lyrical evocation of a normally cold stre...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of a San Francisco Cable Car Soaked in Bronze Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In an unexpected bronze light, Mitchell Funk captures a classic view of San Francisco with a portrait of a famed cable car. The reflection of light in the car's left window gives the...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami Beach Lifeguard Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Miami Beach lifeguard tower with parasailing in the background. . This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, da...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Vintage Las Vegas Golden Nugget Fremont Street at Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The classic neon signs of Freemont Street glow and beckon in this 1975 photograph by Mitchell Funk. The camera angle, lighting, and composition tra...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Girl in East Hampton Pond
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Girl in East Hampton Pond Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15, unframed. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photog...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Red Brick Factory Long Island City with Empire State Building in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's photograph of a Red Brick Factory in Long Island City is as much about color-field theory as it is a document of a brightly painted factory facade. Additionally, Fun...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Deer Louse Point East Hampton in Ginger Sky - Nature s Splendor
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's Splendor is captured with deer grazing at sunset on East Hampton's famous Louse Point. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are avai...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dumbo - Gold Brooklyn Bridge Cobblestone Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What Brooklyn was like 51 years ago. Mitchell Funk brings new solutions to color photography in his use of golden light to transform a scene from a dull document into a beautiful a...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

Neon Bar Sign Glow on Moody Manhattan Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattan Nocturne by Mitchell Funk. The colors are the music of the night. The image is a stunning example of the artist’s blending of the abstract and representational. Signed, ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire with Moon - Art Deco skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk carefully crafts a composition where the graceful Art Deco shapes of the Chrysler Building spire play off t...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Snowy Night, Rainy Night in Manhattan with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses of a 500mm telephoto lens to capture the two subjects lost in thought. Selective focus throws the background out of focus and creates a dreamy...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Groovy Portrait. Hippy at Psychedelic Head Shop St. Mark s Place, East Village
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Groovy portrait of a hippy in from of a Head Shop in St. Mark's Places, East Village. In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, ...
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Joyful Jazz Trumpet Player in Silhouette Floating Orange Sunset Los Angeles
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
At sunset, a trumpeter strikes a high note above it all. The dreamy, out-of-focus lights of hip Los Angles represents his music in visual terms. Funk is ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

African American Youth With Water Reflections - Self Reflection
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Self Reflection " In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abst...
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1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Moondog in Infrared Against Black Rock CBS Building, Street People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moondog, was a blind American composer and musician. He was a fixture in front of the CBS building Black Rock on 6th Avenue and 5nd street. Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tra...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cobblestone Road to Lower Manhattan Skyline in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Magical golden light skims off a 19th-century cobblestone road that appears to lead into an equally antique-looking lower Manhattan skyline illuminated with golden light. As a proge...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ducks In Central Park Pond In Autumn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Central Park in autumn with skyline in the background. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. O...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

New York City Abstract Multiple Exposure Kaleidoscope Reds Blues, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color. Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers. Signed and dated on lower right, num...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The joy of photography is on full display as Mitchell Funk captures the moody blues and reds of San Francisco's California street . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on vers...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Louse Point East Hampton Perfect Moment Fishing Perfect Harmony
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A perfect moment on a perfect day in a perfect spot, Louse Point East Hampton, is captured by Mitchell Funk. The color harmony and the dispositions of the two leisure fishermen are p...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Running Horse at Sunset - Dave Grusin Album Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Dave Grusin ‎– One Of A Kind Album Cover, 1977 Signed and dated and numbers 2/15 lower right recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available M...
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet

Ocean Beach, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Panoramic seascape lit with raking light turns humans into stick figure shapes with no central point of focus. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed la...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden Gate Bridge with Warm Puffy Clouds. San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Golden Gate Bridge is depicted in warm golden light. Mitchell Funk's photograph is of an American classic shot in an original way. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right re...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color - The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

East Hampton Wainscott Beach at Sunset, Mitchell Funk Nature Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden Light In Windows On Old Brooklyn Building. New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of man in blue window. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Lombard Street, San Francisco in Golden Light, Color Photography Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Lombard Street, A Popular tourist location has a magical look. Mitchell Funk, waits for the right light at the right time of year. Signature: Signed, dated, numbered lower right r...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jazz Musicians: Night Blue City Lights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Since the late 1960's Mitchell Funk has pioneered powerful bold and graphic images. His work is about the color and the shape Signature: Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, ...
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1980s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer by Mitchell Funk is a quintessential moment at days end. The work is signed and dated ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

East Hampton Landsape , Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, dated lower , numbered right 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color P...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City, 1970 - Multiple Exposure by Mitchell Funk - Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image is 52 years old and yet still looks cutting-edge beautiful. New York City, 1971 is an image generationsahead of its time. Not just for its creative graphic use of color a...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Lobby Art Deco in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York's Art Deco grandeur is on full display everywhere in the Chrysler Building lobby. Decorative fair even exists in the metal wall frames. In this close-up photograph of one o...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Encounter: Street Photography of Sexy Girl and Clown
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This grab shot depicts street photography of a sexy girl and a clown statue. It's characterized by a surreal tension between the two subjects - one facing the viewer and one walking ...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Horses in the Rain, East Hampton - Neutral palette
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The pastoral setting of an East East Hampton landscaped with grazing horses is captured by Mitchell Funk. Signed, dated and numbered lower right, E...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Chelsea
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Peek-a-boo! Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building. Viewed from Chelsea, with warm golden light, the Art Deco crown peeks out from among other boxy high-rises that compose...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Brooklyn Heights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Warm late afternoon light illuminates a view of Mid-Town Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights. The supertalls of New York are lined up like soldiers at attention and are framed by the glo...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of color photography to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, archival pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk color photography, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Carol Inez Charney, Lucille Khornak, and Gerard Giliberti. Mitchell Funk color photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,000 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.