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Item Ships From: California
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - Polaroid, Pop-art, Contemporary, analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting II (Long Way Home) - 1999
published in 'Stranger than Paradise'
128x126cm
Sold out edition of 5, Artist proof 2/2,
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Love - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Love (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007,
Edition of 1/10,
20x24cm.
Digital C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Not mounted.
Signature label and Cer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
My Girl (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x20cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #9506...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
20x24cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10,
analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, matte surface,
based on a Polaroid.
Signature la...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,644 Sale Price
20% Off
The Bride
s Kiss - including the book
A Half Forgotten Dream
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Bride’s Kiss (Till Death Do Us Part), 2010
including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Wa...
Category
1960s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Forgiveness Then (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Forgiveness Then (Sidewinder) - 2005
24x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist Inventory 3364....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category
1960s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Antique Gelatin Silver Print Photograph of 13th Calvary Soldier
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Gelatin Silver Print Photograph of 13th Calvary Soldier - 1913.
This photograph shows a member of the 13th Calvary Regiment, Company H of the United States Army, sitting ato...
Category
1910s American Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Esther Williams, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline.
This ...
Category
1950s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marlon Brando, Hawaii, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of famous actor Marlon Brando.
From personality portraits and advertising campaigns t...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Kate Moss Curlers" Photography 20 x 16 in Edition of 50 by Kate Garner
By Kate Garner
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kate Moss Curlers" Photography 20 x 16 in Edition of 50 by Kate Garner
Hahnemuhle fine art archival paper
Signed & numbered by the artist
Come with COA issued by the artist
Kate G...
Category
20th Century Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Déjà vu - Contemporary, Portrait, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Déjà vu - 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory - PL2020-881.
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
Category
1950s American Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
"Weed + Grub 2"- Archival Pigment Ink Photography
By Lauren Hurt
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This selection is an intimate grouping of portraits of celebrities and tastemakers in the burgeoning cannabis industry. I’ve paired these with select portraits evoking the feeling of...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, Poolside Landscape with Acropolis, Athens Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons’s Penthouse Pool captures a sunlit moment of casual glamour at the Canellopoulos penthouse pool in Athens, Greece. Taken in July 1961, the photograph shows a group of you...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Bert Hardy
Mercedes Racer
Limited Edition Photograph by Getty, 20x24
Located in San Rafael, CA
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 - 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
Category
1950s Modern California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled - The Princess and her Lover
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Princess and her Lover, 2007
Edition of 10, 20x24cm,
digital C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
On the Run (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
On the Run (Till Death do us Part) - 2005,
24x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Nu...
Category
1950s American Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jack Nicholson, LA, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography, Portrait
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Combined Edition 25
Also available in 50 x 60 cm/ 20 x 24 inch
and as combined Edition 10 in
76 x 101 cm / 30 x 40 inch
101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch
Portrait of American actor and fi...
Category
1970s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Wa...
Category
1960s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green) – 1999
Edition 1/10
58x56 cm
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid
Artist invento...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Radha Pink' (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
38x36cm,
Edition of 30, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory #6...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
This 1960 portrait photograph, captured by society ph...
Category
1960s American Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Vivien Leigh
By Laszlo Willinger
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a photolithograph from the original negative by Laszlo Willinger, original shot in 1937 and printed at a later date. It depicts English actress, Vivien Leigh...
Category
1930s Modern California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Annie Leibovitz, Art Ed, SUMO book, Marc Newson stand, Black
White photography
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Annie’s Big Book
Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz weighs in with her own SUMO
Art Edition (No. 1–1,000)
Archival pigment print Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Waiting - Contemporary, Nude, Figurative, Polaroid, Photograph, expired
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waiting (Sidewinder) - 2005
48x47cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3173.
Not ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Pink (29 Palms, CA)
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1.
10.7 x 8.7 cm.
Artist inventory 616.00.
Signed on back.
Original Polaroids for Sale — The Heart of My Work
For ...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Polaroid
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Category
1950s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
PINK
By Sarah Elise Abramson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photography, edition 1/15.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Runaway Ride (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Runaway Ride - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
40x40cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #345.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Any Way the Wind blows (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Any Way the Wind blows (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
40x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Grace Jones, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of the singer and actress Grace Jones.
From personality portraits and advertising cam...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woman With Flag, Mexico City
By Tina Modotti
Located in Carmel, CA
From a Portfolio printed by Mother Jones. Authorized copy. Stunning reproduction. Limited Edition. Certification of Authenticity.
Embossed with stamp stating from the original negat...
Category
1920s California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
The Diva and the Boy (Beachshoot) - 9 pieces - Polaroid, Vintage, Contemporary
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Diva and the Boy (Beachshoot) - 2005
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist Proofs.
48x46cm each, installed 155x151cm.
9 archival C-Prints, based on the 9 Polaroids.
Certificate and Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"Wrapped Series Untitled #33" Photography Edition 2/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack
By Robert Mack
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wrapped Series Untitled #33" Photography Edition 2/10 42x28 in by Robert Mack
2019
Photograph, archival exhibition paper Aluminum mount, UV mat protectio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
Michael Ochs
Brigitte Bardot
Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20 x 30
By Michael Ochs
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner, we...
Category
1960s Modern California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Kate #11)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Untitled (Kates #11)
Year: 2005
Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper
Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 17 x 22 inches (43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (49.53 x 62.23 cm)
Certificate of Authenticity included
For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa Yuskavage...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
When would forever be a good time? (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
When would forever be a good time? (Till Death do us Part) - 2007
20x24cm,
Edition of 10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label,
artist I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim ...
Category
1980s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, California
By Roger Minick
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This is an original Ektacolor print (aka Kodak Chromogenic Print) and is number 16/25. The edition was print in 2000. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered on the back of the prin...
Category
1980s California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Between Words - including the book
A Half Forgotten Dream
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Between Words (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled (The Last Picture Show) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (The Last Picture Show) - 2006
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory number: 21140.
Signature ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Jimmy James, Los Angeles, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
Edition 25
Also available in 101 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 inch, Edition 10
Black and white portrait of singer songwriter Jimmy James.
From personality portraits and advertising campaign...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Picasso, President de la Comida, Frejus
By Lucien Clergue
Located in Carmel, CA
Excellent Condition, Framed upon purchase,
Purchased from Photography West Gallery, Carmel CA.
Print by artist
1988 Copyright
The silver metalframe is 20.25" x 16.25"
Category
1960s California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Trickle (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Trickle (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist In...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rolling Stones Into Camera, Beggars Banquet, Colour digital Photography Print
By Michael Joseph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
36 x 24 in (91.4 x 68.6 cm)
Digital C-Type Print
Edition of 30
Other sizes available.
Category
1960s California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Kate Moss
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi and a 14 day return policy.
This is available for pick up framed at Los Angeles gallery at no additional charge. For transport the US and internationally, please inquire for more details.
Kate Moss by Glen Luchford...
Category
1990s California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$20,000
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
Signed and numbered by the artist
Comes with COA issued by the artist
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Margaret Hamilton - Witch in Myths series
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed.
This is a unique work which comes w...
Category
1980s Pop Art California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Something (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Something (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
40x40cm,
Edition of 10.
Archival C- Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label.
Artist inventory number: 9445.
Not mou...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
A Million Dead End Streets (Stage of Consciousness) - featuring Radha Mitchell
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Million Dead End Streets (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007
40x40cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and signature label. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Cristal (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Cristal (Till Death Do Us Part) - 2005
49x48cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Renée
s Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven) - Landscape, Horse, Boys
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Renée's Dream - The Boys (Days of Heaven). Part of the 29 Palms, CA project. - 2006
20x24cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The way we were (Till Death do us Part)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The way we were (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
48x58cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid
Certificate and Signature label
artist Inventory No. 9088.
No...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$585 Sale Price
35% Off
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
Category
1960s Realist California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Was I Dreaming? (50x50cm) - Contemporary, 21st Century, expired Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Was I Dreaming? (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
50x50cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Ar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary California - Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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This Week-Old Calf Named Bug Is One of Randal Ford’s Most Adorable Models
In a recent collection of animal portraits, he brings fashion photography to the farm.
11 of Annie Leibovitz’s Most Talked-About Photographs
See why the famed photographer's celebrity portraits have graced magazine covers and become headline grabbers in their own right for five decades and counting.
Queen Elizabeth’s Life in Photos
She was one of the most photographed women in history, but the world’s longest-reigning queen remained something of a mystery throughout her decades on the throne.
Photographer to Know: William Klein
The noted lensman brought a bold sense of irony to fashion photography in the 1950s and '60s, transforming the industry. But his work in street photography, documentary filmmaking and abstract art is just as striking.
Chris Levine’s Portrait of a Shut-Eyed Queen Elizabeth Sparkles with Crystals
Celebrate the queen's Platinum Jubilee with a glittering, Pop-art version of the most famous and thought-provoking photo of Her Royal Majesty.
In Milan, La DoubleJ Celebrates Women of Design through Portraiture
During Salone del Mobile, Robyn Lea photographed some of the most powerful creative forces in the European design industry, decked out in J.J. Martin’s maximal fashion line.
Lori Grinker’s Artful Photographs of a Young Mike Tyson Are a Knockout!
The New York photographer tells us how an encounter with the then-13-year-old boxer led to a decade-long project that saw them both go pro.
John Dolan’s Photographs Capture the Art and Soul of a Wedding Day
In a new book compiling 30 years' worth of images, the photographer reveals that it's the in-between moments that make a wedding special.