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Item Ships From: Florida
Rose Two- Supernatural Series Limited Addition of 10
By Cheryl Maeder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
In the Super Natural Series, "I want to evoke a mysterious, lyrical world through the interplay of color and light. Fusing the natural world with my inner world, I create visuals th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Red One- Super Natural Series
By Cheryl Maeder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
In the Super Natural Series, "I want to evoke a mysterious, lyrical world through the interplay of color and light. Fusing the natural world with my inner world, I create visuals th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Peach Puff One
By Cheryl Maeder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200), limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Photography glossy paper, signed by the artist on verso.
In the Super Natural Series, "...
Category
2010s Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Art Deco Ocean Drive - Neon South Beach at Night by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Photographer Mitchell Funk creates a vibrantly expressive image of Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. The blur color and punchy red sky and bleeding Art Deco Neon signs are the visu...
Category
1990s Art Deco Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Freemont Street Neon Lights Shine in Vintage Las Vegas - urban photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Historic Downtown Las Vegas was famous for Illuminating the night with glowing neon. Photographer Mithcell Funk has captured the essence of old Freemont's street. The Mint, Binion'...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Tudor City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It used to be that wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. With Manhattan's rapid growth, you now must look a little harder. This image was taken on the plaza in front of Tudor City...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken 2
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building. Through the lens of Photographer Mitchell Funk, The 1991 Mid-Town Manhattan skyline is seen at sunset from Weehawken, New Jersey. ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Painted Ladies Victorian and Edwardian houses of San Francisco, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square are an icon of San Francisco. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures them in a quintessential beautiful way. The images is a contrast between ...
Category
2010s American Modern Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This highly dramatic photograph shows a dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as they appeared in 1998.
Photographer Mitchell Funk captures mid-town New...
Category
1990s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Williamsburg
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1974, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from Williamsburg, the distinctive Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its head out above ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown at Night with Glowing Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As the sun sets and the lights come on, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the quintessential image of the Chrysler Building's Art Deco crown in a glowing sky. The vaulting progres...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and
other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category
1970s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manhattanhenge and the Illuminated Crown of the Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East 42nd Street glows with a deep red from the afterglow of Manhattanhenge. One-point perspective adds drama with converging lines culminating at a vanishing point at the Hudson Ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Porto, Photograph, C-Type
Located in Yardley, PA
Picture from Porto, taken from the Gaia neighborhood showing the Bairro de Ribeira and its picturesque architecture :: Photograph :: Color :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Florida - Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $1000.
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 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Neon Old Fremont Street, Las Vegas - Dramatic Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset.. Signed, dated numbered on the lower right, 2/15 , Printed later, another size available, unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Statue of Liberty In New York Harbor with Burst of Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Staten Island Ferry with beautiful clouds in New York Harbor.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right re...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken3
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The mid-town Manhattan skyline as it looked from Weehawken in 1974. It may be barely recognizable from todays version but there still are a few unmistable landmarks. In the upper r...
Category
1970s Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image of Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park was shot at magic hour. That's when the light is late in the day and skims over the surfaces of the grass and build...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
East Hampton Landscape with Field of Pink Flowers and Migrating Birds Monet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Like a painting by Monet, an expansive field of blooming flowers fill the top two-thirds of the picture plane. A flock of migrating birds fly over a Shingle-style East Hampton house...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown, Classic New York City , Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Precise composition with magical late light is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, dated and numbers Edition 2 /15 lower right. Printed later, unframed, other size availab...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
The Freemont Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs. Mitchell Funk doubles down...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
42nd Street glows, but not from Broadway marquees' bright lights. It's from Street Photographer Mitchell Funk, who captures the setting sun of Manhattanhenge, which, along with stree...
Category
1990s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chicago Garage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chrysler Building in New York Skyline Out-of-Focus
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In this deliberately out-of-focus 1979 photograph of the New York skyline from Weehawken, Mitchell Funk captures the dynamic urban energy of Mid-Town Manhattan through the expressive...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
On an assignment from the Port Authority of New York in 1975, Photographer Mitchell Funk was given access to the roof of Tower II of the World Trade Center. From that high vantage p...
Category
1970s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The sun sets at Manhattanhenge with the Chrysler Building's crown illuminated, creating a dual lighting source. Enter Mitchell Funks light-filled world in which his photographic ima...
Category
2010s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building in Multiple Exposure of Blue and Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Greater East River
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1998, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. From the vantage point of the Greater East River/ Flushing Bay, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the Chrysler ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Looking Up With Lazy Yellow Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This upward view of the Chrysler Building and the adjoining former Mobil Oil Building features distinctive New York City landmarks. However, it is not a standard cell phone image ta...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Points Towards the Heavens
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As it soars above smaller buildings, The Chrysler Building spire resolutely points to the heavens. The flat white sky emphasizes the spire's silhouette, allowing it to dominate the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Majestic Spire of the Chrysler Building Rises into a Sepia Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The close-up of the Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building is depicted majestically rising into a mood sepia sky. Looking at this work is an uplifting experience. It not only pleas...
Category
1990s Art Deco Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Five Dogs on a Leash, Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of a dog walker with five dogs set against a post-impressionist background of warm oranges and cool blues .
Signed, Dated, number 4/15 Lower left recto, unframe...
Category
2010s Modern Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
Category
2010s Color-Field Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...
Category
1970s Surrealist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
XENIA, JANNA
ALONA IN THE WOODS
By Michal Chelbin
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered and titled on verso. Image Size: 10 X 10 Inches Sheet Size: 20 X 16 Inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition o...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Paper
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Vintage Motels Signs Las Vegas Strip
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered on lower right, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manhattan Baseball field with Running Dog - Green Lawn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A baseball field becomes a color field like painting with wide horizontal bands of day-glo green, earthy ocher and cool grey. Signed and dated on lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Sheep Meadow in Central Park with Billionaires
Row Buildings
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This luminous photograph is of the Sheep Meadow which is a vast 15-acre verdant field in Central Park. It's enjoyed by sunbathers, frisbee throwers and fun-seekers who physically g...
Category
2010s American Modern Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square Cell Phone in Neon Reds - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses a Nikon Z8 mirrorless megapixel camera to photograph the screen of a Times Square tourist's cell phone camera. The resulting image is a photogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building with Gold Light and Silver light, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Precise composition with magical late light is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, dated and numbers Edition 3 /15 lower right. Printed later, unframed, other size availab...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bethesda Fountain Dancing Waters in Central Park - Monochromatic Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters flow down from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. The water forms an energized abstract pattern in a monochromatic color scheme. Mitchell Funk's use of backlightin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Miami Beach, Art Deco South Beach Ocean Drive,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dazzling colors express the fun and exciting night light of the famous tropical beach resort
Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other siz...
Category
1990s Art Deco Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor at Sunrise Staten Island Ferry
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Staten Island Ferries lead the eye to a silhouetted Statue of Liberty caressed by golden morning light. The entire composition is framed by a pyramid shape formed by ship cranes...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
American Flag on New York City Bus - Moody Street Art Abstraction.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A large decal of an American Flag is pasted on the interior of a New York City bus. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a close-up of the bus as it passes by on the street. Th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Sometimes the simplest images are the most complex. Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage is more than a bird portrait. It's a portrait of a bird as a living work of abstract ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
New York Skyline from Central Park in Deep Gold and Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Color Photographer Mitchell Funk once again sets the standard for originality and inventiveness. His use of hyper-lighting and composition produces a retina-numbing imag...
Category
2010s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cute Black Dog Against a Graphic Yellow Orange Wall in Mexico
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An observing black dog is captured against a yellow and red Coca-Cola sign in Guaymas, Mexico. Shot in 1970, Mitchell Funk was innovating in color photography, which is what many col...
Category
1970s Color-Field Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine...
Category
2010s Surrealist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Neon Bar and Grill Sign Tenderloin at Night Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Empire State Building Bathed in Luminous Golden Light, 1970s New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden late afternoon light bathes the majestic Empire State Building in luminous color as it pierces a dramatic sky. This image is not only stunning in its visual beauty but also a ...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Painted Ladies Victorian Architecture, Alamo Square San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Famous Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a colorful image of the classic scene of San Francisco's colorful Victorian Architecture. This is no...
Category
2010s American Realist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A vibrant orange sunset silhouettes the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. In the foreground, a partly out-of-focus green street light occupies the top half of the composi...
Category
1970s Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chelsea: Old New York West Side Highway Industrial Trucks In Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Old New York is captured. Angelic golden light caresses an industrial scene truck at a Chelsea West Side loading dock in 1972. The lighting transforms a gritty and oil-soiled space i...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Las Vegas Gambling Dice - Primary Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A boldly composed Las Vegas casino sign consisting of a three-dimensional red die rests on a King of Clubs. The very graphic sign is captured in an equally bold way by street photog...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Road Not Traveled, Photograph, Archival Ink Jet
By Jon Glaser
Located in Yardley, PA
Cades Cove has a multitude of roads from which to photograph the scenery in the Smoky Mountain National Park. This limited-edition photograph, measuring approximately 40"x60", is pr...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Dancing Waters: The Fountain in Washington Square Park - Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Blurry figures are vaguely seen through the dancing waters of the Washington Square Fountain in New York. Raking light strikes the water streams, which results in dots and dashes of...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Inspiring Spires: Empire State Building in New York City at Gold Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A parade of New York City spires is on full display in this unique view of Manhattan from Queens. Taken in 1974, its composition and graphic appeal still inspires after 50 years. Sa...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Florida - Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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