Modern Portrait Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Showgirl Loretta Goggi during "Happy Circus". Rome, 24.11.1981.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fred Bongusto - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bongusto- Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Alfredo Antonio Carlo Buongusto (6 April 1935 – 8 November 2019), ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez- Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - Vintage b/w Photo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal", directed by Mario Monicelli.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marilyn Monroe Monkey business
By Virgil Apger
Located in CANNES, FR
EKtachrome Vintage 1953 .20x15cm
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Portrait of Anna Magnani - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Portrait of Anna Magnani is a vintage b/w photographic print on single-coated paper, realized in 1950s.
Good conditions.
Anna Magnani was born in Rome, Italy (not in Egypt...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch, 1931, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair under her self portrait hanging on the ...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Richard Gere, Close-Up, San Bernardino by Herb Ritts Vintage print
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
Richard Gere, Close-Up, San Bernardino 1988
by Herb Ritts
A close up shot with the iconic Richard Gere through the lens of Herb Ritts.
Unframed
Matted
Overall size : 11 x 14" inches / 28 x 36 cm
Image Size: 6.75" x 10'' inches / 17 x 26 cm
Printed 2012
Silver Gelatin Print
Mint condition
Certificate of authenticity
Framing option available
Shipped securely from London, England.
Richard Tiffany Gere (/ɡɪər/ GEER;[1][2] born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Sophia Loren, 1964 - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Italian Film
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal.
Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa).
Good condition.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 20th Century, Photography, Roger Moore, James Bond
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days.
A gorgeous black and white fibre print, available in other sizes.
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century – social and political images that both made the news, as well as images from behind the headlines, which show the human race at work and play.
This stunning collection of photographs...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
MICHAEL CAINE PORTRAIT 1964 - signed
By Brian Duffy
Located in London, GB
MICHAEL CAINE PORTRAIT 1964
MICHAEL CAINE – 1964
signed limited edition of 15 only.
silver gelatin
This Michael Caine Portrait by Duffy was taken in 1964, the same year that the f...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cricket in Antigua (1960) - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cricketers on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands and the MCC, Antigua,
West Indies, ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Portrait Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of the Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo leaning against a wall, with a dark scarf wrapped around her shoulders.
Pap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel, New Workers School, NY
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida in front of the Unfinished Unity Panel by Lucienne Bloch is a black a white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, posing in front of Diego Rivera's half painted m...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Mick Jagger Jerry Hall Contact Sheet
by Norman Parkinson
1981
American model Jerry Hall with singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in a pho...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photograph - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s.
Good condition.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè - Vintage Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè is a black and white vintage photo realized in 1937.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini in a Meeting - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini in a meeting is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lady's Painting - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady's Painting is a vintage photo, realized in the early-20th Century
Good conditions and aged
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical moments, places...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Baths of Caracalla - Vintage photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Baths of Caracalla is a vintage print in salt silver realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century.
Titled on the lower.
Good conditions with some foxing and folding
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tibor de Nagy Portrait Photo NYC Gallery
Located in Surfside, FL
Tibor De Nagy - October 11 1960
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Lawrence Lipton Photo Beatnik Beat Writer
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Lipton May 17 1965
photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmod...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vintage Silver Gelatin Magnum Press Photo Eve Arnold Marilyn Monroe Photograph
By Eve Arnold
Located in Surfside, FL
Marilyn Monroe
Vintage press photo. Photographer Eve Arnold for Magnum Photos. 1962 printed later. (I believe in the early 80's)
Eve Arnold, OBE...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Magnum Press Photograph Arthur Miller with Saul Steinberg Mask Photo
By Inge Morath
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage Magnum press photo. Shot in the 60's by Inge Morath, printed in the 80's.
Arthur Miller peers out from Saul Steinberg mask. (with Marilyn Mon...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with Cigarette by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Giclée Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Cigarette by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo wearing flowers in her and holding a cigarette in her hand.
Edition 5/...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Biting Her Necklace by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo. Frida playfully bites her necklace as she poses for her portrait....
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr'
Located in New York, NY
Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr, 1969
silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
edition of 50
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity from the O'...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida Winking by Lucienne Bloch, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida Winking by Lucienne Bloch is a portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair, winking at the camera.
Image size: 8.25 x 10.25 in.
Mount size: 16 x 20 in.
Silver G...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Platinum Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Granizo by Nickolas Muray is a black and white portrait of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo with her pet fawn, Granizo.
Platinum Print
Image size: 11 x 10.5 in.
Pa...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum
Slim Aarons, La Canzone Del Mare (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
La Canzone Del Mare, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway Beverly Hills Hotel Oscar'
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel
1977 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
60 x 60 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) is an English ph...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Ursula Pacelli in Venice' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ursula Pacelli
1957 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Ursula Pac...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Alice Cooper and Family, Los Angeles'
Located in New York, NY
Alice Cooper, Los Angeles, 1974, Printed Later
Silver gelatin print
40 x 40 inches
estate stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Neill, Alice ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery as Bond' (Sheriff)
Located in New York, NY
Terry O'Neill
Sean Connery as Bond
1971 (printed later)
silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Scot...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'The Beatles at Wembley' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
The Beatles
silver gelatin print
16 x 20 inches
edition of 50
Signed and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Paul McCartney and John Lennon rehearse for a TV spe...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Audrey Hepburn Dove'
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Dove, 1967, Printed Later
Silver gelatin print
72 x 48 inches
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry O'Neill CBE (...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Spain' (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Spain, 1971
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
(rare)
Brigitte Bardot on the set of ‘Les Petroleuses’ a.k.a. ‘The Legend of Fren...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot, Les Novices' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot with dog, on set of Les Novices (Co-signed)
Silver Gelatin Print
Edition of 50
16 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
(rare)
French actress Brigitte Bard...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs, London' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, London
1974 (printed later)
Silver Gelatin Print
Signed and numbered edition 1 of 50
Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) is an English photographer. He gained reno...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Luke and Leia, Star Wars'
Located in New York, NY
Luke and Leia (Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher), Star Wars, 1977
Chromogenic print
30 x 30 inches
estate edition of 50
American actors Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in costume as brot...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Peggy Guggenheim in Venice' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Peggy Guggenheim in Venice
1978
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
September ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot, Les Petroleuses' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Les Petroleuses
1971
Silver gelatin print
edition of 50
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
rare
Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petroleu...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Milton H. Greene 'Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly'
Located in New York, NY
Milton H. Greene
Grace Kelly
1955 (printed later)
All archival pigment prints, signed on reverse by the Estate
American actress and then Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly for an Ameri...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Frida in New York by Nickolas Muray, Carbon Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida in New York by Nickolas Muray features Frida Kahlo in a colorful red, yellow and blue dress with light blue bows in her hair and a cigarett...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Mr. Carl Edward Sagan - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. Carl Edward Sagan is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
The photo depicts the American Astronomer, Carl Edward Sagan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo-Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of... - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Leone in Campidoglio, Anniversary of Defence, Rome is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historic...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Carraro and Primo Nebiolo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Forest - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is a Photograph silver salt print, dedicated to Mrs. Ferrari on paper in the early 20th Century
Signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Glued on a dark greenish Passepart...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Afghan Woman - Vintage Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Afghan Woman is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th Century
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Audrey Hepburn in Grey Turtleneck Sweater, Glances Right , 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c23_14 -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for LIFE magazine in 1953. The photo essay shows images from a regular day on the set. "…Not because there is anything so re...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Set of Sabrina, Street at Night, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey, r34_2 -- Audrey Hepburn in the studio village for Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Photographed for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 22"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' (1976) Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc by Slim Aarons, 1976 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Guests standing by a white Rolls-Royce convertible courtesy car at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes,...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Frida with Idol by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Carbon Pigment Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
Frida with Idol by Nickolas Muray depicts Mexican painter Frida Kahlo posing while holding a green stone carved idol in her hand. She stands in front o...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Modern portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Terry O'Neill, and Kevin Westenberg. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern portrait photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,806.
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