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Figurative Photography For Sale
1967 'Porto Ercole' (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' by Slim Aarons
The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967.
A group of young and stylish girls dressed in capri pants and colourful shirts sit atop vespas an...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
LOUNGING SAILOR
Located in Hudson, NY
In her new exhibition Churilla draws from her years spent as a swimmer, lifeguard, and athlete to capture the forgotten freedom and exuberance of days of youth spent on the water. V...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino and Rava' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Motorboot by Gerhard Richter
Located in London, GB
By Gerhard Richter
Hybrid raster dissolved offset/digital high quality art print on Rives 260 gsm paper
70 x 70 cm
Edition of 500
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Screen
Girl with Dog, Boneco de Pau, Brazil, 1995
By Barnaby Hall
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
After 30 years of only exhibiting fine art photography, the Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring a selection of her gallery photographers and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print
by Slim Aarons
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967....
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Walk on By, Southampton, NY
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 20.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - runs through December 31, 2017. Any framed photographs purchased during the show will be after December 31st. If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current exhibition of the photograph.
ABOUT
The idyllic and playful world of The Peconic Bay in Southampton, NY dances to life in Luciana Pampalone’s first solo exhibition. Each location was scouted by Pampalone and transformed into a vintage 1930s setting by the use of her models and props. A Graphlex camera, aviator goggles, parasols, retro bathing suits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mercer Street, 1992
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 1 of 10
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is produced upon purchase. Please allow two weeks for production.
Shipping time depends on method of shipping.
Price is subject to availability. The Robin Rice Gallery reserves the right to adjust this price depending on the current edition of the photograph
This exhibition is a visual dance of contradictions. Whimsical and sophisticated. Stylistic and simple. Studied and carefree. That’s what emerges when you take a photojournalist by study, fashion photographer by trade and fine artist by instinct and leave him alone with his camera and a muse. Burris’ work is influenced by his early career spent working with fashion photographer Bill King and inspired by the decisive moment made known by the Henri Cartier Bresson. He defies the confines of either discipline. It is not fashion photography, which is by nature produced, but rather purely spontaneous.
Todd left the world of fashion photography after building his own career in Milan and New York to go to LA and find his niche. He embraced his fascination with flea markets and penchant for discarded items that wouldn’t ever be chosen because they were trendy but because they were interesting. Burris packed his 1979 white Pontiac station wagon with his finds. When he came upon a stage that fit the props, he called on his muses and created a visual story on the spur of a moment.
The collection of black and white images conveys a sense of effervescence and Élan. It includes photographs from Burris' time in Los Angeles as well as earlier experimental work in Milan and New York City.
Anything but superficial, the invitational image, "Paget #1" challenges the traditional symmetry of beauty. We see a dramatic close up of a woman’s face, her intense eyes framed by the stark contrast between her porcelain skin and jet black hair. The lighting is such that her face is divided by shadow, one half dark and mysterious, the other half light and classically beautiful. The effect is deeply engaging. The viewer doesn’t know when the photo was taken but you want to know more.
In “Mercer Street...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hommage a Yves Klein - The Violin Player
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Furman is a multimedia artist, body painter and photographer from Bogotá, Colombia. Having studied a range of art practices from body painting and performance to art history ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
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 Figurative 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 Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sexy Male Nude on Endless Road in New Mexico in a Quest for Meaning
Located in Miami, FL
A determined, lone, sexy, nude male is about to sprint down an endless road in New Mexico and, in a quest for meaning, meet his destiny. The image exudes a sense of primal instinct...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
The Art of Travel
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame with white mat.
Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990...
Category
1950s Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Poppies in the Wind
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.)
Phot...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dance Study 1606
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 8, signed, numbered, dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a follo...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Tipper Gore, Democratic Fundraiser 1992 Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Tipper Gore at Democratic Fund Raiser 10/1/1992
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art move...
Category
1990s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Scottsdale Home' Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Scottsdale Home' by Slim Aarons
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
You cannot almost feel the heat!
Guests relax around the beautif...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Vila Vera' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978.
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco)
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Figurative 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 Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Retrato de una Dama (Portrait of a Lady)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this image by Fidel Santos, a crumbling fresco portrait of a beautiful ancient Roman noblewoman is depicted. However, it is Santos' mastery of texture that truly stands out. The d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
Julian Wasser's Iconic Marcel Duchamp Playing Chess with Eve Babitz, 1963
Located in Chicago, IL
Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz, 1963, TIME
Walter Hopps, the curator of Duchamp's landmark retrospective at The Pasadena Art Museum, helped direct this shot by setting up the chess b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Post Impressionist New York City Fountain Scene - like Georges Seurat
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters emanate from a New York City fountain to fill the sky with thousands of circles of light. Bystanders mingle in the mist as Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Circus 1" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Circus 1" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Avai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Slim Aarons 'Apres Ski' 1963 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Apres Ski' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Bodyguard #1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #1, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4 5/8" x 3 5/8" x 5/8" closed
print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Film
Équilibre Instable et Jaune
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Abramow is a Belgian photographer and filmmaker whose work combines seriousness and absurdity. She began taking pictures of her friends at the age of 7, and became passiona...
Category
2010s Figurative Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Lunchtime
Located in Alassa, CY
This bucolic picture at a farm portraits some cattle eating peacefully. Given the long exposure time needed for a pinhole camera, the movements of the animals render their image blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
30 x 40 inches/ 76 x 101 cm paper size
Printed 2022
Archival pigment print
Framing and size options availabl...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' - Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Ancient Ruins
Located in Alassa, CY
An impressive view of ancient ruins hidden behind an opening in the rocks. The flow of light coming from the window is insufficient to brighten the whole scene. this opening in the r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo Mets Baseball Sports Photograph Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Youth at mets Game waiting for Autograph on August 20th, 1970
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s pos...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert M...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Cortina d'Ampezzo
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Cortina d'Ampezzo - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Skiers at Cortina D’Ampezzo in Italy, 1962 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the tr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography
By Tacita Dean
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tacita Dean (British, born 1965)
Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998, 2000
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Top Up?, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Top Up?
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
CAPTION: 1958: Swimsuited revellers enjoy a glass of wine out...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Paul Georges Studio Painting Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Georges poses with self portrait with wife - January 6th 1967
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Paul Georges with Painting Jan 6, 1967
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-ye...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Guggenheim Museum Architecture Photo Alloway
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Alloway Museum Director Jan 28 1964
Photographer - Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art moveme...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Edward Steichen, MoMA Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Steichen, John Durniak, Monroe Wheeler and Edward D. Museum of modern art on Feb 10, 1962
Photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Lounging In Verbier' (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Liam Hopkins, Subway Gorilla
Located in Manchester, GB
Photographic print
59.4 x 84.1 cm (23.39 x 33.11 in), unframed
Each print is numbered and signed by the artist
Limited edition of 20
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Paul Georges Studio Painting Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Georges with Painting Jan 6, 1967
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, i...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Torero Back
Located in New York, NY
Toned gelatin silver print
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto
14 x 11 inches, sheet
(Edition of 25)
20 x 16 inches, sheet
(Edition of 25)
24 x 20 inches, sheet
(Edition of...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bodyguard #4
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #4, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
5" x 4" x .75" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 4/6
Luis González Palma’s mul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
Located in Surfside, FL
Mercedes and Herbert Matter at Jasper Johns Exhibition nov 21 1978 Whitney Museum
photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generatio...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bodyguard #8
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #8, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
5" x 4" x .75" closed
Print size: 4.25" 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Palma’s multi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Bodyguard #7
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #7, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4.5" x 4" x 1" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Palma’s mul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Film
Bodyguard #6
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #6, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4.5" x 3.5" x .75" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Palma’s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Bodyguard #5
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #5, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4.75" x 3.75" x 1" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Palma’s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Bodyguard #3
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #3, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4 3/4" x 3 3/4" x 7/8" closed
Print size: 4.25" x 3.25"
Luis González Palma’s multifa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Bodyguard #2
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Luis Gonzalez Palma
Bodyguard #2, 2010
Original Goldtone photograph, vintage daguerreotype case
4 5/8" x 3 5/8" x 3/4" closed
Print Size: 4.25' x 3.25"
Edition 6/6
Luis González Pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Photographic Film
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Dapper Lord Snowdon Photo Suit & Tie
Located in Surfside, FL
Lord Snowdon
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway actors, troubadours, politicians, agi...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Liam Hopkins, Industry Shark Stairwell
Located in Manchester, GB
Photographic print
59.4 x 84.1 cm (23.39 x 33.11 in), unframed
Each print is numbered and signed by the artist
Limited edition of 20
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Liam Hopkins, Flying Shark 03
Located in Manchester, GB
Photographic print
59.4 x 84.1 cm (23.39 x 33.11 in), unframed
Each print is numbered and signed by the artist
Limited edition of 20
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'The Carlton Hotel Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Carlton Hotel in Cannes
1955
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
CAPTION: A Cadillac with Florida plates p...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Find Figurative Photography for Your Home or Office
Life becomes art in figurative photography. Shared moments are captured and history is recorded in images of people and their lives.
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