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Selected Works106

Museum Acquisitions

9 Institutions
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Previous Sales 22

Christie's
Landscape-Basilicata-Italy
Landscape-Basilicata-Italy, 1975
£2,820 ($4k USD)
Oct 2001
Finarte
- People, 1982
- People, 1982
€1,300 ($1k USD)
May 2026
Finarte
- Genk, Belgio, 1985
- Genk, Belgio, 1985
€1,000 ($1k USD)
May 2026
Finarte
- Noto, Sicilia, 1995
- Noto, Sicilia, 1995
€1,000 ($1k USD)
May 2026
Finarte
- Paesaggio italiano, 1985
- Paesaggio italiano, 1985
€3,600 ($4k USD)
May 2026
Finarte
- People, 1982
- People, 1982
€900 ($990 USD)
May 2026
Finarte
- Correggio, 2004
- Correggio, 2004
Bought In
May 2026
Finarte
- Paesaggio, 1987
- Paesaggio, 1987
€16,000 ($18k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Paesaggio urbano, Cetraro, 1985
- Paesaggio urbano, Cetraro, 1985
€4,000 ($4k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Untitled (Landscape), 1978
- Untitled (Landscape), 1978
€3,500 ($4k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- People - Houston, 1985
- People - Houston, 1985
€3,300 ($4k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Paesaggio 1975
- Paesaggio 1975
€3,300 ($4k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Route 66 - Strand Oklahoma, 2001
- Route 66 - Strand Oklahoma, 2001
€2,600 ($3k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Sicilia, Donnafugata, 2007
- Sicilia, Donnafugata, 2007
€1,000 ($1k USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Baia delle Zagare, 1975
- Baia delle Zagare, 1975
€800 ($880 USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Untiled (Landscape), 1970s
- Untiled (Landscape), 1970s
€550 ($605 USD)
Apr 2026
Finarte
- Phoenix, 1979
- Phoenix, 1979
Bought In
Apr 2026
Waddington's
Three Photographs
Three Photographs
CA$2,816 ($2k USD)
Oct 2025
Waddington's
Untitled (Palm Trees)
Untitled (Palm Trees), 1980
CA$1,188 ($868 USD)
Jun 2025
Waddington's
Untitled (Paesaggio)
Untitled (Paesaggio), 1978
CA$500 ($348 USD)
Mar 2025
Bonhams
Rimini
Rimini, 1984
Bought In
Sep 2022
Itineris · Artsy
Paesaggio Urbano. Ibiza - Spagna
Paesaggio Urbano. Ibiza - Spagna, 1992
Bidding closed
Kodak Professional Endura Metal printing

For Sale 8

Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Modena
Modena, 2005
€13,000
Archival Pigment Print
Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, 1990
€13,000
Archival Pigment Print
Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Ibiza
Ibiza, 1992
€13,000
Archival Pigment Print
Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Milano
Milano, 2015
€13,000
Archival Pigment Print
Donna Leatherman Editions · 1stDibs
Untitled from Swimming Pool Series, C Print, Contemporary, 1983, #1/50
Untitled from Swimming Pool Series, C Print, Contemporary, 1983, #1/50
$12,000
Lions Gallery · 1stDibs
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
$4,500
dye-transfer
Lions Gallery · 1stDibs
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
$3,600
dye-transfer
Lions Gallery · 1stDibs
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Varsavia Photo
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Varsavia Photo
$4,500
dye-transfer
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Market122 auction results

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$348 – $17.6K
18 of 20 photographs lots with prices
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$2.9K
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$1.6K
18 priced photographs lots
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May 2026 · $1.1K
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Photographs: $1.6K medianEditioned photos: $195 medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries1

#447 Galerie Stephen Hoffman
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Current Exhibitions1

#2,606 ATLAS Gallery

Splash: Sea, Beach and Pool

Karine Laval, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Robert Capa, Franco Fontana, Arthur Elgort, Ernst Haas, Andreas Gefeller, René Burri, Jan C. Schlegel

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Jun 10, 2026 — Aug 30, 2026

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Past Exhibitions2

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#2,606 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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#7,229 Ca' di Fra'

Franco Fontana EUR

Franco Fontana

Via Carlo Farini, 2, 20154 Milano MI, Italy

Jan 23, 2025 — Feb 27, 2025

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Art Fair Appearances7

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Paris Photo — Paris
2023
Photo London — London
2022
Photo London — London
2021
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Recent Activity11

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Exhibition
Splash: Sea, Beach and Pool
Jun 10, 2026
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Exhibition
Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography
Mar 27, 2026
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2025
Nov 13, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2025
Jun 19, 2025
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Exhibition
Franco Fontana EUR
Jan 23, 2025
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2024
Nov 7, 2024
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Art Fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
Dec 6, 2023
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2023
Nov 9, 2023
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Art Fair
Photo London 2022
May 11, 2022
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Art Fair
Photo London 2021
Sep 8, 2021
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Franco Fontana born
Jan 1, 1933
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