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An Ideal Eclipse, Part I

An Ideal Eclipse, Part I

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time …. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers etc. ​

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Summer Flowers with Lavender Bells

Summer Flowers with Lavender Bells

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time …. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers etc. ​

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media
Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media

Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media

Located in valatie, NY

Projection has long been transforming space, from shadow plays to camera obscuras and magic lantern shows. Our fascination with projection is alive on the walls of museums and galler...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Smoke Stacks Variation
Smoke Stacks Variation

Smoke Stacks Variation

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building at Night
Chrysler Building at Night

Chrysler Building at Night

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue
Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue

Chrysler Building from Madison Avenue

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

59th Street Bridge
59th Street Bridge

59th Street Bridge

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

World Trade Center
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Chrysler Building Through Window
Chrysler Building Through Window

Chrysler Building Through Window

By Tom Baril

Located in New York, NY

In composing the seascapes, Baril employs the traditional box camera obscura, better known as the pinhole camera.

Category

Early 2000s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Autumn Garden Walk
Autumn Garden Walk

Autumn Garden Walk

By John Atkinson Grimshaw

Located in New Orleans, LA

He was fascinated by the relatively new art of photography and often used a camera obscura in developing his compositions. He strove relentlessly to perfect his own very individual v...

Category

19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France
Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France

Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France

By French House & Garden

Located in Valladolid, ES

Brief history of the magic lantern The magic lantern is based on a device based on a camera obscura with a set of lenses and a sliding support in which painted transparencies were p...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Materials

Crystal, Iron

Luciano Castelli "Male Nude 1982" Neuen Wilden Berlin
Luciano Castelli "Male Nude 1982" Neuen Wilden Berlin

Luciano Castelli "Male Nude 1982" Neuen Wilden Berlin

Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE

His enthusiasm for playing with perspective led to intensive experiments with a homemade camera obscura. It was in this context that he created the so-called Revolver Paintings—paint...

Category

1980s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Pigment

Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

By Catherine Jansens

Located in Gent, VOV

Jansens also adopted the use of the camera obscura, an optical device that has been used by artists for centuries to project an image onto a surface, which she then meticulously trac...

Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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Camera Obscura For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the camera obscura you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect camera obscura among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right camera obscura is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, blue and brown. A camera obscura from Abelardo Morell — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in archival pigment print, pigment print and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Camera Obscura?

A camera obscura can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $14,625, while the lowest priced sells for $499 and the highest can go for as much as $30,000.