Tina Barney

(American, born 1945)

Tina Barney is a contemporary American photographer whose portraits capture the lifestyles and family dynamics of those around her. The majority of her works are well-orchestrated scenes, the figures and settings carefully arranged to portray the image she desires. “When people say that there is a distance, a stiffness in my photographs that the people look like they do not connect, my answer is, that this is the best we can do,” she has explained. “This inability to show physical affection is in our heritage.” Born on October 27, 1945 in New York, NY, she studied at the Sun Valley Center for Arts and Humanities in Ketchum, ID, from 1976 to 1979.  Just before returning to New York, Barney began photographing people in color using a large format view camera. Upon her homecoming, the artist turned her camera upon family as well as acquaintances such as George Condo. The resulting images of the 1980s and 1990s became the foundation for photobooks such as Theater of Manners (1997). Barney currently lives and works between Westerly, RI and New York, NY. Today, the artist’s photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.

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Tina Barney (191 results)
The Orange Room (from The Europeans), 1996

Tina Barney

The Orange Room (from The Europeans), 1996

Sale Date: October 5, 2021

Auction Closed

The Puppy, 1994

Tina Barney

The Puppy, 1994

Sale Date: October 8, 2021

Auction Closed

The Portrait, 1984

Tina Barney

The Portrait, 1984

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

Auction Closed

The Reception, 1985

Tina Barney

The Reception, 1985

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

Auction Closed

The Floor, 1992, 1992

Tina Barney

The Floor, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

Auction Closed

The Daughters (from The Europeans), 2002

Tina Barney

The Daughters (from The Europeans), 2002

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

Auction Closed

The Hands, 2002

Tina Barney

The Hands, 2002

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

Auction Closed

Untitled (Nudes), 2002

Tina Barney

Untitled (Nudes), 2002

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

Auction Closed

The Churchyard (Wilmar Koenig) from the..., 2004

Tina Barney

The Churchyard (Wilmar Koenig) from the..., 2004

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

Auction Closed

The Foyer from the series The Europeans, 1996

Tina Barney

The Foyer from the series The Europeans, 1996

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

Auction Closed

The Skier, 1986

Tina Barney

The Skier, 1986

Sale Date: December 1, 2020

Auction Closed

The Trustee and the Curator (#6064), 1992

Tina Barney

The Trustee and the Curator (#6064), 1992

Sale Date: October 6, 2020

Auction Closed

Tina Barney

"Swimming" Book, 1991

Sale Date: May 2, 2020

Auction Closed

The Schoolgirls from the series The Europeans, 2001

Tina Barney

The Schoolgirls from the series The Europeans, 2001

Sale Date: April 4, 2020

Auction Closed

The Floor, 1992

Tina Barney

The Floor, 1992

Sale Date: October 2, 2019

Auction Closed

Untitled (The Wedding Photo), 1993

Tina Barney

Untitled (The Wedding Photo), 1993

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

Auction Closed

The Hands, from the series The Europeans, 2002–2004

Tina Barney

The Hands, from the series The Europeans, 2002–2004

Sale Date: February 21, 2019

Auction Closed

Nude #1120, 1996

Tina Barney

Nude #1120, 1996

Sale Date: February 13, 2019

Auction Closed

Swimming, 1991

Tina Barney

Swimming, 1991

Sale Date: March 15, 2019

Auction Closed

Untitled (The Wedding Photo), 1993

Tina Barney

Untitled (The Wedding Photo), 1993

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

Auction Closed

The Boys, 1990

Tina Barney

The Boys, 1990

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

Auction Closed

Swimming

Tina Barney

Swimming

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

Auction Closed

Beverly, Jill and Polly, 1982, 1982

Tina Barney

Beverly, Jill and Polly, 1982, 1982

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

Auction Closed

Untitled (The wedding photo)

Tina Barney

Untitled (The wedding photo)

Sale Date: June 27, 2018

Auction Closed

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