Mitchell Funk Art
American, b. 1950
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of color photography. In 1970, he participated in one of the first color photography shows at the Brooklyn Museum titled “Images en Couleur." In 1971, he was included in the visionary books Frontiers of Photography and Color (Life Library of Photography), both published by Time-Life. He has done more than 50 photography magazine covers, including covers for Newsweek and Life.
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Artist: Mitchell Funk
Bike Rider at Sunset and the Karate Kid - Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper.
Mitchell Funk is a p...
Category
2010s Street Art Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Painted Ladies Victorian Architecture, Alamo Square San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Famous Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a colorful image of the classic scene of San Francisco's colorful Victorian Architecture. This is no...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Manhattan White Dog among Autumn Leaves , Minimalism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mitchell Funk depicts New York City somewhere between the ideal and the real. In an Upper East Side park, he shoots a lone white dog standing at the intersection ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Anti-Vietnam War Protesters Hippies in Central Park with American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An attractive ffemale Hippie in Central Park during an Anti-Vietnam War protest and sandwiched with another image of an American flag.
The print is signed...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lower Manhattan Skyline in Gold Light with Moon. New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City seen uniquely through the artful lens of Mitchell Funk. We all have seen images of the financial district in Lower Manhattan but this original in a very artful way.
T...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Moondog in Infrared Against Black Rock CBS Building, Street People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moondog, was a blind American composer and musician. He was a fixture in front of the CBS building Black Rock on 6th Avenue and 5nd street. Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tra...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Unexpected Billboard from The High Line Chelsea
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected detail of a green billboard is shown occupying the full lower left-hand quadrant of a city scene composition. It was shot by street photographer Mitchell Funk from The High Line...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
African American Youth With Water Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abstraction. A candid s...
Category
1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Shirtless Man with Hat Against Pink Wall Chelsea, Manhattan - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpectedly bright magenta wall serves as a background for a hatted passerby. In 1970 very few people were shooting in color, and just a handful of photographers exploited the co...
Category
1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Groovy Portrait. Hippy at Psychedelic Head Shop St. Mark's Place, East Village
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Groovy portrait of a hippy in from of a Head Shop in St. Mark's Places, East Village. In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, ...
Category
1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sun Reflector with old men in the park. Vintage New York Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The glorification of light was an early theme Mitchell Funk employed in his street photography. Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Conversation: Late Afternoon Impressionist Light in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal: make color photography full of color in what was then a nascent ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Head Shop East Village New York City, Hippie Era
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Vagabond Vagrant - Life on the Fringe in the Bowery - The Streets of New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...
Category
1960s Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Wall Lower Manhattan Street Scene - Early Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image is as much about the color of the red wall and the psychedelic colors of the female's shirt street as the three figures who populate the composition. Color is a co-subject...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spiritual Hare Krishna Central Park, Consciousness is the Original Energy
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, Central Park was a center for celebrations and protests. In his image, the Hare Krishnas who are a mystical sect of Hinduism are capture in singing their mantra....
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1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hard Times - Street People in Monochromatic Grey New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1971, it was qu...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street People. Old Man On Park Bench New York City, Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago, in 1971, it was q...
Category
1970s Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elderly Husband and Wife Group Street Portrait Against a Manhattan Red Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 50 years ago, in 1972, it was q...
Category
1970s Post-War Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square Theater Posters Morosco Theatre. FORTY CARATS
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022 this does not seem like a big deal. But 53 years ago in 1969 it was quit...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Skid Row Bowery Street Portrait - The Streets of New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago, in 1970, it was q...
Category
1970s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Street People Bowery - New York City's "Skid Row - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...
Category
1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Deco Paris - Eiffel tower Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love" Gold
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Reminiscent of the dreamy elegance of a bygone era, Mitchell Funk transforms a tourist location into the quintessence of timeless Paris chic. To achieve this the photographer had to rid the Trocadero of toursits. Next came choosing the right camera angle and lighting the scene dramatically. The photo recalls Brian Ferry...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Homeless Souls in Bryant Park, Manhattan - Vintage New York Homeless
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abandoned Homeless Man on the Steps of Bryant Park - Street Photography in Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids with Colorful Clothes in Brooklyn Park - Color Photography Pioneer
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal is to make color photography full of color. In this image, notice how the colors of the kids...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Kids having Fun in front East Village Yellow Wall, Street Photography in Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans.
S...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Deco Paris - Eiffel tower Place du Trocadéro Statues " Slave to Love" Gold
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Reminiscent of the dreamy elegance of a bygone era, Mitchell Funk transforms a tourist location into the quintessence of timeless Paris chic. To achieve this the photographer had to rid the Trocadero of toursits. Next came choosing the right camera angle and lighting the scene dramatically. The photo recalls Brian Ferry...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hip Beautiful Black Female Roller Skates in Central Park Soaked in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A hip young black woman in Central Park pauses for a moment of reflection after her roller skate dance. Street photographer, Mithcell Funk, captures her in an off moment of introspe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Airplane in Surreal Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Photography in the Sky - Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street p...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Red Porsche with Classic Volkswagen Mini Bus - Vintage Cars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A bright red 1970s Porsche is photographed and fills the composition's foreground. It's bright red color functions more like a color field painting. This is a trail-blazing image. ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal City Scene with Man and his Shadows - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühl...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
South Beach in the 1970s. Old Man Walking Enters Building - Old Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image of an elderly man entering a dilapidated Miami Beach apartment building shows how the famous resort looked before it became a hip international resort. Mitchell Funk's gra...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square in the 1960s - Portrait with Dancing Sign - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Even at the age of 19, street photographer Mitchell Funk forged a unique style of street color photography. It was based on formal and exacting compositions with an emphasis on stron...
Category
1960s American Realist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
Category
2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Bowery Skid Row Portrait. Urban Street Art - Mid Century Green Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For generations, The Bowery was known for homeless, abandoned alcoholics. This insightful and soulful portrait from 1969 shows one of the Bowery's street residents against a green w...
Category
1960s Modern Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Spire of the Chrysler Building in Silver, Manhattan Art Deco Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building, a New York art deco masterpiece, is framed by modern buildings in this carefully composed image by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk.
Signed and dat...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flowers Melt Snowy New York - Joyful Red Roses on a Blustery Gloomy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
They say that New York City is full of contrast and contradictions. So is the case in this unexpected street photograph by Mitchell Funk, where we see the joyful optimism of a of bo...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this 19...
Category
1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972.
Signed ...
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1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco - Blue Water , Blue Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
White sailboats form a beautiful pattern in San Fransico Bay. The shapes of Sailboats in San Francisco dot the bay and are echoed by Cumulus clouds
Signed and dated on the lower r...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Deco Movie Theater Marquee - Color Field Painting Meet Photography, Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A marquee for an Art Deco Movie theater in Denton, Texas is photographed with meticulous precision by street photographer Mitchell Funk. Funk's approach...
Category
1980s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Downtown Manhattan Skyline with Graffiti Wall, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The towering glass skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan are framed by a colorful rooftop graffiti wall in this captivating photograph by street photographer Mitchell Funk .
The fine art p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan Bathed in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon golden light reflects off the metallic facade of the Twin Towers, turning them into two graphic shapes that tower above the lower Manhattan skyline. Glittering reflect...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic seascape with golden seas complemented by an equally golden sky is depicted with a child seen from the back gazing out into infinity. The viewer can read into it what he/...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Street Scene with Neon.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
At dusk in Manhattan, a restaurant facade turns red and yellow from the exterior neon light. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment when the snowy skies open ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown United Nations, 42nd Street Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A tightly cropped view of Midtown Manhattan from across the East River in Queens yields a view of the city that only an artist can provide. This perfect arrangement of buildings can ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Urban Street Scene, 9 West 57th Street in New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Famous 9 West 57th Street red sculpture anchors a New York City street photograph that is part representation and part abstract. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Story of a Street Light and a Bridge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an arresting image composed of contrasting elements. A common New York City street light morphs into a haunting abstraction while ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers are captured in leisure time with a magical golden rim light that transforms the subjects into shapes.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes avail...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Roof Top Jazz Trumpet Player Celebration of Life, Fireworks in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celebration of Life is symbolized by a rooftop Black Jazz Musician hitting the high note just as a fireworks display lights up the New York sky. Signed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Victorian Row Houses in First Light and Billowing Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's famous Victorian Row Houses are soaked in the golden light of early morning. The dramatic clouds above take on the same color scheme of th...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Hell's Kitchen , New York City, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots an upward view of an old walkup in Hell's Kitchen with golden glittering light against a hot sky. The warm colors vaguely allude to the distr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mitchell Funk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk art, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bill Jacobson, Carol Inez Charney, and Oz Van Rosen. Mitchell Funk art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,000 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.