Realist Color Photography
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Port Life, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man stops to watch a young woman tie her sandals on the pavement in Portofino marina, August 1977.
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Portofino Harbour, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The harbour in the Ligurian town of Portofino, August 1977.
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Sugarbush Skiing, Estate Edition, Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
Visual Description: A skiier crests a snow-covered mountain in Sugarbush, Vermont, in 1960.
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Sugarbush Skiing
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.
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.
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.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Internal: Vintage Sugarbush, Vintage Ski Photography...
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Dining In Sicily, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Count Giuseppe d'Almerita dining with guests in Sicily, Italy, in October 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Olimpia Hruska, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy, 1964.
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Beach At Positano, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at Positano, Italy, 1979. The view looks north along the coastline.
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Il Pellicano Tennis, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Aston Martin DB6 sports car driving past the tennis courts at Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, C...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Borneo 7: urban city architecture landscape in dark night, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
Category
2010s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Pope Paul VI, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) delivering a sermon during his visit to Venice, Italy, in October 1972.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity in...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Borneo 6: urban city architecture in dark night with gold tones, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
Category
2010s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
The Costa-Delords, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delfina Costa-Delord and Alessia Costa-Delord posing for a portrait, each wearing a hat, in Asolo, Italy, in September 1988.
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Britt Ekland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1969, Swedish actress Britt Ekland in Porto Ercole, Italy.
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Numbered and stamped by the ...
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Pool At Villa Gli Arieti, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The pool at the Villa Gli Arieti, home of Lamberto Micangeli, in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. In the distance is his daughter Marina's 16th century castle, To...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Franco Zeffirelli, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1985, Film director Franco Zeffirelli at his home, Tre Ville, in Positano, Italy.
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, 1961. Ingrid was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in Mexico City.
Portofino Villa
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Positano Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Massimo Family, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960, Prince and Princess Massimo with five of their six children in their residence, Palazzo Massimo all Colonne, Rome, Italy.
Slim Aarons Estate Ed...
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Nino Cerruti, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Nino Cerruti, fashion designer and perfumer with a model in Capri.
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Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Skiing In Vail, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Holiday In Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino and Bianca Volpato holiday with their friends on Capri, Italy, July 1958.
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Numbered and stamped by the...
Category
1950s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Walking On Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rodney Pleasants, Alessandro Spicaglia, Pauline Cappa, Don C. Napolitano and Luigi Boscaln walking on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certif...
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Belvedere Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984.
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Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estat...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968.
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Biblioteca S. Francisco, Lima
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectural and cultural importance, some open to the public, others not easily accessi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Capri Hotel, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Richard Bolliger, owner of Bolliger Transport Worldwide, holidaying on Capri, September 1989.
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Princess Bianca, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Bianca Hanau-Schaumburg at her Gstaad chalet, 1985.
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Party on the Steps, Estate Edition, Palm Springs Poolside series
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970: Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Partygoers in vintage desert glam and sportswear enjoy the afternoon in a in pastel ...
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Portofino Harbour, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The harbour in the Ligurian town of Portofino, August 1977.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collecto...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Dining In Sicily, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Count Giuseppe d'Almerita dining with guests in Sicily, Italy, in October 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
Category
1950s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Conca dei Marini, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
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Numbered...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Lunch At La Pigna, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino's in New York, Gus and Geraldine Pucillo, of the Petite Marmite in Palm Beach,...
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968.
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1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Pope Paul VI, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) delivering a sermon during his visit to Venice, Italy, in October 1972.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity in...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Conca dei Marini, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
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Numbered...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Piazza Umberto, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view of a parasols shading customers at cafes and restaurants in the Piazza Umberto, on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate o...
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Castello Di Paraggi, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Castello di Paraggi near Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
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Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collecto...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Positano Beach, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons ...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Myanmar 3: portrait photograph of young girl child in green, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
Category
2010s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Poolside Bar, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980.
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Hotel Il San Pietro, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979.
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Numbered and stampe...
Category
1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Lunch At La Pigna, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino's in New York, Gus and Geraldine Pucillo, of the Petite Marmite in Palm Beach,...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
A Roman Prince, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1982: Prince Raimondo Orsini d'Aragona stands in the ancient Roman forum wearing an elegant suit by tailor Savini-Brioni.
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Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Eden Rock, Estate Edition, Bay of St. Jean in the Caribbean island of St. Barts
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 1973. The house is now a hotel
Slim Aa...
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
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Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive t...
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
San Vicenzo, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1984, Donna Stefanella Vanni Calvello di San Vicenzo in the Hall of Mirrors at her family's palazzo in Palermo, Sicily. The focal point of Sicilian Belle-Epoque society, this eightee...
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1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Nino Cerruti, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Nino Cerruti, fashion designer and perfumer with a model in Capri.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Hotel Punta Tragara, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974.
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Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Edna Lewis, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A restaurant in Positano, Italy, 1958. One of the woman is art director Edna Lewis.
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Numbered and stamped by the Sli...
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1950s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Holiday In Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino and Bianca Volpato holiday with their friends on Capri, Italy, July 1958.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the...
Category
1950s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Borneo 4: photograph of sleeping man at yellow cafe table, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
Category
2010s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Apres Ski, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs Alfredo Cernadas reclines on a balcony in Gstaad, 1977.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collecto...
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1970s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Dining In Sicily, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Count Giuseppe d'Almerita dining with guests in Sicily, Italy, in October 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Home Waters, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
June 1983: Dress designer Gianni Versace (1946 - 1997) and Lalla Spagnol on a motor launch in front of his 17th century villa on Lake Como.
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Category
1980s Realist Color Photography
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Lambda
Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
Category
1950s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Lambda
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Realist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Massimo Listri, Sean Scully, and John Conn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist color photography, so small editions measuring 8.5 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $28,500, while the average work sells for $3,350.