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Art For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Carlos Mérida
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Italy, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Palm Beach Pastels Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959.
unframed
c type pr...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Speedboat Landing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Speedboat Landing
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973.
Gorgeous print ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Monte Carlo' 1975 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo'
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cushing Home 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cushing Home 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Members of the Cushing family outside their home, ‘The Ledges’ in Newport, June 1966.
10 x 10" inches / 25 x 25 cm paper size
Estat...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leisure And Fashion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper si...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, Fe...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach,
Florida, circa 19...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Leisure in Antibes, 1969 - Red Bikini and Red Motorboat in French Riviera Water
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Leisure in Antibes, 1969 - Red Bikini and Red Motorboat in French Riviera Water by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later....
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Anzio Quayside (1949) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anzio Quayside (1949) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
People at the quayside in Anzio, Italy,
circa 1949.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 12x12''
...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Cap d'Antibes French Riviera Hotel Views Coastline
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Cap d'Antibes French Riviera Hotel Views Coastline by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Spot the Ball, 1960 - Polo Match at Myopia Club in Hamilton Massachusetts in USA
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Spot the Ball, 1960 - Polo Match at Myopia Club in Hamilton Massachusetts in USA by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Alice Topping, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stam...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA, circa 1958
12 x 12" inches /...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dolores Guinness (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness (1965) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda,
Sardinia 1965.
Additional Information:
U...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Pal...
Category
1970s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Dolores Guinness 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stampe...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jackie K, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, Classic Pearls Jacqueline Kennedy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic portrait photograph by midcentury society photographer Slim Aarons, capturing young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy, at a 'April...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Algarve Sunbathers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers in the Algarve, Portugal, August 1973
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons Estate.
Slim Aarons (...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Slim Aarons, 'La Canzone Del Mare' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958.
Slim Aarons
La Canzone del Mare
1958 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authent...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edga...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests relaxing on the terrace at the villa of Umberto and Pucci Nordio, Portofino
This i...
Category
1980s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category
1960s Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'La Canzone Del Mare' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limit...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc - Riva Boats - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' by Slim Aarons
ESTATE EDITION -
numbered and emboss stamped on front. (edition size 150 only)
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane dog, at her Grecian te...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
We Know Our Place 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Algarve Hotel Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, 1970
Slim Aarons
Algarve Hotel Pool
1970. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Great Harbour Cay' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A horseshoe beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
Slim Aarons
Great Harbour Cay
1973
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain,1967
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Villa Nirvana 1972- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm pa...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tennis in San Diego Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego
1956
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 195...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One James Hunt
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Monaco Grand Prix Formula One James Hunt by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'Monaco Grand Prix' is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons.
A unique view from the driver's height of Formula One Grand Prix...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
CZ’s Dogs 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s Dogs 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Vill...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dolores Guinness 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965.
16 x 16" inches / 41 x...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
C.Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C.Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Vil...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Racquet Club Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Racquet Club Pool
1968
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests in the pool at the Villa Vera Racquet Club, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
un...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco with producer Charles K...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, on a lilo in a swimming pool decorated for Christmas, Hollywood, 1954. The Hollywood sign can be seen in the distance.
Estate stamped...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Lambda
Dolores Guinness Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness
German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965.
20 x 20" - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons 'George Hamilton' 1977 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton'
American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977.
40 x 30" / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - Swimming Pool Hotel Cap d'Antibes French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - Swimming Pool Hotel Cap d'Antibes French Riviera by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later
Please n...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984
40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, 1980
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Lambda
View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel on French Riviera Sea Views
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel on French Riviera Sea Views by Slim Aarons
12" x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"V...
Category
20th Century American Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Mustique' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Mustique'
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
$2,200 Sale Price
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Slim Aarons 'Tiziana' 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tiziana' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper si...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California, January 1970
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Coll...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-fron...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Caribe Hilton Beach' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1956.
Slim Aarons
Caribe Hilton
1956. (printed later)
C pri...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Capri Tan 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capri Tan 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man’s Work Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Man’s Work
Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult magazines, ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Antigua Beach Club (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Antigua Beach Club (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The beach club at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies,
1960.
Addi...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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