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Art For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Martin Whatson
Slim Aarons 'Gasthof Post Pool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests lounging by the indoor swimming pool of the Gasthof Post in Lech, Austria, February 1979. Slim Aarons Gasthof Post Pool Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Est...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Chalet Costi, Zermatt, 1968 - Switzerland Landscape Photography Zermatt Skiing
Located in Brighton, GB
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, 1968 - Switzerland Landscape Photography Zermatt Skiing by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 15...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Snorkelling In The Shallows
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling In The Shallows A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101.6 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Est...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Fishing Boats in Mexico, 1952 - Southern America Beaches Landscape Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Fishing Boats in Mexico, 1952 - Southern America Beaches Landscape Photography by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. '...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Sunbathing On Capri - Slim Aarons - 20th century colour photography Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons Huge Oversize 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Skiers in Lech 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiers in Lech 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers line up for a hike to ski resort Zurs from Lech, Austria, February 1979 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Apres Ski' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on top of peak KT-22, Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Lounging in Bermuda - Sundowners by Swimming Pool Jill Council Photograph by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Loun...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. This is an estate...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Sunbathing in Capr...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Catch Up By the Pool' Kaufmann Desert House
Located in New York, NY
A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Hel...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Il Canil...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Capucine Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Capucine 1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Year's Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. 20x24" paper size Estate S...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Mustique Hammock - Mustique Island Villa Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mustique Hammock - Mustique Island Villa Photograph by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Mustiique Hammock' is a L...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Winter Fashion in Snowy Landscape by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" image on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. ...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital

Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun
Located in Brighton, GB
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun by Slim Aarons 16 x 16" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Cricket In Antigua, 1960 (Unseen)
Located in New York, NY
Players on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands cricket team and England's Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Antigua, West Indies, 1960. Cricket in Antigua 1960 C prin...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Princess Pia Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Princess Pia 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Princess Pia Ruspoli laying on a lounger by a swimming pool on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. unf...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (1897 - 1962) walking with friends...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Lech Ice Bar Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. unfram...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Out Islands, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features sailing boats in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, April 1964. This is an estate stamped an...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Poolside Backgammon (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from th...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

All Aboard, Monaco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of Friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco. This is an estate stamped...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Palm Beach Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his whi...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Exotic Hair Care - Nude Photograph Tropical Forest Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Exotic Hair Care - Nude Photograph Tropical Forest Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Exotic Hair Care' ...
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20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front. Coun...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Choosing A Top' 1977 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Choosing A Top' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Boutique owner Paul Pallardy helping a young woman to choose a bikini top, St. Tropez, F...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Pool By The Sea' 1985 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea' A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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1980s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980. Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1980s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Curling At St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate sta...
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1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Holidaymakers in Bermuda - Natural Sandy Cove on Beach in Bermuda Island
Located in Brighton, GB
On the Beach in Bermuda - Natural Sandy Cove on Beach in Bermuda Island by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later "On the ...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Beach' A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Caleta Beach, Acapulco, Mexico 1968 - Couple Walking on Sand by Turquoise Sea
Located in Brighton, GB
Caleta Beach, Acapulco, Mexico 1968 - Couple Walking on Sand by Turquoise Sea 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Caleta Beach, Ac...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons Kings Of Hollywood c1974 Framed Color Double Plate
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13"H x 20"W Frame Sz: 14 1/4"H x 21 1/4"W In custom gilt bamboo frame Original color double page from Slim Aarons' iconic book "A Wonderful Time" published 1974 Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart...
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1970s Art

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Color

Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail
Located in Brighton, GB
Fan Mail, 1950 - Marilyn Monroe Silk Lace Gown The Asphalt Jungle Fan Mail by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Pleas...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Eva Maria Lopez'
Located in New York, NY
Eva Maria Lopez 1989 C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Eva Maria Lopez takes...
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1980s Modern Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Tina Onassis 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Tina Onassis 1958: Athina Livanos Onassis (Tina Onassis) the first wife of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis relaxing by the swimming pool aboard thei...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Beautiful greens of th...
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1970s Modern Art

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C Print

French Polo Crowd Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd 1950 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. unframed Silver gelatin print printed 2023 16 ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

California Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May ...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Jean Serpieri 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the fir...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Nude Sunbathing Swimming Pool Brazilian Resort by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Pousada dos Buzios' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century American photographer Slim Aarons. Friends and acquaintances lying by the swimming pool at Pousada dos Buzios in Brazil are photographed by Slim Aarons. The man pictured is Italian restaurateur Stefano Monti. Just east of Rio de Janiero city is Buzios, formerly a quiet little fishing village and since the 1960s a bustling, animated, and absolutely upscale seaside resort, littered with fine restaurants, boutiques, and posh pousadas. Pictured here is one such pousada. Also found in Portugal, pousadas offer a blend between luxury hotel and intimate family-run inn. Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. Both 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' were taken in this location. The similarities between 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' are most evident in the subjects: the female sunbather wearing a black and white swimsuit with the straw sunhat appears to be in both scenes, and the female sunbather with short hair wearing the leopard print bikini appears similarly in both scenes. This image from August 1975...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California,...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. Slim Aarons Il Pellicano Hotel 1980 C print (Printed later) Estate signatu...
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1980s Modern Art

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C Print

Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Canton Nidwald...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis' villa in Acapulco, January. ...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment, Color

Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult maga...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
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, ...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 61...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association)...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - My Toy
Located in London, GB
Member of the ‘Jolly Club’, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince Di Montenevoso at Vallelonga with his red Lola racing car. He is Chief Test Driver for Firestone International, April 1982. P...
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1980s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition Sunbathers by a swimming pool in Capri, Italy, August 1974 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

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