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Art For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Martin Whatson
Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for b...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Backstage At La Scala' 1948 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Silver Gelatin Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front Paper size 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm Printed 2020 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE : 12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm 20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm 30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm 40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm FRAMING: Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service. If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote. Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency. b/w black and white relaxing luxury glamour 1940s 40s fashion...
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1940s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. Additional Information: Unframed Pap...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda,...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Diners at an outdoor restaurant, San Diego, California, October 1956. Additional Information: Unfram...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Winter Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Winter Pool (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964. Additional Information: Unfram...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. Add...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stu...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) An aerial view of Palm Beach, Florida, 1955, showing La Coquille Hotel and its swimming pool. Additio...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Mexico Fishing Boats (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. Additional Information: Unframed Pap...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara, California,...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, A...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Sixty eight-foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from G...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment, Color

Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Christmas Traffic (1953) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Red and white automobile lights on Park Avenue, New York at Christmas time. The rear and headlights at nigh...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment, Color

Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Skiers enjoy a drink by the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. Additional Informat...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Stocking Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s aerial seascape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II' , Stocking Isla...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Skiiers soak up the sun in Verbier, 1964. Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplie...
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1960s Modern Art

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C Print

Sunbathing in Arizona, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. 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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. 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. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday." Slim Aarons Sunbathing in Arizona...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. This ...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lambda

Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. 60x40 inches paper size Estate Sta...
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1960s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 'Crossing Snow Field' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. Slim Aarons Crossing Snow Field 1963 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand number...
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1960s Modern Art

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C Print

Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a helicopter arriving at a mo...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas 1968 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate St...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953 Members of 'old Newport' watching the action on court at Newport Tennis Week, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. Large oversize 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Positano Beach, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Hotel Punta Tragara Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Punta Tragara The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1970s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tiger Morse, A La Carte Shop, New York, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Tiger Morse Slim Aarons Estate Edition Tiger Morse in feathered mask sits in the 'A la Carte' shop, New York. Chromogenic Lambda print Slim A...
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1960s American Realist Art

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Lambda

Pool Party on the Steps, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 19...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Princess Ruspoli, Lech am Arlberg, Austria
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, February 1979. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350...
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1970s American Realist Art

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Lambda

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for b...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Pop And Society Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society 1968 From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed pa...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968. From 'A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons' Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stam...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. This ...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lambda

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for b...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Skiers in Lech
Located in London, GB
Skiers line up for a hike to ski resort Zurs from Lech, Austria, February 1979. Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collec...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, 'Poolside at Hotel du Cap' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. Slim Aarons Hotel du Cap 1969 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 w...
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1960s Modern Art

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C Print

'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' 1964 Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. Produced from the original tran...
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1960s Modern Art

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C Print

Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. This ...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lambda

Pool In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Pool In Sotogrande Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Gorgeous print measuring 60x40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped...
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1970s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, ...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Ladies Of Lyford Cay
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. 20 x 30 inches $3000 20 x 24 inches $2500 16 x 20 inches $2150 ...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Palm Beach Street 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Bettina Graziani, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, Estate Ed.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. Visual description: This iconic photograph features a woman in a green bikini swimsuit and yellow hair wrap leading a small boat with a red and white sail and sunfish logo. In the background is a bright white villa and small sculptural trees, in crisp contrast to the sparkling water turquoise pool. The bright red diagonal strips of the boat's sail draw the eye down and across the picture to figure, who creates small waves as she wades through the blue water towards the right edge of the picture plane, creating an overall satisfying sense of cheerful motion and activity. Slim Aarons Bettina Graziani 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 60 x 60 inches $5100 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 16 x 16 inches $2150 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 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. 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). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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. Internal: Slim Aarons French Fashion Model, Vintage European Glamour, Vintage Sport, Swimming, Boating, Vintage Holiday, 60s, Sardinia, Costa Smeralda, vintage summer. The Costa Smeralda ( 'Emerald Coast...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate St...
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1940s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Crespi Family Members, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Left to right: Brando Crespi and daughter Chloe, with his sister Pilar Crespi Echavarria and her son Sebastian, at Monte Argentario Polo Club, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy, September...
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1980s Realist Art

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Lambda

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
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 ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 'Tullio Abbate' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Tullio Abbate, of Abbate Boats, at the back of a yacht moored at a property on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, in June 1983. Slim Aarons Tullio Abbate 1983 C print (Printed later) ...
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1980s Modern Art

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C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Sugarbush Slopes 1960
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Skiers relaxing on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

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