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Art For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Patricia Heal
Slim Aarons 'The Lure Of Lamu' 1987 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'The Lure Of Lamu' The resort of Kiwayu Mlango wa Chanu in the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, February 1987. The resort is run by Governors' Camp of the Masai Mara. 40 x 30" inches /...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Capri Tan Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Capri Tan 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy unframed c type print print...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'The High Life' : Mid-century Modern Photography : Celebrity
Located in New York, NY
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi, Sabine Korte and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez. September 1968. The High Life 1968 C prin...
Category

1960s Modern Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Snowmass Village
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village Two fashionably attired women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes of Snowmass Village, in P...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Holiday in Capri, July 1958 - Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri
Located in Brighton, GB
Motorboats and Swimming in Water off Island Capri, one female swimmer floats in the water off the island of Capri while companions lounge on deck 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Est...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Princess Caroline Of Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Princess Caroline Of Monaco 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pousada Dos Buzios Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pousada Dos Buzios 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Friends by the pool at Pousada Dos Buzios in Brazil, August 1975. Left is student Fabian Crespo, lying on...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Saint Tropez 1971 - Sunbathers Enjoy Late Afternoon Sun on French Riviera
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition, French Riviera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party - Limited Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition C print 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm unframed. ' Poolside Party ' A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. K...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

Eden Roc Pool - Hotel du Cap Swimming Pool on French Riviera in South France
Located in Brighton, GB
Eden Roc Pool - Hotel du Cap Swimming Pool on French Riviera in South France by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Ple...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Wendy Vanderbilt
Located in London, GB
American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inches / ca 50.8 x 50.8 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Desert House Party - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designe...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Holidaymakers in Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

'Mustique' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
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

'Sunbathing On Capri' Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons ESTATE EDITION (edition size 150 only) Super Oversize 60 x 40 inches Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Cata...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Bahamas Signpost - Palm Trees and Signposts for Holidaymakers in the Bahamas
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Trees and Signposts for Holidaymakers in the Bahamas, a shot perfectly composed with the Bahamas signpost in the centre. 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. E...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

C Print

View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel Landscape on French Riviera
Located in Brighton, GB
View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel Landscape on French Riviera 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

Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print

Slim Aarons 'Eye Of The Beholder'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man c...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

'Coral Beach' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Coral Beach' A view of Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limi...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Poolside Secrets, Estate Edition, Slim Aarons Palm Beach Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer share a secret at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Description and alt text: In this classic image of midcentury poolside glamour, two suntanned white women share a moment by the sparkling blue and green reflective swimming pool. Flo Smith wears a breezy straw hat and sailor striped top with white shorts, and Lily Pulitzer wears a mod Grecian vase print and coral pants, and a vibrant pink kerchief. The figures in the foreground are in crisp detail, and the lush background of palm trees and cool blue sky is in soft focus. There is a beautiful contrast between the soft-focus background foliage and its graphic, bright reflection in the pool in the middle ground. Flo holds a white bag and her nails are painted red, echoing the trim of her hat. Pulitzer wears a jade bracelet, echoing the jade of the pool and her top, and her nails are natural. A blue cabana can be seen in the background. Flo holds an arm around Lily's waist, and Lily lightly tips the corner of Flo's hat. This is a perfect image for a collector of classic photography, midcentury glamour, or iconic friendship. Color chips for complementary decorative shades of soft red, deep pink, delft blue (sky), and jade greens (pool, palms and poolside foliage) can be seen in slideshow. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition Modern printing from original transparency C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color Paper weight 210gms Matte Satin Surface 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 photography, 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 tags are vintage glamour, vintage Palm Beach, midcentury glamour featuring Lily Pulitzer, Slim Aarons, classic midcentury photography, perfect reflection, iconic friendship, historic glamour, red, pink, blue and green, turquoise and jade...
Category

1960s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A young skier prefers to ca...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 Limited Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 72x48” / 183 x 122 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

El Venero - View Across Swimming Pool of Moorish Villa in Marbella
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Digital

Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, 1967. unframed c type print pr...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957. unfra...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes, 1976 Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France. 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stampe...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

'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...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Polo' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Spectators standing next to polo mallets and riding helmets during a polo match in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Polo 1964 C-Print Estate signature stamped and ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Andros Island' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Andros Island' Friends prepare for a day snorkeling by Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Additional Informati...
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1950s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Funk In Tuscany Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Funk In Tuscany 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Italian fashion designer, model and socialite, Marta Marzotto (1931 – 2016), playing a James Brown album on ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Tennis At Newport Casino'
Located in New York, NY
A view from the umbrella boxes towards the tennis court at Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. Susanna Boylston Bolton 1965 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and ...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas - 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. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stam...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Poolside Friendship - NEW Archive discovery - Limited Estate Print A brand new release from the Slim Aarons Estate & Archive - this...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

Laguna Beach Surfers - Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Three surfers with their boards at sunset, Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons) This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'. A beautiful authentic LIMITED EDITION Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - limited to 150 only. Numbered in ink & emboss stamped on front. Gorgeous print measuring a very large 60 x 40" inches / ca 151 x 101 cm's. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. Slim Aarons Archive authorized. Supplied with certificate of authenticity. We ship regularly using crating...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Verbier Vacation (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Verbier Vacation, 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Ver...
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Poolside in Sotogrande, 1975 - Sunbathers Poolside in Spanish Sotogrande
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside in Sotogrande, 1975 - Sunbathers Poolside in Spanish Sotogrande by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Poolsi...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" x 48" paper size Photo by Sli...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" x 48" paper size Photo by Sl...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines
Located in Brighton, GB
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Afternoon Gathering on Terrace with Vines 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Villa del Balbian...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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C Print, Color, Lambda, Photographic Paper

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

Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print 1967
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida. This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Lambda

Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

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Lambda

Carlton Hotel, 1958 - White Hotel Architecture in Cannes on French Riviera
Located in Brighton, GB
Carlton Hotel, 1958 - White Hotel Architecture in Cannes on French Riviera by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. P...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Drinks' 1975 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Drinks' May 1975: Guests around the pool at Dorothy Laughlin's Santa Barbara home. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Hotel De Paris In Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel De Paris In Monaco 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977 unframed c type print printed...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, the sun-kissed home away from home for titans of literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). Two female bathers in black sunhats enjoy a holiday in bikini and topless styles, against the rocks. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons...
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1970s Realist Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Caribe Hilton Beach
Located in London, GB
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1956. Gorgeous print measuring ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlto...
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1950s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Pairs 1970 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 40 x...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Conca dei Marini - Crystal Turquoise Water and Sandy Bay on Italian Amalfi Coast
Located in Brighton, GB
Conca dei Marini - Crystal Turquoise Water and Sandy Bay on Italian Amalfi Coast 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, Color, C Print, Digital Pigment

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

Materials

C Print

Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. This image features a classic Slim Aarons contrast: between the manmade and the beauty of nature. It's an expertly composed scene of midcentury glamour that still feels casual and light. The azure blue of the sky contrasts with the deeper blues and aquas of the sea, and the sparkling turquoise of the pool. While human figures anchor the scene, the expertly captured contrast of natural grandeur and architectural geometry make this scene truly magnificent. Image Description: In the background, leafy green palm trees and other trees blow in the breeze before a bright azure sky and slightly deeper blue ocean surf. In the foreground, two couples walk the pool deck in pastel pink and green clothing. Three children play in the turquoise pool. A verdant green hedge lines the front of the image, anchored by seven white florals in white pots. In the background is a pool cabana...
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1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Art

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Lambda

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