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Art For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Toko Shinoda
Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco, Midcentury Mediterranean Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Monte Carlo Beach Club 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition This is the listing for 72 x 48 inches (at this size, this is a little soft, commensurate with the t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

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

1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'Exotic Hair Care'
Located in New York, NY
Exotic Hair Care 1989 C-print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A woman combing her hair by a waterfall at Rose Hal...
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1980s Modern Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate CAPTION: Guests by the pool...
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1970s Modern Art

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C Print

Palm Springs Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Pool 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'El Venero'
Located in New York, NY
El Venero 1971 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. El Venero, th...
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 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. Paper size 24x20” / 61 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Catch Up By the Pool Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs, 1970: This coveted photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features midcentury socialites in front of the turquoise swimming pool of the iconic Kaufma...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - BIKINIS IN HAITI
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in Ja...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Color

'Sunbathing On Capri' Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing On Capri' by Slim Aarons Huge Oversize 60 x 40 inches Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Often mistaken for a young Kate Moss, this relatively new Archive find is a sumptuous alternate shot to the better known 'Catherine Wilke' (also listed by us). It has all the elements of a typical Slim, beautiful girls in bikinis, swimming pool, and cocktails. 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'. Indeed. :) An exquisite LIMITED EDITION (to 150 only) Edition Slim Aarons C print Print. Gorgeous print measuring a Huge Oversize 60 x 40 inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. Slim Aarons Archive certified & stamped & numbered Supplied with certificate of authenticity. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations is complimentary. EDGE PRINTS...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Blue Seas, 1984 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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 to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change. This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives. All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Authentication issued by Getty. 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Blue Seas, 1984" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons. A view of the crystal clear waters off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. From August 1984. The world of Aarons’s photographs...
Category

20th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Digital, Color, C Print

Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Framed in white. Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tropical Mustique Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tropical Mustique 1989 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989 un...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Sugarbush Chalet
Located in New York, NY
A group of people relaxing in a chalet in the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of the largest ski resorts in New England, in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. Estate stamped and h...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Pantz Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pantz Pool 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, Septem...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Capucine 1957
Located in London, GB
Capucine French actress Capucine fanning herself at a New Years Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. Photo by Slim Aarons. Printed 2022. Silver gelatin print Paper size ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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

Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons, Funk In Tuscany
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Funk In Tuscany, 1969 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Marta Marzotta playing a James Brown album on an Italian Brio...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

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 (...
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1950s Modern Art

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Lambda

Bermuda Idyll Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Idyll 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Mrs Frank McMahon and guests around the pool at her seaside home in Bermuda, 1977. unframed c type print prin...
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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 Sli...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, 'The High Life' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1977. (printed later) C print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity August 1977: Actor Georg...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

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...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lambda

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

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

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

Tennis Guests later Jackie Kennedy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Tennis Guests 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Edition Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy and then Onassis) at Newport Casino for Tennis Week, 1953. Original Publicati...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
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, Lambda

Slim Aarons, Annette Glatzel in Ibiza (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Abaco Holiday, 1986 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc - Supersize
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc Size 72x48" inches / 183 x 122 cm Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. (Photo by Slim Aa...
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1970s Modern Art

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Color, Archival Pigment

Monte Carlo Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Beach Club 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests around the pool at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco, August 1970. unframed c type print pri...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Eden Roc Hotel'
Located in New York, NY
Eden Roc Hotel 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: The luxurious Hotel du Cap Eden Roc at Cap d'Antibe...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Poolside Catwalk Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Catwalk 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 Jose...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

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

All Mine, 1968 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

El Venero, 1971 - Lmited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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...
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20th Century Modern Art

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C Print, Digital

Giacomo Montegazza, 1983 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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...
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20th Century American Modern Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1980s 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

Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
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

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Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper

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 ...
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1980s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Verbier View - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Eden-Roc Pool 1976 by Slim Aarons printed 2025 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 72" ...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

'Skiing Essentials' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Essentials' (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A couple prepares for a day's ski...
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1950s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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

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C Print

La Concha Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
La Concha Beach Club 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. unframed c type print printed 2023 2...
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1970s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot. This is an estate...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Lambda

Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. Slim Aarons Dinner Jazz Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome Black and White Pho...
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1940s American Realist Art

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Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

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

Digging for Clams (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960 Slim Aarons Digging for Clams on Black Beach 1960 Fiber Print Estate...
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1960s American Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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

C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color

Backgammon By The Pool Essentials Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Backgammon By The Pool 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a swimming po...
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1950s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

Harbour Island, Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experience the nostalgia of seaside relaxation with this captivating Slim Aarons photograph, capturing a young couple at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, in 1967. This photograph is a time capsule of coastal elegance and vintage beachwear...
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1960s Realist Art

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Lambda

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

Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957 Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
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1950s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Sardinian Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'Sardinian Holiday' by Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print limited to 150 only numbered in ink & emboss stamped. 40 x 30 " inches paper size Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a ya...
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1960s Modern Art

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C Print

Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (191...
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1950s Modern Art

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Lambda

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