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Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Raphael Macek
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Desert House Party - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D'Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estat...
Category
1960s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
Category
1950s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sunbathing On Capri - Slim Aarons - 20th century colour photography Oversize
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Exotic Hair Care'
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - BIKINIS IN HAITI
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Tennis Guests later Jackie Kennedy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
'Sunbathing On Capri' Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, 1980.
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm
Estat...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
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.
Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print.
Printed 2024.
Slim...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1950s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Saint Tropez 1971 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Beach Photography C-Type
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color
Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, framed
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
La Concha Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc - Supersize
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Monaco Grand Prix, 1973 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast
1959 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Funk In Tuscany
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
August 1973:A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Skiing In Vail, Colorado, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
This is an esta...
Category
1960s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Friendship Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Friendship
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with g...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Lake Tahoe Trip (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Lake Tahoe Trip
1959
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Young women canoeing at Zephyr Cove on th...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Eye Of The Beholder'
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print
Pop And Society Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Capucine 1957
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Equestrian Beauty #9 (Photography, Horse Portrait)
Located in New York City, NY
60 x 40 inches
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed - Black Matt Frame.
Frame Profile 0.75 x 2 inches (see images)
Non-glare
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty serie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Sun Worship (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Cars and pedestrians on the busy seafront at Saint-Tropez, in southeastern France, September 1970.
unframed
c ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Haiti Holiday (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Haiti Holiday, 1981
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A woman wearing a translucent white blouse and holding a cocktail stands in a swimmi...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
All Mine, 1968 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Desert House Party, Estate Edition From the Poolside Series, Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover this stunning photograph from Slim Aarons sought-after Palm Springs 'Poolside' series. 'Desert House Party' encapsulates the essence of vintage 1970s glamour, captured with vibrant color palette of bold yellow, crisp white, and vibrant turquoise, synonymous with the classic Palm Beach aesthetic.
This coveted photograph, taken in 1970, presents an intimate glimpse into a poolside party at a desert house, a Palm Springs masterpiece by famed architect Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. This is not just a photograph, but an entry into the world of luxury, architecture, and the golden era of Palm Springs.
Highlighted in the image are industrial designer Raymond Loewy, known for his unparalleled design philosophy, central and standing, and Nelda Linsk, elegantly dressed in a radiant yellow, an iconic cultural patron and the wife of prominent art dealer Joseph Linsk. Also captured in the frame is Helen Dzo Dzo, the former fashion model, gracefully adorned in white lace, adding a touch of timeless elegance to the vibrant gathering.
The photograph artistically integrates the natural beauty of the Palm Springs landscape...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'The High Life' : Mid-century Modern Photography : Celebrity
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Walking On Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rodney Pleasants, Alessandro Spicaglia, Pauline Cappa, Don C. Napolitano and Luigi Boscaln walking on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certif...
Category
1980s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1980s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Eden-Roc Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Cannes Water Sports, Carlton Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958.
Cannes Water Sports, Carlton Hotel
1958
C Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Dinner Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1940s American Realist Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
Film star Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right f...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Verbier Vacation (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Equestrian Entrance' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
1957 Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy.
Slim Aarons Chromogeni...
Category
1950s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Villa del Balbianello, June 1983 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Chez Holder
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder
Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970.
Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print.
Printed 2024.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition.
Produ...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
New England Skiing, New Hampshire, 1955 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Lyford Cay Fire Department' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, April 1966
Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay Fire Service
Slim Aarons Estate Edit...
Category
1960s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunbathers At Eden Roc Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathers At Eden Roc
1969
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
unframed
c type print
printe...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
NEW Slim Aarons 'Lilly Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, 1964.
Slim Aarons
Lilly ...
Category
1960s Modern Photography
Materials
C Print
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apres Ski, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photography
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of women r...
Category
1960s American Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside Pairs (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Pairs
1970 (printed later)
C Print
Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 150
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, de...
Category
1970s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
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