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Black and White Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Mary Ellen Mark
Slim Aarons 'King of Jazz'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
King of Jazz
1949 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Silver gelatin print
Slim Aarons silver gelatin...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1952: Orson Welles (1...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - New England Skiing 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produce...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Patsy Pulitzer (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Patsy Pulitzer rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car Palm Beach, Florida, 1955.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - NY Apartments 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
NY Apartments
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Venetian Play, 1952
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
1952: Orson Welles (1...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital, Black and White, Emulsion
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced util...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Patsy Pulitzer 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Patsy Pulitzer
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Las Vegas Luxury'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Las Vegas Luxury, 1954
Fiber print
Estate edition of 150
Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach
Patsy Pulitzer leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spectators At Lord's 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spectators At Lord's
Spectators at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based pri...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
Slim Aarons
Jazz S...
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital, Black and White, Emulsion
Slim Aarons 'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Palm Bay Club - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Bay Club
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Silver gelatin print
Paper size 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm
printed 2...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
P...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons sil...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing
Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only original transparency or negative held at the Archive in London England.
Complimentary dealer shipping to yourself or 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
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Complimentary shipping.
Other sizes available of this print :
30x30" inches $ 3500
20x20" inches $ 2500
16x16" inches $ 2100
12x12" inches $ 1800
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.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released this limited Estate edition as a silver gelatine darkroom fibre based print.
They have chosen these prints for their sharpness, clarity, tonality and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints.
Silver gelatine prints give true continuous black and white...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'September Affair'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
September Affair
1949
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman mode...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Holiday Hair Check
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holiday Hair Check, 1958
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16 inches
Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda, 1958. She is ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Inga Lindgren and Poodles by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
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.
Please contact the gallery for information about other print sizes.
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.
"Inga Lindgren...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Resin, Black and White
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Soho Waiters' Race' 1955 Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Estate Stamped and Numbered
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual wait...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Digging for Clams 1960 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams 1960 Slim Aarons
Estate Stamped Limited Edition Fibre Print
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saks Fifth Avenue by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Slim Aarons Style 'Burlington Arcade'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Sh...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Pr...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Modelling for Saks Fifth Avenue by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Digital, Black and White, Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Style 'Cricketers on the Pitch'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Cricketers on the pitch, Belfast
1962 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Cricketers on the pi...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saks Fashion Show by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Slim Aarons, Backgammon by the Pool (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon by the Pool, 1957
Silver gelatin print
Estate edition of 150
Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary Beth-Turner play backgammon by a swimming pool in Palm ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Burlington Arcade by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
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.
Please contact the gallery for information about other print sizes.
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.
"Burlington Arcade...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Resin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certif...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eden Hartford by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Resin, Black and White
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997)
enjoying...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Soho Waiters Race'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race, 1955, Printed Later
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, i...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
Silver gelatin print
estate editon of 150 with certificate of authenticity
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the R...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Debutante Ball'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Debutante Ball
1958 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A debutante ball held at the Copley Pl...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'New York Debutante'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
New York Debutante
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
American model Jean Patchett weari...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fashion Show'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Burlington Arcade
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Sh...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Last-minute Adjustments'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Last-minute Adjustments
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman has last-minute...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Eton vs Harrow' Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eton Vs Harrow (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Eden Hartford'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Eden Hartford
1954 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, i...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
American model Jean Patchett wearing a...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fifth Ave'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
1955 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A young woman mod...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jean Patchett for Saks Fifth Avenue by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Ski Instructors Only' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Slim Aarons- Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Soho Waiters' Race (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1952: Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original negat...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Park Avenue' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Park Avenue' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1953: A view of neatly arranged office and apartment blocks along Park Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver ...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - New York Lights 1953
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New York Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticit...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shop Black and White Photography
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