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Period: 1950s
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams Bl...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certific...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and s...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Slim Aarons 'Venetian Play, Orson Welles'
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

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Tom Kelley 'Dorothy Dandridge'
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Dorothy Dandridge on the microphone c. 1950's C print 16 x 20 inches Edition of 50 Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster) estate signed and number...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Es...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Digging For Clams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams B...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953 Fiber print Estate edition of 150 Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, co...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Las Vegas Luxury
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Sli...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Spring Break
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Marilyn Monroe in We're Not Married Screen Test Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe posed in a screen test for her role as Anabell in "We're Not Married", circa 1952. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print f...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Lipstick Check" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Lipstick Check" by Thurston Hopkins 7th November 1953: A contestant in a 'Miss World' beauty competition sponsored by Mecca Dancing applying her lipstick using a shiny car as a mirror. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6785 - The Beauty Contest...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques Lipchitz Bronze Sculpture Photo Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Adolph Studly, Swiss born American photographer. His work is kept in the Photographic Archive at The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. He was known for his gallery photograp...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Joseph McKeown 'Need for Speed' Grand Prix Limited Edition Photograph 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
July 17, 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up a win for the Mercedes team at the French Grand Prix in Reims. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7209 -...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

French Polo Crowd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. Slim Aarons French Polo Crowd Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth A...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

NY Apartments
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 NY Apartments Black and White Phot...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...
Category

American Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jamaica Sea Sailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Cert...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

French Polo Crowd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. Slim Aarons French Polo Crowd Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

"Queen Of Soho" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Queen Of Soho" by Thurston Hopkins Model Andria Loran (right) greets a friend, 21st July 1956. Loran works in Soho, London as a model and has been voted 'Que...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Falaise Collection" by John Chillingworth
Located in London, GB
"Falaise Collection" by John Chillingworth An outfit designed for the English market by Maxime de la Falaise. The model wears a pale tangerine sweater and tie with apricot red taper...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Maserati Bumper" by Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
"Maserati Bumper" by Thurston Hopkins The bumper of an Italian Maserati sports car at the Paris Motor Show. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8703 - Fashion Kings Of The Car Worl...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Taylor Reclines" by Baron
Located in London, GB
"Taylor Reclines" by Baron American actress Elizabeth Taylor reclining in bed. Unframed Paper Size: 60"x 40'' (inches) Printed 2022 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

"New England Skiing" by Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. Paper Size: 40" x 40'' (inches) Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"Taylor, Todd And Family" by Stanley Sherman
Located in London, GB
"Taylor, Todd And Family" by Stanley Sherman A young woman modelling an outfit consisting of a three-quarter-length dress, high heeled shoes, hat and ...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

"Flooded Mall" by H. F. Davis
Located in London, GB
"Flooded Mall" by H. F. Davis British-American actress Liz Taylor (Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor) sitting on a bed and clinging to the headboard in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1958 ...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certific...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Juan Manuel Fangio (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Juan Manuel Fangio (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) Argentinian racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio in a...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Kentucky 7, abstract black and white
Located in Greenwich, CT
His famous series that mimicked the abstract expressionist painters movement - but in photography. A great image and a striking work for any sophisticated or rustic environment. Ima...
Category

Abstract 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

NY Apartments
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 NY Apartments Black and White Phot...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

The Carlton Hotel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. The Carlton Hotel Black and White Photography Slim Aarons E...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Skiing in New Hampshire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing Black and White Photogr...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Venetian Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice. Slim Aarons Venetian Play Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and s...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, co...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx. Slim Aarons Eden Hartford Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Est...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Luxury Dining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Luxury Dining Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Jamaica Sea Sailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Cert...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
Category

Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Private Transport
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
Category

Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Lambda

Spring Break
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Digging For Clams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams B...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Eton Vs Harrow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955. Slim Aarons Eton Vs Harrow Black and Whit...
Category

American Realist 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

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

Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
Located in New York, NY
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953 Fiber print Estate edition of 150 Signature stamped and hand numbered with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaic...
Category

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Eton vs Harrow' Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Edition Estate Stamped
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

Modern 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Gerry Cranham 'Sundial Hat' Limited Edition Photograph 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Image...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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