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Color Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1930s
Marilyn Monroe at Beverly Hills Party Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color capture of actress Marilyn Monroe at a Beverly Hills pool party, circa 1951. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of h...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Black and White

The Three Stooges Golfing
Located in Austin, TX
This is a new limited edition fine art release of a scene from the 1935 movie short, Three Little Beers featuring the legendary comedy team, the Three Stooges. This classic image has...
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1930s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. 12 x 12” / 30 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of Giant
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful selectively colorized image of actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the 1956 film Giant. Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, about sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. Directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Joan Collins Relaxes'
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity fro...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Jayne Mansfield: Modern Pinup
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful modern pinup features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed on barstools with modern art on the walls. Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actre...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Menton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Menton 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Christmas Swim Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decor...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Jean Patchett, Vogue - Norman Parkinson (Colour Photography)
Located in London, GB
Stamped with photographer's estate ink stamp, inscribed with title and numbered on reverse C-type print Available in two sizes: 20 x 16 inches, from an edition of 21 + 3 PPs 24 x 20...
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1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Frank Sinatra in Tbird
Located in Austin, TX
In this photograph, Frank Sinatra is captured glancing over his shoulder at his friend, photographer Frank Worth, while sitting in his classic Ford Thunderbird. Frank Sinatra was a...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

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 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor Behind the Scenes
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film "Giant" for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital

CZ by the Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
CZ by the Pool 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka CZ Guest, 1920 – 2003) perches on the edge of the Grecian te...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong. A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing a...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

C.Z. Guest Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Vogue Dive 1944 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Dive 1944 A Vogue fashion shoot featuring a model jumping on a diving board wearing a bright 1940's yellow floral bikini, Florida USA 1944 by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Salon Dior, Christian Dior Adjusts Victoire, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Christian Dior Adjusts Victoire, 1954 -- Outtake from a photo shoot for the Sept. 6, 1954 issue of Life, Mark Shaw’s camera captures a moment of adjustment at the Dior Salon. Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 44" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography of Victoire de Castellane getting her jewelry adjusted by Christian Dior. She is standing in the middle of the salon. She is wearing a red Dior strapless dress...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Summer In Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Summer In Monaco 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1957: Film director Howard Hawks (1896 – 1977) and his wife Dee spend a summer day by the pool in Monaco wi...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

A bicycle with its shadow in the autumn, 1930 Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "A bicycle with its shadow in the autumn sun, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William Turn...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
A Nice Spot For Lunch (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group enjoy a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda,...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo, New York is a limited edition color portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image depicts the woman artist leaning against a wall, with ...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Carlton Hotel
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - pap...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe in Sheer Dress
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant color capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe posed outdoors in a sheer black dress, looking down to the camera. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for p...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

CZ Guest With Her Great Dane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
CZ Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane do...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Idyll Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 16 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beauty and the Beast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beauty and the Beast 1959 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at social...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Pastels Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. unframed c type pr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Reflections (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Poolside Reflections (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hote...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Sailing Off Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sailing Off Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Henry B. Cabot Jr. (in black) on Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III’s brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, circa 1959. ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. unframed c type pri...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Backgammon...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami. This is an estate stamped and...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest With Her Great Dane 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite C.Z. Guest (Mrs Winston F.C. Guest) (1920 – 2003) with a large Great Dane...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe Reading Reference Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Color photo depicting starlet Marilyn Monroe reading Dun & Bradstreet Reference and The Wall Street Journal. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press p...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Black and White

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Equestrian Entrance' 1957 Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Having A Topping Time - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Satin Seduction - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor As Leslie Benedict
Located in Austin, TX
This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film 'Giant' for her role as character Leslie Bene...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vuccino And Rava Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on th...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Dali's Party' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dali's Party' circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball in New York. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jackie K Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Jackie K 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘A...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Party at Romanoff’s' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Located in London, GB
'Party at Romanoff’s' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills,...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Lake Tahoe Trip Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inche...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bermuda View Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bermuda View 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. u...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast' Midcentury Modern
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...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956. Additio...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Paris Market Shoppers 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant size
Located in London, GB
Paris Market Shoppers from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant Oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Arc...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Gathering For A Days Skiing 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Gathering For A Days Skiing 1955 Skiers in the car park at the Stowe Mountain resort, Vermont, USA by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment pr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Decorating with Color Photography

Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.

The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.

Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.

Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.

In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.

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