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Period: 1950s
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. Additional Information: ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Dali's Party' 1959 Slim Aarons 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. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped C...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Chantilly Racecourse (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Chantilly Racecourse (1956) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Chantilly Racecourse in France, 1956. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 30x30'' Printed La...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Milton H. Greene - Marilyn Monroe, Set of Bus Stop, 1956, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $6,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $7,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $11,000.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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Color, C Print

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn American film star Katharine Hepburn driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 48x48" inc...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This historic shot of the pool was captured just after the the Fontainebleau's opening in 1954. Visual Description: Guests enjoying the newly opened turquoise cat-shaped pool at the Fontainebleu Hotel, designed by Morris Lapidus. The deck features sunny, graphic yellow and black umbrellas, as well as red, yellow and blue striped umbrellas and loungers. The cat's tail is a vintage wooden diving board, its ears are stairs, and its nose is a slide. Designed by Morris Lapidus. Slim Aarons Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed Later Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 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 the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Internal: vintage '50s florida, 50's Miami, vintage poolside, vintage swim fashion, vintage slim aarons, Fontainebleau Hotel, vintage Miami beach, Miami architecture, collins avenue The Fontainebleau Miami...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

'Henley Regatta' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Henley Regatta' Free mooring at the Angel Hotel at Henley-on-Thames on the River Thames, during the Henley Regatta, 1955. Paper Size 24x20 inches /...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Harriet At Mougins, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France, 1957. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocra...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, and Marilyn Monroe: "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, & Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes of "How to Marry a Millionaire". How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Italy in 1956 - Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Located in Cologne, DE
This is a historical photograph of Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, taken in the 1950s. The image captures a lively city scene with numerous vintage cars parked around the s...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color

Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe "The Seven Year Itch"
Located in Austin, TX
This beautiful color image features Marilyn Monroe in her starring role for "Seven Year Itch". The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film based on a 1952 three-ac...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Limited to 150 only Two women recline on improvised sun-beds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print, Color

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, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Nicholsons - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Nicholsons - Estate Stamped Cafe Nicholson in New York, 1959. Gorgeous print measuring a large 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estat...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Natalie Wood: Star of the '60's
Located in Austin, TX
Great color capture of Natalie Wood in her younger years posed smiling on a swing. Natalie Wood was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully tra...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, 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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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Capote At Home' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capote At Home' Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. 1958. Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 1...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - John Rawlings 1950 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Milton H. Greene - Marilyn Monroe, NY (Dog), 1955, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $6,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $7,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $11,000.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jayne Mansfield: A Game of Chance
Located in Austin, TX
This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth, this image features Mansfield looking down eag...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Milton H. Greene - Marilyn Monroe, Nude Sweater Sitting, 1953, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $5,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $6,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $10,000.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Milton H. Greene - Marilyn Monroe, Blue Studio, Wicker Chair 1955, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 20" $6,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 24" $7,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $11,000.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Milton H. Greene - Marilyn Monroe, Ballerina, 1954, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 24" $7,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 30" $8,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $12,000.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Milton H. Greene - Fashion Patchett, 1953, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 24" x 20" $3,000.00 Edition of 15 30" x 24" $4,000.00 Edition of 20 45" x 45" $8,500.00 Edition of 7 Printing is done on Exhibition Photo Baryta 310gsm paper. ...
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1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Fan Mail' - Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail', 1955 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....
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley Rocking Out on Stage
By Charles Trainor
Located in Austin, TX
A vintage 1957 image, artistically recolored, depicting music's new sensation Elvis Presley performing on stage. Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American si...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, 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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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' Official Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Paper size 20 x 20 inches / 51 x...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Campbell Falls Picnic - NEW
Located in London, GB
Campbell Falls Picnic A family enjoy a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls Massachusetts USA 1959 Gorgeous print measuring a very large 30 x 30" inches / c...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Located in New York, NY
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. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Hotel Sports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. 30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaron...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Paper size 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Carlton Hotel 1958
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. Paper size 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons P...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Sun Worship' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. Sun Worship 1958 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from th...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Capri Bay' Landscape Photography
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official 'Palm Beach Idyll' 1955 Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Idyll' A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim A...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra Standing with Tbird
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully restored color image features legendary actor, singer, and musician Frank Sinatra leaning on a classic T-Bird. Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer, acto...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Canton Nidwald...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons - Palm Beach - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inches / ca 101x101" Estate Stamped Collectio...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Harvey Firestone, Jr.'
Located in New York, NY
Harvey Firestone, Jr. 1950's (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Married couple Harvey Firestone, Jr. and...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Nice Pool 1955 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 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-fron...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Fishing Boats 1952 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Fishing Boats Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - John Rawlings 1950 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 - 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Satin Seduction' Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Satin Seduction' 1955: Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin-covered bed. 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stam...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California. This is an estate ...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Tennis in the Bahamas, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957—Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Slim Aarons Tennis in the Bahamas, ...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California. This is an estate ...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Nice Pool, 1955 Archival pigment print 60 x 60 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. American writer C.Z. Guest (M...
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American Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Italy in 1956 - David - Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. Th...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color

'Tennis In The Bahamas' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In The Bahamas' Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Pap...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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