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Period: 1950s
California Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
California Fashion 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman posing by an ornamental pond, wearing a sleeveless, two-piece outfit, San Diego, California, Octo...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Capri Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Capri Holiday 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958. unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Li...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

C.Z. And Guest Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
C.Z. And Guest 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) poses with Joanne Connolly (right)...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Californian Party Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Californian Party 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco, circa 1955. u...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

C. Z. Guest Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
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. 2...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Sailing Dinghy Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, Califo...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Socialites Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Socialites Socialite CZ Guest (Mrs F. C. Winston Guest) sitting with Joanne Connolly in Palm Beach, Florida. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

The Marlboroughs Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 – 19...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Spear Fishing In San Diego Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Sports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lady Hamilton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lady Hamilton 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1955: Lady Hamilton rests in the shade of a tree, in the company of a Kenyan tribe. unframed c type print pri...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Two-Tone Dress Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Two-Tone Dress 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the wai...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

New England Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955. unframed c typ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Mara Lane At The Sands Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the San...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

John Rawlings Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings 1950 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. unframed c typ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. unframed c type print printed...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sports Car Couple Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sports Car Couple 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1. His passenge...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

State Line Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
State Line 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, USA, circa 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Swimmer And Sunbather Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Swimmer And Sunbather 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sundowners Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Sundowners Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

C Z And Friends Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
C Z And Friends 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with her personalized Ford Model ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Capri Cruise Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Capri Cruise 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Fan Mail Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail 1952 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail s...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

French Stately Home Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at the...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Connelly And Guest Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Holiday In Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Holiday In Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A sailing holiday on Barclay (Buzzy) H. Warburton III’s brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, 1959. They are sailing off North Shore...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Henley Regatta Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Henley Regatta 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Henley Regatta at Henley-on-Thames on the River Thames, circa 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 2...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marietine Birnie Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marietine Birnie 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. unframed c type print ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marina Piccola Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inch...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Model Friend Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Model Friend 1952: New York model, Jean Adams and friend share a drink on the beach at Acapulco 16 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sl...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pussyfooting Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pussyfooting Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot – a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, 1958. 16 × 16 inches - pa...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Positano Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Positano A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958 16 × 16 inches paper size 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, Color

Pool Bound Guests Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pool Bound Guests 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests on their way to the pool at the home of C.Z. Guest, Villa Artemis in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. un...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Portofino Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Portofino Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. 16 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pr...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Skiing In New Hampshire Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Skiing In New Hampshire 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, circa 1955. unframed c ty...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons 1957, printed later C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, contin...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Penthouse Pool'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool, 1961 (printed later) Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Y...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Portofino, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

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

Caprice On Capri, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Singer and actress Caprice Chantal (right) on the Italian island of Capri. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Esther Williams Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 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. 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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Slim Aarons, Esther Williams, midcentury modern, Vintage Esther Williams, Vintage Poolside Series, Vintage Movie Stars, Vintage Swimmers, Celebrity Swimmers, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Swimming In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Swimming In The Bahamas 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Venice Gondolas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Venice Gondolas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Mag...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Caprice On Capri, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Singer and actress Caprice Chantal (right) on the Italian island of Capri. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Cannes Sports' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. 'Cannes Sports' Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to 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 72 x 48 inches $4900 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 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. 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). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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. Internal: Slim Aarons Seascape Photography, Vintage Cannes, vintage watersports...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Beach Backgammon, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aar...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Poet's Paradise, Estate Edition T.S. Eliot in Love Beach, New Providence Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anglo-American poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) at Love Beach, New Providence Island while on his honeymoon in the Bahamas, 1957. Complimentary de...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. Slim Aarons Leisure and Fashion Chromogenic Lambda Print Slim Aa...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

George Hamilton in Capri
Located in New York, NY
George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Katharine Hepburn And Irene Mayer Selznick (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Katharine Hepburn And Irene Mayer Selznick 1953 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. American film ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Relaxing at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Relaxing at Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Edition 48x48 inches Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estat...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Blue Lagoon, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. This ...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons 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

Paris Posters from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Posters 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 Archival pi...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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