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Period: 1950s
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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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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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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Lake Tahoe Ladies
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

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...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

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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Color, Archival Pigment

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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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 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

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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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Black and White

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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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor with Vintage Camera
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Elizabeth Taylor takes a photo with a Rollieflex twin lens medium format reflex camera wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses and smoking a cigarette on the set of the movie 'Gi...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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

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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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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Tennis At Newport Casino'
Located in New York, NY
A view from the umbrella boxes towards the tennis court at Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. Susanna Boylston Bolton 1965 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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 30 x 20" inches...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, 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 Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

San Diego Gulls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
San Diego Gulls 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Seagulls over a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inch...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jackie K Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Jackie K Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘April in Paris’ ball. 20 x 24" paper size Estate Stam...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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

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Color, 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

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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

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

La Colonne from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
La Colonne from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Oversize 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Apres Ski Time 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski Time 1959 A couple enjoy an après-ski fondue with the Matterhorn in the background, 1959. by Toni Frissell 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Archival pigment p...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In The Shallows (1969) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Snorkeling In The Shallows (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group of people snorkeling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. Additional Informa...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis in the Bahamas
Located in New York, NY
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. Slim Aarons worked mainly fo...
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1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

'Vuccino And Rava' SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'Vuccino And Rava' by Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print limited to 150 only numbered in ink & emboss stamped. 40 x 30 " inches paper size Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimmi...
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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' Premium Rates Apply. Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, C...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, 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. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'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

La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego. This is an estate stamp...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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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

Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in "The Wild One"
By Homer van Pelt
Located in Austin, TX
Marlon Brando posed on a bike for the film "The Wild One". The Wild One is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by Laszlo Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is mo...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Hollywood Christmas Swim, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in the background. Slim Aarons Christmas Swim...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and Oleg Cassini at the Premier of Rear Window
Located in Austin, TX
Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, and Oleg Cassini at the premiere of "Rear Window" in 1954. Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and writ...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Tracks In The Snow 1955 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Tracks In The Snow 1955 A skier weaves their way downhill, shot for Sports Illustrated, Davos and Zermatt, Switzerland, 1955 by Toni Frissell 48 x 72" inches / 121 x 182 cm paper...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Tennis In The Bahamas - Estate Stamped
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. Gorge...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Grace Kelly at the Premiere of Rear Window
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning recolored portrait features actress Grace Kellythe "Princess of Grace"attending Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window premier in 1954. She is captured here looking at the came...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Stamped Edition - Pool At Lake Tahoe
Located in London, GB
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Fashionable bathers relax underneath parasols and on sun loungers beside the swimming pool, overlooking Lake Tahoe o...
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Modern 1950s 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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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

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