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Period: 1950s
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Excelsior' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Excelsior' The beachfront of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983. 40 x 30" inches ...
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Modern 1950s 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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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 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 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins. Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Digital

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

Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA, circa ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'CZ's Dogs' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's Dogs' Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs. F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, V...
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Modern 1950s 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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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Marietine Birnie, 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. This is an estat...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Guests At The Furstenberg Villa (1975) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Elena Pratolongo, Prince Edward Egon von Furstenberg, Contessa Geronaffo, Luca Stu...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

James Dean and Ursula Andress at Oscar Dinner
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Hollywood stars Ursula Andress and James Dean at the Oscars dinner. James Dean was an American actor. He is remembere...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

A Nice Spot For Lunch, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group enjoying a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and ...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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

A Nice Spot For Lunch, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group enjoying a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and ...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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

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

Materials

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

Ivy Nicholson, Traffic
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes white frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
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1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Connelly And Guest 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

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper siz...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Cannes Watersports' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Cannes Watersports' Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe in the Sunshine
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth was on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire" when he took this classic shot of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a new Singer SM 1500C Roadster. A candid capture of Marily...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Flor...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Carlton Hotel' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 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

Slim Aarons 'Let's Dance' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper s...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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 ...
Category

American Realist 1950s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Katharine Hepburn' 1953 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Katharine Hepburn' 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 20x20" inches / 51 x ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 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 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' Premium Rates Apply. A party by James Pendleton's pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton's house was later bought by Hollywood director Robert Evans...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hawaiian Scenes 1957 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hawaiian Scenes 1957 A couple in beachwear, Hawaii, 1957 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see exampl...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

El Dorado Beach (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
El Dorado Beach (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) El Dorado Beach on the south side of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California, circa 1959. Additional ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Westin Excelsior, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. (...
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Realist 1950s Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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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Realist 1950s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful image of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a wall while behind the scenes of 'How to Marry a Millionaire' In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in se...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Skiing Waitress
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waitress, 1960 C print 16 x 12 inches Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run, circ...
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American Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only). 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. France (Photo by Slim Aarons) 6...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong 1959 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 (fr...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

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

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

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

Materials

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

Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...
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American Realist 1950s Color Photography

Materials

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

Marsha Gayle 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Monte Carlo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A man and a woman on jet skis off the coast of Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1956 unframed c type print printed 2023 20 ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' 1955 Official Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Idyll' A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Paper size 48 x 48 inches / 122 x 122 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only). 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. France (Photo by Slim Aarons) 2...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Alice Topping Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 2...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn Pink Flowers Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from the Spring/Summer 1955 collection. Photographed at ‘La Vigna’, Hepburn’s v...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beauty Is All Embracing (first nude in colour)
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Beauty Is All Embracing (first nude in colour), 1951 C print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped and numbered on verso Vogue Beauty Book, No. 5, 1951. Norman Parkinson,...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Adele Collins for Vogue Limited Norman Parkinson Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Adele Collins, British Vogue 1959 by Norman Parkinson Archival pigment Print, stamped and authenticated by the Norman Parkinson Archive. Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch a...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Klosters Ski Bus 1951 Giant Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Ski Bus 1951 Skiers take a lift in a VW camper van bus, Klosters, Switzerland, 1951. by Toni Frissell 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed ...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Natalie Wood Classic Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth captured this classic image of Natalie Wood in 1952. At this point Wood was already a star having starred in films including Miracle on 34th Street as a child but had not...
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Contemporary 1950s Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Greece in 1957 - Ägina
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

Merle Oberon Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai, in the g...
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Modern 1950s 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...
Category

Realist 1950s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

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

Materials

Lambda

Parisian Flower Seller from Paris In Color 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant
Located in London, GB
Parisian Flower Seller from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framin...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Seine Scene from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 30 x 40 inches/ 76 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options availabl...
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Modern 1950s Color Photography

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Color, 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

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