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Period: Mid-20th Century
Alpine Skiing, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alpine Skiing, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers waiting for the c...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Poolside In Kenya (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Poolside In Kenya, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Peter and Britt
Located in New York, NY
Peter and Britt, 1967 Sharing a lilo, film stars Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) and his glamorous wife model and actress, Britt Ekland spend their holiday on the Costa Smeralda, 1967. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

The Birds – Original Lobby Card, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Located in Cologne, DE
This vintage lobby card features a dramatic scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), one of the director’s most iconic films. The image captures the terror of Tippi Hedren as ...
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

Palm Beach Arts Festival (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Good Time Sailors (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
July 1958: Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoys an on-deck siesta during a cruise round the Sicilian islands. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Paris Butchers from Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Parisi Butchers from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius large oversize 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Topping and Minnie Cushing (left) relaxing with friends in Acapulco, Mexico. This is...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Still life with Watermelon, NY
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints Signed Irving Penn Verso Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Dye Transfer

Lech Ice Bar, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers enjoy a drink by the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Marisa Berenson, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actress Marisa Berenson in Capri, 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in in Warren, Vermont, circa 1960. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certif...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Maxime de la Falaise, Vogue
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was one of the Twentieth Century’s most celebrated fashion photographers. He pioneered epic storytelling in his images, taking portrait and fashion photo...
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Swimmer and Sunbather (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at Lake Tahoe, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Estate stamped and hand numbered ed...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Model In A Red Dress 1960 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Model In A Red Dress 1960 A fashion shoot featuring a model in a red dress in front of a yellow aeroplane 1960. by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archiva...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Fan Mail' 1955- 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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. Gorgeous print measuring 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. 60 x 40" inche...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Let’s Twirl Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Let’s Twirl 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beve...
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Modern Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Parisian Park from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Parisian Park 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 pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography in his hometown Kiel. From the mid fifties, he specialised in colour photography as one of the first color photographers in Germany. In 1960 he became known to a larger public through the special exhibition Magie der Farbe (Magic of Colour) during the Photokina in Cologne. His best known work is a 1961 collection of colour photographs of Paris...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ladie's hat fashion in 1954
Located in Cologne, DE
Photograph by Klaus Redenbacher, Munich, 1954 In this striking 1954 portrait, German model Gina poses in an improvised photo studio in Munich, showcasing a piece of postwar fashion e...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons, Pool At Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Pool At Lake Tahoe, 1959 (printed later) Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Bathers by a pool at the Tah...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Aroused - Marilyn Monroe
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Cornell Capa Marilyn Monroe on the set of 'The Misfits', 1960 Gelatin silver print Framed Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.25 inches (41.9 x 51.4 cm) Image Dimensions: 12.25 x 8.25 inches (31...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hotel du Cap Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. unframed c type print printed...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hollywood, California
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Ernst Haas (1921-1986) is a prolific Austrian-American photographer and photojournalist. Haas made significant contributions to the advancement of photography over the course of his career spanning 40 years. Haas is best known for his early innovation with color photography, making his name synonymous with the medium. His dynamic 1953 story on New York, "Images of a Magic City...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967 El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion III
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion III Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Nirvana' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Nirvana' 1967 The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine - Oversize
Located in London, GB
All Mine Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. 48x48" inches pap...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Pop And Society' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society' 1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness, and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt-frame...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later) C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film produ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later) C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film produ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later) C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film produ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later) C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film produ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film producer Kevin McClor...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Sea Drive, 1967 (printed later) C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate Film produ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Newport Rhode Island Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
An aerial view of Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1965. Large oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Print...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Young Velvets, Young Prices, Hat Fashions III
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, unframed print. Estate-stamped. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913, Parki...
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Penthouse Pool (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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 Young women by the Canellopoulo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stam...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

CZ Guest, Palm Beach
Located in New York, NY
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) stands in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. Estate stam...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Palm Beach Ladies' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Ladies' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt (right) and another woman wearing Lilly Pulitzer ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Satin Seduction - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. unframed c type p...
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Modern Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' 1962 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Walking Up Cortina D’Ampezzo' Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, Original Lobbycard from 1961
Located in Cologne, DE
"The Magic Voyage of Sinbad" is a classic adventure film from 1953 that tells the legendary tale of Sinbad the Sailor. In this fantastical narrative, Sinbad embarks on a perilous jou...
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

Snowmass Village 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. 20 x 24" inches /...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 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,...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Yachting Trip' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Yachting Trip' Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate S...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Montesquiou-Fezensac Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Montesquiou-Fezensac 1957, The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac in the drawing room of her chateau, Neuilly 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Model In A Red Dress 1960 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Model In A Red Dress 1960 A fashion shoot featuring a model in a red dress in front of a yellow aeroplane 1960. by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archiva...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra in Portland
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of the famous jazz singer and musician Frank Sinatra while in Portland, 1957. This portrait features the star sitting on a bench on a dock, leaning back. Frank Sina...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ormond Gigli 'Girls in the Windows'
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Girls in the Window, 1960 (printed later) Color coupler print 37 x 37 inches AP 4/8 Signed, numbered and dated by the artist Ormond Gigli: The Visionary Behind the "Gir...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool'
Located in New York, NY
Nice Pool, 1955, Printed Later C print 60 x 60 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Caption: American writer C.Z....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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