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Period: Mid-20th Century
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts o...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

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

Dining In Gstaad Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 1...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

A Friendly Chat, Estate Edition, Bahamas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967 Visual Description: A woman seated in a wicker chair i...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Jhelum River' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Jhelum River' A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper si...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Paraglider' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Paraglider' Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness, 1968. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Merle Oberon - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Merle Oberon - Estate Stamped Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai, in the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Capri Holiday 1958 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Capri Holiday Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958. 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 L...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

The Beatles 1964 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Beatles perform “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, 1964. Photo by Globe Archives Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101cm Unframed Archival Pigment Pr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tom Kelley 'Amanda Chabot Under Hot Lights'
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Amanda Chabot c. 1960's C print 28 x 22 inches Edition of 45 Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster) estate signed and numbered in the border Capti...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Slim Aarons' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Slim Aarons' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of the Piazza ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century 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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Female Nude 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Unknown photographer, 1950's nude, printed on Epson paper, original was hand tinted. Outdoors 13.375 x9 in Colors: Pink, Yellow, Green, Skin color with hand tinting,
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Vermont Winter (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Fashions' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
A young girl stands with three women wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer as they take a break from shooting during a fashion shoot for Pulitzer at 400 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Fl...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Rockefeller Brothers' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Rockefeller Brothers' The Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2004), Winthrop (1912 - 1973), John D. Rockefeller (1906 - 1978...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. 50 x 50” / 127 x 127 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aar...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cushing Home Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cushing Home A fashion show at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1966. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Henley Royal Regatta Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Henley Royal Regatta 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Spectators at the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames, 1955. unframed c type print printed 2023 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia,...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Klosters Ski Bus 1954 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Klosters Ski Bus 1954 Skiers about to board a VW camper van, Klosters, Switzerland, 1954 by Toni Frissell 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Philadelphia Night Time (1966) - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Philadelphia Nightime (1966) - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) Night skyline view of Philadelphia city hall, 18th January 1966. Additional Information: Unframed...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Tennis in San Diego Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 195...
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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

Materials

Lambda

Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr in "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
This beautifully restored color image originally captured by photographer Frank Worth features Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire" in 1953. Marilyn Monroe and Sammy Davis Jr. shot on location at the famous Los Angeles River...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Biarritz Seafront Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Biarritz Seafront The beach and seafront at Biarritz, France, 1960. 20 x 24" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Lim...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 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 framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo - Color Photograph, Portrait, Celebrity, Woman
Located in Denton, TX
Frida Kahlo with Magenta Rebozo, New York is a limited edition color portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. This iconic image depicts the woman artist leaning against a wall, with ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 Slim Aarons Estate Print
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. Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 ...
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Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Tram Turntable Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tram Turntable A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim A...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Westin Excelsior Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Westin Excelsior The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. 16 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Lake Tahoe Couple - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Couple A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Paper size ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pop And Society 1968 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa u...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pink Accessory (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Pink Accessory (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pi...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Let’s Dance Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Let’s Dance 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

Dolores Guinness Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966) Oversized Print
Located in London, GB
Metropolitan Opera Lights (1966) (Photo By Phillip Harrington) New York City, 1966. interior of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center About the Image: The Metropolitan...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Garden Party Huge Oversize Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Garden Party. An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida, 1970. Huge oversize 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
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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

Surfing in Biarritz
Located in New York, NY
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 - 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Playboy Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Playboy Party Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner, December 1961 24 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Lim...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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 Mid-20th Century 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) 6...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

Ski Fashion At Sugarbush Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Ski Fashion At Sugarbush 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American socialite and fashion writer Nan Kempner (1930 – 2005) at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resor...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain. This is an estate...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, A...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Model Barbara...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

Verbier View Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Verbier View 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best kno...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Gstaad' Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hugh Hefner' American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of 'Playboy' magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1961. 60 x 40" inch...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Model Friend
Located in London, GB
New York model, Jean Adams and friend share a drink on the beach at Acapulco, 1952 Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76.2 x 76.2cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Colle...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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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 Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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

Positano Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Positano A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 202...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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

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