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Period: Mid-20th Century
Bond Girl to Be 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bond Girl to Be 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome, circa 1955. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Boy Baron 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Boy Baron 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron and 10th Baronet Hesketh, fishing in the lake at ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C. Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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C.Z. And Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
C.Z. And Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) poses with Joanne Connolly (right) beside the Grecian tem...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Bermuda Style 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Style 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool in the grounds of a house in Bermuda, 1957. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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Beverly Hills Pool Party 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Pool Party 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A party by James Pendleton’s pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton’s house was later bought by Hollywood dire...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Biarritz Seafront 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Biarritz Seafront 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The beach and seafront at Biarritz, France, 1960. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Dining In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Don Giovanni 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Don Giovanni 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Don Giovanni, the son of Prince Aldobrandini rides his favourite Shetland pony in the grounds of the family’s ancestral home in Frasca...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Fontainebleau Car Park 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Fontainebleau Car Park 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The car park at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Esther Williams 1956- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams 1956- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 – 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm pape...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Esther Williams 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Exuma Holiday 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Exuma Holiday 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A yachting holiday on Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1964. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Eva Gabor 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Eva Gabor 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 5...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Family Chair 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Family Chair 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Elizabeth Matthews, descendant of H M Flagler co-founder of Palm Beach, sits in her great-grandfather’s favourite chair in front of th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Faithful Couple 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Faithful Couple 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Singer Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones stand in front of a gilt framed portrait in Castletown Mansion, Eir...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Hotel du Cap 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Guinness Family 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Guinness Family 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Hon Desmond Guinness in his recently acquired home Leixlip Castle, Co Kildare, Ireland with his children Marina and Patrick. Their m...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Henley Royal Regatta 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Henley Royal Regatta 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators at the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames, 1955. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Hepburn And Friends 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Hepburn And Friends 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 1953 On the left film star Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) talks with Mrs Grover Magnin (centre) and another guest at a party in S...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Menton 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Menton 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Let’s Dance 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Let’s Dance 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 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 24 x 20"...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lunch At Bali-li 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lunch At Bali-li 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mr and Mrs Amos Morrill and Mrs Ogden P. Starr having lunch at ‘Bali-li’ at the Mill Reef Club, Antigua in the West Indies, 1960 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lounging in Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lounging in Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Es...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lyford Cay Fire Service 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Fire Service 1966- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, April 1966. 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper siz...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Man’s Work 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult maga...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Marina 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Marina 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A large marina complex, circa 1960. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
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Andros Island 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Andros Island 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoys a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros, Bahamas, 1957. 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 cm paper size ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Marina Piccola 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Menton 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Menton 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Posing By The Pool 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Posing By The Pool 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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San Diego Gulls 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
San Diego Gulls 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Seagulls over a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962. A pair of...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Skiers In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiers In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Skiers At Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 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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Bermuda Paradise 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Paradise 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda, 1967. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Capri Cruise 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Capri Cruise 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958. 20 x 24" inches / 51...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Skiers In St. Moritz 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiers In St. Moritz 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Daddy Bear 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Daddy Bear 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mr and Mrs Samuel B Webb in their trophy room at their home in Vermont. The room contains stuffed animals and birds, including on the ri...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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CZ’s Dogs 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
CZ’s Dogs 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 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, Vill...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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CZ by the Pool 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
CZ by the Pool 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka CZ Guest, 1920 – 2003) perches on the edge of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A chairlift up the mountain in Cortina d’Ampezzo, February 1962 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Swimming In The Bahamas 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Swimming In The Bahamas 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959 24 x 20" inches / 61 x...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Tennis in San Diego 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956. 16 x 16" inches / 4...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A motorboat, used to tow waterskiiers, moored at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, Augus...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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We Know Our Place 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose with a pony and trap in the garden of their home, the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Snow Round the Pool 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Snow Round the Pool 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Yacht Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Yacht Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Pellicano Pool 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Pellicano Pool 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests walking up steps at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size E...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Vail Skiers 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Vail Skiers 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers in Vail, Colorado, March 1964 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Andros Island 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Andros Island 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Cafe Terrace In Nice 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Campbell Falls Picnic 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Campbell Falls Picnic 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, USA, 1959. 20 x 20" inches ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Dining At The Eagle Club 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dining At The Eagle Club 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Christmas Traffic 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Christmas Traffic 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York, at Christmas time, December 1953. 30 x 20" ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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