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Period: Mid-20th Century
'Monte Carlo' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo' A man and a woman on jet skis off the coast of Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1956. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection E...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Sugarbush Skiing' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Porto Ercole' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Alfresco Dining' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Alfresco Dining' Guests dining at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. Produced from the original transparency Certificate...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California. This is an estate ...
Category

Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Klosters' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Klosters' Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Minnie Cushing' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Minnie Cushing' American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Snowmass Village' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Snowmass Village' Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate St...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Vuccino And Rava' Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Vuccino And Rava' Capri Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Lake Tahoe Canoes 1959 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Canoes Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

State Line 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
State Line A swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, USA, circa 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 12...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Yacht Holiday' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Yacht Holiday' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967. A group of beautifully bronzed young...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons - Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Tennis In San Diego California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, Octobe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons - Eton-Harrow Match 1955- Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Etton-Harrow Match Lord’s achieves its sartorial and social pinnacle for a school event – the annual Eton-Harrow Match. 1955 Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Col...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons - Gstaad Station 1961 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Gstaad Station Travellers with their skis waiting at Gstaad Station, 1961. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pri...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Vuccino And Rava' 1958 Capri Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
'Vuccino And Rava' Capri 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

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

Materials

C Print

'Boating In Antigua' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Boating In Antigua' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American actor Hugh O'Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. Produced from the original...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Skiing Holiday' 1950 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Gal...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

C Print, Color

'Verbier View' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aar...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Hotel Excelsior' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Excelsior' The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Yachting Trip' 1967 Slim Aarons 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. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

'Celebrity Cruise' 1965 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Celebrity Cruise' circa 1965: British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) on the Aga Khan's yacht on ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Color

'Spear Fishing In San Diego' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Spear Fishing In San Diego' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Italian Hotelier' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Italian Hotelier' Proprietor Andre Sella outside the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Produced from the original transparency Ce...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. Produced from the original transparency Certif...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Lounging In Bermuda' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Bermuda' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Jill Council relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, 1969. Produced from the original transparency...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

'Stocking Island, Bahamas' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Stocking Island, Bahamas' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II' , Stock...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Color

'Sugarbush Skiing' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

'Jamaica Sea Sailing' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Jamaica Sea Sailing' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1953: Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica. (Photo by Slim Aarons) silver gelatin Print Produced from the o...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

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

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Color

'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hul...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

'Porto Ercole' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm 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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Color, Archival Pigment

'Racquet Club Pool' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Racquet Club Pool' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Swiss bandleader and restaurateur Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) with Dorothy Webb and Mrs Charles Rogers...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color

'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Couple' A couple relax at a swimming pool in the summer sunshine near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Neva...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Jhelum River' 1961 Slim Aarons 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’. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper si...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

RED-HEADED WOMAN - Jean Harlow 1932 Oversize C Print
Located in London, GB
RED-HEADED WOMAN, Jean Harlow, 1932 / Everett Collection. stunning and vivid colourised photograph of the first sex symbol, Jean Harlow. Large Oversize print (photo The Everett Co...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

'Snowmasss Village' Colorado (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Snowmasss Village' Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. A stylish and fashionable dressed group of skiers...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Skiing At Courchevel' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Skiing At Courchevel' Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'C. Z. Guest' Palm Beach SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'C. Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Oberon’s Lunch' Acapulco (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Oberon’s Lunch' Acapulco Film star Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera, 1966. A...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Acapulco, Estate Edition, Ingrid Morath poolside in the 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Acapulco, 1961 Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. January 1961—Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a sw...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Lambda

'Cricket In Antigua' West Indies (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Cricket In Antigua' Cricketers on the field during a match between the Leeward Islands and the MCC, Antigua, West Indies, 1960. Gorgeous print measuring a very large 30 x 30" in...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Two-Tone Dress' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Located in London, GB
'Two-Tone Dress' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Color

'Motorboats In Antibes' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Motorboats In Antibes' Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Guests at the stylish and iconic Hotel enjoy t...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - HABITATION LECLERC
Located in London, GB
Bathers walking down steps to the swimming pool at Habitation Leclerc, Haiti, January 1975. They are followed by a waiter with cocktails. Gorgeous ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jean Serpieri 1961 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece, Decembe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped Collection ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Verbier Vacation 1964 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons "Adriatic Sailors' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons, 'Adriatic Sailors' 1956 Young holidaymakers from Milan enjoy a sail on the Adriatic, 1956. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenti...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Terry O'Neill, Frank Sinatra boardwalk
Located in New York, NY
Frank Sinatra and entourage on Miami Beach 1968 (printed later) C print 30 x 40 inches Estate signature stamped numbered edition of 50 with certificate of authenticity from the Terry...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Color Photography

Materials

C Print

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