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Slim Aarons'Transport Buffs' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition1981 (Printed Later)
1981 (Printed Later)
$3,600
£2,765.75
€3,177.81
CA$5,063.85
A$5,689
CHF 2,972.51
MX$69,436.95
NOK 37,742.24
SEK 35,526.36
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About the Item
'Transport Buffs'
A helicopter and two motor boats adorn the deck of a luxury yacht where Iowan businessman Roy J Carver and the Prince de Polignac are chatting in Monte Carlo harbour.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size)
Hand-numbered in ink on the front
Blind embossed Slim Aarons signature
Certificate of authenticity included
Unframed archival pigment print (Full framing service available – please enquire)
Worldwide shipping from London, England, issued by The Slim Aarons Estate
Available Sizes & Pricing:
10x10” / 10x12” $1,800
12x12” / 12x16” $2,400
16x16” / 16x20” $3,000
20x20” / 20x24” $3,600
20x30” $3,900
30x30” / 30x40” $4,200
40x40” / 40x60” $5,400
48x48” / 50x50“ $5,700
48x72” $6,100
60x60” (Giclee) $6,500
Custom sizes available – please enquire.
About Slim Aarons:
Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s. His work immortalized Hollywood icons, European aristocrats, and global socialites, shaping the aesthetic of aspirational living. Each Estate Edition print is an official release from the Slim Aarons Archive, selected for its exceptional quality and historical significance.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was one adorned with beautiful people basking in the sun. This philosophy defined his signature aesthetic: casually glamorous scenes that continue to influence modern fashion, art, and celebrity photography.
His work is synonymous with luxury and timeless elegance, capturing icons such as the Kennedy family, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, and Grace Kelly in the most desirable locations, from Beverly Hills to Capri to the French Riviera. Though his photographs resemble high-fashion editorials, he worked without stylists or artificial lighting, preserving authenticity by capturing his subjects in their natural surroundings.
- Creator:Slim Aarons (1916-2006, American)
- Creation Year:1981 (Printed Later)
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: JM - AML25 1stDibs: LU38138680372
Slim Aarons
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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