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Modern Color Photography

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
'Habitation Leclerc' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Habitation Leclerc' Bathers walking down steps to the swimming pool at Habitation Leclerc, Haiti, January 1975. Paper size 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collec...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool 1985
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. Pap...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Dining Al Fresco On Capri' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sa...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Melina Mercouri
Located in London, GB
Greek actress Melina Mercouri (1925 - 1994) sitting at a street cafe in Athens, 1961 ( Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inches / ca 50.8 x 50.8 cm’s ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Blonde Beauties' Oversize C Type
By George Freston
Located in London, GB
'Blonde Beauties' by George Freston From left to right, actresses Julie Christie, Ursula Andress and Catherine Deneuve attend a Royal Film Performance of 'Born Free' at the Odeon, L...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Caracalla Therme' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Caracalla Therme' A woman experiences the Caracalla Therme spa in Baden-Baden, September 1990. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

' Blonde Bombshell ' - Jean Harlow 1933
Located in London, GB
DINNER AT EIGHT, Jean Harlow, 1933/ Everett Collection. stunning and vivid photograph of the first sex symbol, Jean Harlow. 12x16 inches Archival Pigment...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Lech Ice Bar 1960 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are in the background. 30x30” / 76x76 cm - paper size Estate S...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Horse Silhouette' 1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Horse Silhouette' 1984 by Alaine Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Silhouette of horses in the evening on a horse farm in Bluegras...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

'Monte Carlo' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Monte Carlo' Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pri...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

George Hamilton And Alana Collins Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
George Hamilton And Alana Collins 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968. With him (left) is h...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Babe Paley
Located in London, GB
Babe Paley American socialite Babe Paley (1915 – 1978), the wife of CBS radio executive William S. Paley, beside the pool at Round Hill, their villa in Ja...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' 1980 Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's House' circa 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Art...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Borsalino Hat Signed 1996
Located in Surfside, FL
Large scale print, 24 X 34 inches. Framed to 29.5 X 39.5. This was described as Polaroid transfer print. It has the feel of a Frisson print. It is hand signed in pencil and dated. It is done in a sepia color tone. David Aschkenas is a self-taught photographer making fine art and freelance photography for the past 25 years. He has been the recipient of grants from the NEA and the Polaroid Corporation. He makes photographs for corporations and editorial clients around the world. Aschkenas has been a photographer in Pittsburgh for 30 years, specializing in editorial and fine art photography (he shot Richard Serra's Tilted Arc in the early 1980's) Inspired by Weegee, James Van Der Zee...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

'Capri Bay' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Capri Bay' 1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Penthouse Pool 1961 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Catherine Wilke Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Flow Like Water
Located in New York, NY
A photograph on fine art Baryta paper mounted to Dibond and floated in a black wood frame with a UV 70 Glass. A limited-edition of 10 in total plus artist proofs. The current print i...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Plexiglass, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digita...

'Poolside Secrets' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Secrets' Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Porto Ercole, Tuscany, 1973 - Bathers and Yachts in Water off Tuscan Coastline
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons, Esther Williams by the Pool
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Esther Williams by the Pool, 1955 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the poo...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch in ‘Myra Breckinridge’'
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn Relaxing, 1970 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 50 American actress Raquel Welch wearing a stars and stripes suit in ‘Myra Breckinridge’, a 1970 America...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Boucherie A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Swimming In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Swimming In The Bahamas 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959....
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Poolside Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Party' Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. This photograph was...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France,...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, View From Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons View From Il Pellicano, 1991 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted w...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Onassis In Office' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 - 1975) in the office aboard his y...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Eden-Roc Hotel du Cap 1976 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper si...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Kasimir Korybut Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Kasimir Korybut 1971 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971 unfra...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Linda Shaw Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Linda Shaw 1971 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Linda Shaw emerges from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971 unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - pap...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Young Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Young Society 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, April 19...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dapper Cricketers Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Dapper Cricketers 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of cricketers in team uniform, Bermuda, 1957 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - p...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Winter Wear Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Winter Wear 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Gloria Schiff Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahama...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cabot Family Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cabot Family 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Mrs Henry Cabot Jnr with her children (left to right) Henry Bromfield Cabot III, Camilla Foote Cabot and Andrew Hull...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Saint-Tropez Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Beach 1971 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 2...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Scotti’s Yacht Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Scotti’s Yacht 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti’s yacht, ‘Scotland Cay’, Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco, August 19...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Staying At The Carlton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. unframed c type print printed 202...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Dining at Wilmot’s Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Dining at Wilmot’s 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Accordion music accompanies a meal by the pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snowmass Village Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition two fashionably attired women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Chez Holder Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970. unframed c type print pri...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Paraglider Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Paraglider Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness. 1968 24 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Bettina Graziani Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964. unframed c type print printed...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nelda And Friends Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Nelda And Friends 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to l...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Brunch At Brennans Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1960. Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons unframed c typ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Roca Lisa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Roca Lisa 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Fosca, Vera and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain 1978. unframed c type print...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Nice Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 by Slim Aarons (printed 2023) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Doug...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Commander Whitehead Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Commander Whitehead 1974 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Commander Edward Whitehead (1908 – 1978), the public face of Schweppes, leans on a silver Rolls Royce at...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Du Palais Biarritz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Palais Biarritz 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The curved beachside pool at the Hotel du Palais Biarritz, Biarritz, France, September 1985. unfra...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Racquet Club Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Racquet Club Pool 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests in the pool at the Villa Vera Racquet Club, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. un...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Catwalk Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Poolside Catwalk 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer J...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Taormina Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. unframed c type print printed 202...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'
Located in New York, NY
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. Slim Aarons Positano Beach 1979 (printed later) C print Estate st...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Garden Party 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1970: An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida. unframed c type print numbered in ink on the front Limited...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Holiday In Mustique Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Holiday In Mustique 1982 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Catch Up by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph L...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Modern color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Toni Frissell, and Alain Le Garsmeur. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern color photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $36 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.

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