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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
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woman in 18th...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Penthouse Pool, Athens (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Penthouse Pool, 1961 Archival pigment print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Young women by the Canellopoulos pentho...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Norina Pisciotto'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Paola Mussetti, 1982 C print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Norina Pisciotto poses at the v...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rolex Daytona 60x45 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

California Garden Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons California Garden Party, 1975 Chromogenic lambda print Estate Edition of 150 Fashionable guests attend a poolside luncheon at the ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

'Beauty and the Beast' Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beauty and the Beast 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Ca...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of a model wearing Dior. She is wearing a red dress with black gloves, and a red hat. She is walking into an open room...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Sunbathers at Eden Roc (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers at Eden Roc, 1969 Chromogenic lambda print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attract...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Nico in Gray Dior Day Dress, 1960
Located in New York, NY
Nico in Gray Dior Day Dress, 1960. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography of Nico in a Dior day dress. Nico is wearing a grey dress with a think black belt around the waist and big black buttons in the front. She is also wearing black gloves and a white hat with a black band. She is standing in a purple room...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Blondie (Deborah Harry)
Located in New York, NY
Blondie (Deborah Harry) gelatin silver print 20 x 24 inches
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20th Century Modern Color Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons Speedboat Landing (Estate Edition of 150)
Located in New York, NY
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Esther Williams - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Bohemia's Barracks at the Chelsea Hotel'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Girl Talk 1956 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 1956: Taking tea at the St Regis Hotel, New York from l to r; Baroness Daubeck, Mrs Frederick B Payne, Mrs ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Ingressi di Milano. piazza VI Febbraio 10, Interior Architecture Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 36 cm, 19.7 x 14.2 in. (unframed) Inkjet Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Paper Edition of 15 The photographer Paola Pansini lives and works in Milan. Her photography focuses on s...
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2010s Modern Color Photography

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Inkjet

Slim Aarons, Cortina D'Ampezzo (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Skiers walking up Cortina D'Ampezzo in Italy, 1962. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) work...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

NEW Slim Aarons 'Hobe Sound Bubble Houses' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Two women sitting outside the 'Bubble House' belonging to Joseph Reed on Southeast Venus Street, Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida, circa 1955. The two Eliot Noyes designed houses w...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Vogue Dive 1944 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Dive 1944 A Vogue fashion shoot featuring a model jumping on a diving board wearing a bright 1940's yellow floral bikini, Florida USA 1944 by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Good Time Sailors (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
July 1958: Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoys an on-deck siesta during a cruise round the Sicilian islands. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 wit...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Athina Livanos Onassis (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
First wife of Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis, Athina Livanos Onassis, at Palm Beach after her divorce, April, 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Villa Borghese Lion
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Villa Borghese Lion, 1970 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A young girl eating an ice ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs 1970 (printed later) C Print Estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 150 January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House i...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Designer's Homes, Teal Dior Gown in Gold Room, Red Furniture, 1960
Located in New York, NY
Designer’s Homes Teal Dior Gown in Gold Room. Furniture adjusted to Red -- Outtake from a 1960 photo shoot for Life Magazine, this image was photographed in a grand Parisian residenc...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Mustique 1973 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Private Island, Philippines' (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Private Island, Philippines 1973 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Guests relax on the bea...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Princess Caroline of Monaco
Located in New York, NY
Princess Caroline of Monaco 1981 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the es...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Zermatt Skiing (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Zermatt Skiing, 1968 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong 1959 A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (fr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sunbathers in Miami, 1955 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Dimitris Kritsas'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Dimitris Kritsas with Models at Sounio 1968 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography - Beach
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980 Hotel Il Pellicano 1980 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, 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 ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, 'French Bath' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Les Sophores 1977. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Janine Bril in the garden of Les Sophores, her v...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Countess on Deck' (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli 1982 C print Estate stamped edition of 150 Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo,...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

36x48 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Megachess - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Megachess A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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1990s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 C print 30 x 30 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Guests standing by a white Rol...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Skiers at Verbier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Skiers at Verbier, 1964 Archival pigment print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Skiers relax in deckchairs on th...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Hull Repairs in Haiti (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Hull Repairs in Haiti, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A rest from skiing at Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1982. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Beach Picnic (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon By The Pool, 1975 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 West Coast magazine publisher Jack Vietor picnicking on the rocks below his home in southern California. ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl -- Backstage at the 1954 Pierre Balmain Couture show. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw pr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski 1963 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. Estate stamped ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Polo Party
Located in New York, NY
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America's foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Bu...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snowmass Village
Located in New York, NY
Snowmass Village 1967 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin Cou...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Crossing Snow Field, 1963 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A line of sleighs cros...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Beach Hut In Antibes'
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a beach hut at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat in the Bahamas 1967 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the est...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Verbier Vacation (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Caption: Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964 Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaro...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'North Conway Sleigh
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons North Conway Sleigh 1955 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity 1955, An open sleigh taking skiers to Cran...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Parisian Socialite with Poodle in Paris
Located in New York, NY
Paris, Parisian Socialite with Poodle -- Photographed for LIFE magazine in the countryside surrounding Paris, a blue suit and oversized hat are modeled by a young Parisian socialite with her Poodle. The Poodle, or "puddle dog" in German, is always ready for action and longing for a good snooze. Its distinctive hair style came about to facilitate the Poodle in its role as a retriever and gun dog. The Poodle is agile and strong and its history of working closely with the handler as a working water dog...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'Salvador Dali, ' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Salvador Dali, 1959, Printed Later Lambda C-print Estate Edition of 150 circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball in N...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Palm Beach Street - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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

Ferreras Green Velvet Suit with Dalmatian, Vienna, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Ferreras Green Velvet with Dalmatian, Vienna, 1956 – Miguel Ferreras' lustrous velvet suit was photographed with a Dalmation in the doorway of Vienna's Hotel Bristol for the August 13, 1956 issue of LIFE. The Dalmatian's history is as numerous and varied as its spots. The breed originated in Croatia but quickly found its way to Europe, especially England; it has been a bird dog, a trail hound, a retriever, and a hunter of both large and small game. The Dalmation's most recent and best known talent has been as a carriage dog; running in front of the horse drawn carriages of the elite and fire brigades alike, paving the way and guarding for danger. This talent, along with it's flexible temperament, lead to its continued use in Fire Companies to this day. The Dalmatian is emblematic of service in moments of emergency. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography of a model wearing a Ferreras green velvet suit...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

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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